Blogs / May 2023
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Wellington Writers Walk 21st anniversary: Bill Manhire
- Wellington City Libraries
- To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the fabulous Wellington Writers Walk, we’ve taken a closer look at just a few… Continue reading Wellington Writers Walk 21st anniversary: Bill Manhire →
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Karori Library’s Creative Writing Classes
- Wellington City Libraries
- We have an exciting opportunity for adults interested in improving their creative writing skills. Karori Library will be hosting a… Continue reading Karori Library’s Creative Writing Classes →
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Karori Library, Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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May’s NZMM Reviews: Part 3 – Wellington CD/Vinyl Mix
- Wellington City Libraries
- Here is part 3 of our New Zealand Music Month Music picks for May. You can catch up with Part… Continue reading May’s NZMM Reviews: Part 3 – Wellington CD/Vinyl Mix →
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Te Awe Library, Brandon Street, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Children’s Collection Spotlight: Board Books
- Wellington City Libraries
- In this new series we’ll be shining a spotlight on some of the different collections for children and young people… Continue reading Children’s Collection Spotlight: Board Books →
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Green fields?
- Eye of the Fish
- When is a MDRS not a MDRS? When Christopher Luxon agrees to it, and then disagrees to it, it seems. What am I talking about,...
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Meet the panel: Michelle Elvy
- Wellington City Libraries
- Coming soon to Newtown Library we have a very special launch event for the new anthology, A Kind of Shelter… Continue reading Meet the panel: Michelle Elvy →
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Newtown Library, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Your handy submission guide: LGWM City Streets proposals
- Talk Wellington
- LGWM has 4 surveys open for feedback on city streets changes they’ll make soon! This is good stuff that should’ve been done years ago, so take a couple of mins to whack in your feedback by midnight TUESDAY 23! The City Streets programme is the fastest-moving part of LGWM with good basic street changes for...
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Budget 2023
- Eye of the Fish
- Budget has just been announced, and I’ve still to go through it, but a couple of things sprung out to me. Public Housing – $3...
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Loafer’s Lodge fire
- Eye of the Fish
- It is a pretty sad day to be writing – and we all know what about. Just over 36 hours ago, a building in Newtown...
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Loafers Lodge, 160, Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Review: The Coven on Grey Street
- The Wellingtonista
- The first thing that grips me as soon as I walk into Circa Two is Lucas Neal’s gorgeous set design for this show – a huge pohutakawa that stretches up and across the entire stage, a white picket fence, and the outside edge of a traditional weatherboard kiwi house. Cicadas chirp (beautiful sound design by […]
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Review: Fifty Shades of Ray
- The Wellingtonista
- Reviewed by Talia Carlisle. On a rain-splattered Wellington evening, I find myself refuge in BATS Theatre’s Studio space where paper “worries” are hung on string across the small stage. An eager smattering of audience members buzz in excitement, waiting for Ray Shipley to enter, fresh from a popular Christchurch season with a well-crafted set ready […]
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Wellington Writers Walk: Dame Fiona Kidman
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- In the lead up to our Wellington Writers Walk 21st Anniversary Event at Karori Library this Saturday we’ve taken a closer look… Continue reading Wellington Writers Walk: Dame Fiona Kidman →
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Karori Library, Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Capital Crimes: Karori mystery in the Library
- Wellington City Libraries
- Are you a fan of mysteries? The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Wellington City Libraries, invites booklovers to a fun evening of criminally good conversation featuring four talented Kiwi storytellers. Two-time Ngaio Marsh Awards finalist Charity Norman chairs a panel discussion with Wellington authors Jennifer Lane, Helen Vivienne Fletcher, and Alistair Luke on how they craft memorable characters and page-turning storylines.
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Karori Library, Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Writers Walk: Elizabeth Knox
- Wellington City Libraries
- In the lead up to our Wellington Writers Walk Event at Karori Library we’ve taken a closer look at Elizabeth… Continue reading Wellington Writers Walk: Elizabeth Knox →
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‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith
- Wellington City Libraries
- Previously only available in an online text form, one of the most useful and readable books about Wellington’s local history… Continue reading ‘The Streets of My City’: the Legacy of Fanny Irvine-Smith →
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Review: Romeo & Juliet
- The Wellingtonista
- Image credit: Stephen A’Court Reviewed by Talia Carlisle What a magical place Wellington is, when you can start your evening with gin and fresh seafood at Cinderella’s for the Wellington on a Plate Launch – and pop down to the St James Theatre, home of the Royal New Zealand Ballet for their opening night of […]
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Review: Into the Woods
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- Image credit: Maeve O’Connell. Reviewed by Talia Carlisle Not dissimilar to the high fashion of the Met Gala, I adorned my best tiara and lavender frock, ready to descend Te Auaha’s stairs to Witch Music Theatre’s Into The Woods. There isn’t a more magical staircase to a fairytale full of laughter. If the eye-catching advertising […]
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A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha launch event
- Wellington City Libraries
- A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha Book launch event Friday 26th of May at Newtown Library, 6-7pm with Witi Ihimaera, Michelle… Continue reading A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha launch event →
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Newtown Library, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Zealand Music Month at Wellington City Libraries…
- Wellington City Libraries
- It’s New Zealand Music Month we’ve planned a few community performances at both the Johnsonville and Tawa Libraries to help… Continue reading New Zealand Music Month at Wellington City Libraries… →
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Public spaces today: familiar, but definitely not “neutral”
- Talk Wellington
- Public buildings illuminated with the trans flag colours, reinstatement of Māori place names, and rainbow pedestrian crossings have some people arguing this is “politicising” public space. But New Zealand public spaces have never been neutral – far from it. This post is for you, TW readers who don’t identify as being part of a group...
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April’s new music for Te Awe: Part 2
- Wellington City Libraries
- Here is part two of our new music picks for March. You can catch up with Part 1 here. Do… Continue reading April’s new music for Te Awe: Part 2 →
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Te Awe Library, Brandon Street, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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CDs From The Vault – 2007: Part 1
- Wellington City Libraries
- Our music review archives go back 20 years now. In that time various library staff members have reviewed a huge… Continue reading CDs From The Vault – 2007: Part 1 →
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