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• • 5.8 percent Rate increase to Wellington's homeowners and zero to commercial buildings

    • 13 Mar 2010
    • Back To The Future
    • Actually the rate increase is closer to 6.5 percent to the residents if you take into account the swimming pool improvements proposed as an option in the DAP (Draft Annual Plan.) The total rate increase including the commercial and residential sector is quoted as 2.8 percent but when the sectors are broken down the commercial is zero and the residential is 6 percent or 6.5 percent depending on the final fix in the DAP.
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    • rates
    • wellington city council
  
  

• • Extreme makeover

    • 9 Mar 2010
    • Texture
    • We've decided to give Texture an extreme makeover!  We've picked out the best bits of Texture and put it into a new blogging website - complete with a hot new look and name - Word on the Street.
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• • The new issue dividing our capital

    • 9 Mar 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    •  First it was "Bret or Jermaine?" then "Smash Malice or Brutal Paegent?" but now it's time for the really big decision - which Facebook group to join - "Hey, let's NOT have a 'Wellywood' sign in Wellington"or "A WELLYWOOD sign on the Miramar Cutting Hill is a STUPID idea"?
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    • film and video
    • miramar
    • wellywood sign
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• • revolution (for dummies)

    • 8 Mar 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • One of the nicest things about the Festival of the Arts is that there are almost always several events that leave the realm of overpriced towers of high-culture and invade the everyday places.

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘Oh Alan, I love the title of this post and I need to hear you play The Smiths on a ukelele soon.’

      You can add own comments here.

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• • Modernista

    • 8 Mar 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • There's a lot on at the moment for fans of Modern architecture.
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    • architecture

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘ Toot toot! All aboard the Modern bus!’

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• • Enter The Kale-Dragon

    • 7 Mar 2010
    • Texture
    • Combine the intense stare (And eyebrows) of Bruce Lee, with the sonic-boom of music-maestro Karsh Kale, and what do you get?  Cult-classic awesomeness with a twist of modern mind-f*$kery is what.

    • This Texture newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘Nice picture!! gives a great outlook.’

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• • Polychromatic cutie

    • 6 Mar 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Since the one day symposium last year on the architecture of the 1980s, I’ve been paying more attention to buildings from the 1980s.
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    • architecture
    • cuba street
    120 Cuba Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Variation 11

    • 3 Mar 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The Wellington City Council must have known it was going to be picking a hard road to go down when it proposed Variation 11, and sure enough, the District Plan change is due to go to appeal at the Environment Court.
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    • waterfront
  
  

• • Law for Lunch returns!

    • 1 Mar 2010
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Law for Lunch returns Wednesdays in March! Come along to a series of free lunchtime seminars brought to you by Wellington City Libraries and Wellington Community Law Centre.
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    • events
    • law
  
  

• • Free Pompeii (for Wellingtonians)

    • 1 Mar 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • If you weren't aware, just a heads up that the Pompeii exhibition down at Te Papa is free for Wellington ratepayers and residents this Thursday (4 March). Details here. [hat-tip: goNZo Freakpower]
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• • Get your Craft On

    • 1 Mar 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Craft2.

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 2 comments.

      • ‘The solution to that would be to become a friend of Craft 2.0 and get in extra early!’
      • ‘I have been a couple of times, but I always find it way too crowded :( Any chance they might find a more spacey place in future do you think?’

      You can add own comments here.

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• • Earthquakes and Tsunamis

    • 28 Feb 2010
    • Eye of the Fish
    • One side of the Pacific plate: horrificly large earthquake.
  
  

• • Pre-loved Fashion Sale? Yes Please.

    • 27 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • Anna Wintour - eat your heart out.
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• • The Liquorland New Zealand Beer Festival returns… doh…!

    • 27 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • Next Saturday the mighty Beer Festival returns to the capital for nine hours of frivolity AND with it comes 24 breweries, six restaurants, one winery and capacity for 10,000 people.
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• • Jam on! Jam off!

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • As well as taking out the top prize at the ONYAs, apparently some of the people at Xero seem to think that they are gods at jam-making.

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘ Better a "jam off" than a "jam in", eh?’

