Ben Hana, aka Tarzan, aka “Blanket Man” dies

As repor­ted in the NZ Her­ald and Stuff. I remem­ber see­ing him asleep on the corner of Cour­tenay Place and Tory Street, bathed in sun­shine, loin-cloth akimbo, home-made alu­min­i­um-can dope-pipe rest­ing peace­fully by his slum­ber­ing body, only a couple of weeks back. It seems weird that we won’t see him there again. R.I.P. (Remem­ber, you […]

The bookworms be out in force

One rather delight­ful advant­age of the Rugby World Cup is the arrival of the Down­town Com­munity Min­istry Book Fair in July, two months ahead of its nor­mal tim­ing. One might feel a little put out that rugby is screw­ing with your life, but this Wel­ling­tonista thinks it’s the reverse. Per­son­ally I turn into a bit […]

The cupboards are bare

The Wel­ling­tonista is not just about bring­ing the snark to the deserving. Some­times we drop the cyn­ic­al worn-out hip­ster thing to bring food to the deserving. We need to tell you that the Down­town Com­munity Min­istry food bank is just about out of food. Unfor­tu­nately, more people need their help than ever before. Yes­ter­day their […]