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Check out over 150 events from our past 2024 Festival! Some listings contain multiple events inside.
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Heritage of Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush – the gardens and gardeners
2-3:30pm Sat 26 Oct
2-3:30pm Sat 2 Nov
+ 1 more
150 Wilton Road, Wilton, Wellington
$10 -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Ōtaki Museum Talk - Stories & Expert Insights into Kāpiti's Heritage
2-4pm Sun 10 Nov
Ōtaki Heritage Museum, 49 Main Street, Ōtaki
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Historic Wrights Hill Fortress - Guide Yourself
10am-4pm Mon 28 Oct
50 Wrights Hill Road, Karori
Self-Guided
Family Activities
Costs vary
Home: One City, Many Cultures
10am-4pm Sat 26 Oct
10am-4pm Sun 27 Oct
+ 21 more
836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
Wellington Vintage Machinery Open Days
10am-3:30pm Mon 28 Oct
10am-3:30pm Sun 3 Nov
+ 2 more
155a Mangaroa Hill Road, Mangaroa, Upper Hutt
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Koha
Trades Hall Open Day
9:30am-8pm Fri 1 Nov
9:30am-6pm Sat 9 Nov
126 Vivian Street, Wellington
Accessible
Free
Philosophy House Open Day
10am-3pm Sat 26 Oct
33 Aro Street, Aro Valley, Wellington
Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
Fully booked
Film Screening - Tapu Te Ranga Marae: A Documentary
11am-1pm Sat 9 Nov
Wellington Museum, 3 Jervois Quay, Wellington
Accessible
Family Activities
Costs vary
Fully booked
Welly Music History Walk
11am-1pm Sat 26 Oct
Hibernian Building, Willis Street, Wellington
Accessible
$25 -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Paddy the Wanderer: A Wellington History Walk
2-4pm Sun 10 Nov
Wellington Museum, 3 Jervois Quay, Wellington
Accessible
Costs vary -
Booking required
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Self-guided Tour of Truby King Park
Any time during the festival
21B Manchester Terrace, Melrose, Wellington
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Wellington Embroiders' Guild Stitch-in
10am-2:30pm Sun 27 Oct
Old St. Pauls, 34 Mulgrave Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Fully booked
Wellington City Council Archives Tour and Talk
10-11am Sat 26 Oct
11am-12pm Sat 26 Oct
+ 3 more
28 Barker Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Anglican Cathedral Choirs Festival 2024
7-9pm Sat 26 Oct
2 Hill Street, Thorndon, Wellington
Accessible
$10
Wellington Cable Car Winding Room
12-2pm Tue 29 Oct
12-2pm Wed 30 Oct
+ 1 more
Wellington Cable Car, Kelburn
Family Activities
Free
Wellington’s Roaring Twenties – Boom time for high rise construction
3:45-5pm Tue 5 Nov
Wellesley Hotel, Wellington
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Freemasons in Wellington – from 1842 to the Wellesley Building
2-3:15pm Tue 5 Nov
Wellesley Hotel, Wellington
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Heritage Thorndon
1:30-3:30pm Sun 27 Oct
1:30-3:30pm Sat 2 Nov
+ 2 more
Old St Paul's, Murphy Street, Wellington
Koha -
Booking required
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Waterfront Reclamation Guided Walk
10:30am-12pm Wed 30 Oct
10:30am-12pm Sat 9 Nov
Corner of Oriental Parade and Great Harbour Way, Wellington
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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Fully booked
The Not-So-Straight Artists Walk Tour
1-2:30pm Sat 2 Nov
Starts by the Cenotaph, corner of Bowen Street and Lambton Quay
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
The Fabulous Carmen Rupe Walk Tour
1-2:30pm Sat 16 Nov
Starts at Jack Ilott Green (Harris/Jervois Quay), Wellington
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Cinema Walk + Film Screening
1:30-3:30pm Sun 17 Nov
Outside Regent 3 Cinemas, Queen Street, Masterton.
