Tākina

Construction on Tākina Wellington Convention Centre is on track, with Cable Street laneway streetscape and external works finished, along with the Wakefield Street entrance nearing completion.

Te Papa’s new director of museum and commercial services on the priorities ahead.

Tākina Events has appointed Wētā Workshop head of tourism Jake Downing its new director of museum and commercial services.

Construction on Wellington’s Tākina convention centre’s façade, the exhibition and plenary spaces on the first floor are both fully complete.

More than 80 multi-day conferences are lined up for Wellington’s Tākina, including one event that will take place before its official opening.

There is just one year to go until Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre opens, kicking off with the Festival for The Future in June 2023.

Tākina Wellington Convention Centre has 80 conferences already confirmed or pencilled in as it counts down to its 2023 opening.

Wellington’s Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre will host the 2025 iPRES 21st International Conference on Digital Presentation.

An evocative film from WellingtonNZ on the meaning of Tākina, the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre has won the right to host the 22nd International Sedimentological Congress in 2026.

Wellington City Council’s new Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre will be jointly operated by Te Papa, in a move that may see the facility become a spillover venue for the national museum.

WellingtonNZ’s David Perks says he has received more than 30 “hard enquiries” for events at the $179m venue.

Takina set to open mid-2023 in downtown Wellington.