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Focus Weekend: Wairarapa, 16th - 17th November 2024

Wellington Heritage Festival 2024 spans over 4 weekends between 26th Octob...Read more →
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Focus Weekend: Kāpiti Coast, Porirua, & Tawa, 9th - 10th November 2024

Wellington Heritage Festival 2024 spans over 4 weekends between 26th Octob...Read more →
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Press Release: Wellington Heritage Festival Expands to 156 Events in 2024

Wellington Heritage Festival 2024 returns bigger than ever from October 26...Read more →
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Focus Weekend: Hutt Valley, 2nd - 3rd November 2024

Wellington Heritage Festival 2024 spans over 4 weekends between 26th Octob...Read more →
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Focus Weekend: Wellington City, 26th - 29th October 2024

Wellington Heritage Festival 2024 spans over 4 weekends between 26th Octob...Read more →
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The Utaina Project: Navigating the Digitisation of our Nation’s Audiovisual Heritage

The Utaina Project is a nation-wide partnership between three prominent Ne...Read more →
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Get ready to time travel with the Heritage Festival

PRESS RELEASE: The Wellington Heritage Festival programme is out, but book...Read more →
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Full steam ahead for Wellington Heritage Week 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Wellington Heritage Week returns for 2022. Starting on Mond...Read more →
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Woman of Words: The Literary Giant of Lambton Quay

Wellington's Lambton Quay is home to an eclectic assortment of art, sculpt...Read more →
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What have we been doing? June 2022 Update

Welcome back to our event hosts, communities, and sponsors for the sixth i...Read more →
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Introducing our new Festival Director

Alex Hockley is the new Festival Director for Wellington Heritage Week and...Read more →
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Watch the Festival Opening & Panel Discussion

Diversity and positivity were the aims of the Festival Opening & Panel Dis...Read more →
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Walking tour brings transport history to life

A free, 90-minute walking tour of Wellington’s transport history is one of...Read more →
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Walking through living architecture

Dr Robin Skinner from the Wellington School of Architecture is looking for...Read more →
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Public Art at Wellington Heritage Week

Public Art is on display at Wellington Heritage Week 2021, 25–31 October, ...Read more →
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Wellington Heritage Week returns with bumper crop of events

Wellington Heritage Week is returning to the region later this month celeb...Read more →
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Wellington Heritage Week 2021 this October

PRESS RELEASE: Wellington Heritage Week celebrates its fifth year during 2...Read more →
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Festival Itinerary: Fun With The Whānau

This Festival Itinerary is full of fun for the whole whānau! Explore the p...Read more →
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'Lower Hutt Becomes a City' Writes New Zealand

The proclamation of Lower Hutt’s city status on the 1st of February 1941 w...Read more →
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HPA Oculus September Issue 2021

Read the September 2021 issue of Historic Places Aotearoa's Oculus newslet...Read more →
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Festival Itinerary: Living and Learning in the City

Beers, bells, books, and murder are on offer in this festival itinerary! G...Read more →
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Festival Itinerary: Out in the Region

Grab this 'Out in the Region' itinerary for your guide to events beyond We...Read more →
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Meet the Team Behind the 2021 Festival

A team of six volunteers are the busy hands behind Wellington Heritage Wee...Read more →
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A History of Queuing in Wellington

Queuing comes naturally to New Zealanders. Our love affair with orderly li...Read more →
Former prime-minister Robert Muldoon addresses a crowd

Students Reimagining Unique Experiences for Wellington Heritage Week

As the Premium Experience Team for Wellington Heritage Week, Brittany Jaco...Read more →
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Wellington: an active earthquake engineering laboratory

Earthquakes may be a way of life for Wellingtonians, but the city has been...Read more →
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The Only Living Lady Parachutist

Catherine Clarke recently published The Only Living Lady Parachutist, a no...Read more →
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News & Events 22/07/21

Read the latest heritage news and events in the Wellington Region!Read more →
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Museum Notebook: My journey to the depths

Starting an internship at a museum is an exciting prospect. There's a chan...Read more →
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News & Events 09/06/21

Read the latest heritage news and events in the Wellington Region!Read more →
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News & Events 07/07/21

Read the latest heritage news and events in the Wellington Region!Read more →
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Wellington Heritage Week is back for 2021

Wellington Heritage Week is back for 2021, and individuals, organisations,...Read more →
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Celebrating Wellington's unique cultural heritage

It's 1979 and outside Upper Hutt City Library, a staffer hands their child...Read more →
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Take a tour of the French ambassador's renovated residence in Wellington

When French ambassador Sylvaine Carta-Le Vert arrived in Thorndon in 2018,...Read more →