T4WAHello, good people of Wel­ling­ton. It is time, once again for The Annu­al Wel­ling­tonista Awards! Wahoo! This year we are refer­ring to them as #TAWA5, for all your twit­ter­ing needs.

Once again, we would like your sug­ges­tions for what you would like nom­in­ated in the fol­low­ing cat­egor­ies, which you will be able to vote for from Nov 20. As usu­al, I will break out my bold tags to remind you that this is your only chance to make sug­ges­tions – it’s too late by the time we open up the vot­ing, and as usu­al the Wel­ling­tonista will have final say, so if you want some­thing included, make a pas­sioned plea for it in the com­ments and we will listen.

This year some of the cat­egor­ies are slightly dif­fer­ent so I’ll include a line about each to explain it, but if you have ques­tions or want clear­er defin­i­tions, just ask. Oh, and the TAWAs will be at Mighty Mighty (as always) on Decem­ber 3 from 6pm, so come along!

  1. Best Cafe (Some­where cas­u­al you’d go for a sit-down meal, not just cof­fee)
  2. Best Res­taur­ant (Some­where less cas­u­al, prob­ably more expens­ive and would prob­ably be licensed)
  3. Best Drink in Town (Best cocktail/beer/whatever, and where it is made)
  4. Best Late Night Exper­i­ence (Where do you go after din­ner? Do you go to dance or get into mis­chief?)
  5. Best Ser­vice (Which hos­pit­al­ity work­er makes your every vis­it a pleas­ure?)
  6. Best Cof­fee (We’re talk­ing a cup of cof­fee you buy some­where, not the beans)
  7. Best Reg­u­lar Enter­tain­ment (A wide cat­egory, some­thing that hap­pens more than once a year that you enjoy)
  8. Best Live Per­form­ance (What gigs blew your mind?)
  9. Best Event (What single exper­i­ence was amaz­ing?)
  10. Best Out­doors Exper­i­ence (Where do you go when you don’t want to be indoors?)
  11. Best Sub­urb­an Des­tin­a­tion (What’s a good reas­on to get out of the city?)
  12. Best Art Exper­i­ence (This might be an exhib­i­tion – or it might not)
  13. Best Shop­ping Exper­i­ence (What shop makes you want to spend all your money and why?)
  14. Most Needed (What would make Wel­ling­ton more awe­some?)
  15. Most Missed (What needs to be resur­rec­ted?)
  16. Best Con­tri­bu­tion to the Inter­net by a Wel­ling­to­ni­an (Who in this city is mak­ing rad things hap­pen on the web?)
  17. Best Thing About Wel­ling­ton This Year (Who or what has had a major pos­it­ive effect?)

We have a super-con­densed timeline this year, so get your sug­ges­tions in ASAP, before Novem­ber 13. Cheers!