Wellington Events - What's on and happening in Wellington, New Zealand from restaurants and cafes to events and services. http://www.wotzon.com http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030496 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030496 Come to the annual Teddy Bears Picnic at the rear of Southwards Car Museum on Monday 6 February (Waitangi Day). Bring your favourite teddy bear along and be in to win some great prizes. Lots of fun and games and live entertainment, including a fairy land, lots of dancing fairies, zumbatomic, and local talent. Rides and bouncy castles along with some traditional picnic games like teddy back races, egg and spoon, bear conga. Special guest the Toyworld teddy. Bring a picnic lunch or food and goodies are available to buy on the day also. Be sun smart and remember to slip slop slap and wear a broad brimmed hat, sunscreen and sunglasses. To enter your teddy bear to win a prize all you need is a gold coin or some pet food for the SPCA. Categories are:- Best dressed - Oldest - Biggest - Smallest - Most loved Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030478 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030478 A one-man band never sounded so good! Adelaide multi-instrumentalist Adam Page makes spontaneous symphonies on stage, feeding all his instruments and vocals through loop pedals to build lush, layered soundscapes. A hit at many international festivals, Adam incorporates everything from jazz to Punjabi and tango to afrobeat in his wacky, improvised performance. Join us at BATS for a multi-award winning, musically manic show comprised of one man on stage and an array of instruments... including his majestic Beard! Winner: Best Music & Best Solo Show 2009 NZ Fringe Festival Winner: Best Music 2011 Adelaide Fringe Festival "It is a rare treat to see a musician with such a masterful grasp of his craft performing with such effortless charisma, humour, and inventiveness. I was blown away". - Tim Minchin "It's a fun show from a talented and engaging performer with just enough of an off-beat edge to provide the something-for-everyone x-factor."- Simon Sweetman, Dominion Post Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030471 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030471 The NBR New Zealand Opera's third opera of 2012 is an acclaimed Opera North production of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, on at the St James Theatre from 13 to 16 October. Bedřich Smetana’s dream to establish a Czech national opera was realised with The Bartered Bride, his second opera, and the first Czech opera to become a worldwide hit. An effervescent, comic look at Bohemian life, The Bartered Bride is a tale of true love prevailing despite the best efforts of a scheming marriage broker and a couple of social-climbing parents. Aidan Lang says he is excited to be presenting The Bartered Bride to New Zealand audiences, particularly as it is the highly acclaimed Opera North production directed by Daniel Slater. “This is a thoughtful and highly engaging production,” he says; “it’s a comedy, but with an edge to it. Daniel directs it at a very human level and paints clearly the dilemmas the characters go through. He takes the piece at face value, deliberately moving away from a folkloric look and instead dealing with real people in real situations. The result is a potent piece of comedic theatre.” This production is set in 1972 - four years after the Prague Spring. A largely New Zealand cast has been secured with principal roles taken by Anna Leese, Conal Coad, Patricia Wright, Helen Medlyn, Richard Green and Andrew Glover. And returning following critical acclaim as conductor of 2011’s Cav & Pag is Oliver von Dohnányi, Director of the State Opera of Prague and the original conductor of this production when it was performed in the UK. The Story In a Czech village, Mařenka is distraught because she is being forced to marry a stuttering rich boy instead of her heart’s desire, the mysterious Jeník. Kecal the marriage broker is determined to get his cut and tries to scare off Jeník, and Mařenka uses her feminine wiles to confuse poor Vašek. Can this love triangle turn back into the conventional shape or has Jeník cooked his goose when he takes the money? “With a famous overture that promises an even madder day than The Marriage of Figaro – and delivers on that promise – our Bartered Bride is a political comedy featuring polkas, fights, excessive amounts of Czech beer, a brilliant anti-Communist