Capital E Scavenger Hunt
It’s hot enough out there to boil a lob­ster

Look at that weath­er. Just LOOK AT IT. Woah!

We’re going to assume from all the cars parked in Thorndon that you’re already going to Garden Magic events in the dell as part of  Sum­mer City,but here are some oth­er things you might wanna con­sider:

  • Pos­it­ively Pasi­fika: The win­ner of New Zea­l­and Idol is going, are you? But ser­i­ously, tra­di­tion­al pacific foods are tasty, and the cul­tur­al per­form­ances are bound to have some very awe­some drum­ming going on too.  It’s on 18 Janu­ary 2014, 12 noon – 6pm in Wait­angi Park.

    Join Ros­ita Vai, Bella Kalolo and the Laugh­ing Sam­oans for a free day in the park.

  • On the same day is Out in the Square, in Civic Square and also with an after­party at Ivy, and a pool party at the Thorndon Pool as well. I think there was a bit of a bun­fight over the use of the word “queer” in the title rather than LGBT (I am pro queer, per­son­ally), but what we can all agree on is that Anika Moa is amaz­ing, and she’s play­ing, and it’s free. Also it’s fam­ily friendly.

    Out in the Square was estab­lished in 1986 as a fair for a fair law, and this year New Zeal­anders have anoth­er reas­on worthy of mighty cel­eb­ra­tion – the passing of the Mar­riage Equal­ity Bill.

  • Then, next Sat­urday Jan 25 (rain day Sunday Jan 26), those with young people will want to head to Wel­ling­ton Water­front for Cap­it­al E’s The Great Scav­enger Hunt. Those who are afraid of chil­dren will prob­ably want to find some­where else to loiter for the day, as last year saw over 1500 people explor­ing ven­ues, solv­ing clues and gen­er­ally hav­ing a really good time. In addi­tion to the hunt which goes all over the place, Cap­it­al E’s new home will play host to a bunch of activ­it­ies.

    “Enjoy per­form­ances by Taikoza, Wel­ling­ton Youth Cir­cus and our MC for the day, Kenny King of the Impro­vis­ors! There will also be a pho­to­booth to cap­ture unfor­get­table moments and free face-paint­ing all day at the event base at Cap­it­al E Cent­ral, 4 Queens Wharf.”