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Arts / Heritage / Culture
- The Blockhouse
- Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre
- Golder Cottage
- Orongomai Marae
- Pa Whakataka Site
- The Printing Museam
- Staglands Wildlife Reserve
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
The Blockhouse
| Description: | Built to protect the settlers during the Maori Wars of the 1860s. |
| Address: | McHardie Street, Upper Hutt |
| Hours: | Viewing by arrangement. |
| Phone: | (04) 938 6072 - Nigel |
| Web: | - |
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre
| Description: | |
| Address: | Fergusson Drive (Next to H20 Xtream and Council Building) |
| Hours: | Ticketing Office & Galleries open Tues - Sun 10am - 4pm |
| Phone: | (04) 527 2168 |
| Web: | www.expressions.org.nz |
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
Golder Cottage
| Description: | Built in 1876, restored and now a unique time capsule. |
| Address: | 707 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt |
| Hours: | Open Saturdays 1.30pm - 4pm, other times by arrangement. Adults $3.00, Students $2.00, Children U/12 $1.00. |
| Phone: | (04) 528 9855 |
| Web: | - |
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
Orongomai Marae
| Description: | South of Maidstone Park. |
| Address: | Railway Ave, Upper Hutt |
| Hours: | - |
| Phone: | (04) 528 6693 |
| Web: | - |
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
Pa Whakataka Site
| Description: | Follow SH2 from Upper Hutt 6kms to Te Marua entrance, or turn left after the Kaitoke Hill along Kaitoke Waterworks Road. Enquiries to park ranger. |
| Address: | Junction of Mangaroa and Hutt Rivers |
| Hours: | - |
| Phone: | (04) 526 7822 |
| Web: | - |
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
The Printing Museam
| Description: | - |
| Address: | Reynolds Bach Drive, Silverstream Christian Centre, Silverstream |
| Hours: | - |
| Phone: | (04) 934 6509 |
| Web: | - |
Last Modified: 22 September 2010
Staglands Wildlife Reserve
| Description: |
See, touch and
hand-feed native and introduced birds and animals. Walk through
aviaries and enclosures, and a replica of an abandoned colonial
village. Café, souvenirs, picnic areas. Adults (over 16) $16, Children $8 (3 years & under free). |
| Address: | Akatarawa Valley, Upper Hutt |
| Hours: | Open 7 days 10am to 5pm |
| Phone: | (04) 526 7529 |
| Web: | www.staglands.co.nz |
