Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre

Visual: Birds eye view, pans over trees with the city in the distance. The camera flies over the blue ocean, zooming in towards the high-rise buildings that make up the city skyline.

Audio: Voiceover — Where the winds meet powerful forces bring life to New Zealand’s capital city Wellington, Te Whanganui a Tara.

Visual: Clips play in quick succession:

• The camera zooms in on the Wellington sign, located on Wellington waterfront. It then zooms in through the letters, revealing sail boats on Wellington harbour.
• The camera flies past Te Papa Museum with Tākina situated directly across the road.

Audio: Voiceover — At its heart, Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Visual: Clips play:

• A group of three business-looking people are smiling and walking outside Te Papa Museum. They are facing towards Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, located across the road.
• Close up of a person in the entrance archway of the convention centre building, smiling, and looking off in the distance.
• Four people networking in the function space, holding glasses of champagne, standing next to the big windows in the foyer.

Audio: Voiceover — A place of connection and collaboration, a stage for sharing your stories

Visual: People riding up and down on escalators in the venue. Te Papa Museum is shown in the background through the windows. Clips play:

• Close up exterior view of Tākina, showing the blue sky and clouds reflecting off the large windows.
• Close up exterior view from a different angle, showing clouds moving quickly in the reflection of the windows.
• Close up exterior view showing the high-rise buildings in the city, reflected in the glass windows of Tākina.
• Four guests smiling and networking outside on the deck on the second floor of Tākina. They are holding champagne flutes and a waitstaff member dressed in black is offering them food on a platter.

Audio: Voiceover — 10,000 square meters of quality accessible space, where sustainable design meets flexibility.

Visual: Clips play:

• Close up reveals the fresh salmon canapés on the platter. A guest picks up a canape with their hand.
• Camera pans around the exterior of the Tākina building at sunset, the colours on the glass are reflections of the dusky purple sky. On the ground it looks busy. Traffic lights are quickly changing and cars are moving with their lights on.
• Courtenay Place at night, showing St James Theatre and nearby restaurants. The street is busy. There are people walking around, and cars driving down the street.
• Birds eye view of Wellington harbour and waterfront, looking towards Tākina. The green hills of Mount Victoria are shown in the background. The shot shows how close Tākina is to the waterfront and Te Papa Museum.

Audio: Voiceover — Nestled in a vibrant, cultural precinct, with an easy reach of entertainment, cuisine and nature.

Visual: Camera pans across flat water on Wellington harbour, zooming in towards the high-rise buildings in the city centre.

Audio: Voiceover — Surrounded by over 4,000 hotel rooms.

Visual: Person in a suit holding a champagne flute, standing on the balcony of Tākina, looking into the distance.

Audio: Voiceover, speaking te reo Māori — Nau mai, haere mai. (Welcome)

Visual: Zoomed out view of the bronze looking glass on the windows of Tākina. The camera then pans around showing the full architecture of the exterior building.

Audio: Voiceover — Wellington and Tākina welcome you.

Visual:

• Business Events Wellington and Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre logos appear on the screen next to each other.
• Cuts to another screen that says WellingtonNZ.com/meet