Visitor & Education Centre - OPENING NOVEMBER 2009
Work is now well underway on our new world-class Visitor and Education
Centre. The centre, which is due to open in November 2009, is the biggest
tourism initiative of its kind currently under development in New Zealand,
and is set to be the country’s flagship environmental education
and eco-tourism facility. It will use state-of-the art interactive exhibitions
to tell the story of New Zealand’s unique natural history from ‘the
day before humans arrived’ through to the groundbreaking conservation
techniques of today. It will also provide a much needed all-weather facility
and cafe.
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| Artist's impression of the new
Visitor & Education Centre. |
The new Centre is by far the most significant development the Sanctuary
has undertaken since its inception, and the biggest project of its kind
in Wellington since Te Papa was opened 10 years ago. It will engage visitors
in the uniqueness and vulnerability of New Zealand’s native wildlife
and ecosystems and inspire them to help make a positive change.
As soon as you step through the doors of the exhibition hall it will
be like arriving on another planet: New Zealand 1,000 years ago. A totally
immersive sound and light show heralds the arrival of humans and the accidental
catastrophe that followed. Upstairs you see the fragments of old New Zealand
that remained, and how they might be made whole again in the future.
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| Artist's impression of the new
1st floor exhibition area. |
Take a sneak peek!
From July 2008 a 3D scale model of the new Centre and a small display
will give visitors a sneak preview of what's happening behind the fence.
Our progress to date
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