Blogs / December 2008
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Super Fry
- The Wellingtonista
- Stephen Fry, actor, author, wit and geek, is on his way to dear sweet Wellington and we are rather excited! He's coming to Aotearoa New Zealand to film some bits for a BBC series he's presenting, Another Chance To See, where he's travelling the world, checking up on endangered species. While he's in Wellington, he'll be visiting the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary to see how the kakapo is doing (rather
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Huge Line-up for One Love 2009
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- Where is the Love you ask? Well, it’s going to be at Haitaiti’s Velodrome on February the 6th of 2009. Yes, Radio Active’s One Love is back for another year, but this time it’s been working out, and the offerings are bigger, harder and stronger, in celebration of both Waitangi day and Mr Bob Marley’s birthday. The top-shelf line-up for 2009’s biggest little festival includes: The
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The TAWAs
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- Here at Texture we are all die-hard fans of Wellington, hence the hours we spend slaving away finding awesome things for you to go eat, drink, dance to or look at. We know as well as anyone else we are not the only fans of this fine city, prime example comes from over at Wellingtonista, where the creators of this fine site held an awards ceremony, called the TAWAs (The Annual Wellingtonisa Awards)
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Season at Downstage
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- Downstage Theatre is one of Wellington's oldest and best, next year will mark it's 45th birthday. Downstage has always been an avid supporter of great theatre and the up and comers. I have seen some amazing plays at Downstage this year, such as Bare and On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her young lover. Judging by the line-up for the first half of 2009, Downstag
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Kowtow Clothing make saving the planet look great
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- Kowtow Clothing are bringing some love to the animals, with the release of a super-cute new t-shirt design which will raise money for WWF in New Zealand. When you buy this special edition tee, also known as ‘the panda-suit’, $10 will go directly towards WWF’s work to protect nature in our very own back-yard. WWF (That’s World Wildlife Fund not the World Wrestling Federation if you didn’t alr
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Gone Fishing
- Eye of the Fish
- 2008: nearly over. Lots of construction, lots of commentary. 2009: likely to be lots less of one, and who knows about the other. Thank you all for your input, your comments, your information, and your interest. Its been a blast, but its time for a break for a bit from the people behind the Maximus logon (note: one of the following images may be more true to life than the other). Hopefully Phil
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Federation Clothing Ltd Sale - Three Days Only
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- High skate/street wear label Federation is set to hit town with a special three day sale that runs for three days only from Friday to Sunday. The massive clear out sale will include end of season stock, seconds and samples as well as selected garments from their Minti kids' range. Established eight years ago, and based in Auckland, Federation has gone from strength to strength with
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The Best of New Years in Wellington
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- The new year is upon us, and somewhere, somehow, you are going to want to celebrate. But there is always the trauma of trying to decide where to go for new years eve. You can do the runner somewhere else, but then you have to factor in transport, paying for fuel or air/ferry/train tickets, dealing with people who may not understand the subtleties of your Wellingtonian ways, and many mo
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Boiling Blood
- Eye of the Fish
- It seems to be such a shame to go off all ballistic on the eve of a pleasant Christmas week, but the announcement today about the cost over-runs on the Supreme Court fair made my blood boil. While normally a left of centre supporter, and one who lives in sick apprehension about the mayhem about to be unleashed upon us by National’s unrestricted puppies of Doom, the whole sorry shameful saga
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WellingtonOnScreen
- The Wellingtonista
- In a little office on Taranaki St, a small group of dedicated professionals (known as the NZ On Screen team) have been creating a website which celebrates and showcases television and film produced in New Zealand. A year in the making, NZ On Screen launched at the end of October and has over 300 titles available to view - many in full length, some with just excerpts. For each title there's
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What’s the urgency?
- Eye of the Fish
- At face value it could be argued that the current rash of urgency infecting Parliament at the moment is no business of a group promoting discussion of architecture and urban design issues in Wellington. Over the weekend the government passed laws reinforcing (rather than strengthening) societal repulsion of violence towards children. Last week it reduced the rights of employees of small business
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12 theatrical events to stir the senses and get your blood pumping!
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- Downstage Theatre is excited to announce its programme for the first half of 2009. After a very successful year with seven Chapman Tripp Awards for productions staged at Downstage, the 2009 Season One Showcase “Get your blood pumping!” offers another season of unique performing arts experiences at the theatre. The programme enters the festival spirit by showcasing a broad range of productions, legendary performances and exciting new works.
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Hannah Playhouse, 12, Cambridge Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Typography Enthusiasts Unite!
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- Typography enthusiasts will be getting all their Christmases at once this summer. A five day festival to educate and celebrate the art of typefaces will be hitting the Wellington waterfront from the 11 to 15 of February. It is set to explore the notions and voices of typography, and will cover all media typography may appear in, such as graphic design and advertising, photography, film, liter
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Yet another mystery bar
- The Wellingtonista
- I've never been afraid of eclecticism. A dash of Kiwiana and a touch of faded grandeur can go down a treat if served with a generous slug of hipster irony (see Mighty Mighty). A grab-bag of Nana kitsch can turn into something resembling conceptual art if it's assembled with wit and flair (see Auckland's Northern Steamship Company). But sometimes it all goes horribly wrong. I know! Let's grab some
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Wellington goes High Tech
- Eye of the Fish
- In an act of architectural brilliance, the Duel on Vivian block of flats opposite the School of Architecture appears to be not only a green building (avocado green, or mushy pea green) with prefabricated external cladding (that I’m sure they will get around to finishing the corners on one day), but also appears to have gone all Richard-Rogers-style High-Tech on us, with the south facade feat
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Changes ahead for Wellington
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- Wellington looks to be undergoing some rather large changes in the very near future. It will be a transformation that will affect various parts of our neat little city, to varying degrees. The two main central city modifications are a redevelopment of Manners Mall, and the building of a flyover next to – and sort of over - the Basin Reserve. Manners pedestrian mall will be opened up fo
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Dominion Post no longer suckling from Big Liquor's teet?
