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James Cameron's House
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James Cameron is a Canadian/American director. He is known for movies such as Titanic (1997), The Terminator (1984) and Avatar (2009). He has multiple properties in the United States as well as in New Zealand, falling in love with the country while filming Avatar here. Starting in 2012, he has spent tens of millions of dollars on real estate near Wellington, New Zealand. He bought this house on Lake Pounui in the summer of 2012.

New Zealand Parliament
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The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. However most people incorrectly refer to the House of Representatives as 'Parliament'. The House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of Parliament (currently 121 due to an overhang). MPs are directly elected by universal suffrage. New Zealand essentially follows the Westminster system of government, and is governed by a cabinet and Prime Minister chosen by the House of Representatives.
The Parliament was established by the British New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 which established a bicameral legislature, but the upper house, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1951 so Parliament is now unicameral. Parliament received full control over all New Zealand affairs in 1947 with the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act.
Parliament is physically located in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

National War Memorial (New Zealand)
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The New Zealand National War Memorial is located next to the New Zealand Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. It was dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day in commemoration of the First World War.
The memorial also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the South African War, World War II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The War Memorial consists of the War Memorial Carillon, the Hall of Memories, and an unknown New Zealand warrior interred in a tomb constructed in 2004 in front of the Hall of Memories. Four Rolls of Honour bear the names and ranks of 28,654 New Zealanders. Lyndon Smith's bronze statue of a family group is the focal point for the complex, which is visited by approximately 20,000 people a year.

Basin Reserve Stadium (cricket use)
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Government House
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The Government House, Wellington is the Official residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand.

Weta Workshop
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Here the creatures and the visual effects for the Lord of the Rings cinema trilogy have been made.

New Zealand Cricket Museum
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The New Zealand Cricket Museum is the heritage arm of New Zealand Cricket based in the Old Grandstand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, and houses a wealth of cricket treasures and artefacts.
It also has a research and lending library with an extensive range of cricket books. The New Zealand Cricket Museum Trust manages the museum in partnership with the Wellington Museums Trust and New Zealand Cricket.

National Art Gallery of New Zealand
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The National Art Gallery was opened in 1936 and occupied the first floor of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, Wellington. It was originally populated with a collection gifted from the Academy of Fine Arts.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Premier House
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The official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

'Seismic Shock' by Louise Purvis
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2006

Westpac Stadium
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The Wellington Stadium known as the Cake Tin by non-Wellingtonians, is the home to the Hurricanes Rugby Team. Other sports played here include cricket and soccer.

Dragon at the Embassy Theater
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The theater of the land of Peter Jackson did this Dragon for the "Lord of the Ring" release.
Ground picture :

'Ruaumoko' by Ralph Hotere and Mark McFarlane
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1998

'Buzzy Bee' by Hugh Nicholson, Bob Sharpe
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2006
The Buzzy Bee™ is New Zealand’s famous children’s toy.

Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul
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The Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul — informally known as Saint Paul's Cathedral — is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Wellington and is the seat of its bishop of Wellington.
The present building is Wellington's third church to bear the name of Cathedral of Saint Paul'. Work commenced on the cathedral in 1955, and was completed in 1998. It was constructed with reinforced concrete due to the effects of the 1931 Napier earthquake making other choices impractical. It began functioning as a cathedral church from 1964.
Major state events are held inside the Cathedral, including numerous state funerals and commemorative services. The Cathedral choir also sings at major state events off-site, most notably at the annual ANZAC Day service at the National War Memorial. Some of these events plus the Christmas service at the Cathedral are broadcast on national television.
It is located directly adjacent to the Neo-Gothic (Parliamentary) General Assembly library, providing a sharp contrast to the clean straight lines of the post-war cathedral.
There is a minor chapel on the "north" side of the Cathedral called the Lady Chapel, constructed of wood.

"Daddy Long Legs Spider" by Carl Gifford
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'De l'Autre Côté' by Elie Cristiani
"on the other side"
pick up the receiever to hear sounds from Corsica

'Two pouwhenua, Wai-titi Landing' by Ra Vincent

Men at Work (New Zealand)
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Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul
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Beautiful mural in Wellington
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'The Doo Doos' by Peter Kundycki

3 brand new Volvo trucks.
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1 FM and 2 FH. (from left to right)

Wellington Int'l Airport (WLG / NZWN)
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Workers
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Mural

'Ghandi Statue' by Gautam Pal
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A statue of the man who led India to independence from the British, Mahatma Gandhi, in Wellington. The life size bronze statue is a gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and sits on the front lawn of Wellington Railway Station

German Embassy in Wellington
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The German Embassy in Wellington (German: Deutsche Botschaft Wellington) is Germany's diplomatic mission to New Zealand. It is located at 90-92 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand. The current German ambassador to New Zealand is Thomas Hermann Meister.

M/F Kaitaki

'Bucket Fountain' by Burren and Keen

Geisha
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Mural

Gollum at Wellington Airport
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Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 children's fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became an important supporting character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk, who lived near the Gladden Fields. Originally known as Sméagol, he was corrupted by the One Ring and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gollum

'Punga Peke' by Mike Murray

Mural in the face of a building
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Newtown Park
Team Wellington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Wellington

"Tower of Light" by Andrew Drummond
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Presented to the city in 2005, sponsored by Meridian Energy, and assisted by the Wellington City Council, Tower of Light is the second major work by Andrew Drummond to be installed in Wellington. He is known for sculptures that involve technology and explore the relationship humans have with technology.
Tower of Light is a machine that uses the wind speed and converts that into light using very simple technology. The rotor at the top of the tower spins in accordance to the wind speed. This rotational speed is read via a controller, which then switches on neon rings in accordance to the speed of the rotor, which is determined by the wind speed. The lighter the wind speed the fewer number of rings are lit and as the wind speed increases the more neon rings are lit. The artist has used rainbow colours as a measuring element and so the sequence goes from blue and violet at the bottom through the spectrum to red at the top. As a result, the viewer is able to read wind speed through colour, a method for them to re-sense their environment.

