There’s always some­thing going on in Wel­ling­ton, and we try our very best to keep you informed. Being only human, there are plenty of things that we miss, but there’s no way in Hell we would have missed any of the things below:
The event that made me get off my arse the most:

Events after the jump…

A. Craft 2.0


It can­’t have escaped your notice that craft­ing has under­gone some­what of a renais­sance lately. Every­body and their dog is knit­ting, sew­ing, writ­ing, paint­ing, bak­ing or mak­ing jew­elry, and that is a good thing. It’s espe­cially awe­some when all those crafters come togeth­er to sell their wares to each oth­er in the glor­i­ous mar­ket that is Craft2.0 . There are oth­er craft fairs around, which are also great, but Craft 2.0 takes the cake for its pro­fes­sion­al approach, gor­geously designed posters and the high qual­ity of exhib­it­ors.
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WINNER!!!
B. Cuba St Carnival

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How to sum up a week­end where Wel­ling­ton rejoiced in a true car­ni­val atmo­sphere, ate, drank, and was merry? Hmmmm, well how about this photo? Before and dur­ing the car­ni­val parade this young lady enter­tained the crowd with her dan­cing and (incred­ibly skill­ful) striptease (emphas­is on the tease). She even stopped an entire brass band.

Were there com­plaints from any­one? No! Because every­one was hav­ing WAY too much fun, the cops were even ignor­ing those break­ing the liquor ban. And we are not endors­ing alco­hol and pub­lic nud­ity (for once). The car­ni­val was all about fun and frivolity and that’s what we like. We love you Cuba Car­ni­val!

C. Wellingtonista Bowling and Quiz Leagues


The Wel­ling­tonista has nev­er made it a secret just how much it would like to be Gawker, so when a bowl­ing alley opened up in the middle of town, we knew it would be a good chance to start up a bowl­ing league, just like Gawker, mix­ing it up with oth­er web types, just like Gawker. Six teams were formed, and over five weeks we duked it out, mak­ing new friends and net­works along the way. Points were awar­ded not just for phys­ic­al prowess, but also for stu­pid­ity (fast­est bowl, any­one?) and drink­ing min­im­ums imposed.

Wel­ling­tonista Bowl­ing League cer­ti­fic­ates are now proudly dis­played at agen­cies all over town. The Quiz League a couple of months later star­ted with a bang and ended with whim­pers the next morn­ing after the final night at the Occi­dent­al, but along the way more new friends were wel­comed into the fold, and new obses­sions (link to hot hospo) were born. Any activ­ity that com­binds drink­ing with get­ting out into Wel­ling­ton and meet­ing like-minded people has to be worth doing, and the Wel­ling­tonista Lawn Bowls League due in Sum­mer ’08 is highly anti­cip­ated…

D. The Great Blends

When we’re not read­ing our web­site, we’re read­ing Pub­lic Address, so it make sense that their events – the Great Blends would go off. Where else would you have such a diverse group of people get togeth­er to learn so much and get so damn drunk?

E. Camp ALowHum


Inspired by Wet Hot Amer­ic­an Sum­mer, Welly photographer/promotor/man about town Blink decided to bring togeth­er a clas­sic school camp with a selec­tion of the finest indie up&coming bands New Zea­l­and had to offer. Days of may­hem and Pant-free Parties fol­lowed.