Wellington Culture

Wellington City — Wellington's Anniversary Day is marked by a provincial holiday on the third or fourth Monday of January (the closest Monday to 22 January).

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Wellington City — Legislation to ensure a fitting National War Memorial Park will be developed at the National War Memorial site in Wellington in time for Anzac Day 2015 was passed by the House tonight.

By Christopher Finlayson
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Wellington City — A Massey University lecturer is leading a major new exhibition exploring links between New Zealand art and the avant-garde French artist Marcel Duchamp.

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Lower Hutt — Dowse Art Museum director Cam McCracken is to leave to take up a position at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

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Wellington City — The Diamond Jubilee of the Queen of New Zealand will feature at the Government House Wellington Open Days this weekend (17 & 18 March).

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Wellington City — This Thursday, 20 October, head down to Te Papa, and check out the Oceania: Early encounters exhibition for free.

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Wellington City — Head to the Town Hall and Civic Square this Saturday and experience the Pacific.

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Wellington City — Wellingtonians and visitors can now see two waka on display in Te Raukura (the wharewaka) on the waterfront.

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Wellington — Wellington City Council would like your views on a draft arts and culture strategy for the city. Wellington is a creative city that is fortunate to be home to some of New Zealand's finest arts organisations and artists.

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Wellington City — The second waka to be housed in the wharewaka Te Raukura on the Wellington waterfront will be launched early tomorrow (Friday 16 September at 7.30am).

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Wellington — This Saturday (17 September) will see an exciting celebration of Wellington’s diversity with a full day concert showcasing performances from many cultures including Thai dancing, African drumming and Chinese lion dancing.

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Wellington City — Councillors at today's (8 September) Strategy and Policy Committee meeting unanimously voted to consult on the draft Arts and Culture Strategy.

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Wellington — Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellows Award Ceremony, Government House; Wellington 11 August 2011, 2pm Your Excellencies, the Governor General of New Zealand, the Right Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand, and Lady Susan Satyanand, members of the Trust Board, Chief Executive Brendan Boyle, Fellows and welcomed guests.

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Wellington City — Dragons and taniwha, as well as bears and sharks, are moving into Opera House Lane.

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Wellington City — The waka Te Raukura will stay at Waiwhetu - and a new waka is planned for the Wharewaka on Wellington's waterfront.

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Wellington City —   Prominent Wellington lawyer Quentin Hay has been appointed Chair of the Wellington Museums Trust.

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Wellington City — Te Papa confirmed today that the skeleton of New Zealand’s most famous racehorse is able to be lent to Melbourne Museum for display during the 150th anniversary of the first Melbourne Cup race later this year.

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Wellington City — Easter weekend in Wellington will never be the same again as bunny rabbits are outnumbered by Princess Leias, Pokemons, Stormtroopers and other wacky characters as the 40th Armageddon Expo takes place at TSB Bank Arena from 2nd – 4th April.

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Wellington City — Join Dr Claudia Orange, Te Papa’s Collections and Research Group Director and leading Treaty of Waitangi scholar, as she chairs the thought-provoking 2010 Treaty Debates.

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Wellington —   Ever think about actually celebrating the city on Wellington Anniversary Day? Perhaps you'll raise a toast to this compact city of hills and thrills, but before you do that, check out the Colonial Cottage Museum (68 Nairn Street).

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Wellington City — The widely admired Green Islands sculpture, consisting of native tree look-a-likes made of No.8 fencing wire, and located on the Four Plinths outside Te Papa, is to be moved to a permanent site near the Lady Norwood Rose Garden in the Botanic Garden.

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