* BEST CHEAP EATS (LONGXIANG!)
* BEST UN-CHEAP EATS (i don't.. do.. non cheap..)
* BEST LATE-NIGHT VENUE (oh well everyone loves the hawthorn don't they)
* BEST DRINK IN TOWN (the summer lemon soda stream in my kitchen with a bit of vodka - i call it the ratpony)
* BEST PLACE TO SHAKE YOUR THANG (i don't shake my or anyone else's thang)
* BEST SUBURBAN DESTINATION (peppermill in porirua is nice but does that count? since it's not the burbs? that place you and i went with martha jo... that was nice.. but again, petone doesn't count? eh)
* BEST NON-DRINKING DESTINATION (the mo-fockin' ZOO)
* BEST CLOTHING RETAILER (meh)
* BEST SHOP (wandaharland, obvs)
* BEST PUBLIC SPACE (eh, i say bring back those colourful flags)
* BEST ART EXPERIENCE (my house)
* MOST NEEDED (a venue that big overseas bandly types wanna play in - ie apparently not the cake tin or the tin shed... are we getting an anti-tin vibe? yes)
* BEST COFFEE (i'm biased, but i have a latte every day from iona in dukes arcade...)
* BEST SERVICE (...because their service is the best in town)
* BEST CONTRIBUTION BY A WELLINGTONIAN TO THE INTERNET (john campbell has twitter. nuff said)
* BEST REGULAR ENTERTAINMENT (how regular is the roller derby in terms of regularity? or the wrasslin'? i vote both.. but if i had to choose, i'd probably go wrasslin')
* BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE (Fur Patrol @ Starry Nights :))
* BEST WELLINGTON-BASED EVENT (Homegrown WAS pretty bitchin', even with all the bogans.)
* WELLINGTONIAN OF THE YEAR (the guy who wrote buslane through my heart)