Five Oth­er Things to do in New­town:

A post had been planned about how you might like to take a tour around the fab­ulous archi­tec­ture of Wel­ling­ton Hos­pit­al, and sug­gest­ing that the best way to take such a tour is while lying zonked out on great drugs on a hos­pit­al bed, being pushed by a secur­ity guard, but as being sick is so last month, here are bet­ter things you should do in New­town instead:

1. Go to the Zoo. You could even touch the red pan­das if you’re par­tic­u­larly lucky.
2. Go eat a moun­tain of fries at Malo. $5.50 buys a very very large bowl of thick crisp chips and great gar­lic mayo. Make sure to share them or you won’t be able to walk after­wards. Wel­ling­tonista has also had many happy Singa­por­ean din­ners at Chumeez, and adores the duck pan­cakes at Beijing Res­taur­ant.
3. Buy Thai Red Bull from the Asi­an sec­tion of the small cramped New World. Mmmm syr­upy. (Wel­ling­tonista recom­mends it as a good base for Punch, par­tic­u­larly when mixed with soda, cran­berry juice, vodka and blue cur­a­cao).
4. Check out some hot young tal­ent before they end up on Short­land Street in a show at Toi Whakaari New Zea­l­and Drama School.
5. Go celebrity spot­ting. Accord­ing to the Wel­ling­ton City Lib­rar­ies, noted celebrit­ies who live in New­town include Emma Paki – and also Miss Nat­alie Biz of course.

What’s there to do in your sub­urb?