Review: The Second Test

Jonathan Brugh’s one-man play The Second Test returns to Wellington, this time playing at Circa. The Second Test tells the amazing true-life story of New Zealand cricketer Bob Blair, whose fiancee Nerissa Love was tragically killed in the Tangiwai disaster while Bob was in South Africa on tour with the New Zealand cricket team (also […]

Wellington's new route

It’s been a long time coming, but finally the buses are running through the thoroughfare formerly known as Manners Mall. With clipped bus wing mirrors, bowled down pedestrians, and general chaos predicted by some, I decided to get down to Manners Street and check out the new bus route.

Observed on Featherston Street

Spotted on Featherston Street in the window of Espresso Republic. Could this be the work of a disgruntled landlord?

Pecha Kucha 9

This Monday is another Pecha Kucha Night, where a fine line-up of creative people present short talks on topics they love. But this time it’s a Wellingtonista special! We have two of the W’ista posse (Robyn* and Dan) giving talks. But we’re also excited about Leimomi Oakes’s talk on royal undies, Mike Brown’s exploration of […]

Smell what The Rock is cooking

Generally speaking, things called The Rock are awesome.

Wellington Love Letter

Take a life long prankster, mix in some free time, 3 guys who work in film, some mild homo eroticism, and just the right amount of sexiness, and what you get is the Wellington Love Letter.

Get rid of your old computer crap

You know all that stuff under your bed, in your wardrobe or in your bottom drawer? Yeah, that old laptop you were going to sell on Trade Me when you upgraded five years ago, and your crappy old cellphone you could never go back to since you bought your spiffy new smartphone. Well, you know […]

Hey hey, it's Parliament Open Day!

Wellington may be the Coolest Little Capital in the World, but it wouldn’t be the capital without Parliament. The Beehive has uncool net curtains. Being a building from the ’70s, this is probably not surprising. But this is one thing you can discover when Parliament has its annual open day this Sunday, 7 November. A […]

Hey hey, it’s Parliament Open Day!

The Beehive has uncool net curtains. Being a building from the ’70s, this is probably not surprising. But this is one thing you can discover when Parliament has its annual open day this Sunday, 7 November.

Who's the coolest of them all?

So, the news is out – on the front page of the DomPost, an advertising colour supplement, and banners all along the Golden Mile: Wellington is the “coolest little capital in the world”. Yep, that means Wellington has beaten out other little capital cities such as Vatican City, Dili, Kabul and Apia to be the […]