Wellington Te Papa museum

This museum was our first stop and had been recommended by friends. There is a spectacular Gallipoli exhibit with twice life size models of soldiers and particularly the story of the landing on the Anzac beaches in Turkey. Young New Zealanders were killed at a higher per capita rate than any other country in WWI. We had visited the Anzac beaches about ten years ago with some young Australians on a tour out of Istanbul.

Upstairs in the Te Papa museum was another great exhibit of the history of the Maori people in New Zealand and also their involvement in both WWI and WWII.

There was another exhibit showing the migration of the Pacific Islanders to New Zealand and a third exhibit that I visited showing how New Zealand had taken in refugees from many countries over the years.

That first evening we made supper at the AirBnb and enjoyed sitting out by the pool with the temp about 26C.

Views of Wellington Harbor from the Te Papa museum.