Wellington Waterfront Part 2

Well, today is grey, cold, wet and windy, so here as promised is the remainder of last week’s post.

One of the interesting boats in the Chaffers Marina is this steam vessel. I can’t find any information about it but I believe it is a scale modern replica of a late 19th century boat.
This is the genuine article. Hikitia is a steam powered heavy lift floating crane built in Glasgow in 1926. It sailed to New Zealand and has lived in Wellington Harbour ever since. It is still operational although has to be propelled by another vessel. It gets used once or twice a year as there is nothing else as powerful around.
The link span control building was used for roll on-roll off transport when the Taranaki Street Wharf was operational in the 70s and 80s. It has just been reused as the city base for the Wellington Free Ambulance.

It is just across from the original Free Ambulance building which is now a bar. (The current headquarters are in Davis Street.)

Between Te Papa and Circa there are some interesting wire sculptures that Andy is very fond of. They look especially good when lit up at night.

Another recent addition to the waterfront is this sculpture by Max Patte.

A place of pilgrimage for devotees of fine ale – the Wellington Brewing Company (known simply as The Brewery)is next door to Circa Theatre which started life as the offices of the Westport Coal Company.

One of the best ways to see the waterfront is to hire one of these 4 wheel conveyances (and get someone else to pedal!).

This piece of sculpture is called the Albatross

and looks over the lagoon at Frank Kitts Park.

A bridge over the lagoon entrance connects the park to the Taranaki Street Wharf

where this statue group holds court.

From the above link -

The imposing bronze Kupe Group Statue, occupying pride of place on Taranaki Street Wharf, was originally designed in 1939 by Christchurch sculptor William Trethewey for the 1940 New Zealand Centennial Exhibition held at Rongotai, Wellington.
It was originally created in plaster and finished with bronze paint. Following the exhibition, the statue sat for 40 years at the Wellington Railway Station and then at the Wellington Show and Sports Centre before being stored at the Te Papa, the national museum in 1997, as a national treasure. Subsequently, the Kupe Group Trust successfully fundraised to have the statue cast in bronze and given a permanent location on the waterfront in 2000.
The sculpture features Kupe Raiatea, the great Maori explorer and discoverer of Wellington harbour, his wife Te Aparangi and tohunga Pekahourangi.