Of Paramount Importance
While other members of the Wellingtonista debate trivial issues such as roading, the non car-owning amongst us think it’s time to address the more important things in life, such as the Paramount renovations. This isn’t a post to talk about the two new theatres (one with couches), or the glorious big balconey, oh no. It’s […]
The Coastal Highway and Transmission Gully
The Wellingtonistas received this email yesterday & given the importance of safe & efficent transport routes in & out of the region, we think it’s a good idea to pass it on to our readers to consider, and even make a submission if you so desire. The Coastal Highway and Transmission Gully Dear Wellingtonistas The […]
Wellington Film Society for November
Welcome to our final month of the 2005 season. The whole month (if we can include Monday 31 October)features the work of German film producer Artur Brauner. Arguably the most influential film producer of post-war Germany, he was also driven to produce films about victims of the National Socialist regime (when the Nazis invaded Lódz, […]
Links for Friday, 28 October 2005
WellUrban has a new Mystery Bar for you to identify. Wellington rugby legend Tana Umaga is getting a pasting from the Brits over the new footage showing he and Kevin Mealamu spear-tackling Brian O’Driscoll on this year’s Lions Tour. Check out the plethora of angry posts on the BBC rugby discussion boards. And speaking of […]
Grocer’s apostrophe
And since there seems to be a bit of a posting frenzy going on, what’s the harm in one more? Firstly, five whuffie points to the first person who can spot the grocer’s apostrophe in the ‘local news’ iframe down on the bottom left right of the homepage. And, secondly, who else wasn’t surprised to […]
9th International Jazz Festival under way 26th October
Thanks to WellUrban for reminding us that the 9th Wellington International Jazz Festival gets under way tomorrow (26th October). Much like WellUrban, we’re not too au fait with the jazz end of the musical spectrum, but can make a few tentative recommendations. Firstly, the venues are great, so even if you’re neither hither-nor-thither on the […]
Diwali: Festival of Lights
Diwali: photo by Karim Sahai Diwali, the Festival of Lights – a Hindu celebration that, according to Wikipedia, celebrates the triumph of good over evil, was celebrated in Wellington over the weekend at an event at the Town Hall. Deepavali or Diwali, is one of the most popular festivals of India and of Hindus. It […]
Turn it down
Regular (dream) Wellingtonista tennis doubles partner Daniela Hantuchova demonstrates the correct attire for our weekly Sunday morning hit around. Picture courtsey of Vedia at Flickr. Hataitai Park, a brilliant sunny day, and the gentle thwack and thwock of tennis balls interspersed with the birdsong coming from the surrounding trees, provides the perfect soundtrack for the […]
Links for Thursday, 20 October 2005
Not only another bar review over at Drinks After Work (Morocco, Cuba Mall), but also a few more hints and tips on where to drink on the cheap around Wellington (Tupelo, 2-for-1 cocktails on Wednesday!) Keeping on the vaguely alcoholic theme, you may (or may not) want to check out The 6 Million Dollar Blog‘s […]
The New Zealand Film Archive
This lunchtime, I popped downstairs & around the corner from the Wellingtonista Towers, to the NZ Film Archive & spent a fascinating wee while browsing their catalogue of VCRs & DVDs. I tried picking the brain of the technician on duty in the Media Library, but he was just relieving & had sketchy information at […]