What we’ve been tweeting about lately

Do you fol­low us on Twit­ter? A lot of you do. But you might miss our tweets in amongst all your very import­ant updates from sportspeople, so here’s what’s been going on. We talked about a new Mojo open­ing in the Tele­com build­ing on Wil­lis Street, and what a relief that was since it was […]

You should have lunch at Duke Carvell’s this July

July would be a really good time to have a week­day lunch at Duke Carvell’s on Swan Lane. Why? Because a) it’s deli­cious and warm­ing and b) they’ll donate 20% of your bill to one of a range of char­it­ies. Bloody good work! Our Tom B is the May­or of Duke Carvell’s (well, on Foursquare […]

Wellington has braaaaaaains

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Noise and Pic­tures, the Wel­ling­ton team who took out the V 48 Hours movie com­pet­i­tion with their clip Brains?. Is it just us or is New New­lands actu­ally less scary than Cur­rent New­lands? NOISE AND PICTURES from 48HOURS on Vimeo.

Data without borders

They say that know­ledge is power, and when it comes down to it, know­ledge often comes from data. But how do you get the most out of your data? Or how do you get your hands on someone else’s? Find out on Thursday June 28. Data Without Bor­ders NZ is gath­er­ing a net­work of non-profits, […]

Beware, Wild Animals!

Wel­come to the jungle – it’s time to dance. The Jo Sand­wich is proud to present Wild Anim­als, a night of dan­cing and may­hem to raise money for Wel­ling­ton SPCA. On July 20, the Bur­gundy Room under­neath Bar Bodega will be host to a roar­ingly good time. Trust your anim­al instincts on this one and […]

Ladies & gentlemen, start your salivating

The Visa Wel­ling­ton On A Plate fest­iv­al was launched last night at the Saint James, in amidst lash­ings of Ruth Pretty’s whipped but­ter, ginger beer-battered fish and Whit­taker­’s chocol­ate creme bru­lee. Oh lordy, we ate like roy­alty and were still made even more hungry by read­ing about some of the events on offer. Tick­ets go […]

I like the St James theatre but not what was on stage

Last night we – along with a range of oth­er fancy media types were invited by Pos­it­ively Wel­ling­ton Ven­ues to have drinks & canapes and watch Rock the Bal­let at the Saint James Theatre last night .  Based on the lovely people we met, and the amaz­ing food and ser­vice we were offered (Lightly seared tuna on wonton crisps! Veget­ari­an […]

Six Barrels totally instagrammable but also delicious

You know how we feel about Monterey, so it should be no sur­prise to you that we were very very excited when we heard that Joseph was open­ing up a new fact­ory in which to bottle his deli­cious syr­ups, which is also a cafe too.  Six Bar­rel Soda Co has found a home in the […]

Let’s help Wellington SPCA into a new home

Wel­ling­ton City Coun­cil would like your views on the draft Long Term Plan 2012–22. The draft plan sets out what the Coun­cil is pro­pos­ing to do over the next ten years. Pub­lic con­sulta­tion on the Wel­ling­ton City Coun­cil Draft Long Term Plan runs from the 16th April to 18th May 2012. This is your chance to have […]

Something to hum about

Hum­ming­bird has been on Cour­tenay Place for a long time (twelve years!), and has just under­gone a com­plete refur­bish­ment. The Wel­ling­tonista was invited along to check out the revital­ised space and new menu, and what we found was very very good. In their own words: The site was once, many dec­ades ago, a butcher­’s shop […]