TAWA5 Best Thing in Wellington

This cat­e­go­ry is a bit of a mixed bag. It’s where we put things that we want to cel­e­brate that did­n’t seem to fit any­where else, but that does­n’t mean these nom­i­na­tions are sec­ond thoughts. Indeed, they’re actu­al­ly the some of the first things we think of when we try to define what makes Welling­ton […]

TAWA5 Best BYO

BYO restau­rants to us are places where you can hold a large gath­er­ing, you can eat some tasty food, and if you don’t count the cost of your bot­tle, you can get total­ly stuffed for around $25. There are a mil­lion and one place with BYO licens­es in Welling­ton, but these are the ones that […]

TAWA5 Best Contribution to the Internet from Wellington

Giv­en that Welling­ton is the web cap­i­tal of New Zealand, it makes sense that it’s full of peo­ple doing awe­some things with and for the web.

TAWA5 Best Event

There’s always some­thing to do in this town we love, but these are the pick of the crop, and are cir­cled in red on our cal­en­dars. We’re count­ing the sleeps until next year’s events!

All about this year’s The Annual Wellingtonista Awards

Hel­lo, my lovelies! For the fifth year in a row, it’s time for The Annu­al Welling­ton­ista Awards (#TAWA5). This post is your guide to every­thing TAWA-relat­ed. Time to get your vote on since VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

Christmas in Cuba? Something smells fishy

Obvi­ous­ly, the most impor­tant cal­en­dar item of the year is com­ing up on Decem­ber 3, when we hold The Annu­al Welling­ton­ista Awards for the fifth year in a row at Mighty Mighty, but we think you might need to warm up for the event. What bet­ter way than to have a drink on Fish­Head? Come […]

Christmas in Cuba? Something smells fishy

Obvi­ous­ly, the most impor­tant cal­en­dar item of the year is com­ing up on Decem­ber 3, when we hold The Annu­al Welling­ton­ista Awards for the fifth year in a row at Mighty Mighty, but we think you might need to warm up for the event.

A source of an open bar

Last week I rep­re­sent­ed the Welling­ton­ista at the New Zealand Open Source Awards. The Masked Barfly had been whis­per­ing in my ear sto­ries of organ­i­sa­tion­al fail­ure in an attempt to make me wor­ried that I would­n’t get any­thing to eat, but apart from a press release announc­ing “Annie McCar­ron” as the win­ner of the Peo­ple’s […]

From Paris to Pompeii — again

As part of Massey Uni­ver­si­ty’s ‘Blow’ Cre­ative Arts Fes­ti­val, Leimo­mi Oakes is once again pre­sent­ing a  a free talk and fash­ion show From Pom­peii to Paris: the Clas­si­cal influ­ence on West­ern fash­ion See his­to­ry come to life with a talk explor­ing how ancient Greece and Rome have influ­enced fash­ions in the West.  The talk will […]

TAWA5 — a call for your nomination suggestions

Hel­lo, good peo­ple of Welling­ton. It is time, once again for The Annu­al Welling­ton­ista Awards! Wahoo! This year we are refer­ring to them as #TAWA5, for all your twit­ter­ing needs. Once again, we would like your sug­ges­tions for what you would like nom­i­nat­ed in the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories, which you will be able to vote for […]