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A time capsule found buried next to Parliament will be opened on Wednesday. Photo: Getty Images
A time capsule found buried next to Parliament will be opened this week.
Builders working on a redevelopment of Bowen Campus, located next to Parliament and the Beehive, found what is thought to be a time capsule.
Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Maggie Barry, will help open the capsule at midday on Wednesday, a spokeswoman confirmed.
Bowen Campus used to house the Ministry for Social Development until the recent building work.
It covers about one hectare of land and includes the 10-storey Bowen State Building, which opened in 1962, and the 15-storey Charles Ferguson Tower, built in the mid-1970s.
Bowen Campus is owned by Precinct Properties, formerly AMP New Zealand Office Trust, who bought it in April 2012 for $50.4 million.
