⭐ DAY 10 ⭐ 12% OFF Seasick Sunscreen! #12DaysOfDeals
Stay sun smart this summer with sustainable sunscreen ☀ Nat Jones (Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa) founded Seasick Sunscreen Co. to protect our skin and environment.
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🔔 DAY 9 🔔 12% OFF all Abstract Design products ! #12DaysOfDeals
Entirely New Zealand made, Abstract Design laser cut locally and sustainably sourced MDF and are inspired by all things Aotearoa.
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🎄 DAY 8 🎄 12% OFF Nisa products! #12DaysOfDeals
Jingle bell SOCKS! Thriving Wellington-based fashion label Nisa makes socks you’ll *actually* want for Christmas.
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🎁 DAY 7 🎁 12% OFF Galit Maxwell products! #12DaysOfDeals
A gift for the home. Wellington-based potter Galit Maxwell says clay has been a part of her life on and off for the past 20 years, but it has recently become her main creative passion.
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🎅 DAY 6 🎅 12% OFF Masako Styles products! #12DaysOfDeals
Put a smile on everyone's face this festive season with Masako Styles's illustrations that perfectly capture Pōneke's wild weather.
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Be in to WIN 3 bottles of Apostle Hot Sauce! Check out our Facebook and Instagram and enter the draw 🎁
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⭐ DAY 5 ⭐ 12% OFF Apostle Hot Sauce! #12DaysOfDeals
Bring a little spice to the holiday season with Apostle Hot Sauce's unique range, handmade by Matthew and Lydia in Paekākāriki.
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🔔 DAY 4 🔔 12% OFF all Tania Tupu jewellery! #12DaysOfDeals
Tania Tupu (Ngāti Porou) makes Māori and Pacific-inspired contemporary jewellery in Titahi Bay, Porirua.
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🎄 DAY 3 🎄 12% OFF all Hannah Webster prints and greeting cards! #12DaysOfDeals
Wellington illustrator and textile designer Hannah Webster's mahi celebrates the beauty of our native forests.
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🎁 DAY 2 🎁 12% OFF all Paku products in-store at Wellington Museum and online! #12DaysOfDeals
Paku is a design studio combining mātauranga Māori with the latest technologies right here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
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On the first day of Christmas, Wellington Museum gave to me... 20% OFF everything in-store and online! Today only. T&Cs apply.
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Follow us for our #12DaysOfDeals this Decemeber 🎄
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Tonight, the moon will turn blood red in a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse begins at 10:09pm, and at 11:59pm, it will be a total lunar eclipse.
We will be open until 11pm, where we will have our telescopes operating to watch the early stages of the eclipse - weather permitting.
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Kupe, the master navigator who first explored Aotearoa, spent some time in Te Whanganui-a-Tara during his travels around the motu.
Find out how he left his mark upon our landscapes in this episode of Telling Tales.
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Planning what to do with your long weekend?
Drop in & explore the nautical world of ships, sailors & seafarers at Wellington Museum or discover the evolution of Wellington’s iconic transport system at the Cable Car Museum. Both will be open on Labour Day, 10am - 5pm.
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The Public Trust Hall on Lambton Quay is a striking remnant of Wellington’s civic architecture. Many grand buildings were pulled down in the late 1970s and 1980s, but affection and public lobbying have seen this @heritagenz category 1 listed building saved for us all to enjoy.
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The Public Trust Hall on Lambton Quay is a striking remnant of Wellington’s civic architecture. Many grand buildings were pulled down in the late 1970s and 1980s, but affection and public lobbying have seen this category 1 listed building saved for us all to enjoy.
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It's that time of year again! We are joining in backing the mighty Hihi for 's #BirdOfTheYear2022 💛🖤
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We're backing the hihi for Bird of the Year 2022!
This manu is one of the most vulnerable species at @ZEALANDIA, and Wellington is one of the few places in the country where you can still find them.
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We're putting a SPIN on the school holidays 🌀
Visit Cable Car Museum to see (and hear) SPIN - a mechanical sound installation created by local artists in association with Pyramid Club .
Check out the spin-off school holiday programmes at our website ➡ museumswellington.org.nz/spin/
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Ako te reo Māori with our free zine-making activity for tamariki. There’s six to choose from, with tales from singing pīwakawaka, grumpy taniwha, naughty tūī and talking cats and dogs!
