As the Murder and Mayhem guided walk in the Heritage Festival is booked out, a special members' only walk is being held on 1 November.  Alan Olliver will show members the sites of three murders, four fatal accidents, Wellington's first car crash, protesting striking works, a prison escaper and other forms of social upheaval.  All... Read more »

This year, Wellington's Heritage Festival runs from 24 October to 15 November 2026. For MVHS, Alan Olliver will be offering an updated version of his ‘Murder and Mayhem’ (yes – new murders and chaos to be revealed!) guided walk on October 25. This event is now booked out.  A members' only walk is being held... Read more »

Join us for our 2026 AGM. This will be followed by Nicola Young's talk. Mount Victoria is in Nicola’s blood. She’s a sixth-generation central Wellingtonian, whose forebears (paternal and maternal) lived in Mount Victoria. Her great-uncle Pat Lawlor, writer and historian, was a prominent local resident. Nicola spent her first 10 years in what’s now... Read more »