Mark Blumsky, ex-Wellington Mayor and now National Party candidate for Wellington Central, gets beaten up during the weekend. Sir Humphrey’s point out that self-professed left-wing nutter Millsy last week expressed his desire to see right-wing ‘blood on the streets’ last week. Any connection? Lots of comment over at David Farrar’s blog as well. MiramarMike reports […]
School Holidays means a very quiet time around Wellingtonista Towers, as all but one of the regulars are fully-fledged card-carrying parents. And Jo won’t come in if there’s no-one to regale her stories of horrifying medical treatments and bowel-movements to. As well as looking after the kids, the homebound Wellingtonista have been taking some time […]
Former Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olonga will speak at a public meeting in Wellington on Thursday. Olonga, along with fellow player Andy Flower, caused a stir at the 2003 Cricket World Cup by wearing black armbands during all his matches. Olonga fled his homeland shortly afterwards and now lives in London. The Green Party has brought […]
Wellingtonians are spoilt for choice when it comes to their foreign-born-but-now-kiwi female singing stars tonight, with two of the country’s most distinctive performers putting on shows around town. First up is the debut Wellington appearance of the world famous Wing at the Mercure Hotel on Willis Street. Wing, an expat Hong Kong resident who now […]
The Wellington City Council is calling for new ideas for projects that could be funded by the Plimmer Bequest – a bequest for beautifying Wellington’s bays, beaches and reserves. The Oriental Bay Beach development was the last project to be funded by the bequest. Projects that would be considered include planting trees, water features, scenic […]
We’ve just discovered and added Cameron Burnell’s excellent photoblog to our links list. Cameron was the man behind the also brilliant A Wellingtonian in Aceh photoblog, and both sites are well worth your time. [Hat tip to Bloggreen]
If you didn’t fly down to Christchurch for the first test, don’t have tickets to the Wellington game (Saturday 2nd July) or can’t be doing with all those Aucklanders for the final test (Saturday 9th July) then how about these options. Courtenay Place, “Party Zone” Courtenay Place will be closed to traffic and transformed into […]
We’re nearly through the Lions tour with just a few more days to go and back to normality for us all. The camper vans are piling up from the South, the bars are hanging Welsh/Irish/English and even Scottish flags and the events coordinators are panicking with the final details. We’re even bumping into Lions fans […]
A weekend trip to the outer reaches of Wellingtonist coverage ended with a cracking visit to Pataka at Porirua and in particular the comprehensive and thought provoking ‘Symbols of Sovereignty’ series. Outlining the extraordinary evolution of flags in New Zealand this a series of five exhibitions all with a flag theme: JACK OR BLACK – […]
Yes, just like Bob the Builder and Winston Peters, the Wellington City Council is asking the question: Can we fix it? And apparently, the answer is “yes we can”. The Council has recently introduced a Fix It page to their (already excellent) website, where you can let the Council now of any problems in your […]