Download here: bit.ly/3xlDKHm
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IMAGE Robyn Kahukiwa Rākau Whakapapa 2021, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist.
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This exhibition is part of Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara and represents the contribution of Wāhine Māori to the whakapapa of Aotearoa art history.
On display at Wellington Museum now until Sunday 9 October. Learn more here: bit.ly/3CZuix7
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Nau mai, haere mai. Opening today, Wāhine Māori: Te Toi o te Ātetenga The Art of Resistance features an impressive group of multi-disciplinary artists working across photography, sculpture, fashion, weaving and painting, whose works are grounded in activism.
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As part of Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, the Māori Language Petition (Te Petihana) is now displayed at the through to Saturday 3 December.
Bring your whānau along to view this special taonga.
Find all the details here:
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On this day in 1972, the Māori Language Petition (Te Petihana) was presented to Parliament with over 30,000 signatures from people around the country. It began a significant shift in the revival of te reo Māori as a language in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Mā te pepeha e mōhio ai ngā tāngata ki tō tuakiri me ngā hononga hirahira ki a koe. Whārikihia tō pepeha i konei.
Pepeha let people know where you are from and the connections that are important to you. Share your story and create your pepeha here: bit.ly/3CZK236
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Spend Father’s Day with Dad discovering four floors of treasures at Wellington Museum. Explore, listen, and even time travel!
Open 10am - 5pm daily, with FREE entry 🏛️
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Sit...stay...good boy 🐕
Happy #InternationalDogDay!
Today we are celebrating this remarkable canine, Paddy the Wanderer. We are open 10am – 5pm, drop by and give this good boy a pat.
Mā te wā, see you soon 👋
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#OnThisDay in 1878, steam trams took their first passengers from Lambton Quay to Adelaide Road 🚂🚋 they would later be replaced with horse trams due to noise and smoke complaints 🚭
#Archives #TōTātouPōneke #OurWellington
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We'd be 'lion' if we said Pōneke didn't have some interesting animal icons! 🦁
From Mittens to King Dick, there are many local icons that have become celebrities in the city. Check out some of these well-known characters, past and present 👇
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And that's a wrap!! Another successful annual maintenance shutdown comes to an end for another year. ✅
We are back open from 7.30am tomorrow and we warmly welcome you back on the Cable Car's. 🥰
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Where'd the art go? Check out our recent local history blog find some public art from Wellington's past: bit.ly/3uWK1b8
Photograph taken in Manners Street by Maribeth Coleman, c. 1996
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Mrs Chippy is our favourite cat 🐈
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On #InternationalCatDay, we remember the most famous cat to visit Antarctica, Mrs Chippy 
In 1914, the tiger-striped tabby set sail with explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance crew to cross Antarctica, from sea to sea, via the south pole. 
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Mrs Chippy is also featured as a 'Cook Straight Legend' at Wellington Museum alongside Pelorus Jack 🐬 🧵6/6
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In 2004 the society raised $6000 for a life-size bronze statue of his beloved Mrs Chippy to be placed on the grave.
Pictured is Harry McNish's grave in Karori Cemetery, featuring the Mrs Chippy monument.
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McNish died, in Wellington in September 1930 and was buried with full naval honours in an unmarked grave. In 1959, the New Zealand Antarctic Society had a headstone erected on his grave. 🧵 4/6
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In October 1915, Endurance was crushed and trapped by ice. Shackleton decided that Mrs Chippy and five of the sled dogs on board would not survive. McNish was very attached to Mrs Chippy and never forgave Shackleton for shooting Mrs Chippy. 🧵 3/6
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Mrs Chippy was so named because his best friend, the ship’s carpenter and master shipwright Harry McNish, was known as ‘Mr Chippy’. After a month at sea, it was discovered that despite her name, Mrs Chippy was male. 🧵 2/6
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On #InternationalCatDay, we remember the most famous cat to visit Antarctica, Mrs Chippy 🐈
In 1914, the tiger-striped tabby set sail with explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance crew to cross Antarctica, from sea to sea, via the south pole. 🧵 1/6
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