Capital E: Ignite your children’s creative spark - WellingtonNZ

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4 Queens Wharf, Te Aro, Wellington
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Capital E

Taking play to new levels of fun and creativity, tamariki are at the heart of Capital E.

Capital E puts kids at the centre of everything it does. It has spaces, experiences, and events designed to inspire, entertain and educate. The next generation of artists, scientists, explorers, makers, and doers will find inspiration here.

Described as the intersection of creativity and play, Capital E ignites and fuels the creative spark in children. It offers workshops, interactive play areas, and immersive digital education experiences.

The front of the Capital E building in TSB Arena, with bright colour sign writing along glass windows.

PlayHQ, the free interactive play area, is a fun, safe environment for children under five to draw, dance, crawl and create. The colourful indoor playground is often reimagined to offer new and exciting ways for tamariki to explore their budding creativity.

Accompanying the imaginative play space are free workshops with a different one held each day. Stretch, move, and wiggle every Monday with Yoga for Kids. Join Lala for Music on Tuesday to celebrate sounds from around the world. On Wednesdays get crafty with Little Creators. Fill your kete of knowledge with Professor Inventus at his Thursday Science Jam. And put on your dancing shoes for Friday’s Spin Around with Adventure Adam.

Young children at a bright orange table at Capital E, glueing paper leaves onto pieces of paper.

Young children pointing up at the Earth projected onto the digital planetarium and Space Place.

Te Ara Whānui ki te Rangi Space Place

Space Place is home to a digital full-dome planetarium, the historic Thomas Cooke telescope, and interactive galleries and exhibitions.

A waka experience guide stands in the middle of people rowing at Whairepo Lagoon on Wellington's waterfront.

Te Wharewaka o Pōneke

Discover Wellington’s indigenous history through unique tours with local storytelling.

Looking up into the trees at Adrenalin Forest as a child balances across a wire between two tress.

Adrenalin Forest

Get among the treetops at Adrenalin Forest — an epic aerial obstacle course designed to challenge you physically and mentally.

A family walks towards the Dowse Museum in Lower Hutt.

The Dowse Art Museum

A contemporary art institution with a focus on craft and applied arts.

An exhibition at the Pātaka Art + Museum located in Porirua City Centre featuring large painted canvases displayed on the walls. Four people stand and admire the artwork.

Pātaka Art + Museum

The cultural heart of Porirua City showcases the best in contemporary Māori and Pacific arts at this world-leading gallery.

3 people outside Wētā workshops, poking swords at a hill troll from Lord of the Rings.

Wētā Workshop Tours & Wētā Cave

Visit the home of movie-making magic in the heart of Wellywood, and see behind the scenes of world-renowned films and television.

A family with a young child play with piglets on the grass at Staglands.

Staglands Wildlife Reserve

A wildlife reserve where people can interact with rare native species.

A person wearing a blue helmet, orange lifejacket, is in mid-air, doing a cannonball jump from a tall rock into a stream. Three people watch from below, where they wait with two small red rafts.

Wellington Rafting

Jump in the deep end of a thrilling adventure with Wellington Rafting.

Long ecposure shot of people walking through Willis lane, underneath Lambton Quay.

Willis Lane

Delve below ground and find a bustling world bursting at the seams with entertainment and places to eat.

On a hill the sign for Carlucci Land sits among large rocks. It is made of corrugated iron and painted in different colours.

Carlucci Land Mini Golf

Pay a visit to Carlucci Land just 10 minutes from the central city to discover why this 18-hole mini golf course has become a Wellington landmark.