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Forgotten Lives: Masterton Cemetery
10-11:30am Sat 16 Nov
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Masterton’s Historic Queen Street
2-3pm Sat 16 Nov
54 Queen Street, Masterton, 5810
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Tour of the Wairarapa Archive
3:30-5pm Fri 15 Nov
3 Albert Street, Masterton, 5810
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Limited spots remaining
The U.S. Marine Corps in Masterton
9-10am Sun 17 Nov
Solway Showgrounds, corner of Fleet and York Street, Masterton
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Display of Vintage Vehicles
10am-3pm Sun 3 Nov
Queens Wharf Square, Jervois Quay, Wellington
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Accessible
Self-Guided
Costs vary
City of Industry: An Exhibition Celebrating Upper Hutt’s Industrial Heritage
9:30am-6pm Fri 1 Nov
9:30am-4pm Sat 2 Nov
+ 14 more
Upper Hutt Central Library, 844 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt.
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
The Remutaka Incline Railway on the Big Screen
12-2pm Tue 12 Nov
Upper Hutt Cossie Club, 11 Logan Street, Upper Hutt
Accessible
Free
See NZ's oldest sporting trophy - the Ballinger Belt for shooting
11am-4pm Sun 17 Nov
Upper Hutt Cossie Club, 11 Logan Street, Upper Hutt
Accessible
Family Activities
Free
Discover the History of Trentham Army Camp
2-3:30pm Sun 17 Nov
Upper Hutt Cossie Club, 11 Logan Street, Upper Hutt
Accessible
Family Activities
Free
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Wellington Heritage Football Tournament
9am-5pm Sat 26 Oct
9am-5pm Sun 27 Oct
Wise Park, Wainuiomata
Accessible
Family Activities
$500/team -
Booking required
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Floor Talk - Selections from the Field Collection
2-3pm Sun 10 Nov
20 Mahara Place, Waikanae
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
Dinah Hawken Poetry Reading
2-2:45pm Sun 3 Nov
20 Mahara Place, Waikanae
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
The Paintings of Patricia France
2-2:45pm Sun 27 Oct
20 Mahara Place, Waikanae
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
Tours of the Collection Store
11am-12pm Tue 29 Oct
11am-12pm Wed 30 Oct
+ 7 more
20 Mahara Place, Waikanae
Accessible
$10 -
Booking required
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Book early
Bespoke Wheelwrighting Experience
10am-12pm Sat 16 Nov
2-4pm Sat 16 Nov
+ 1 more
2070 Longbush Road, Gladstone, Wairarapa
Accessible
Costs vary -
Booking required
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Discover Nuku Tewhatewha at The Dowse
10am-5pm Sat 26 Oct
10am-5pm Sun 27 Oct
+ 19 more
The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Kāpiti Coast Heritage Weekend
Various locations
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Accessible
Self-Guided
Costs vary -
Booking required
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Marc & Marisha Time Travel The Theatre!
Any time during the festival
Online or In Person (the Wellington waterfront)
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
$5 -
Booking required
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Book early
Newtown (and beyond) on film!
