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 event of the…
Save the date: on Saturday 14 December, enjoy FREE shipping on online orders! We’re celebrating Free Shipping Day with free shipping on all online orders placed between 10am-11:59pm on Saturday 14…
PlayHQ will be closed for a short break over summer. The final day to enjoy PlayHQ this year is Saturday 21 December; the space will close at 3.30pm. The final…
Wellington is a great city to have a fun day out with a preschooler. If you’re looking for ideas, check out these top picks of fun-things-to-do, the under 5s edition! …
PlayHQ is thrilled to have new sensory accessibility kits available for tamariki that need them. If tamariki start to feel overwhelmed, whānau can now ask at the front desk and…
Conductive paint is delighting and surprising tamariki in the newest PlayHQ activation. Clever networks of conductive paint have been painted beneath the surface of the animal boxes in Topsy Turvy.…
We’re moving to Wellington’s new central library, Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, in early 2026. Located in the central city and opening out onto Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te…
Topsy Turvy, PlayHQ’s latest play activation for under 5s, has been delighting tamariki and caregivers since it opened in June this year. The space is designed to encourage tamariki to…
Welcome to our digital learning specialists! Chelsea brings a wealth of experience to the Nōku te Ao Capital E team. Her background is in primary teaching with a strong focus…
Halo Collins is Experience Wellington’s Mātanga Hōtaka Hāpori Tamariki Public Programmes Specialist. When I was a kid, I loved playing shop and creating my own menus. I do remember Mum…
The National Theatre for Children hosted its first National Creative Residency for Aotearoa-based Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) aspiring makers. The 15 selected participants came brimming with ideas and energy…
Capital E’s National Theatre for Children recently hosted the inaugural Creative Collider Residency, a unique programme designed to upskill local theatre practitioners and support the creation of high-quality theatre for…
Growing up in Wellington during the 90s, Capital E (or Capital Discovery as it was known back then) in Te Ngākau Civic Square is a place of fond memories for…
The 2021 junior education tour for the National Theatre for Children is well underway with the completion of the first part of the tour. The second part of the tour…
One of the rewarding aspects of working at Capital E is hearing from our audiences about how their experiences with us have impacted their lives. Capital E’s educators are frequently…
An event was held for the Theatre for Young Audiences sector hosted by Capital E National Theatre for Children and Circa Theatre, in collaboration with Performing Arts for Young People…
Growing up, Flora Dryburgh loved escaping to new worlds through stories, that love only grew greater when she realised that through theatre, she got to become a direct part of…
Dom is soon to graduate from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film, with a minor in NZSL. Recently, he performed in LEGEND, and toured the…
Mia Alonso-Green is a Wellington based performer who graduated with a performing arts degree from Te Auaha New Zealand School of Creativity. She has recently come back from the UK but delved right…
What inspired you to start designing or making as a profession? Keeping my fingers in several ‘creative pies’ over the years is what’s kept me designing. I like to think…
Words by Kristen Rowe, OnTV Coordinator at Capital E. Welcome to Capital E’s OnTV studio, an environment that provides kids new experiences with technology in the context of creating a…
Our expert in play and creativity, Public Programmes Creative Producer Karen Carey, has curated a collection of websites with high quality creative content and fun, inspiring activities to do with your tamariki…
