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Wellington Activities "Our Selection"
Te Papa Museum -- Phone: (04) 381 7000
Free entry to most of the exhibitions
in NZ largest museum. Open every day of the year 10am−6pm (Thursdays till 9pm)
55 Cable Street (City waterfront) Website
Cable Car -- Phone: (04) 472 2199
Climbs the hill above Lambton Quay to the Botanic Gardens, Carter Observatory, Planetarium and Cable Car Museum. Cars run every 10 minutes.
Cable Car Lane, 280 Lambton Quay. Website
Beehive and Parliament buildings -- Phone: (04) 471 9503
Free, daily, one hour guided tours of Parliament begins on the hour at the Visitor Centre in the foyer of the Beehive. Mon/Fri 10am - 4pm, Sat 10am - 3pm, Sun 11am - 3pm.
Molesworth Street Website
Zealandia -- Phone: (04) 920 9200
Karori Sanctuary Trust has an extraordinary 500-year vision: to restore a corner of mainland New Zealand (225 hectares) as closely as possible to the way it was ‘the day before humans arrived'. Zealandia by Night (2.5 hours)
31 Waiapu Road,
Kelburn Website
The Dominion Post Ferry -- Phone: (04) 499 1282
Up to 16 return sailings daily between Queens Wharf, Matiu Somes Island, Days Bay and Seatoun Wharf. Harbour Explorer Tours in the week-ends. Website
Wellington Heritage Trails info.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS HISTORIC RESERVE
Across the road from the Beehive, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest wooden building, the Old Government Buildings, now houses Victoria University of Wellington’s Law School. Most of the building is closed to the public, but entry is permitted to displays on the ground floor and in the first-floor Cabinet Room, and to the Historic Reserve Gardens, which contain rare examples of New Zealand flora.
The Old Government Buildings