7:30-9pm Wed 30 Oct
4:30-6pm Sat 2 Nov
Te Whare Hapori o ngā Puna Waiora/Newtown Community Centre, Newtown
Accessible
Costs vary -
Booking required
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Cancelled
Kōrero & Kai with Te Rākau and Ngāti Toa Rangatira iwi members
10:30am-12:30pm Sun 10 Nov
Ūpane, 3 Wineera Drive, Porirua
Accessible
Free
Fully booked
A guided hīkoi (walk) focused on the area around Pipitea Pā
10:45am-12:30pm Tue 5 Nov
55-59 Thorndon Quay, Pipitea, Wellington
$26.75 -
Booking required
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Tawa Heritage Talk and Walk
1:30-3:30pm Sat 9 Nov
Tawa Community Centre, 7 Cambridge St, Tawa
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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A Book is a Book: Exploring the Value of Literary Archives
5-6:30pm Thu 14 Nov
21 Kelburn Parade, Kelburn, Wgtn
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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St Peter's - A Pie and a Pint
5-6pm Fri 1 Nov
90 Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Accessible
Self-Guided
$15
St Peter's - Ring the Bells
2-4pm Sat 2 Nov
St Peter's on Willis, 211 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Koha
St Peter's - Historic Places Blue Plaque
11am-12:30pm Sun 3 Nov
St Peter's on Willis, 211 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
Open Day at St Luke's Church, Wadestown
2-4pm Sat 26 Oct
34 Pitt Street, Wadestown, Wellington
Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
St. John's in the City Open Days
11am-4pm Sat 26 Oct
11am-4pm Sun 27 Oct
+ 2 more
176 Willis Street, Wellington
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
The Archaeology of Wellington Station
5:30-6:30pm Wed 6 Nov
Wellington Station, Wellington
Accessible
Free
Heritage Tours Sacred Heart Cathedral
10-11am Sat 26 Oct
11am-12pm Sat 26 Oct
+ 7 more
40 Hill Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011
Accessible
$25 -
Booking required
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Rescheduled
Sketching in the Rita Angus garden
12-4pm Sun 3 Nov
194a Sydney Street West, Thorndon, Wellington
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Operating Heritage Railway
10am-3pm Sun 10 Nov
427A Parks Line, Maymorn, Upper Hutt
Family Activities
Costs vary
Community Open Day at Pūkaha
10am-3pm Sat 26 Oct
Mount Bruce, 85379 SH2 Masterton / Tararua
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Koha
Randell Cottage Annual Open Day
1-4pm Sun 27 Oct
14 Saint Mary Street, Thorndon, Wellington
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Self-Guided
Koha
Wellington Polish Christmas Market
11am-6pm Sat 16 Nov
Dom Polski, 257 Riddiford St, Newtown
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Torchlight Tour at Petone Settlers Museum
6-6:30pm Fri 1 Nov
6:30-7pm Fri 1 Nov
Petone Settlers Museum, Petone
Accessible
Family Activities
Free -
Booking required
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Petone Wharf - Captured in Art and Photography
10:30am-4pm Sat 26 Oct
10:30am-4pm Sun 27 Oct
+ 18 more
223 The Esplanade, Petone, Lower Hutt
Self-Guided
Free
Honouring Petone Wharf
5-7pm Sat 2 Nov
223 The Esplanade, Petone, Lower Hutt
Self-Guided
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
A Walk Around Historic Petone
1-2:30pm Fri 1 Nov
1-2:30pm Sun 3 Nov
6 Britannia Street, Petone, Lower Hutt
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Patrick Street (Heretaunga Settlement) Walking Tour
10-11:30am Sat 2 Nov
10-11:30am Sun 3 Nov
Patrick Street and Jackson Street, Petone, Lower Hutt
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Crafty Stained Glass for Tamariki
10-11:30am Sun 3 Nov
34 Mulgrave Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011
Accessible
Family Activities
$10 -
Booking required
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Old High Court Open Evening
5:15-7:30pm Wed 6 Nov
Entry via Stout St, Wellington Central
Self-Guided
Accessible
Family Activities
Free
Book early
The Wairarapa Journey - Wairarapa Moana Bus Tour
9:40am-2pm Sun 3 Nov
Featherston Railway Station, Featherston
Family Activities
$25 -
Booking required
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The Many Walks of Wellington's Streams
Various locations
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Koha -
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Ngā Manu 50th Anniversary Bush Walk
10-11:30am Sat 9 Nov
10-11:30am Sun 10 Nov
74 Nga Manu Reserve Rd, Waikanae
Accessible
Family Activities
Costs vary
Newtown in Photographs and Story
11am-4pm Sat 26 Oct
11am-4pm Sun 27 Oct
+ 5 more
Rice Pudding Gallery, 91 Constable St, Newtown
Family Activities
Free
Renovations: housing in 1970s-80s and Newtown Community Centre in 2023
7-9pm Wed 13 Nov
Newtown Community Centre / Te Whare Hapori o Ngā Puna Waiora
Accessible
Koha
"Gowns, Streams, and Essence of Filth" – The Archaeology of Newtown
7-8:15pm Thu 7 Nov
Newtown Community Centre Te Whare Hapori o Ngā Puna Waiora, Rintoul St
Accessible
Free
Newtown's Flora, Fauna, Land and Waterways
7:15-8:30pm Wed 6 Nov
Newtown Community Centre Te Whare Hapori o Ngā Puna Waiora, Rintoul St
Accessible
Free
Rescheduled
Bring Back the Natives: Green Belt, Newtown
2-3pm Sat 2 Nov
177 Owen Street, Newtown
Family Activities
Free
Fully booked
Nancy Adams: a Wellington Botanist and Artist
2-4pm Mon 11 Nov
2-4pm Wed 13 Nov
Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Embassy Theatre Centennial Tour
10-11am Sat 26 Oct
11am-12pm Sat 26 Oct
+ 4 more
Embassy Theatre foyer, Kent Terrace.
