Be sure to visit the modern National Te Papa Tongarewa museum. They do a fine job of explaining the Maori culture and entry is free. You can also take the cable car up to the Botanic Garden. ...
Disembarkation was challenging. You need to get up early to get a disembarkation number. Wellington itself is quite nice. If you get an early disembarkation number you can head to the cable car which is within walking distance of the set down point and get on before the hoards. ...
We took an uber ride over to the Weta Cave Workshop and that was pretty amazing. They do a lot of work for the movies and had done a lot of work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy among others. We took a tour there.
Other than that we went through the Te Papa Museum which was kind of average despite the rave reviews. We walked around Cuba St and the downtown area. That was nice enough. It is ...
Great day out in Wellington. Took a taxi up Mount Victoria - lovely view of the bay and Wellington. Visited the Te Papa Tongarewa museum which was awesome ...