circus and a dancing Russian bear.” – Daniel Slater, Director “... the show zips along, joyfully, liberatingly. Pure heaven.” – The Times, UK “… one of the most vivaciously animated productions in years.” – The Guardian, UK The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana An Opera North production. Sung in English. Creative Team Conductor OLIVER VON DOHNÁNYI Director DANIEL SLATER Associate Director/Choreographer TIM CLAYDON Production Designer ROBERT INNES HOPKINS Lighting Designer SIMON MILLS Cast Mařenka ANNA LEESE Jenik PETER WEDD Kecal CONAL COAD Vašek ANDREW GLOVER Esmeralda TARYN FIEBIG Krušina RICHARD ALEXANDER Ludmila PATRICA WRIGHT Micha RICHARD GREEN Hata HELEN MEDLYN Accompanied by the Vector Wellington Orchestra. With the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus. Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030468 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030468 The NBR New Zealand Opera's second opera of 2012 is Verdi's much loved Rigoletto, on at the St James Theatre in Wellington from 19 to 26 May. Opera doesn’t get more melodramatic than Rigoletto, Verdi’s heart-breaking tale of love and deception. Rigoletto is also a firm favourite with audiences, and amid a flow of glorious melody features one of opera’s most recognisable arias, “La donna è mobile”. Aidan Lang says “Rigoletto is an emotionally charged opera and this new, New Zealand Opera production will be a Rigoletto of our times; it will be topical. “Our style is to offer a judicious re-examination of the operas we perform. We make old war horses come alive again. And under the direction of Lindy Hume, whose 2007 Lucia di Lammermoor so thrilled its audiences, this Rigoletto will certainly be alive. Lindy’s productions are always intelligent and well thought out theatrically. Her approach enables her to achieve exemplary performances from her singers, and with the line-up in this production, she’ll produce some great results.” The NBR New Zealand Opera’s Director of Music, Wyn Davies, conducts a top-notch cast including Warwick Fyfe in the great central role of Rigoletto. Emma Pearson returns from her triumphant Susanna in 2010 to sing his daughter Gilda, and Rafael Rojas plays the philandering Duke of Mantua. Egyptian bass baritone Ashraf Seweilam takes the role of Sparafucile, and New Zealanders Kristen Darragh and Rodney McCann sing Maddalena and Count Monterone respectively. “Rigoletto is full of soaring music which makes one feel one's heart is going to burst. Dramatically [the title role] is to an opera singer what Hamlet or King Lear is to an actor. It is the zenith of the Verdi baritone repertoire.” – Warwick Fyfe, Rigoletto The Story Rigoletto is in cahoots with the lecherous Duke of Mantua, who seduces and disposes of women as the mood takes him. But Rigoletto’s mockery of the duke’s victims earns him the attentions of the wrong people, and they decide to kidnap his mistress as punishment. However she isn’t his lover; she is his beloved daughter Gilda, who he has kept hidden from the world to protect her. Rigoletto unwittingly helps to abduct her and the jester ultimately gets a taste of his own medicine. Rigoletto By Giuseppe Verdi Creative Team Conductor WYN DAVIES Director LINDY HUME Production Designer RICHARD ROBERTS Lighting Designer JASON MORPHETT CAST Rigoletto WARWICK FYFE Duke of Mantua RAFAEL ROJAS Gilda EMMA PEARSON Sparafucile ASHRAF SEWAILAM Maddalena KRISTEN DARRAGH Count Monterone RODNEY MACANN Count Ceprano JAMES CLAYTON Matteo Borsa DEREK HILL Cavaliere Marullo MATTHEW LANDRETH Countess Ceprano EMMA FRASER Giovanna WENDY DOYLE The Usher MOSES MACKAY Accompanied by the Vector Wellington Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. With the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus. Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030443 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030443 One Love is back for 2012! That's right... RadioActive.fm is very proud to present One Love - Concrete Jungle on the 6th February 2012 (Waitangi Day ) from 12pm til late. Wellingtonians can relax this year as New Zealand's largest independent radio station, Wellington's RadioActive.fm proudly announces the revival of One Love after the annual reggae, roots celebration on Waitangi Day temporarily departed from the Wellington calendar last year. Rather than being at the Hataitai Velodrome, its home since 1998, One Love rises again in a different format for this year as the event goes urban and into the new location of the Foxglove Bar, Kitchen & Ballroom on the Wellington waterfront. Wellingtonians will also be pleased to note that this year's event will have no cover charge. (Yes that's right - free entry all day!) From noon on the 6th of February RadioActive.fm will be celebrating One Love, keeping the same reggae vibration the day is associated with and adding a second zone to accommodate the musical rabbit warren that is our on-air sound with a long list of local DJs. Here's the first line up: Djs -

