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Text on screen: Welcome to Wellington

• Aerial view looking over the city, showing Wellington Harbour at sunrise with low clouds.
• Two people walk hand in hand along Oriental Parade. It is a sunny day and the beach is full of people lying in the sun and swimming.
• Two people hold hands and laugh while they walk down an alleyway past Egmont Street Eatery.

Text on screen: Where you can find...

• Four people walk down an alleyway with low lighting and fairy lights hanging from the ceiling.

Text on screen: Culinary delights

• A chef in a kitchen sprinkles a green garnish onto a plate of food that is ready to be served.
• A busy kitchen with two chefs adding the finishing touches to plates of food.
• Close-up view of milk being poured into a coffee, in the pattern of a fern.
• Close-up of a person flipping whitebait fritters on a barbecue.
• A person picks up a thick slice of toast topped with peanut butter, jam, and freeze-dried raspberries.
• A person pours a beer into a glass from a beer tap.
• Four people socialising outside on a deck, drinking craft beer.
• Close-up of a hand swirling a glass of red wine with blurred vineyards in the background.
• Rows of grape vines with trees and the Remutaka Range in the background.

Text on screen: Your culture fix

• A person walks past a gallery wall with over 20 framed portraits on it. The portraits depict people of significance.
• Two people look up at a tall māori carving.
• A close-up of a waka (māori canoe).
• A person puts their face inside a kaleidoscope mirror. Their face is reflected many times in a honeycomb shape.
• Four people look up in amazement at an exhibition.
• A model at the World of Wearable Art (WoW) awards show wearing an extravagant dress and headpiece on stage.
• Another model at WoW spins around on stage, showing their dress.
• Dancers on stilts at WoW drop their red veils on the floor in unison.

Text on screen: Urban adventure

• A giraffe in an enclosure sticks its long tongue out at a child who is feeding it greenery.
• The Bucket Fountain sculpture splashes water from the red, yellow, and blue buckets. 
• A child jumps off a wooden diving board on the waterfront on a sunny day. A marina and Mount Victoria are in the background.
• Two people bike along a gravel road towards a white lighthouse.
• An aerial view of a red and white striped lighthouse, on a rugged coastline.
• Towering rock formations at Putangirua Pinnacles Scenic Reserve.
• The Cable Car travels up the hill, with Wellington city and harbour in the background.
• Two people walking through native grasses with the blue sparkling harbour in the background.
• Three people walk through a forest full of native bush.
• A native parrot flies off a branch and into the trees.
• A child on an adult’s shoulders smiles surrounded by trees.
• A close-up of a native kiwi bird.
• Two parents and their two children walk through an alleyway holding hands and smiling.

Text on screen: And creativity around every corner...

• Two people walk up steps pained with a rainbow pattern. 
• Three people walk past garages pained with colourful street art.
• A person opens a red door and walks into Fidel’s Cafe.
• Close-up of sunglasses and jewellery on display at a store.
• Lights flicker in front of a plastic mannequin head.
• Looking through the window of a thrift shop. The store window is lined with three mannequins and a large pink neon sign that says ‘Vintage’.
• Three people laugh as they browse through secondhand clothing. One person holds up a shirt they have found.
• Street performers dressed in yellow outfits dance on Cuba Street in the middle of the road during a festival.
• Aerial view of Cuba Street showing a crowd of hundreds of people.

Text on screen: Artist — The Dream Girl’s Collective

• People performing on stage at Cuba Dupa as the crowd cheers.
• Street performers in silver sequin outfits dancing at Cuba Dupa.
• A waiter carrying drinks inside a restaurant.
• Five people enjoying a meal and talking over milkshakes.

Text on screen: Welcome to Wellington

• Three people with their hands in the air at sunset on Mount Victoria, with the harbour and city behind them.
• An aerial view of Michael Fowler Centre and Wellington waterfront.

Text on screen: WellingtonNZ.com