This week fea­tures con­tri­bu­tions from Alan, Nadia, Emma and Joan­na

Best val­ue lunch­es for those days you’re work­ing in town and have for­got­ten that you’re sup­posed to be mak­ing your lunch or eat­ing left­overs…

I’m kin­da hes­i­tant to men­tion it (as I don’t want them to run out before I get there) but the $9 baguette sand­wich­es at the French Bak­er in War­ing Tay­lor St are great val­ue. Tuna, or blue cheese and wal­nut, or my favourite, the salami/lettuce/swiss with pick­les… a lit­tle bit basic but plen­ty fill­ing with­out tor­pe­do­ing your bank bal­ance. (Most sim­i­lar things at Le Cloche or Bor­deaux are $12 or more.) — Alan 

Best oth­er good val­ue lunch­es 

In Willis Lane  — Wilson’s BBQ in Willis Lane does a pulled pork toastie for $13.50 high qual­i­ty food, very fill­ing for under the $15 mark in CBD
 
Also City Bowl on the ter­race offers a build your own sal­ad, noo­dles and choice of meat, and two flavoured oils for under $10.  Not fan­cy but cheap and con­ve­nient.   - Nadia
 
Best pho­tos tak­en by Emma at  week’s protest about the gov­ern­men­t’s dis­man­tling of Māori rights
(how nice would it be if we did­n’t have to have week­ly protests about things?)
a sign that says "Not today, Satan" but with the 'Satan' crossed out and the word 'Luxon' written over it
 
an absolute sea of Māori flags on Lambton Quay
 
Best news for music fans
 
Best bird news
The call went out on Paekakari­ki twit­ter that cock­a­toos Jack & Pop­py were stolen from their home. A day lat­er we were delight­ed to find out they were found in their cage, the thief evi­dent­ly decid­ing they were too brat­ty to hold onto. 
 
Stu­pid­est way to spend $3024
Non-union can­nons under­cut­ting sex work­ers at $144 a bang
 
Best oppor­tu­ni­ty for you to write about some­thing you love in this city and have it read by lit­er­al­ly dozens of peo­ple and not get paid for it
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