Shady (Americana)
, Jim, 
Verdi,  
Jade
 / Bex, 
D:UNK / Akbar / Excelle (Urban Experiment)
, Nu Flava, Kris
, TV Disco (Music Without Subtitles), 
Coda (The Floor)

, Roots and Culture Djs (Miles, Topknot, The Mighty Twig and Hawk I & Ras

) and Art Official... More very special guests to be announced. “We're stoked to be bringing back One Love in a new location whilst keeping the good vibes the city has come to expect from the day. Wellington needs to have a free, community based event and RadioActive will be happy to be the one that continues to make Babylon quake, celebrate our national day and have a cracking time in the sunshine", said organisers. One Love - Concrete Jungle: all day music, all good vibes - all free! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030439 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030439 This month sees an international jewellery symposium 'JEMposium' take place in Wellington and to mark that event we are presenting the work of three leading conceptual jewellers. The title for this exhibition derives from Areta Wilkinson’s investigation of “jewellery as pepeha”. Pepeha are commonly a mihi, the Maori introduction providing a structure for an individual to tell their story, their history - however they can also be pithy proverbs or witticisms. While it has been argued that pepeha are embedded in whakapapa and a Maori world view, a broader interpretation provides the framework for this exhibition with the work of each artist presenting a distinct personal and cultural history. What the artists have in common is the production of work that interrogates the nature, purpose and possibilities of jewellery - without abandoning the medium’s essential connection to the body and its role as adornment. Wilkinson (Kai Tahu) says her practice has developed as an exploration of the sense of place inherent in tūrangawaewae and involves a search for “a craft methodology unique to Aotearoa New Zealand". Her ‘aberrant’ pendants in this exhibition reference moa hunter fashions described by Roger Duff in his 1950 publication The Moa-Hunter Period of Maori Culture. Similarly the work of Sofia Tekela-Smith, which directly reflects and celebrates her mixed Rotuman Scottish heritage, has been concerned with challenging and exposing stereotypical notions of the noble savage in paradise. All three artists have exhibited widely in New Zealand and internationally and Lisa Walker, whose surprising and frequently amusing work particularly challenges traditional jewellery aesthetics, has been described as one of New Zealand's most internationally successful jewellers. Last October at the opening of her solo exhibition Wearable at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art near Amsterdam she was presented with the prestigious Françoise van den Bosch Award for jewellery art. The Award has led to further exhibitions in New York and London and a major new project will form part of Christchurch Art Gallery’s reopening programme in early 2012. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030433 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030433 Come sing along with the Yoots at the Waitangi Day commemoration in full view of Kāpiti Island where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngāti Raukawa. All are warmly invited to the powhiri which begins at 10am in lower Campbell Park followed by speeches and a complimentary cuppa. There's a historical iwi exhibition and ta moko demonstration at the adjacent Paekakariki Memorial Hall, a waka on display, kapa haka, music, ti rakau (stick game), hangi, food, craft and community group stalls. Kids will enjoy the sideshows including laughing clowns, petting zoo, inflatable slide, bouncy castle, miniature train, mini-pony and cart rides etc. Food stalls include hangi, whitebait/mussel/paua fritters, mussel chowder and more. The Kapiti Coast Youth Council are bringing pro skaters to share tips and show off a few tricks at the skatepark in upper Campbell Park. They will also run a