Free -
Booking required
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Burial Ground Stories from Pauatahanui
10am-1pm Sun 10 Nov
4 Paekakariki Hill Road, Pāuatahanui
Koha
Fully booked
What Lies Beneath - Archaeological Walk
12-2pm Sun 27 Oct
Te Papa forecourt, Wellington
Accessible
Family Activities
Free -
Booking required
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Measuring Space and Time from Pukeahu
12-3pm Sat 2 Nov
Pukeahu Education Centre, 191 Tory Street, Wellington
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
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Practices of Compassion
12-1:30pm Tue 29 Oct
12-1:30pm Wed 30 Oct
Pukeahu Education Centre, 191 Tory Street, Wellington
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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The Carillon: Then and Now
11am-2:30pm Sat 26 Oct
2:30-4pm Sat 26 Oct
191 Tory Street, Wellington
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Fully booked
Chinese Footprints: A Walking Tour of Chinese Wellington History
1:30-3:30pm Wed 30 Oct
10am-12pm Wed 6 Nov
Trades Hall, 124 Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Koha -
Booking required
Book
Open Day at the Lilburn House
1-4pm Sun 27 Oct
22 Ascot St, Thorndon
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Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
Thorndon Creative and Historic Cottages Walk
1-4pm Sun 27 Oct
Various locations
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Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
Kelburn Croquet Open Day
12:30-2:30pm Thu 31 Oct
12:30-2:30pm Fri 1 Nov
+ 6 more
Kelburn Park, Salamanca Road
Self-Guided
Free
Limited spots remaining
Katherine Mansfield's Thorndon: Guided Walking Tour
10am-1pm Sat 26 Oct
10am-1pm Tue 29 Oct
25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington
$15 -
Booking required
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Robert Orr Historic Homestead Open Day
10am-5pm Sat 2 Nov
10am-5pm Sun 3 Nov
132 Kings Crescent, Lower Hutt
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Koha
St John’s Trentham Graveyard Walking Tour
10:30am-12:30pm Sat 16 Nov
St John’s Trentham, 563 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
Free
Book early
"The Petone Beat" - Policing in Petone since 1840
10-11am Wed 30 Oct
274B Jackson Street, Petone
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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Old Jail Museum Open Day
11am-3pm Sat 26 Oct
11am-3pm Sun 27 Oct
274B Jackson Street, Petone, Lower Hutt
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
Limited spots remaining
The Evolution of Jackson Street
11am-12:30pm Thu 31 Oct
11am-12:30pm Wed 6 Nov
274B Jackson Street, Petone, Lower Hutt
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Inverlochy Paranormal
8:30-10pm Mon 28 Oct
3 Inverlochy Place, Te Aro, Wellington
$25 -
Booking required
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Pito One/Petone History Open Day
10am-4pm Sat 2 Nov
7 Britannia Street, Petone, Lower Hutt
Self-Guided
Accessible
Free
Your Story: Naenae Shopping Centre
9:30am-5:30pm Sat 26 Oct
9:30am-5:30pm Mon 28 Oct
+ 16 more
Naenae Neighbourhood Hub, Hillary Court, Lower Hutt
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
Halfway House Heritage Garden Self-Guided Tour
Any time during the festival
Halfway House, Glenside Reserve, 246 Middleton Road Glenside.
