Vot­ing in the Fourth Annu­al Welling­ton­ista Awards is open from Decem­ber 1–15. Then come find out the results at our Awards Night at Mighty Mighty on Decem­ber 17!

To vote, vis­it this page.

We are crea­tures of habit, and we like our enter­tain­ment to hap­pen reg­u­lar­ly, be it week­ly or only a cou­ple of times a year. This is how we keep our­selves occu­pied.

Richter City Roller Der­by: Not since “Bret or Jemaine?” has an issue so divid­ed our city. Do you sup­port Bru­tal Pagaent or Smash Mal­ice? To be hon­est, both halves of Richter City are amaz­ing. The win­ners of each bout were real­ly the audi­ence. From its begin­ning days in a bas­ket­ball hall in New­town to pack­ing in over a thou­sand peo­ple at the TSB Are­na, watch­ing tough-as-shit women on wheels fight­ing it out has tru­ly won over our hearts and minds.

Thurs­day Movie Quiz at the Para­mount: Are you talkin’ to me? Oh, Para­mount Movie Quiz, you com­plete me. You’re the king of the world. You’re also bloody hard, and yet we still can’t quit you. We like that you only take an hour, that you give film geeks a chance to get off the inter­net and into real life, and that you take advan­tage of the Paramount’s love­ly foy­er. We also appre­ci­ate that we can sub­mit our own rounds in order to feel intel­lec­tu­al­ly supe­ri­or. Kudos.

The Welling­ton Phoenix: In the Hyundai A‑League the Phoenix aren’t exact­ly a pow­er­house feared by the oppo­si­tion (though they aren’t push-overs either), but when it comes to play­ing at home, they are unbeat­en. The Phoenix haven’t lost a game at home since some­time last year which is great for the mass­es of sup­port­ers that go every week to the games, above and beyond the Yel­low Fever. And while the draws were get­ting dull it’s still bet­ter than a loss.

The Elec­tric Quiz @ South­ern Cross: Call us nerds if you like, but we’ve includ­ed two quizzes in our nom­i­na­tions. There are plen­ty of quizzes around on a Tues­day night, but how many have a live Ham­mond organ accom­pa­ni­ment? How many have no sports round? How many have com­fy booths and decent beer? If you answered “just one”, then con­grat­u­la­tions! The South­ern Cross is the cor­rect answer.

Kiwi Pro Wrestling at Welling­ton High School: Sweaty men in tights, piled on top of each oth­er? Hot dogs on sticks? A chance to stretch your vocal cords in a series of increas­ing­ly hilar­i­ous heck­ling? Yes, please! You real­ly have to expe­ri­ence the rasslin’, held every cou­ple of months at Welling­ton High School, to under­stand just what a fun expe­ri­ence it is, but once you’ve been, you’ll be telling all your friends.