Go for a voyage of discovery through Te Papa
55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington
The national museum is home to six floors filled with more than 800,000 cultural treasures, artefacts, specimens, and artworks. There is undoubtedly enough at Te Papa to keep you happy on a rainy day. It is open 365 days a year and apart from the occasional short-term exhibition, entry is free.
Explore Aotearoa’s weird and wonderful wildlife in Te Taiao Nature. Come face to face with the realities of war in ‘Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War’, featuring models made by Wētā Workshop. Or spy the biggest colossal squid ever caught. The interactive exhibitions will keep you entertained for hours, no matter the weather.