Hear stories about the jailers, judges and policemen who were dealing with the city’s criminals, as well as some of the villains and murderers that shocked earlier generations in Wellington.Find out about the duelling pistol that was involved in the deaths of a lawyer and a magistrate; and about an unsolved murder on a quiet … Read More…
This walking tour covers a wide range of aspects of military service of early settlers, of soldiers serving in Wellington, and of their wives and children, and the contributions those with military experience made to the development of the city, to society and to economic development. The tour traverses the lower part of the cemetery, … Read More…
Tiptoe Through the Tombstones walking tour traverses a number of heritage features of Bolton Street Cemetery, recounting fascinating stories about many of the people buried therein. The tour starts at the Bolton Street Cemetery in Lower Bolton Street and makes its way at a leisurely pace to the Seddon Memorial on Kinross Street. It is … Read More…
Join this guided tour on the 55th anniversary of Rita Angus’s death to find out about the Bolton Street Cemetery’s special connection with her sketches and paintings. The well-known artist, who lived nearby in Thorndon, paid close attention to the upheaval around the construction of the urban motorway, and this tour follows the trail of … Read More…
Celebrate the founding of Wellington on our Anniversary holiday, and explore the stories of some of our early settlers – the rich, the famous, and the ordinary folk who arrived in Wellington in 1840 and the years immediately after, and set about developing new lives, laying down the foundations of our city. This tour traverses … Read More…
Hear entertaining stories of the remarkable women who helped shape Wellington’s history. Learn about their lives as wives, daughters, mothers, and heroines. Featuring entertaining stories of women – settlers and Māori – who lived in Wellington and helped shape its history, the women were wives, daughters, mothers, housewives and heroines: an artist, a nurse, a … Read More…