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Awards 2024

Nominations for our 2024 NZ Building People Awards and Next Gen Awards will be open 17 April - 29 May. 

The awards evening will take place on 30 August at the Viaduct Event Centre in Tāmaki | Auckland. 

Who will you nominate?

Plenty is happening in Wellington while you're attending the Building our Digital Community Conference. Slot in some great weekend-makers around the conference with some of our suggestions.

Try this event site too: Wellington EventFinda

OUR TOP 5 COFFEE HAUNTS

1. L’Affare

Where to find it: 27 College Street, Te Aro

2. Pour and Twist

Where to find it: 13 Garrett Street, Te Aro

3. People’s Coffee

Where to find it: 12 Constable Street, Newtown and 40 Taranaki Street, Te Aro

4. Customs

Where to find it: 39 Ghuznee St, Te Aro

5. Havana

Where to find it: 163 Tory Street, Te Aro

TE PAPA EXHIBITIONS TO VISIT

1. Gallipoli

The Scale of Our WarKaripori: Te pakanga nui.

2.Mataaho Collective: Te Puni Aroaro

Four wāhine Māori artists who have worked together for the last decade.

3. He Kaupapa WakaA Fleet of Waka

Celebrate the thriving waka community.

4. Kate Newby: She's talking to the wall

Nearly 1,000 wind chimes hang in front of you. Aotearoa New Zealand artist Kate Newby made this expansive artwork over 10 years. 

5. Dane Mitchell: Iris, Iris, Iris

Merges the visible world with the invisible, using the many meanings of the word ‘iris’ to explore the senses of smell and sight.

TOP 5 TOURIST SPOTS

1. Wellington Cable Car and the Kelburn Lookout

The Kelburn cable car terminal is also home to the interesting Cable Car Museum

2. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

New Zealand's national museum is an immersive journey

3. Wellington Museum

In particular, the exhibits on the 1968 Wahine disaster–the sinking of the Wahine ferry near Wellington harbor.

4. The Beehive

The city's most love-it-or-hate-it piece of architecture.

5. Wellington Botanic Gardens

A lush 25-hectare oasis that sprawls for 25 hectares on the city hillside