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 […]