Wellington City Council and Art
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New festival artwork honours Pasifika history
- Wellington City Council
- Meet artist Leo Semau, a sculpture artist who is in the process of creating an artwork that celebrates Pasifika people and their migrations to New Zealand, based on the themes from the Wellington Pasifika Festival.
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Murals across Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Here in Pōneke, we have many talented artists who have created public art for all to enjoy across the central city and suburbs. Murals are an opportunity to recognise and mark sites of significance, celebrate mana whenua mātauranga, and tell the stories of the past and present.
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Water Whirler ready to return to waterfront
- Wellington City Council
- Len Lye's Water Whirler will return to its spiritual home on the Wellington waterfront this weekend after an 18-month hiatus.
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Water Whirler, Queens Wharf, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington winds up for a winning weekend of WOW and Wallabies
- Wellington City Council
- This weekend is one of the capital’s busiest of the year with the opening of this year’s World of WearableArt (WOW) coinciding with an All Blacks v Australia Bledisloe Cup rugby game at Sky Stadium.
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Te Papa debuts spectacular jewellery retrospective of punk fashion pioneer, Vivienne Westwood
- Wellington City Council
- This summer, Te Papa will be the first venue to kick-off the global tour of Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery, a retrospective exhibition celebrating the iconic jewellery of renowned British fashion house Vivienne Westwood.
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tūmanako Art Exhibition brings artistic peace to Waitohi
- Wellington City Council
- Waitohi is hosting the ninth annual Tūmanako exhibition of children's art supporting a nuclear-free world and an inclusive Aotearoa where all lives are celebrated.
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The Art of Banksy comes to Tākina
- Wellington City Council
- Blockbuster exhibition The Art of Banksy announces an exclusive summer show in Wellington, following a highly successful exhibit in London, UK.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Making Berhampore brighter, safer and more inviting
- Wellington City Council
- Three bright new murals and some cool landscaping features are already bringing creativity and colour to Berhampore shopping centre. Now work is getting under way to add to the village vibe by making things safer and more pedestrian-friendly.
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Online Art Collection paints a picture of Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has an eclectic art collection of over 500 traditional and contemporary artworks, each with their own story to tell. You can explore them all in our new online gallery.
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Rangatahi mural project making waves on Willis Street
- Wellington City Council
- Have you noticed something colourful on Willis Street? That’s the new mural for Te Tai Ohinga, the upcoming free space in the city for young people aged 13 to 18.
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Students’ vision for heart of the city on display
- Wellington City Council
- An exhibition showcasing works by architecture and design innovation students envisioning the future of Te Ngākau Civic Precinct is now open to the public until 23 July.
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“Once in a lifetime opportunity” to map city’s pipes and cables
- Wellington City Council
- The infrastructure industry gathered at Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre this week for the launch of a revolutionary, New Zealand-leading platform to map the buried pipes and cables that could save infrastructure organisations millions of dollars each year.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Zealous young artists paint new Te Aro mural
- Wellington City Council
- A new mural at Te Aro Park has been painted by young people, who say the art helps give them ownership of the space, and more pride in their city.
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Te Aro Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Celebrate Matariki with mahi toi in Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Matariki will be celebrated with art projects around Pōneke this year, starting with a new Courtenay Place light box exhibition installed and blessed this weekend.
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Painting stories across the hallway of Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Pōneke-based artists, Tracy Underwood (Ngati Raukawa) and Ruth Robertson-Taylor are the minds behind the three vibrant new murals in Berhampore, which can be found on the corner of Adelaide Road and Luxford Street, on the wharepaku (toilet) block, and the side of the BP station.
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Capital to co-host tourism summit for first time in Australasia
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington will co-host the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Summit next week, with around 300 delegates from over 40 countries attending the event at Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Courtenay Place exhibition reflects history of area
- Wellington City Council
- The new Courtenay Place light boxes exhibition Swamped by artist Turumeke Harrington addresses the complex history of whenua on the site where it sits.
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Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington City residents free day for Te Papa’s Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City residents will be able to enjoy a free day at Te Papa’s Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition next week.
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Friday Five: Welly's epic food and art festival line-up
- Wellington City Council
- From delicious Greek food to live art on the waterfront – the city will be full of good vibes thanks to all the food and art festivals happening in the capital! Check out the line-up for this month.
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The history of Cuba Mall and its Bucket Fountain
- Wellington City Council
- The summer of 1969 in Wellington brought a pedestrianised mall, and the erection of the Cuba Mall water mobile, or as we know it, the Bucket Fountain.
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Friday Five: Commemorate Waitangi Day in Pōneke
- Wellington City Council
- Did you know that Aotearoa has been celebrating Te Rā o Waitangi/Waitangi Day officially since 1934? Here in Pōneke, the Centennial Exhibition took place in Rongotai, between 8 November 1939 and 4 May 1940, to commemorate 100 years since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
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Q&A with Marvel Exhibition creators
- Wellington City Council
- From rare items such as original comic book pages to movie costumes and props, Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition at Tākina has over 80 years of Marvel history on show. Creating and touring an exhibition this large is no easy feat, especially from the USA to Wellington. Read more about the exhibition from the minds of the curators, Ben Saunders and Patrick A Reed.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mural brings student’s imagination to life in Island Bay
- Wellington City Council
- Pōneke based artist Greta Menzies has a knack for illustration – often turning shapes into creatures full of patterns and colour. Now, she has used her creativity to design a 99-metre long mural inspired by workshops with senior students from Island Bay Primary and St Francis de Sales for a laneway connecting their schools, between The Parade and Clyde Street.
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Clyde Street, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WOW delivers another significant economic boost to Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- The 2023 World of WearableArt (WOW) Show again contributed more than $30 million to the Wellington region, according to an economic evaluation commissioned by the city’s economic development agency, WellingtonNZ.
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A not so brief history of City Gallery Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Te Whare Toi – City Gallery Wellington sits at the heart of Te Ngākau Civic Square which is currently undergoing a major transformation. But the gallery hasn't always called Civic Square its home and has gone through several transformations of its own over the last 43 years.
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Wellington City Gallery / Te Whare Toi, Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tākina provides huge boost to Wellington economy
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s new convention and exhibition centre has injected about $24 million of spending into the city’s economy in its first six months – more than four times over the initial forecast.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Our Wellington this summer: A tribute to Thorndon Pool
- Wellington City Council
- For Wellington artist Hannah Webster, the iconic Thorndon Pool is the epitome of summer in the capital city.
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Thorndon Summer Pool, Murphy Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Artists collaborate to bring cat sculpture up to scratch
- Wellington City Council
- A popular sculpture outside Miramar Library is getting a much-needed repair job thanks to a collaboration between the original artists’ son and a local artist.
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Miramar Library, 68, Miramar Avenue, Miramar, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Doctor Who exhibition to land in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council, WellingtonNZ and Sarner International are thrilled to announce Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction | Doctor Who Ngā Ao Mīharo: Te tūtakitanga o te Pūtaiao ki te Pakimaero exhibition opens in Wellington in June 2024.
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Friday Five: Explore Aro Valley
- Wellington City Council
- Hidden in the hills of Pōneke lies Aro Valley, a suburb filled with rich history. In fact, Aro Street used to have a tram line that linked it to the railway station, which operated until the 1950s! Now, the suburb is full of quirky homes and colourful art, and there’s so much to check out. Here are five things to do.
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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