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Indoor rock climbing

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Indoor rock climbing

People can go rock climbing inside. Young Wellingtonians tackle a climbing wall in an old shed on the wharves.

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John Wilson, Mountaineering – Mountaineering today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10515/indoor-rock-climbing (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.