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.”