'Invisible City' by Anton Parsons

Interislander Wellington Ferry Terminal

Wellington Railway Station

Moa Point Tunnel
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Goes under the safety zone at the south end of Wellington International Airport's runway.

'Wellington Urban Forest' by Leon ven den Eijkel and Allan Brown

Museum of Wellington City & Sea
The museum started in 1972 as the Wellington Maritime Museum of the Wellington Harbour Board. In 1989 with the reorganisation of local bodies throughout New Zealand, the Museum was transferred to the Wellington City Council and expanded in scope to include social history of the region. An entire floor of the museum still remains dedicated to Maritime history and culture of Wellington.

Cher
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. A significant popular culture figure for more than five decades, she has been called the Goddess of Pop. Recognized for having brought the sense of female autonomy and self-actualization into the entertainment industry, she is known for her distinctive contralto singing voice and for having worked in various areas of entertainment, as well as for continuously reinventing both her music and image.

'The Rock' by Neil Dawson

'Grand Head' by Terry Stringer

Hataitai bus tunnel
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388 m long, single lane under Mount Victoria, opened 1907 as a tram tunnel

Forklift and workers
Big mural.

Star Boating Club Building
The Star Boating Club was formed in 1866. It was the first rowing club established in Wellington and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in New Zealand. Initially, the club was housed in a shed erected near the site of the Cenotaph, but harbor reclamation and the resulting loss of their waterfront position resulted in the club relocating to another shed in 1874. Further reclamations during 1883 meant that the club needed to move again. This led to the construction of the Star Boating Club Building.

'Kaiwhakatere: The Navigator' by Brett Graham
2 of 3 forms

'Shells' by Jeff Thomson

Embassy of the United States, Wellington
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The Embassy of the United States in Wellington, New Zealand along with the consulate general in Auckland provides assistance to American citizens and issues travel visas to foreign nationals who wish to visit the United States.

'Pacific Grass' by Kon Dimopoulous

JetStar Airbus Leaving Wellington
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Originally found by Munden

Antrim House
The building is classified as a "Category I" historic place by Heritage New Zealand

Mount Victoria Tunnel
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The Mount Victoria Tunnel in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington is 623 metres (slightly more than a third of a mile) long and 5 metres (16.4 ft) in height, connecting Hataitai to the centre of Wellington and the suburb of Mount Victoria, under the mount of the same name.

Mount Victoria Tunnel
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'SkyBlues' by Bill Culbert

'Protoplasm' by Phil Price

'Lifestream/Seaform' by Roger Thompson

'Painted Moon' by Max Gimblett

Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand's most famous author

'Umbrella' by Peter Kundycki

KartSport Mt Wellington

'Per Capita' by Cathryn Munro

View over Wellington

Waitangi Skatepark
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'Albatross' by Tanja Ashken
1985-86

Long mural

Boeing 737 landing in Wellington
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Originally found by (Munden)

'Water Whirler' by Len Lye

Troll - Lord of the Rings
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This ugly brute is located outside the Weta Workshop, a special effects and prop company. Weta contributed to such films as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Thor: Ragnarok and Avitar.

'Such Bamboos Will Be The Hardest To Find' by Max Gimblett
Page Blackie Gallery

Che Guevara
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist.

'Maoi' by Tevo Pakarati

'Geometric Growth' by Guy Ngan

'Tail of the Whale' by Colin Webster-Watson

'Lotus Court' by Max Gimblett

City Gallery Wellington
Located in Civic Square, the Gallery is recognised as pivotal to Wellington’s positioning and growth as New Zealand’s arts capital, City Gallery Wellington plays a unique role in the New Zealand's cultural landscape. City Gallery mounts a changing programme of exhibitions and does not have a collection. City Gallery Wellington re-opened in September 2009 after a year's closure for renovations. Three new gallery spaces were added, including one devoted to the exhibition of Maori and Pacific art, plus a new auditorium. The additions were designed by Wellington architect Stuart Gardyne of Architecture+. The Gallery reopened with the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years which achieved almost-record attendance.

'Te Waka Pou' by Ra Vincent

Seatoun tunnel

Embassy of Spain, Wellington

'Vertical Form, Spinning' by Andrew Drummond

Quilts
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Embassy of the Netherlands, Wellington

Embassy of Mexico, Wellington

Plimmer Towers
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Majestic Centre
Tallest building in Wellington

Terrace Motorway Tunnel
The Terrace Tunnel takes the Wellington Urban Motorway (SH1) under The Terrace in central Wellington, New Zealand. Opened in 1978, it is 460 metres in length.

Air Nelson (ANZL) Dash 8-Q300
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ANZL = Air New Zealand Link

Graffiti
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'Thompson House' by Rewi Thompson
Arch's own house. Woah.

Embassy of France, Wellington
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Embassy of Poland, Wellington

Embassy of Indonesia, Wellington

High Commission of Papua New Guinea, Wellington

'Inner Form' by Henry Moore

Embassies of Brazil and Switzerland, Wellington

Barista
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Embassy of China, Wellington
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British High Commission, Wellington