Play with purpose at Nōku te Ao Capital E

Children’s Day 2025

Save the date! Our Children’s Day celebration will be on Saturday 1 March, 2025.

New name, same game

Things might look a bit different around here, but we’re still helping tamariki learn, play and create.

Nau mai, haere mai

PlayHQ is open Monday-Saturday, 9.30am-3.30pm.

We create spaces and experiences for tamariki and rangatahi to engage in play with purpose. Find out what’s on!

Topsy Turvy

Step into a world of illusion and surprise and let your senses lead the way.

E Tipu E Rea

Join us in PlayHQ for activity sessions each weekday at 11am.

Birthday parties

Celebrate with a birthday party at Nōku te Ao Capital E.

Find us

We are located in central Wellington at 4 Queens Wharf, Wellington, New Zealand.

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🍿🎬 WIN a family movie pass! 🎬🍿 Flow i

🍿🎬 WIN a family movie pass! 🎬🍿

Flow is a family film screening in cinemas across Aotearoa. Join the solitary Cat on a captivating journey through mystical landscapes in a post-flood world.

We have THREE family passes to give away. Passes can be redeemed at any participating cinema in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Taranaki, Whanganui, Rotorua or Tauranga.

Enter now on our website for a chance to win: link in bio

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Exciting things are in the works at Nōku te Ao Ca

Exciting things are in the works at Nōku te Ao Capital E 👀

Children's Day is coming up on Saturday 1 March and we're busy organising a MASSIVE event to celebrate our favourite day of the year.

🗓️ Saturday 1 March, 2025 🗓️

If you have tamariki aged 0-12 you won't want to miss this. Save the date in your calendar, and check out our website to stay up-to-date with the latest Children's Day news.

🔗 link in bio capitale.org.nz/childrensday/

Tomorrow is the last day to enjoy Topsy Turvy befo

Tomorrow is the last day to enjoy Topsy Turvy before we close for a short summer break ☀️

PlayHQ will reopen on Monday 13 January at 9.30am.

Have a safe and happy holidays with whānau and friends. We can’t wait to see you again in the New Year.

Mā te wā 🎄

❤️Thank You to The Lion Foundation ❤️ Nō

❤️Thank You to The Lion Foundation ❤️

Nōku te Ao Capital E is a charity, and we can’t do what we do without the support of generous funders. Thank you @thelionfoundationnz for helping us sow the seeds of creativity and innovation amongst our tamariki and rangatahi.

Your support creates a positive impact on the lives and futures of our youngest citizens.

🛍️FREE SHIPPING🛍️ Today only, enjoy fre

🛍️FREE SHIPPING🛍️

Today only, enjoy free shipping on all online orders from our store!

If you’re looking for last minute stocking-fillers, our knitted range of toy food is perfect for the aspiring sausage sizzler. Pack your picnic basket with all your favourite summer goodies from our knitted range or browse the full collection of toys, books and games.

This sale runs until 11:59pm NZDT.

Shop now: https://bit.ly/3Vp99Vp

A little Christmas birdie has been exploring Topsy

A little Christmas birdie has been exploring Topsy Turvy, and they’ve told us there’s only 1 week left to enjoy PlayHQ this year 🐦

We’ll be closing for a short break over summer, so the final day to visit is next Saturday 21 December.

PlayHQ will reopen on Monday 13 January 2025.

☀️ SUMMER BREAK ☀️ We want to wish every

☀️ SUMMER BREAK ☀️

We want to wish everyone a happy holidays as we approach our summer break.

We’ve had an amazing year jam-packed with fun activities, including two play activations (Tamariki Markets and Topsy Turvy), our first ever baby dance party Matariki Moves, so many weekday activities including Movement Mondays, Baby Rock & Rhyme, Little Creators, Science Jam, Mission Possible and Fairytale Adventures, and for our older tamariki lots of discoveries and learning in the MediaLab and OnTV Studio.

SUMMER CLOSURE DATES: The last day to enjoy PlayHQ will be Saturday 21 December, and we’ll reopen on Monday 13 January.

A big thank you from all of us at Nōku te Ao Capital E, to all of you for filling our spaces with mīharo, fun and laughter.

Mā te wā 👋

🎉 SAVE THE DATE 🎉 We are excited to announ

🎉 SAVE THE DATE 🎉

We are excited to announce the date for our next Children’s Day celebration!

📆 Saturday 1 March 2025

Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki Children’s Day is our biggest FREE event of the year where we take over Queens Wharf to celebrate tamariki. Staples of this fun day out include stage performances, face-painting, and interactive activities.

For this year's event we have exciting new activities in-the-works which we can’t wait to tell you about 🎨🎁👀... More details will be coming soon, so keep an eye on our website and social media channels.

For now, save the date in your calendar as this will be an epic event you won’t want to miss!

🔗link in bio capitale.org.nz/childrensday/

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