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2-Day Wellington Tour, New Zealand
2008.03.01
Highlights of 2-day tour in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, 50-minute fly from Christchurch:
1. Te Papa (NZ National Museum)
2. NZ Parliament Tour (the Beehive and MP debates)
3. Arts navigation in Four Quarters (Lambton, Cuba, Courtenay and Waterfront)
4. Wellington Botanic Gardens
5. Birthplace of Katherine Mansfield (world well-known short story writer)
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Highlights of 2-day tour in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, 50-minute fly from Christchurch:
1. Te Papa (NZ National Museum)
2. NZ Parliament Tour (the Beehive and MP debates)
3. Arts navigation in Four Quarters (Lambton, Cuba, Courtenay and Waterfront)
4. Wellington Botanic Gardens
5. Birthplace of Katherine Mansfield (world well-known short story writer)
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Wellington Railway Station with its street-side sculpture of train.
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Wellington Railway Station with its street-side sculpture of train.
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The Waterfront inspires with its parks, restaurants, water sports, stunning harbour views and New Zealand National Museum - Te Papa.
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The Waterfront inspires with its parks, restaurants, water sports, stunning harbour views and New Zealand National Museum - Te Papa.
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Apart from kayaking, flying a helicopter is another popular activity in the waterfront.
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Apart from kayaking, flying a helicopter is another popular activity in the waterfront.
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The sculpture on the waterfront depicts Kupe Raiatea, the great Maori navigator and discoverer of Wellington harbour 1000 years ago. Kupe’s wife Hine is attributed as having named New Zealand ‘Aotearoa’ - the Land of the Long White Cloud.
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The sculpture on the waterfront depicts Kupe Raiatea, the great Maori navigator and discoverer of Wellington harbour 1000 years ago. Kupe’s wife Hine is attributed as having named New Zealand ‘Aotearoa’ - the Land of the Long White Cloud.
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Te Papa is one of the best places to find out what the Treaty of Waitangi is - the foundational document about the rights and obligations between Maori and Pakeha (European migrants) signed on 6 February 1840.
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Te Papa is one of the best places to find out what the Treaty of Waitangi is - the foundational document about the rights and obligations between Maori and Pakeha (European migrants) signed on 6 February 1840.
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A hightech interaction with Maori culture and buildings is a must-do in Te Papa.
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A hightech interaction with Maori culture and buildings is a must-do in Te Papa.
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It is a great fun to create your own pop music by moving your fingers on the table-look disc in Te Papa.
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It is a great fun to create your own pop music by moving your fingers on the table-look disc in Te Papa.
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Golden Days - an amazing junkshop in Te Papa that transports you through 100 years of New Zealand history on film.
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Golden Days - an amazing junkshop in Te Papa that transports you through 100 years of New Zealand history on film.
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The one-hour free tour to New Zealand Parliament buildings surely helps you to understand how Kiwis run this country, including witnessing the MPs' debates.
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The one-hour free tour to New Zealand Parliament buildings surely helps you to understand how Kiwis run this country, including witnessing the MPs' debates.
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The base isolation systems invented by a Kiwi engineer is used in Parliament buildings which stands against earthquakes of an intensity up to the Modified Mercalli scales of MM10.
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The base isolation systems invented by a Kiwi engineer is used in Parliament buildings which stands against earthquakes of an intensity up to the Modified Mercalli scales of MM10.
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The original Treaty of Waitangi and the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition are on display in Archives New Zealand. Both documents have been recognised by the UNESCO Heritage of the World Register.
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The original Treaty of Waitangi and the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition are on display in Archives New Zealand. Both documents have been recognised by the UNESCO Heritage of the World Register.
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Cable Car brings you up to the top of Wellington Botanic Gardens.
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Cable Car brings you up to the top of Wellington Botanic Gardens.
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the birdview of Wellington
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the birdview of Wellington
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a fern umbrella in Botanic Gardens
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a fern umbrella in Botanic Gardens
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It is worth navigating through the city streets on foot and discovering the creative arts of painting, sculptures, jade, etc.
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It is worth navigating through the city streets on foot and discovering the creative arts of painting, sculptures, jade, etc.
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A damaged school building is wisely docorated by Street Arts.
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A damaged school building is wisely docorated by Street Arts.
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The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace (10minute walk from Parliament buildings) is the childhood home of New Zealand's most internationallly famous short story writer whose memories were rectreated in 'The Aloe', 'Prelude' and 'A Birthday'.
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The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace (10minute walk from Parliament buildings) is the childhood home of New Zealand's most internationallly famous short story writer whose memories were rectreated in 'The Aloe', 'Prelude' and 'A Birthday'.
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Cubita-Cafe de Cuba just reflects Wellington's bohemian quarter in Cuba Street.
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Cubita-Cafe de Cuba just reflects Wellington's bohemian quarter in Cuba Street.
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A public toilet in Courtenay Place, the entertainment quarter which brings art to life with concerts, operas, plays, musicals, live theatre and comedy.
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A public toilet in Courtenay Place, the entertainment quarter which brings art to life with concerts, operas, plays, musicals, live theatre and comedy.
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Buzzy Bee, a favourite icon of New Zealand appears in Wellington downtown. Generations of little New Zealanders have pulled Buzzy Bee around since the mid 1940's.
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Buzzy Bee, a favourite icon of New Zealand appears in Wellington downtown. Generations of little New Zealanders have pulled Buzzy Bee around since the mid 1940's.
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Car parks are not so accessable in streets of Wellington downtown that the private garage is offered to the public.
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Car parks are not so accessable in streets of Wellington downtown that the private garage is offered to the public.
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The postman/woman have to walk every day up and down the hilly Wellington city.
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The postman/woman have to walk every day up and down the hilly Wellington city.
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Bank of New Zealand building currently used as a Burger King restaurant is now for sale.
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Bank of New Zealand building currently used as a Burger King restaurant is now for sale.
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'The longer I live the more I turn to New Zealand. A young country is a real heritage though it takes one time to recongise it. But New Zealand is in my very bones.' (Katherine Mansfield, 1922)
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'The longer I live the more I turn to New Zealand. A young country is a real heritage though it takes one time to recongise it. But New Zealand is in my very bones.' (Katherine Mansfield, 1922)
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