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 […]

Sleepers, Awake!

Welling­ton elec­tron­ic music fans will have fond mem­o­ries of the While_you_were_Sleeping nights. They’ve been hiber­nat­ing for a cou­ple of years, but will emerge blink­ing into the light on Sun­day Novem­ber the 14th at Bet­ty’s. Expect a broad spec­trum of sound, with an empha­sis on ambi­ent and exper­i­men­tal tex­tures, but with touch­es of hip-hop, post-rock and […]

Oh Baby, Baby

This Fri­day and Sat­ur­day night, film mak­er Julie Hill (who’s name you may recog­nise from her work at Radio New Zealand and on Frontseat ) is screen­ing the pre­miere of her doc­u­men­tary, Baby where are the fine things you promised me? at the Film Archive. The doco fol­lows local actor Stephen Bain and his protest […]

On a Mission

Did Apol­lo 13: Mis­sion Con­trol do the busi­ness, flick my switch­es, get lift-off etc?

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.

The Lane comes to Wellington

You know how you saw the line­up for the St Jerome Lane­aways Fes­ti­val and were like “Oh man, such cool bands, but I don’t want to have to go to Auck­land to see them”? Well now you don’t have to! Haha! Awe­some­ness.

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 […]

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”.

The not-so-secret lives of dancers

The Roy­al New Zealand bal­let’s been get­ting itself all kinds of atten­tion late­ly, like with their Lady Gaga dance on YouTube, and the TV show The Secret Lives of Dancers. In addi­tion, The Nut­crack­er opens tonight — we’ll have a review for you next week, but if you can’t wait or can’t afford a tick­et, […]