Day 1: Create & Challenge
Day 2: Protest & Demonstrate
Day 3: Tour & Explore
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?
Everyday Mysticism: Artists Respond
8pm
Sculptor Glen Hayward’s practice brings the everyday into the gallery in profound and absurd ways. Reconsidering familiar objects is a concern shared by other artists. Join us as they discuss their practices and why they find commonplace objects compelling.
Urn (Live)
9pm
Sonic artists Thomas Carroll (Ngati Maru, Hauraki) and Rob Tyler respond to the themes of Matarau. Fusing taonga pūoro and modular synthesis, they incorporate rongoā plants as a modulation source, to create works inspired by Māori philosophy, cosmology and experimental noise music.
IMAGE Glen Hayward: Wish You Were Here City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi 2022. Photo Elias Rodriguez.
Why Work with Us?
Our passionate team are dedicated to working with and for Wellington to create remarkable art, culture and science experiences that generate vitality; enriching the city we love.
The Experience Wellington team works across:
Space Place, Nairn Street Cottage, Cable Car Museum, Wellington Museum, City Gallery Wellington, Nōku te Ao Capital E
For any Recruitment Queries please contact hr@experiencewellington.org.nz.
Take the next step in your career
Get up close and personal with some of Wellington’s most iconic arts and cultural institutions.
Be in the know and part of upcoming events, exhibitions and experiences, and contribute to their creation.
Come to mahi everyday ready to give back to the community, enriching the lives of our manuhiri from all over Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
Join a wider network of Council Controlled Organisations, partnering with Wellington City Council and other iconic organisations such as Wellington Zoo, the Wellington Cable Car and Zealandia, working together to strengthen the city we love.
Bring a Māori dimension to everything we do
Wheako Pōneke Experience Wellington is committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and supports mana whenua as kaitaki.
Our kaimahi are provided with free Te Reo lessons to increase their knowledge and build confidence in the use of the language and how we can embed it into our mahi.
Kaimahi Māori within the organisation are supported to connect with wider networks within Pōneke, including Wellington City Council and other arts and culture institutions.
Our annual wānanga, in partnership with the Master of Museums & Heritage studies programme at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington, gives our kaimahi the opportunity to immerse themselves in Te Ao Māori with noho marae and Māori-centric learnings.
Our Te Rōpū Mahi Tiriti working group aims to provide Wheako Pōneke with the tools to successfully develop and strengthen as a bicultural organisation and to embody Māori values across all of our institutions
Wednesday waiata practice
Our values
Our values and foundation principles underpin the way we work at Wheako Pōneke, they embody our wairua and enable us to work with:
- Māia - Boldness
- Mīharo - Wonder
- Matatau - Knowledgeable
- Atawhai - Kind, Generous
And empower us to:
- Lift each other up - kotahitanga
- Celebrate and respect our taonga - kaitiakitanga
- Engage mana whenua and manuhiri - manaakitanga
Pursue what matters to you
We are committed to empowering our kaimahi to pursue what’s important to them, both inside and outside of mahi.
We offer an additional week’s annual leave to all permanent staff, available from day one.
Nine to Five not for you? No worries, our flexible working arrangements give our kaimahi options on how, where and when they complete their mahi.
Our kaimahi are experts in their fields, and are in high demand. We support our people to take up opportunities outside of the workplace and embrace their learnings into their day-to-day mahi. We will also pay for relevant professional accreditations and memberships so our kaimahi have the best tools to complete their mahi.
Work well, stay well
We are proud of our people-first approach to compassionate, parental and sick leave, so our kaimahi can prioritise their health and wellbeing and that of their whānau.
Our Employee Assistance Programme empowers our kaimahi to access wellbeing resources in a safe, focused way, to support the health and happiness of our workplace.
We are an accredited Living Wage employer and prioritise fair and competitive market rate compensation, ensuring our kaimahi have the resources they need to thrive.
Upskill, develop and explore
At Wheako Pōneke, we know that investing in the capabilities of our kaimahi is how we drive success across the board. From targeted, skill specific training to broad competency development, our kaimahi are given tools to succeed in Wheako Pōneke and beyond.
Learn the necessary skills to take care of our manuhiri and kaimahi. Get certified in First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Safeguarding Children, Duty Managers, Elevated Work Platforms, Evac Chairs, or anything in between with us.
Our four internal working groups allow our kaimahi to connect with colleagues across the organisation to apply expertise, learn new skills and build capability outside of their day-to-day mahi in areas that are important to them.
- Environmental Sustainability
- Te Ropu Mahi Tiriti
- Access & Inclusion
- Wellbeing, Health & Safety
Other benefits
Staff discount in all our retail stores (excl. online store).
All Back of House kaimahi receive a laptop and mobile phone to use for work purposes.
Fully funded annual influenza vaccinations, either on-site or through your own provider.
Seamlessly make a donation to a cause close to your heart with our payroll donation system.
Ngā Painga Mō te Kaimahi
Me kauneke haere i tō aramahi
Ian - Kaipupuri Matua Taonga | Senior Curator (Taonga)
The opportunity to showcase the rich, diverse cultures of Wellington is a real driver for me in my work at Wheako Pōneke. It’s such a privilege to work with Wellingtonians and our wider manuhiri to develop, fun, engaging and thought-provoking content across our sites.
Hear from some of our people
Halo - Mātanga Hōtaka Hāpori | Public Programmes Specialist
I have the opportunity to fuel creativity in the tamariki of Pōneke through enriching spaces and programming. I am lucky enough to work with and for kids to create and design for Nōku te Ao Capital E’s PlayHQ, a space where families can come together to connect, learn, play, and let their imaginations take flight.
James - Kaitiaki Manuhiri Tuarua | Visitor Experience Team Lead
As an artist myself, I know that amazing results come from collaboration. Working with the Visitor Experience team at Wheako Pōneke is the main reason I enjoy mahi at City Gallery- their enthusiasm and genuine passion for the art, taonga, and history that we share with visitors is inspiring. There is an incredible wealth of knowledge in every person you see on the counter or the floor.
He kōrero nā ētahi o mātou
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