You know how there is often cool free stuff hap­pen­ing at lunchtime if you have your ear to the ground (actu­al­ly Twit­ter may well be the mod­ern dig­i­tal jun­gle drum or smoke sig­nal if you know how to fos­sick and fil­ter, you could just just fol­low us on Twit­ter).  We have had com­plaints in the past about post­ing juicy tid­bits a lit­tle too close to the time for ya’ll to cram into your busy diaries. 

Well, suck it up peo­ple, you may have missed the free titi (mut­ton­bird) tasters at Mid­land Park on Mon­day or the noo­dles today at Waga­ma­ma but at least you have time to make a packed lunch for a free lunchtime con­cert tomor­row for Te Wiki o te reo Maori in the Illot the­atre, Town Hall.  This con­cert will fea­ture the spine-tin­gles of Ria Hall who bought the house down at the Sev­en Sis­ters con­cert at Te Papa last month.  There will be a range of per­for­mances, includ­ing the Ngati Poneke maori club juniors and fresh back from the world expo in Shang­hai Ele­na vio­lin­ist, with her world-class kapa haka clas­si­cal fusion and impres­sive mohawk. 

So BYO kai and enjoy this cel­e­bra­tion of the Maori lan­guage and cul­ture.  This is what liv­ing and work­ing in cen­tral Welling­ton is about peo­ple: free access to cul­tur­al trea­sures, excite­ment and hap­pen­ings every­where, even on your lunch hour. 

Where: Illot The­atre, Town Hall

When: 12.30 — 1.30 Wednes­day 28 July

Cost: Free

(Apolo­gies te reo speak­ers, macrons give our site indi­ges­tion).