Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
10am-6pm: Dead Precious Fossil Trail 11am & 1pm: Zappo & Zappolina 11am & 2pm: Alice in Wonderland 1pm: Monty’s First Birthday	10am-6pm: Dead Precious Fossil Trail 10am: Kids DIY Clinic 10.30am: Brooklyn Library Fun 11am: Tawa Library Fun 11am: Cummings Park Library Fun 11am & 1pm: Zappo & Zappolina 11am & 2pm: Alice in Wonderland 1pm: Monty’s First Birthday	10am-6pm: Dead Precious Fossil Trail 10.30am: Newtown Library Fun 11am & 1pm: Zappo & Zappolina 11am & 2pm: Alice in Wonderland 1pm: Monty’s First Birthday 2pm: Kilbirnie Library Fun	10am-9pm: Dead Precious Fossil Trail 10am: Kids DIY Clinic 10.30am: Island Bay Library Fun 11am: Johnsonville Library Fun 11am: Karori Library Fun 11am & 1pm: Zappo & Zappolina 11am & 2pm: Alice in Wonderland 12pm: Storytelling with Dick Weir 1pm: Monty’s First Birthday 2pm: Miramar Library Fun 3pm: Khandallah Library Fun	10am-6pm: Dead Precious Fossil Trail 11am: Wadestown Library Fun 11am-12pm: Become a Fossil Expert 11am & 1pm: Zappo & Zappolina 11am & 2pm: Alice in Wonderland 1pm: Monty’s First Birthday	10am-6pm: Dead Precious Fossil Trail 10am: Kids DIY Clinic 10am: Emergency on the Waterfront 11am & 1pm: WotWots

IT’S MONTY’S FIRST BIRTHDAY AT WESTFIELD QUEENSGATE, LOWER HUTT

Swing on down to Westfield Queensgate during the school holidays for heaps of birthday giggles and tonnes of fun for everyone. There’ll be some really cool entertainment and I’ll be there every day to have a laugh, play or cuddle.

Date: Monday, 12 April to Friday, 16 April

Time: 1pm

Cost: Free

Location: Ground floor, Queensgate, Lower Hutt

ALICE IN WONDERLAND AT NORTH CITY PLAZA, PORIRUA

It’s party time with Alice in Wonderland, The Mad Hatter and The White Rabbit! Join them as they get their tea party started with dancing and singing. Anything can happen in the magical land and crazy tea party Alice has found herself at.

Date: Monday, 12 April to Friday, 16 April

Time: 11am and 2pm daily

Cost: Free

Location: Centre Court, Ground floor, North City Plaza, Porirua

DEAD PRECIOUS FOSSIL TRAIL AT TE PAPA

Collect a trail sheet from NatureSpace or outside the Te Papa Kids Store. Follow the clues to find facts about the fossil treasures that have been found in New Zealand. Enter your completed sheet into the entry box outside the Te Papa Kids Store – and be in to win a fossil prize pack!

Date: Now until Sunday, 18 April

Time: 10am-6pm

Cost: Free

Location: NatureSpace Discovery Centre, Level 2, Te Papa, Wellington

ZAPPO AND ZAPPOLINA’S MAGIC FRIEND’S SHOW AT JOHNSONVILLE SHOPPING CENTRE

Come and meet Zelda the Magical Dinosaur, Adelaide the singing Dodo Bird and see Zappo and Zappolina in an all new magical, musical show.

Date: Monday, 12 April to Friday, 16 April

Time: 11am and 1pm daily

Cost: Free

Location: Near the Food court, Johnsonville Shopping Centre, Carpark entrance on Broderick Rd & Moorefield Rd, Johnsonville

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME AT LIBRARIES AROUND WELLINGTON

Make sure you’re at a branch near you for entertaining, interactive stories, or mad-hatted activities and a chance to show us your artistic flair.

Date: Tuesday, 13 April to Friday, 16 April

Time: Variety of time

Cost: Free

Location: Variety of locations

KIDS DIY CLINC AT BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE, PORIRUA

Workshops are free for children over the age of 5 and must be accompanied by an adult.

Date: School Holiday DIY Clinics: Tuesday, 13 April and Thursday, 15 April

Weekend DIY Clinics: Saturday, 17 April and Sunday, 18 April

Time: 10am

Cost: Free

Location: Bunnings Warehouse, 9 Heriot Drive, Porirua

STORYTELLING WITH DICK WEIR AT TE PAPA, WELLINGTON

These holidays, be spellbound by famous tales from Ancient Greece, India, China, the Pacific, and beyond. Master storyteller Dick Weir tells of tricks played and lessons learned.

Date: Thursday, 15 April

Time: 12pm-12.45pm

Cost: Free

Location: Wellington Foyer, Level 2, Te Papa, Wellington

NATURESPACE DISCOVERY HOUR – BECOME A FOSSIL EXPERT AT TE PAPA

Kids, explore the strange and amazing plants and animals that flourished in New Zealand millions of years ago. Got a fossil of your own? Bring it in for Te Papa’s palaeontologist (fossil expert) to identify.

Date: Friday, 16 April

Time: 11am-12pm
Cost: Free

Location: Nature Discovery Centre, Level 2, Te Papa

WOT? WOT? THE WOTWOTS!

Come and meet the wonderful WotWots. Join in as SpottyWot and DottyWot sing and dance to their favourite animal songs.

Date: Saturday, 17 April

Time: 11am and 1pm

Cost: Free

Location: Ground floor, Queensgate, Lower Hutt

EMERGENCY ON THE WATERFRONT

Come along and participate in this fun filled, action packed interactive day. See Fire Engines, Ambulances, Police Vehicles, Helicopters, Coastguard and Live Rescue demonstration and much more!

Date: Saturday, 17 April

Time: 10am-3.30pm

Cost: Free

Location: Waitangi Park and Chaffers Marina Waterfront

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