The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace House is the home where one of the world's most talented writers and New Zealand's most outstanding author spent her childhood. Now it is a museum where you can see how the Mansfield family lived, and how this impacted the imagination of the author.

People from different ethnic origins live in New Zealand, and some of them have their own national monuments. The Magyar Millennium Park in Wellington is a unique Hungarian memorial in New Zealand. There you will see two separate monuments relating to Hungary: a decorative wooden gate shipped from Hungary and a wooden plinth representing freedom, which was made in New Zealand.

The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. The building is ten stories (72 m) high and has four floors below street level. The core of the entrance foyer is decorated with marble floors, stainless steel mesh wall panels, and a translucent glass ceiling. The Beehive's brown roof is made from 20 tonnes of hand-welded and seamed copper. It has developed a naturally weathered appearance. The building is extensively decorated with New Zealand art. On the inner wall of the Banquet Hall is a large mural by John Drawbridge portraying the atmosphere and the sky over New Zealand.

The Government Buildings Historic Reserve or Old Government Buildings, was built in 1876. It is the largest wooden building in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-largest wooden building in the world. The building, is classified as a "Category I" historic place, that is places of special or outstanding historic or cultural heritage significance or value. The building is designed in a Neo-Renaissance style, made totally from timber, but it imitates the stone buildings of this style, resembling an Italian stone palace. The timber is from the native kauri trees. New Zealand's remaining public kauri forests are now permanently protected.

The Wellington Botanical Garden features plant collections and seasonal displays, a variety of non-native species, including an extensive and incredibly beautiful Rose Garden. The Rose Garden is classified as a "Garden of National Significance" by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture. The Wellington Cable Car runs between Lambton Quay and the top of the Botanical Garden, and it is the most direct way to get from Wellington's Central Business District to the top part of the garden. There is a large Victorian-style greenhouse, the Begonia House, the Tree House Visitor Center, and a duck pond. Large sculptures and carvings are located throughout the garden, mostly by artists such as Henry Moore, Andrew Drummond and Chris Booth.

Antrim House is a historic building on Boulcott Street in Wellington. The house was built for Robert Hannah, an Irish immigrant from County Antrim, in 1905. Constructed mainly of kauri and heart totara on concrete foundations, Antrim House remains a fine example of an Edwardian Italianate house. The building is classified as a "Category I" historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

The Albatross fountain is to be found by the waterfront. In the evening, when the sun goes down, the fountain is transformed as it is brightly illuminated. The creator of the Albatross is Tanya Ashken, who started out on her creative journey at the age of 7. She is well known internationally for her sculptures of marine creatures and birds.

Civic Square is a very interesting place to visit. There are some unusual statues in the square, such as an iconic sculpture of New Zealand - a big sphere with leaves of ferns. The most interesting item on display, especially for teenagers, is the sculpture from the famous film Lord of the Rings, shot in New Zealand. There is a wide City-to-Sea pedestrian bridge on which you can walk to the waterfront. Also there are art exhibitions in the historic buildings around the square.

The New Zealand National War Memorial was dedicated in commemoration of the First World War in 1932. The memorial also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the South African Boer War, World War II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam. The War Memorial consists of the War Memorial Carillon, the Hall of Memories, and an unknown New Zealand soldier interred in a tomb, constructed in 2004 in front of the Hall of Memories. Four Rolls of Honor bear the names and ranks of 28,654 New Zealand soldiers. Lyndon Smith's bronze statue of a family group is the focal point for the complex, which is visited by approximately 20,000 people a year.

The New Zealand Dominion Museum building was completed in 1936, and is located on Buckle Street in Wellington next to the National War Memorial. The building originally housed the National Museum, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. It currently houses part of the Massey University Wellington Campus.

Prior to 1913, the Dominion Museum was known as the Colonial Museum. The Colonial Museum was originally housed in a small wooden building behind what is now the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. In 1930, the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Act 1930 established a board of trustees, leading to the building on Buckle street. The building housed the Dominion Museum, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (who had sold their land and donated the proceeds to the new organisation on the provision that they would be accommodated).

In 1972, an act of Parliament updated the Dominion Museum's name to the National Museum.

In 1992 Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Act 1992 combined the National Museum and the National Art Gallery to form the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

The Dominion Museum building was featured in Peter Jackson's 1996 film the Frighteners.