One of the last relatively unchanged areas of dunes and wetlands along the K膩piti Coast, this undulating 650-hectare park offers swimming, walking, cycling, picnic spots and healthy-looking seagulls, as well as the Wellington Tramway Museum and a horse riding outfit. There are three entrances: off Wellington Rd in Paek膩k膩riki, at MacKay's Crossing on SH1, and off the Esplanade in Raumati to the north.
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For an imaginative, interactive experience of Wellington鈥檚 social and maritime history, head to this bewitching little museum, inside an 1892 bond store鈥
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This groundbreaking ecosanctuary is nooked into a valley in the hills about 2km west of downtown Wellington. Living wild within the fenced, predator-free鈥
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These hilly, 25-hectare botanic gardens can be effortlessly visited via the Wellington Cable Car (nice bit of planning, eh?), although there are several鈥
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The city's most impressive viewpoint is atop 196m-high Mt Victoria (Matairangi), east of the city centre. You can take bus 20 most of the way up, but the鈥
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New Zealand's national museum is hard to miss, taking up a sizeable chunk of the Wellington waterfront. 鈥楾e Papa Tongarewa鈥 loosely translates as 鈥
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Academy Award鈥搘inning special-effects and props company Weta Workshop has been responsible for bringing the likes of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit,鈥
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New Zealand might be a young country but it has one of the oldest continuously functioning parliaments in the world and has chalked up more than its share鈥
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Housed in the monumental old library in Civic Sq (the new library is next door), Wellington鈥檚 much-loved City Gallery does a cracking job of securing鈥
Nearby North Island attractions
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A glimpse into historic Wellington by way of restored wooden trams and museum displays housed in a large garage. Take a 2km tram ride through Queen鈥
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Paraparaumu's oddest claim to fame is surely this 14m-high statue of the Madonna, looming over the town from a 75m-high hill. It was commissioned by the鈥
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This huge hangar-like museum looks like a 1960s university but houses one of Australasia鈥檚 largest collections of antique and unusual cars. Check out the鈥
4. Hemi Matenga Memorial Park Scenic Reserve
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This 330-hectare reserve overlooking Waikanae contains a large remnant of native kohekohe forest. The reserve rises steeply from 150m to its highest point鈥
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Waikanae's main visitor lure, Ng膩 Manu is a 15-hectare bird sanctuary dotted with picnic areas, bushwalks, aviaries and a nocturnal house with kiwi, owls鈥
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A beacon of culture and delight, the excellent Dowse is worth visiting for its jaunty architecture alone. It鈥檚 a family-friendly, accessible art museum鈥
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Built for the centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940, this gorgeous little art-deco building on the shell-strewn Petone foreshore contains a fun and鈥
8. Katherine Mansfield House & Garden
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Often compared to Chekhov and Maupassant, Katherine Mansfield was one of NZ鈥檚 most distinguished authors, who pushed the short-story form to uncharted鈥