Wellington Film festival – We Recommend…

God! Where to start? We’re about a third way through the programme & EVERYTHING so far looks like a must see. Kudos to Mr Gosden & his team this year. Disclaimer: Our opinions are not infallible, we saw a promisingly enthralling documentary a few years ago called Hybrid… and it was literally watching corn grow… […]

Where to watch the All Blacks

If you didn’t fly down to Christchurch for the first test, don’t have tickets to the Wellington game (Saturday 2nd July) or can’t be doing with all those Aucklanders for the final test (Saturday 9th July) then how about these options. Courtenay Place, “Party Zone” Courtenay Place will be closed to traffic and transformed into […]

The early Friday test build-up

We’re nearly through the Lions tour with just a few more days to go and back to normality for us all. The camper vans are piling up from the South, the bars are hanging Welsh/Irish/English and even Scottish flags and the events coordinators are panicking with the final details. We’re even bumping into Lions fans […]

A flag for our time

A weekend trip to the outer reaches of Wellingtonist coverage ended with a cracking visit to Pataka at Porirua and in particular the comprehensive and thought provoking ‘Symbols of Sovereignty‘ series. Outlining the extraordinary evolution of flags in New Zealand this a series of five exhibitions all with a flag theme: JACK OR BLACK – […]

Fix it!

Yes, just like Bob the Builder and Winston Peters, the Wellington City Council is asking the question: Can we fix it? And apparently, the answer is “yes we can”. The Council has recently introduced a Fix It page to their (already excellent) website, where you can let the Council now of any problems in your […]

romp pomp a stomp

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 […]

Wellington from space

Can just about make out the Wellingtonist Towers… Google Maps

A preview of coming attractions…. soon!

That’s a clever quote from Hitchcock’s Rear Window… But that’s irrelevant right now… Coming soon (only just scored the brochure, so bear with us)… I’ll give you my legendary (unaffiliated with any sponsors – so far…) Film Festival rundown. What’s hot, what’s good (they’re all good), what’s heart-warming, what’s art-house, what’s sleaze, what’s art-house sleaze, […]

Wellington boy done good

Well, Titahi Bay boy, but close enough for us. Michael Campbell has pulled off one of New Zealand’s greatest sporting achievements ever, by winning this year’s US Golf Open (held at Pinehurst, North Carolina). It’s only the second time a kiwi has won one of the four big majors, and it’s been a long wait […]

Rata Planting begins on Tinakori Hill

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 […]