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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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New exhibition brings a light touch to Courtenay Place
- Wellington City Council
- The new Courtenay Place Light Boxes exhibition 'Here' makes light of dark in a series of photographs taken by Ben Lowe while hiking Wellington’s South Coast, Te Rimurapa/Sinclair’s Head.
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Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition Arrives in Wellington this December
- Wellington City Council
- Brace yourselves, Marvel fans. Tickets are now on sale to the world premiere of Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition, opening in Wellington this December.
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Forty years of public art in the capital
- Wellington City Council
- From Len Lye’s water whirler, to the Zephyrometer (orange needle) on Cobham drive, to the silver fern ball in Te Ngākau square – public art has become a key part of Wellington’s identity. But where did these works come from?
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Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fit for the future: Sheet piling at the Town Hall
- Wellington City Council
- Earthquake strengthening is a must-have for buildings in Wellington, a city that sits directly on a fault line. Wellington’s newest builds, such as Tākina, Wellington convention and exhibition centre, are built with earthquake durability in the forefront of their design. But how do we approach earthquake strengthening on historic and heritage buildings so that they are fit for future use?
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Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New mural pays tribute to local kaumātua June Jackson
- Wellington City Council
- Pōneke is celebrating the unveiling of a memorial mural honouring the life and contributions of esteemed Wellingtonian Whaea June Te Raumange Jackson MNZM.
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Shed 1, Queens Wharf, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington to host world premiere of Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington will host the world premiere of Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition in December, bringing rare artefacts, memorabilia and immersive installations spanning Marvel’s 85-year history to Tākina, the Wellington Convention and 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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Two new artworks celebrate Matariki in Te Whanganui-a-Tara
- Wellington City Council
- A new Courtenay Place light box exhibition, Kura Huna by tauira (students) from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna guided by Te Whanganui-a-Tara based artists Shannon Te Ao (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) and Hendrix Hennesy Rophia (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa), was blessed this morning as part of Matariki celebrations.
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Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mural brings colourful vibes to Island Bay parade
- Wellington City Council
- Gina Kiel grew up surrounded by the artwork of her late father Leon Kiel – known to many as the artist behind the island in Whairepo Lagoon. She is now following in her father’s footsteps by creating beautiful public murals, with the most recent one on the wharepaku toilet block on Medway Street, Island Bay.
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Medway Street, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rainbow artists of the City Arts collection
- Wellington City Council
- Did you know that Wellington City Council has been collecting and purchasing artworks since 1882? In that time, over 568 pieces have been curated for a City Art collection, with a lot of the works being displayed publicly from 1960.
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Tākina off to a great start just one week on
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- Just over a week after opening, visitor numbers to Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Jurassic World by Brickman exhibition are already exceeding expectations.
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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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Exhibition looks at building a better future
- Wellington City Council
- A new exhibition looks at future public spaces and housing developments in Wellington through the eyes of landscape architecture students.
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10 fun facts about the Brickman LEGO® exhibition at Tākina
- Wellington City Council
- The largest LEGO® exhibition in New Zealand is currently on at Tākina, with over 6 million pieces of LEGO® bricks being used. Check out some fun facts about the Jurassic World by Brickman® exhibition from the mastermind, Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught.
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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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Airport exhibition takes off at Kilbirnie
- Wellington City Council
- With the launch of the newly digitised Ronald Cameron Airport Collection, we take a look back at a version of Rongotai that no longer exists.
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Kilbirnie Library - Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Community-led project culminates in colourful mural
- Wellington City Council
- A three-year, community-led project has culminated in a stunning mural that stretches around the surface of a water tank in Karori – effectively making the old concrete structure disappear into its surrounding natural environment.
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Montgomery Avenue, Karori West, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Groundbreaking Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre blessed ahead of opening
- Wellington City Council
- Tākina, the capital’s exciting new Convention and Exhibition Centre, was blessed this morning ahead of an official civic opening this evening.
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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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Artist pathways at Te Aro Pā site
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council presents Te Whakaaturanga o Te Aro Pā, two digital screens showing artists’ visual representations that connect to the deep history and cultural significance of Te Aro Pā.
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The Opera House, 111, Manners Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The story behind the St James Mural
- Wellington City Council
- The St James Mural, Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua, was a collaborative effort between Pōneke-born mana whenua artist Keri-Mei Zagrobelna (Te Āti Awa, Te Whānau ā Apanui) and experienced muralist Tina Rae Carter.
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St James Theatre, 77, Courtenay Place, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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