cultural mural painting session for young people. Hosted by Kāpiti Coast District Council in partnership with Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Paekakariki hapu Ngāti Haumia, and Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030431 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030431 Alphabet St - Funk for the whole family! Babysteps presents the Sunday sessions where families can listen, laugh, dance and craft together. Come and see an iconic Wellington live band, dance and learn from our dance instructors, try out a Craftcamp workshop and have your family photo taken in the Amazing Travelling Photobooth. Dress fruity and get down with some amazing & inspiring Wellington musicians, up close and personal. Lord Echo and his big band will take us on a magical, meandering journey through Afro–disco, Soul Reggae, Latin boogie and Ethio–Jazz. You will not be able to stand still for this. Presale tickets $12+booking fee at undertheradar.co.nz, under 2’s free. All activities & workshops are included in ticket price. Other Alphabet Street shows: Jan 22nd 4 - 5.30pm with The Yoots! -Free at Capital E’s Great Scavenger Hunt Extravaganza Feb 26th 2-5pm with The Orchestra of Spheres March 25th 2-5pm with The Boomshack Band April 29th 2-5pm with Lord Echo.  Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030424 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030424 Wellington is set to launch into a showcase of fashion and creativity for Wellington Fashion Week on 18-22 April 2012. The event is the first of its kind to hit the capital, highlighting local talent and raw creativity. Wellington Fashion Week 2012 will host high-fashion trade shows and multiple designer and media events, throughout Wellington Central. The event will run in conjunction with the Wellington Young Designer Awards, confirmed to take place in the Massey University Old Museum Building’s Great Hall. Wellington Fashion Week’s creative director, Cameron Sneddon outlines that the week will enable local fashion designers access to the industry that may not have had a similar platform for their pieces. “The event is a fantastic opportunity for up and coming fashion designers to work alongside those already firmly grounded within the industry. I want to provide a platform for expression and exposure” he says. Designers Hermione Flynn and Ashley Fogel have already officially confirmed their attendance, and many other exciting designers have expressed great interest in the event. Designer enrolments are now open and major sponsors, Massey University, Museum Art Hotel, Armstrong Prestige Audi and the Edge, are gearing up to get behind the local talent. Tickets to the fashion shows are on sale now from iTicket.co.nz. For more information see www.wfweek.co.nz. Seats are limited. Wellington Fashion Week Line Up Wellington Fashion Week Group Shows $150.00 pp Massey University Old Museum Building Great Hall, Mt Cook. These events are designer trade events appealing to delegates and consumers. They consist of designers that have entered into Wellington Fashion Week and are showing both current collections and SS 12'13 collections. Note: Designers 'slots' updated weekly - Designer enrolments close 28 February 2012 19th April Group Show A - Ashley Fogel - Kelsey Genna - Taylor Boutique 20th April Group Show B - Hermione Flynn - Phillipa & Alice Wellington Fashion Week 'off site' Designer Shows These are open to all ticket holders of Wellington Fashion Week 2012 regardless to what group show you have purchased above. These off site show locations will all be available on the Wellington fashion Week 2012 calendar along with other events held under Wellington Fashion Week 2012. Nicola Screen for Goodness Wellington Young Designer Awards - 21 April $150.00 pp Massey University Old Museum Building Great Hall, Mt Cook. The Wellington Young Designer Awards is an event held under Wellington Fashion Week 2012, which enables selected designers the opportunity to showcase a capsule collection range, under the Wellington Fashion Week 2012 event calendar. This event provides a great opportunity to support and assist designers, allowing for progression though to Wellington Fashion Week in years to come. Accompanied by some fabulous awards from our sponsors, this event is definitely one to check out! The Edge Closing Function - 22 April $40.00 pp What an amazing way to close Wellington Fashion Week 2012 with guest speakers, Wellington Young Designer Awards announced, a few words of thanks; accompanied by fine wine, food, and of course, fine company! Tickets are extremely limited so do be sure to be in quick. Ticket sales for the closing party will be launching in March 2012. We will keep you well informed over our social networks and mailing list with any updates. What else do you get? Each ticket allows you to attend the selected group show for that night, as well as fashion expos and events held under Wellington Fashion Week 2012 calendar. Your ticket also acts as a pass to the Wellington Fashion Week SUNDAY event, which will leave you breathless after a day of amazing shopping and retail experience.  