Wellington Airport has always been a place of wild stories.
A host to giant eagles and fierce dragons.
A place of hellos and goodbyes.
A home of art, culture, wilderness and legends.
The story we haven’t yet told is the one of our whenua, the land.
Based on Te Motu Kairangi peninsula on Wellington’s wild South Coast, our airport is strongly connected to the environment. Papatūānuku, Ranginui and Tangaroa—the gods of earth, sky and sea—meet and play here.
In Aotearoa, we look to the deep world of te ao Māori to enrich our understanding of who we are and inspire who we can become. Pūrakau carry the stories of how our land came to be.
This is the story of our earliest beginnings in Aotearoa—a story of transformation, and of flight long before our time.
Ka mua ka muri
We look to the past for guidance into the future
Ka tīmata tā tātou kōrero i runga i te moana i mua noa atu i te ao tangata.
Our story begins upon a sea before the age of time.
Our place here has been shaped by this ancient journey, an impression still with us today.
Our airport is Rangitatau, a transformational gateway. Our portal to the universe, and the world’s portal to Aotearoa.
From our bold sustainability journey to our community initiatives, we’re always striving for the next aerial activation, the next phenomenon. Like the tupua, we also dream of what lies beyond.
Looking down on Te Motu Kairangi peninsula, we were in awe to see the shape of Te Manu Muramura in the land, taking off into the sky.