Carmen Rupe and Courtenay Place
Courtenay Place, Te Aro
You're on Courtenay Place — Wellington's entertainment strip.
Cuba Street
Corner of Cuba Street and Dixon Street
Welcome to Cuba Street, and the first thing you should know is that it has absolutely nothing to do with the Caribbean.
Erskine College Chapel
Avon St, Island Bay, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand
Peter Jackson filmed a ghost movie at this building.
Futuna Chapel
67 Friend St, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
New Zealand's most awarded building is a tiny chapel in suburban Karori that most Wellingtonians have never heard of.
Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
25 Tinakori Rd, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
This modest villa on Tinakori Road is where Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp was born on the fourteenth of October, eighteen eighty-eight.
Kumutoto Stream
Woodward St, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
You're standing on top of a hidden river.
Nairn Street Cottage
68 Nairn St, Mount Cook, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
This is the oldest surviving original house in Wellington, still on its original site.
Plimmer's Ark and the Vanished Shoreline
233 Lambton Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Look at the curve of Lambton Quay beneath your feet.
Te Aro Pa
Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
You're standing in front of what looks like a fairly ordinary modern building on Taranaki Street.
The Beehive
Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
You're standing in front of what might be the most divisive building in New Zealand.
Thistle Hall
293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
This unassuming building at two-ninety-three Cuba Street is Thistle Hall, and it has refused to die for over a hundred years.
Wellington Cable Car
280 Lambton Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
The Wellington Cable Car is the city's most photographed attraction, but almost nobody knows it was built as a real estate scam.
Wellington Railway Station
Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington Railway Station opened in June nineteen thirty-seven, and when it did, it was the largest building in New Zealand.
Wellington Waterfront
86 Jervois Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Take a breath.
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