Self-Guided
Free
Halfway House Heritage Garden Walk & Talk Guided Tour
1-2pm Sun 10 Nov
1-2pm Sun 17 Nov
Halfway House, Glenside Reserve, 246 Middleton Road Glenside.
$5 -
Booking required
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Newtown Adventure Playground 1974: Photographs by John McWilliam
11am-4pm Thu 7 Nov
11am-4pm Fri 8 Nov
+ 6 more
Rice Pudding Gallery, 91 Constable St, Newtown, Wellington
Accessible
Self-Guided
Free
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park Walking Tour
12-1pm Wed 13 Nov
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington
Accessible
Free -
Booking required
Book
Fully booked
Llandaff Historic Homestead Tour
1-4pm Sat 16 Nov
183 Upper Plain, Masterton
Costs vary -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Modern Wellington Walking Tour
1-2:30pm Sun 3 Nov
Herd Street entrance to Waitangi Park, Wellington
Free -
Booking required
Book
Old Government Buildings Open Day
10am-3pm Mon 28 Oct
55 Lambton Quay, Wellington
Accessible
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Pencarrow Lighthouse Open Day
10am-1pm Sat 2 Nov
Pencarrow Head, Wellington 5013
Self-Guided
Free
Upper Hutt Blockhouse Open Day
11am-3pm Sat 26 Oct
11am-3pm Sat 2 Nov
Blockhouse Lane, off McHardie Street Trentham, Upper Hutt
Family Activities
Self-Guided
Free
Sharing Stories of the History of Pukerua Bay
10am-12pm Sat 9 Nov
7 Wairaka Road, Pukerua Bay.
Accessible
Family Activities
Koha
Puna-o-te Aroha
11am-4pm Sat 9 Nov
11am-4pm Sun 10 Nov
+ 1 more
4 Marae Lane, Waikanae.
Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
Golder Cottage Open Days
1:30-4pm Sat 26 Oct
1:30-4pm Sat 2 Nov
+ 2 more
707 Fergusson Drive, Elderslea, Upper Hutt.
Accessible
Family Activities
Costs vary
Futuna Exhibition - From the Archive: The Making of Futuna
11am-3pm Tue 29 Oct
11am-3pm Wed 30 Oct
+ 18 more
67 Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington
Accessible
Self-Guided
Koha
Futuna Exhibition - Floor Talks
2-3pm Sat 2 Nov
2-3pm Sat 9 Nov
+ 1 more
67 Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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Futuna Exhibition - Public Talks
2-4pm Sun 3 Nov
2-4pm Sun 10 Nov
+ 1 more
67 Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington
Accessible
Koha -
Booking required
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Mount Street Cemetery Open Day
10am-2pm Sat 26 Oct
Mount Street, next to Victoria University, Wellington.
Self-Guided
Free
Strange Tales from the Past of the Wellington Botanic Garden
2-3pm Sat 16 Nov
101 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Wellington
Family Activities
Koha
Heritage Trees in the Wellington Botanic Garden
11am-12pm Sat 26 Oct
101 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Wellington
Accessible
Family Activities
Koha
History of the Botanic Garden
11am-12pm Sun 27 Oct
101 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Wellington
Family Activities
Koha
Behind the Window: St Joseph’s and the Vella whānau
2-3pm Sat 9 Nov
85 Paremata Haywards Rd (State Highway 58)
Koha
Fully booked
Our Fair Ladies
2-3:30pm Sun 27 Oct
Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington
$10 -
Booking required
Book
Fully booked
Accidentally Killed Tour
10:30am-12pm Sat 26 Oct
Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington
$10 -
Booking required
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Fully booked
Karori Cemetery Evening Tour
8-9:45pm Fri 1 Nov
15 Rosehaugh Avenue, Karori, Wellington
$10 -
Booking required
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