Day 1: Create & Challenge
Day 2: Protest & Demonstrate
Day 3: Tour & Explore
We're holding a special event to celebrate the uniqueness of tamariki and their limitless futures.
Bring the whole whānau down to the harbour, where you can enjoy a variety of performances and activities inside Nōku te Ao Capital E and under the Queens Wharf sails.
There will be NZSL interpretations of Fairytale Adventures, Professor Inventus and Captain Parallax, Emma Chen Flitcroft, performances, as well as everything our MC, Selina Simone says on stage throughout the day.
Children’s Day will be celebrated no matter the weather! If it’s too wet and windy outdoors, all activities will take place indoors at Nōku te Ao Capital E and Wellington Museum.
The Future of Monuments
Today, many want to pull down war memorials as expressions of bad politics, especially those memorials that legitimise evil and injustice. Are there 'good' war memorials—and who decides? Can we make use of 'bad' war memorials? How do we understand miscellaneous contemporary war-memorial projects, like Peter Eisenman's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin and Ground Zero in New York, or Weta and Te Papa's The Scale of War and Peter Jackson 'colourising' World War I footage? What form could future memorials take?
Sunday 3 March 2024 | 10am – 2pm
Selina Simone, a Te Whanganui-a-Tara Drag Artist, Performer, Hostess, and multi-award-winning glamourous goof will be MCing with sparkle, warmth and campery at our Children’s Day event!
Image credit: @allthestuffnz
MC Selina Simone
10am - 2pm | Container Stage
NZSL interpreters from Platform Interpreting New Zealand will be gracing our stage on Children's Day, interpreting for those with accessibility needs.
NZSL Interpreters
10am - 2pm | Container Stage
Join Emma Chen Flitcroft for mindfulness and movement to get you and your tamariki ready for a day of dancing.
Tamariki Yoga with Emma Chen
10am - 10.10am | Container Stage
Feel the emotion from talented Island Bay School kapa haka as they command the stage.
Image credit: Wainuiomata Primary School kapa haka at Children’s Day 2023
Island Bay School Kapa Haka
10.10am - 10.25am | Container Stage
Beloved by tamariki, Fairy Cat and Friends will tell the stories of Hatupatu and Little Red Riding Hood with lots of participation and interaction with the audience.
Fairytale Adventures
10.35am & 1.30pm| Container Stage
MRCat, DJ Harpz and DJ Flash Harry of Aotearoa DJ Academy will be on the decks, with their live mixes that are sure to get you dancing.
Image L to R: DJ Flash Harry and DJ Harpz
Aotearoa DJ Academy
12pm & 2pm | Container Stage
Nōku te Ao Capital E
We’re a creative bunch who live at the intersection of creativity and play. We ignite and fuel the creative spark in children and young people, equipping them with skills to be confident, capable, creative citizens in a world of possibilities.
Support us
Unlock the doors of creativity for every child! Your generosity will empower us to ignite imaginations, encourage curiosity and instil confidence in Wellington’s tamariki. Donate today to empower bright and creative futures.
Shop
Shop our curated selection of products for tamariki including a hand-knitted range of toys, board books and picture books, toys and gifts from our current play installation, and much more!
Stay in touch
Keep up to date with Nōku te Ao Capital E news and events – enter your email below and we’ll send you updates about all the cool things happening in Wellington for tamariki!
Follow us on social media
PART OF
PRINCIPAL FUNDER
SUPPORTED BY
© 2024 Capital E
Queens Wharf is ready to be transformed with BLOOM! Nōku te Ao Capital E's interactive play sculpture encourages tamariki to build creatures and unique structures straight from their imagination.
BLOOM
10am - 2pm | Under the sails
Say ‘cheeeese’! Have your whānau photo taken in front of OnTV's greenscreen and choose a spectacular background! Photos cost $3 each and all proceeds go to Nōku te Ao Capital E to empower bright and creative futures.
Greenscreen photos
10am - 2pm | Under the sails
Highlights from our 2023 Children’s Day celebrations
Explosive, high-octane duo, Professor Inventus (Science Jam) and Captain Parallax, bring tamariki an interactive show filled with silliness, wonder, songs, and scientific experimentation!
Professor Inventus & Captain Parallax
11.15am & 12.40pm | Container Stage
Tamariki will love being transformed into their favourite characters and animals by the talented DaizyDesigns.
Face painting with DaizyDesigns
10am - 2pm | Under the sails
Nōku te Ao Capital E’s indoor place space is designed for tamariki 0-5 and their caregivers to enjoy together. Try out the different activity stations to learn more about the food we eat and where it comes from. Learn more.
Tamariki Markets
10am - 2pm | PlayHQ 4 Queens Wharf
Feeling hungry during our Children’s Day event? We’ve got you and your whānau sorted, from sausages wrapped up in bread, to Tip Top ice creams and ice blocks, and bottled water to quench your thirst.
Sausage sizzle & ice cream cart
10am-2pm | Under the sails
Andco Realty. Licensed under REAA 2008
