Hunter's Hairpin (Wellington)
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This cache started life as a 62ml sistema, but today, Armistice Day, 2018, the 100th anniversary, I've admitted defeat at the hands of the enemy, suspected to be the over-zealous University gardeners, and converted the cache into another form. Sad but true.
You are now looking for a nano camo in a high muggle area. EXTREME STEALTH IS REQUIRED. Please take care in replacing the cache EXACTLY as you found it. I hope you enjoy your visit to the Hunter building and the surrounding gardens.
HISTORY
Courtesy of the Victoria University website:
THE HUNTER BUILDING.
On 27 August 1904, Lord Plunket, the Governor of New Zealand, laid the foundation stone for Victoria College on an unlikely site in Kelburn, Wellington. The building, designed by architects F. Penty and E. M. Blake, was opened on 30 March 1906, providing the first official home for the students and staff of the fledgling University.
The building housed the entire university, and as student numbers grew, extra wings were added to the building, including the impressive north wing, with its imposing stained glass memorial window. The south wing was completed in 1923 and the building remained largely unchanged, servicing generations of students, until the 1970s. In 1974, the building was declared an earthquake risk, evacuated, and seemed destined for demolition. A group of determined alumni and friends formed the Friends of Hunter Society to save the building, which was strengthened, refitted and reopened in 1993.
Today, the building acts as the centre of the university, housing the offices of the Vice-Chancellor, official reception areas including the Council Chamber and the Victoria Room, and a number of pieces of the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection.
BYO writing implement and happy Huntering!
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