Women’s Health Action are celebrating World Breastfeeding Week in style, with an attempt to break the world record for “The most mothers breastfeeding simultaneously”. The valiant attempt will be made this Saturday 6th August, with the nationwide “latch-on” at 11am. The countdown will be broadcast on The Edge 97.5. The Wellington venue will be Trentham […]
Glowworm Tour Friday 5 August, Founders’ Entrance on Glenmore Street, 7.30pm See the Botanic Garden’s glowworms after dark. Cost: koha/donation Bookings are essential as places are limited. Not suitable for children under six. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult – maximum of two children per adult. Bring a torch – no more […]
Events Calendar: “Extreme Poo Identification Competition Wellington Zoo will hold an Extreme Poo Identification Competition on 6 & 7 August. As part of the Conservation Week theme ‘Everything is Connected’, the Zoo invites you to correctly identify different types of animal poo to win a prize. Listen to the Keeper talks throughout the day to […]
A Wellington institution, the Kirk’s Sale. OK, it started Monday, but that doesn’t matter. Now is the time to go. By now, the shoppers are a little less extreme than the 1. Rabid, and 2. Catatonic zombie that they ranged between on Monday morning. Still plenty of bargains to be had. The sale ends on […]
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 […]
Dorothy the Dinosaur and friends will be hitting the St James on Friday 22nd July. A goodly number of the Wellingtonist kids went to the Wiggles recently, and no doubt will be wanting to attend this gig too. As Wellingtonist friend Martha says: Anyone who missed the Wiggles – stop crying! Dorothy is coming with […]
About 1200 aging pine trees were removed during the recent Tinakori Hill clean up, but over the next five years, Project Crimson and the Wellington City Council will be planting around 7500 northern rata (metrosideros robusta). Northern rata are indigenous to the Wellington area and live for hundreds of years. The first 1500 baby trees […]
Here we are recommending you to head North up the motorway for the second time in as many weeks, but we suspect the mid-winter fireworks display to be held off the Petone beach tomorrow night (Sat 18 June), will be well worth it. According to the official press release over at the Hutt City Council […]
The New Cool – an exhibition that celebrates the achievements of some of New Zealand’s small but successful creative companies – started this week at the Dowse Art Gallery out in the Hutt, and, having seen a wee sneak preview last weekend, as the final preparations were being put together, we can highly recommend getting […]