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To celebrate the completion of a 4 year restoration of the National War Memorial Carillon, we invite you to Pukeahu to hear National Carillonist, Timothy Hurd QSM, playing the Carillon bells at a series of free recitals. Spice up your weekday lunchtime or Sunday afternoon with the sounds of the Carillon.
National War Memorial Carillon recitals
Once the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918, communities went to monumental lengths to remember those who had served and died in the First World War. WW100 New Zealand has put together some resources to help you discover the history and significance of the 500 or so memorials that still cover our landscape.
Monumental – Understanding New Zealand's First World War memorials
A national commemoration, Tuia – Encounters 250, will acknowledge this pivotal moment in our nation’s history as well as the exceptional feats of Pacific voyagers who reached and settled in Aotearoa many years earlier.
Tuia - Encounters 250
25 new entries have been added to the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography celebrate some of New Zealand’s most influential women. From social morality campaigner Patricia Bartlett to transgender sex worker Carmen Rupe, the new biographies draw on diverse strands of women’s experience in New Zealand.
25 Famous Women Immortalised in Online Dictionary
Te Tai Whakaea Treaty Settlement Stories (Te Tai), launched today by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, will help us connect with our past and share the multi-faceted history of Treaty settlements. Te Tai presents a package of online resources including audio-visual oral history interviews, research articles, documentaries, multi-media web stories and educational resources in both English and Māori.
Te Tai Whakaea Treaty Settlement Stories launched in Whakatane
2018 marks the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. Learn more about planned events and celebrations.
Suffrage 125
In tribute to this year’s Suffrage 125 commemorations a wealth of stories, including profiles of some of New Zealand’s most influential women’s rights advocates, are now available online.
NZHistory showcases women’s suffrage stories
One hundred years ago the influenza pandemic killed an estimated 9000 New Zealanders during this country’s largest public health crisis. A number of events will be happening throughout the country to remember the pandemic and inform the public. These include performances, public talks, digital storybooks and guided walks to remember the lives of those lost.
Time to reflect on 1918 influenza pandemic
Auckland site approved for National Erebus Memorial

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Postal address

PO Box 5364
Wellington 6140
New Zealand

Street address                                     

Level 1, Former Public Trust Office Building
131 Lambton Quay, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

We are located on the corner of Lambton Quay and Stout Street.

Pedestrian access is via the main entrance on the corner of Lambton Quay and Stout Street.

Our reception hours are from 8.15am to 5.15pm.

An entrance for disabled access is off Lambton Quay.

Click here to view Wellington City Council's Acccessible Wellington map. This map of central Wellington provides information about accessible services and facilities in Wellington, including the locations of mobility parks, accessible toilets, drinking fountains and venues which have hearing loops available.

Individual DDI phone numbers ceased from October 2015. Please use our main phone number of (04) 499-4229 to contact staff.

Learn more about the history of the Public Trust Office Building here.

Main Phone

(64) (04) 499-4229

Fax

(64) (04) 499-4490

For media enquiries

027 622 0468 (for media enquiries only).

Please use our main number of (04) 499-4229 for general information requests.

Email

Email addresses for Ministry staff use the formula of firstname.lastname@mch.govt.nz

Email address for our Ministers use the formula of firstnameinitial.lastname@ministers.govt.nz

Details about our Ministers are here.

For general enquiries, e-mail info@mch.govt.nz

For Official Information Act (OIA) requests, e-mail Ministerial.Enquiries@mch.govt.nz. Details about making OIA requests are here.

For privacy queries, email privacy@mch.govt.nz. More details are here.

For technical website queries, e-mail webmaster@mch.govt.nz

For media enquiries, email media@mch.govt.nz  (If you  have a media enquiry during the weekend or holidays, please contact us on the mobile numbers listed above)

For inquiries about the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, e-mail nwm@mch.govt.nz

For inquiries about vacancies, e-mail hr@mch.govt.nz

Updated on 7th May 2018