The enlightened solution
(Guest cross-post from Giovanni Tiso over at Bat, Bean, Beam. There’s also comments worth reading there in response too) In what you might choose to view as a coincidence, the cities of Auckland and Wellington are both engaged in a fight to eradicate street begging. Not homelessness or poverty, mind you: just begging. Auckland will […]
Baby it’s cold inside
A little late to the party but still something rather delightful has popped up in the city. Cleave (a project between artist Gabby O’Connor, oceanographer Craig Stevens, curator Katharine Allard and the amazing kids from Miramar Central school) is living at 86 Victoria St Wellington until July 13 2013. It’s viewable 24/7 as it’s all […]
Beer Belly Jellies
Another guest post from Heather at Foodie Gems of Wellington. We love guest posts. For all you crafty beer fans out there, an innovative new product – Beer Belly Jellies. Inspired by a similar product in Canada some years ago, Lindy McLennan has partnered with the ParrotDog boys to hand craft these delights. So as […]
New-ish at the Movies: Man of Steel, Everybody Has a Plan and White Lies
Man of Steel is a self-consciously epic re-imagining of the Superman story, first told in print in the 1930s and most recently rebooted on screen by Bryan Singer as Superman Returns just prior to the commencement of my reviewing career in 2006. It’s remarkable both for the scale of the production, the stakes for producers […]
Review: A play about space
Captain Florencia Dreggs (war hero) and her right hand man Warner Hornshaw are on a special mission for the mysterious Joy. There’s a piece of kit that he wants them to salvage but something is hinky. What exactly is in the box and why does Joy want it so badly? This is a return season […]
It’s Election Season
The local body elections are soon upon us Well not super soon but it makes your life easy if you are enrolled to vote by Friday 16 August 2013, that way you get your voting paper in the mail. You can still enroll after the 16th but then you need to request special voting papers […]
New-ish at the Movies: World War Z, After Earth and The Hunt
Bloodless zombies would appear to be that latest trend if April’s Warm Bodies and this week’s World War Z are anything to go by. No blood means studios get a lower censorship classification and – hopefully – a bigger audience. But the absence of viscera also appears to bring with it a loss of metaphoric […]
that thing called weather
Wellington is having a bit of weather at the moment, sure we get weather 24/7 but this weather, it’s Spectacular Southerly Weather! I’m not sure what would justify all caps weather but here’s a little trip around the south coast to show you how things roll into Wellington when we have Weather if you are […]
Review: Tu
Rimini and Benedict are visiting their uncle Tu in order to find out about their family history. Their questions force him to face the reason he has been estranged from the whanau for years. Tu was first performed at Pipitea Marae as part of the 2012 NZ International Festival of the Arts, and is based […]
Phantom of the Opera – a Magical Musical
There’s nothing like a show, and Phantom of the Opera is certainly one of those. It’s the second longest running musical in the world so its a bit of a big deal for Wellington Musical Theatre to land a season here at the St James. I’ve been lucky enough to see the production a few […]