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