Bucket Fountain
Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
The Bucket Fountain — Wellington's most unlikely icon.
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.
Embassy Theatre
10 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria
This is the Embassy Theatre — the only custom-built nineteen-twenties cinema still operating in New Zealand.
Te Papa Tongarewa
55 Cable St, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa — container of treasures in te reo Maori.
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.
Wētā Workshop Unleashed
1 Camperdown Rd, Miramar, Wellington, 6022, New Zealand
Wētā Workshop is the Academy Award-winning special effects company founded by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger that created the creatures, armour, and prosthetics for The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and dozens of other films.
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