LEGO for all at Takina opening

LEGO fans who live in the northern districts will be in for a treat when T kina, the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, opens on June 3.

T ina will open with the internationally acclaimed LEGO interactive exhibition, Jurassic World by Brickman on display. This show will be the biggest ever put on by Ryan “The Brickman” McNaught, with more than six million LEGObricks, including 2.5 million for visitors to show off their skills with.

Greeting guests upon their arrival to the exhibit is the newest Jurassic World by Brickmandinosaur, the Baryonyx – which weighs more than 400 kilograms, is 4.8 metres long and made up of over 100,000 LEGObricks.

Visitors will be able to walk through the iconic four-metre-tall Jurassic World gates, travel via LEGOcreations to Isla Nublar and experience the inner working of the Jurassic World lab.

More than 50 LEGOmodels will be on display, including large-scale dinosaurs, props and scenes from the blockbuster Jurassic World franchise, including life-size dinosaurs in a petting zoo, a Brachiosaurus you can walk under, minifig dioramas, and photo opportunities to recreate some of the most iconic moments from the film franchise — including getting up close and personal with two life-size velociraptors, Blue and Delta.

There are six separate hands-on activities throughout the exhibition.

Building mini-Jurassic World and dinosaur footprints, creating hybrid dinosaurs, helping to assemble enormous LEGO brick mystery mosaics, you can even build your own escape vehicles to get away from the one tonne T rex model.

The whole family has been looked after with this exhibit, including a duplo build area for the little LEGOfans to make newly hatched dinosaurs.

T kina and the Jurassic World by Brickmanexhibition are major bricks in transforming Wellington into a city of Impact, Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says.

“It’s fantastic for Wellingtonians and visitors who will get to enjoy a blockbuster exhibition that will attract up to 145,000 people.

“When conferences are added in, the local economy will be boosted by an estimated $70.4 million between 2023 and 2026. More than $44 million of that will come in the first year alone.

“And it’s just a start. Jurassic World by Brickmanis the first of many world-leading shows T ina will host on its ground floor exhibition space.

“I hope Wellingtonians are feeling excited by what’s to come when the centre opens in three months. I know I am,” the Mayor says.

Tickets will be on sale from May and are available atwww.wellingtonnz.com/takina.

One of the LEGO dinosaurs that will be on display when Tākina opens in June.

ORCA annual meeting

The Onslow Community Residents Association (ORCA) will hold its annual meeting at the Khandallah Town Hall starting at 7:30pm on 28 March.

The guest speaker at the meeting will be Dr Kim Helm. An economist, Dr Helm will speak on the topic “what housing economics has to say about current policy, and what the district plan can achieve”.

As well as presenting the annual report on what ORCA has been doing over the year, there will be time to discuss topics of interest in the community.

In addition, there will be the election of the officers and the committee.

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