Gen­er­ally speak­ing, things called The Rock are awe­some. For example:

  • The 1996 Michael Bay action movie, where Sean Con­nery and Nich­olas Cage team togeth­er to take down a reneg­ade gen­er­al who has taken over Alc­a­t­raz.
  • Act­or and former pro-wrest­ler Dwayne “The Rock” John­son, who lived in New Zea­l­and for a year in his child­hood, there­fore mak­ing him the most suc­cess­ful NZ pro-wrest­ler since the Bush­whack­ers.
  • The radio sta­tion, but only if you’re a bogan.

Well, there’s a new The Rock on the block – it’s the new part of the inter­na­tion­al ter­min­al at Wel­ling­ton air­port, and you can cel­eb­rate its rockious­ness with a pub­lic open morn­ing, this Sunday, 21 Novem­ber.

The mighty cop­per build­ing has taken shape, no longer resem­bling the lol pump­kin sug­ges­ted by ori­gin­al draw­ings. It’s already been open to the media and industry folk, and from the reports we’ve heard, it’s an impress­ive build­ing indeed.

Because it’s the inter­na­tion­al ter­min­al, you’d ordin­ar­ily have to be fly­ing over­seas to exper­i­ence it from the inside. So make the most of this three-hour win­dow to get inside The Rock without need­ing a tick­et to Sydney.

Wel­ling­ton Air­port Inter­na­tion­al Ter­min­al Open Morn­ing
Sunday 21 Novem­ber
9am to mid­day