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Weta Workshop Tours
Weta Workshop artisans who’ve brought life to such films as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia, Avatar, and many others.
Weta Workshop is your gateway to filmmaking creativity. Join our guided tours and learn about the making of movie effects, from armour to weapons, creatures to costumes, make-up to miniatures, and more!
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Weta Workshop Experience
Want to experience the many sides of Weta Workshop’s creativity? The Weta Workshop Experience showcases the making of movie effects and props, from armour to weapons, creatures to costumes, make-up to miniatures. Meet your guide at the Weta Cave store to begin your journey through the movie-magic world of Weta Workshop!
Explore props, costumes, and cool stuff
From The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to Avatar and District 9: learn about props, costumes and creatures created for your favourite films. Interact with cool stuff from our creative departments and catch an artist at work on our tour stage.
Enter our world of miniatures and modelmaking
Discover the filmmaking technique of miniature effects and learn how they are built for hit TV and film productions. Wander through monumental miniatures from Thunderbirds Are Go and see how we fit an entire island, cityscape and mansion under one roof!
Explore the Weta Cave retail store
A cavern of creativity in its own right! Explore our retail shop full of collectables, books, swords, games, merchandise and more, and a look through our mini-museum.
Weta Workshop Experience & Guided Transfer
Our guided transfer takes you from the city centre to the Weta Workshop Experience in the famous movie-making suburb of Miramar. On the way 'There and Back Again,' the driver will highlight many iconic film locations of interest along the way. With a 90-minute experience through the movie-magic world of Weta Workshop in between, explore all there is to know about Wellington's filmmaking history.
What to expect?
Guided Transfer
Start your three-hour experience with a 20-minute film location tour on your way to Weta Workshop. Your designated guide will drive you past filming locations of famous scenes from the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit trilogies. Check out iconic film locations of interest, including the world-famous Embassy and Roxy cinemas.
Weta Workshop Experience
Dive head-first into the movie-magic world of Weta Workshop with a 90-minute guided tour. Learn about props, costumes and creatures created for your favourite films, before discovering the filmmaking technique of miniature effects and how they are built for hit TV and film productions.
Explore the Weta Cave
A cavern of creativity in its own right! Be greeted by giant trolls on arrival and explore our mini museum. We also sell a lot of what we make, and in our Weta Cave, you can purchase props, merchandise, collectibles and more.
There and Back Again
On your way back to the city centre drop-off, be introduced to local movie-making studios such as Park Road Post Production, Camperdown Studios, and Stone Street Studios. End your experience with a beautiful and famous drive around Oriental Bay, as you venture back to Wellington i-SITE.
About Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop is an award-winning concept design studio and physical effects manufacturing facility that services the world’s entertainment and creative industries.
For over 30 years the Workshop has applied its creativity and craftsmanship to blockbuster films and hit television series including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit motion picture trilogies, Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, King Kong, Avatar, The Chronicles of Narnia, District 9, and 2020’s Mulan.
The team at Weta Workshop engages in projects from the earliest stages of technical analysis and creative design through to manufacture and final delivery on set to anywhere in the world.
This diverse, innovation-driven company located in Wellington, New Zealand is also an international tourist destination, producer of consumer products and creator of games and immersive location-based experiences.
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21 Camperdown Rd
Miramar
Wellington 6022
Phone: +64 4 909 4000
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