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• • Nice day for a (protest) picnic

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • If you haven't heard already, the Big Tune-in Sit-in is on today from 1-2pm on Parliament lawn. Bring your portable radio and a picnic lunch to celebrate Radio New Zealand and its importance to New Zealand's cultural life. As Sue says over on her Craft2.0 blog: yup it's a protest picnic, which really is an incredibly classy and special way of saying how much you love our national broadcaster.
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    • events
    • lobby groups

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘If you're feeling shy there's a contingent meeting at Deluxe at 12:15 to walk around the waterfront together on the way to Parliament. Bikes and flags welcome.’

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• • Little Bushman live with the NZSO - 23 February, Album Review

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • I remember the first time I saw Warren Maxwell live.
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    • reviews
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    • kiwicomposer RT @wellynews: Texture - Little Bushman live with the NZSO - 23 February, Album Review http://tinyurl.com/ybaamf8
  
  

• • Gods and Heroes - 20 February, Bats Theatre

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • The Greek gods have fled Olympus, deciding to take refuge in.
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    • reviews
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• • Tribute for Jacquie Baxter/ J. C. Sturm 1927 – 2009

    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Jacquie Baxter, also known as J.C. Sturm, was a poet and short story writer as well as a former staff member of Wellington City Libraries. Sadly, she passed away in December last year.
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    • obituaries
  
  

• • Ignite Wellington

    • 23 Feb 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Next Tuesday, 2 March, sees the very first Ignite evening in Wellington, 6.

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘Looking forward to this as I have missed Petcha Kucha every damn time.’

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• • Connan Mockasin: Please turn me into the Snat - 23 February, Album Review

    • 23 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • It’s been an 18 month journey for the man known as Connan.
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    • reviews
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• • Three more nights to go...

    • 22 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • That’s right, don’t miss your chance to catch the last three nights of the 2010 French Film Festival at the Embassy Theatre.
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• • The art of the panhandle

    • 22 Feb 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The "Excuse Me" guy aside, Wellington doesn't see all that many panhandlers around.

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 4 comments.

      • ‘Yeah, outies by Tuesday morning.’
      • ‘Wow - that was quick. I was going to go back and take a photo from further back.’
      • ‘It's gone now. Somebody didn't like it.’

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• • Fire! Fire! Fire!

    • 22 Feb 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Yesterday twitter was all atwitter trying to figure out where all the smoke in Wellington was coming from, before someone figured out that it was a fire in Titahi Bay.
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    • titahi bay fire

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 2 comments.

      • ‘Yeah I stole it from some rad person cos I knew she is easy. ’
      • ‘what a magnificent photo’

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• • 42Below Cocktail World Cup in Wellington this year

    • 21 Feb 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • We'd been wondering for a while where our other favourite McKenzie brother has been at because we haven't seen him behind the bar at Hooch or Hawthorn for ages, but of course we kept forgetting to ask, because naturally we were too busy asking for another drink.

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 4 comments.

      • ‘The "Music Industry Saviour" 1 crate of 42 Below 4 one-way plane tickets to Iceland Midnight Youth Infuse band with vodka. Persuade them to board plane. Watch average quality of NZ popular music increase massively.’
      • ‘I wanna win a ticket to the grand final 2010. My cocktail is called The Sensei. 15ml 41Below Pure 15ml 42Below Kiwi 15ml Lemongrass Infused Sake 30ml Dilute Sparkling elderflower Cordial Stir over Ice and serve in a Chilled Martini Glass. garnish with a’
      • ‘Naenae Special 42 Below vodka Supermarket own brand cola Tip some cola out of the bottle. Add a bit of vodka. ENJOY!!!!’

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• • Songs, Street Parties and Sustainablility for Mt Vic

    • 21 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • Rain baptised the inaugural Mt Victoria, Inner City Festival in 2009.
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    • events
    • mount victoria
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• • Anne Frank: A History for Today – 20 February, Te Papa

    • 20 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • The tale of Anne Frank has always fascinated me, ever since I read her diary as an impressionable twelve year-old girl.
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    • exhibitions
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• • Electric Wire Hustle – 13 February, San Francisco Bathhouse

    • 20 Feb 2010
    • Texture
    • Local Wellington trio, Electric Wire Hustle, have had a busy and very successful year with the release of their self-titled debut album, a European tour and a jam-packed summer festival schedule, all in the name of their incredibly popular contemporary hip hop, soul, funk and jazz infusion.
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    • reviews
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