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Te Papa believes Matariki should be celebrated by all New Zealanders as an indigenous event of national identity.
Te Papa wants Matariki celebrated as an event of national identity
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
A world first sensory experience will be officially opened at The Great War Exhibition to the public on Saturday April 14. Set at Quinn’s Post, a tenuously held frontline position on the Gallipoli Peninsula, visitors will enter another world of the grit and hardship experienced by New Zealand soldiers during this ill-fated campaign.
Peter Jackson uses cutting edge technology to bring Quinn’s Post Trench Experience to The Great War Exhibition
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
In 2019, New Zealand will mark 250 years since the first meetings between Māori and Europeans during James Cook and the Endeavour's 1769 voyage to Aotearoa New Zealand. Funding is available for community projects that align with the kaupapa of Tuia – Encounters 250.
Tuia - Encounters 250 Lottery Grants funding
Iconic Wellington landmark The Manor, a building that houses Nelson’s famed Lambretta’s café and a Christchurch substation that has its own Facebook page are to receive funding for earthquake strengthening, acting Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced today.
Seismic funding supports all manner of heritage buildings
An evaluation of the New Zealand Screen Production Grant (NZSPG) has provided a useful insight into its cultural and economic value to New Zealand.
Evaluation of the New Zealand Screen Production Grant
One of the world’s most exciting pianists returns to New Zealand in July to play one of the best loved pieces of music ever written for piano. Macedonian musician Simon Trpčeski will perform Edvard Grieg’s powerful and exhilarating Piano Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a six-city tour from 13 July.
Peerless virtuoso pianist to perform with the NZSO in July
The Minister for Women Hon Julie Anne Genter has announced a new community contestable fund of $300,000 for activities to celebrate Suffrage 125.
$300,000 community fund for Suffrage 125 launched

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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