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Giant troll sculptures guard the entrance to the Wētā Cave in Miramar and are promoted as a signature photo opportunity.
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Wētā Cave Giant Trolls – Wellington
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Site-level location · 41.3062° S, 174.8236° E
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The story
Two cave trolls guard the door of the Wētā Cave at Miramar, and the workshop tells visitors to go and have a photograph taken with them.
The Wētā Cave is free to enter and open seven days except Christmas Day, in the Wellington suburb that has become the centre of the country's screen industry – Wētā Workshop, Wētā FX and Stone Street Studios are all within a few streets of each other, and Miramar has been reshaped by the film business more thoroughly than any other New Zealand suburb.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
Wētā Workshop’s current visitor information describes its Wellington Wētā Cave as guarded by iconic Cave Trolls and specifically encourages visitors to take a photo with them. The Wētā Cave is free to enter and open seven days except Christmas Day.
ACCESS
The giant trolls are at Wētā Cave, 1 Weka Street, Miramar. Navigate to the visitor attraction itself. Wētā Workshop states that it has no designated visitor parking area; surrounding on-street parking is free but limited, with public transport also available.
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