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030422 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030422 Handshake is an innovative mentorship program - the brainchild of contemporary jeweller Peter Deckers. At the beginning of 2011 he paired 12 graduate jewellers with the artists who most inspire them. The 12‘apprentices’ teamed up with their jeweller idols, exchanging images and ideas through email, skype and face-to-face conversations. The collaboration has resulted in a series of local and internationally based exhibitions. This exhibition at Toi Pōneke Gallery marks the first anniversary of Handshake. Part of JEMposium: jewellery or what - International Jewellery Symposium, Saturday 10-Monday 13 February (various Wellington locations). Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030410 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030410 Win tickets to Meeting Karpovsky - fill in your details below to enter. The award-winning production Meeting Karpovksy returns to Wellington with a season at Circa Theatre from 10 to 25 February 2012. Sylvia used to travel the world and its famous ballet theatres. Now she spends time alone in her wisteria covered attic filled with her daughter's unwanted possessions and photographs of her favourite ballet dancer, Alexander Karpovsky - she has seen him dance 127 times. One day the silent Karpovsky mysteriously appears and begins to teach the stumbling Sylvia to dance...and to live. Originally produced to rapturous response in 2002, Meeting Karpovsky toured New Zealand in 2003/4 and won Listener Best Play and Chapman Tripp Actress of the Year. Following popular demand it now returns for a strictly limited season. Created by Helen Moulder, Sue Rider and Jon Trimmer with music by Tchaikovsky, Weber, Stravinsky, Adam and Bach. Presented by Willow Productions. Directed by Sue Rider. Starring Helen Moulder and John Trimmer. "an extraordinary work full of humour, delight, drama and surprise" - The Listener. "Pure magic... together they are magnificent" - The Listener "stirkes a unique chord...a must see" - The Press "delivers the kind of rewards that only live theatre can offer" - National Business Review Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030404 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030404 Dragon Boat teams will practice racing and test out their endurance at the Dragon Boat Fun Day on 25 February. This event is open to teams that have entered into the Wellington Dragon Boat Festival on 18 and 19 March. Free barbecue for competitors. Dragon Boating involves 20 paddlers in one boat, a sweep who stands at the back to steer the boat and a drummer who sits on the front.  Started as a corporate challenge the festival has expanded into both the corporate and sporting sector. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030401 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030401 Come and join us for a day of fun, teddy bears and performances in Shorland Park on the final day of the Island Bay Festival. Starting at 11 am with an open-air service provided by the combined churches and then a sausage sizzle at midday, performances continue to the late afternoon at Shorland Park. You’re invited to bring your Teddy Bears to the annual Teddy Bears Picnic and enjoy games and prizes, a treasure hunt and the judging of the best teddy bears. Have a go on our carnival rides, eat plenty of delicious food, have your photo taken in our photo booth and join in the interactive live music and theatre performances. Bigger and better than ever before, at the closing ceremony we will have a surprise special guest and of course the wonderful bubble man! Dress up, bring your teddy bears and we’ll see you there! Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030387 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030387 Nine of Wellingtons best professional freelance dancers unite to present Yes. No. Maybe?, a compelling triple bill of new and exciting contemporary dance works to be performed at BATS Theatre for the 2012 Wellington FRINGE Festival. Choreographed by Sarah Knox, Anna Flaherty and Alana Yee, each choreographer physically and emotionally explores the moments we face in life; of forgetting, regretting or conforming, which will define who we become? Sarah Knox’s ‘Things I Didn’t Say’ explores missed opportunities, words caught in your throat and walking away. Chapters of you, me and the person you never told you loved. In ‘Don’t You’, Anna Flaherty provides a glance into moments of our forgetting, those who we consume but do not savour. Alana Yee’s ‘Peace it ToGetHer’ explores facets of female identities within multiple socio-cultural contexts. Yes. No. Maybe? is the culmination of the artistic experimentation that has been developed by the Wellington Freelance Dancers throughout 2011 and will showcase relationships between edgy contemporary dance, original choreography, music, text and visual arts. Not suitable for children, contains some nudity. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030385 http://www.wotzon.com/eventlisting.php?event_id=5030385 There's a lot going on at ZEALANDIA these summer holidays. See below for all the events and special offers at ZEALANDIA, and start planning your next trip to the sanctuary. Families get a 20% discount, and the other summer specials include free storytelling, kids clue trail, late closing and delicious high tea plus our regular selection of daily talks, tours and weekend boat rides. 20% Off for Families Affordable fun for all the family, this summer at ZEALANDIA. 1 January – 1 April, every day. Enjoy a 20% discount on a family General Admission ticket (2 adults & up to 3 kids: 5-14 years). See both our natural history exhibition with big-screen movie, life size moa and more, and wander the sanctuary valley’s trails spotting a host of remarkable native flora and fauna – including our new tuatara babies! Upgrade to annual membership on the day for just an extra $43.80. 6pm Closing Linger longer this summer at ZEALANDIA. Every weekend, 7 January – 1 April. Enjoy the sanctuary valley until later with an extra hour to roam and relax, every weekend from 7 January to 1 April. On Sundays combine free storytelling or a decadent high tea with your sanctuary wander for a perfect day at ZEALANDIA. High Tea on the Balcony at Rata Cafe Top-quality refreshments with a fine view. 2pm-4pm, Sundays 8 January – 1 April (Excluding 5 & 26 February). Treat yourself to a scrumptious set menu of sweet and savoury snacks, tea or coffee and perhaps a glass of bubbles for that extra indulgence. Seating is at beautifully laid tables on our sheltered balcony overlooking the lower lake and forest. The sanctuary valley closes late so you can enjoy a post-pamper stroll ‘til 6pm. $25-$30 per person. Booking essential. Phone: (04) 922 1139. Sunday Storytelling Fun for the kids 10:30am at Tūī Terrace, 22 January – 26 February (weather dependent). Join Just Giraffe storytellers for 40 minutes of tales tall and short! Using puppets and props, they will entertain and entrance with a collection of unusual fairy tales and Māori myths and legends. Best enjoyed by 3 – 8 year olds. Limited time offer: FREE ZEALANDIA by Night Tour for new members Become a member before 1st April and enjoy a free sensational ZEALANDIA by Night Tour, normally priced at $76.50 per adult. It’s summer time and there has never been a better time to become a ZEALANDIA member. There’s always something happening in the sanctuary valley so become a member and enjoy it all, everyday, all year plus come and experience the nocturnal sights and sounds of the valley on a FREE ZEALANDIA by Night Tour. Conditions apply - see www.visitzealandia.com for details. Regular Activities FREE with admission! - Kids clue trail (from 17th December all through summer) - 11:15am Walk & Talk with a Ranger Guide every day - Ranger species talks, hourly from midday every day: kākā/kākāriki, tuatara, takahē - Boat rides across the lower lake, weekends (subject to availability, gold coin donation) - Morning Star mine and cave wētā, weekends (subject to availability) - NEW - check out our tuatara babies in their own special nurseries! Regular offers throughout the year - Student Tuesdays - $10 general admission with student ID. - Buggies go Bush - Join like minded parents and kids, $10, Wednesdays 10:30am. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300