- The Wellingtonista
- On Saturday, the big front page headline on the Dominion Post was "Cheers! We're killing ourselves" about how alcohol is responsible for injuries, health problems and crime. Today it's "Weekend of Drunken Mayhem - 1000 calls to police". Think maybe they lost a big advertising account? Full disclosure: the TAWAs have some sponsorship from Epic Beer and we're very happ
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Stout Barricade
- Eye of the Fish
- For one day only, - Sunday, today, you can see the city barricaded off. By tomorrow, it’ll be gone. It’s part of the Litmus series of One Day Sculpture, and this time has been brought to you by artiste duo Heather and Ivan Morison. It’s called the Journee des Barricades, and to me, seems site specifically reacting to the inspired sculpture outside the Athfield renovation of the o
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Threats to Waywardness
- Eye of the Fish
- This city of ours has some fabulous little pedestrian byways and shortcuts which make walking at times a slightly smug activity - those few moments that cars don’t have an advantage over foot traffic, and steps which even challenge seasoned mountain bikers. We even enjoy the occasionally misplaced carpark - the ones which were bought to be built on but the developer’s luck has turned,
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- Too late to be of any use for Friday night entertainment, here's a summary of the films opening this week across the city. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Readings, Sky City Queensgate and Empire). That's it. The calm before the inevitable Boxing Day storm. But if Keanu Reeves playing a deadpan alien isn't enough there's always the annual 'V' Movie Marathon at the Paramount, kicking off at 4.00pm o
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And the award goes to
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- After a wonderful ceremony at the Wellington Town Hall last night Downstage is proud to congratulate the 2008 CHAPMAN TRIPP THEATRE AWARD Winners, especially the following ones: Downstage Theatre Award for the Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year Arthur Meek - On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as Her Young Lover
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Hannah Playhouse, 12, Cambridge Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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I'd Love To Have A Beer With Duncan
- The Wellingtonista
- And you should to...proceeds from the show will be donated to the Royal NZ Foundation for the Blind Talking Books Project. It runs from Tues 9th - 13th December and the ticket includes a beer ($20/13) He'll be spinning yarns from his book Two Little Boys, and having been an audience member at his shows over the years, I'd highly recommend it!! book@bats.co.nz or phone 04.8
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The Rainbow Reels
- The Wellingtonista
- Come down to the Film Archive this eve for the last exhibition opening of the year. Hot damn - it's a goodie! Tessa Laird, who's name you may recognise from her brilliant art writing over the years, has curated an exhibition from the Film Archive's Home Movie Collection. With such a wealth of material (over 30,000 titles) she created an arbitrary selection process based on the colours o
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- If you are considering going to the cinema this weekend, and you've already seen Bond and the other 21 films currently playing in Wellington, here's a quick guide to the new releases. Cinema owners all over the city are breathing a little easier now that two of the biggest box office releases from the States have opened at the same time. High School Musical 3: Senior Year is the third in
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Stink Buzz
- The Wellingtonista
- Stink Magnetic Tapes, the doggedly independant record company that has released music by the likes of the Mysterious Tapeman, Voodoo Savage and His Savages, Delaney Davidson, The Chandeliers and the Damned Evangelist, celebrates ten whole years of existence this December. Recently relocated from Wellington to that op-shoppers paradise of Wanganui, Stink Magnetic is holding one heck of a knees up n
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Influential Avant Garde Film to Screen at Film Archive
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- American experimental filmmaker Maya Deren's 1943 short film Meshes of the Afternoon is one of the most influential and seminal examples of avant garde filmmaking. And there will be a special and rare screening of it at the Film Archive this Saturday along with a talk by artists Sriwhana Spong and Vivian Lynn. Deren was a forerunner of the New American Cinema movement and Meshes of the A
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Valve has closed it's doors.
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- Since late November, internet forums have been full of speculation, some grief and lots of "where will we go now" over the news of Valve Bar unexpectedly closing it's doors. Valve, on Vivian Street, was notorious in Wellington for being the bar that bands started out at, it avidly supported local bands and the underground, with punk and metal being the staple genres you would hear coming ou
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Google Street View knows where you live
- The Wellingtonista
- Google Maps have today launched Street View for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A few months ago, on what looks to have been early in the morning in winter, the Googlemobile drove around the streets of our fair city, photographing the streets. You can now view these streetscapes as the closest zoom-in on Google Maps. They even made it down Cuba Mall! Street View in other countries has
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Aro Street Market is back
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- Wellington is spoiled for markets, the minty markets at Bodega and becoming a Sunday staple, and the Mighty Markets at the Mighty Mighty are a good place to spend a Saturday afternoon hunting for treasure, and now the Aro Street Markets are back for the summer. This Saturday kicks off the festivities, then it will be the first Saturday of every month, between 11am-3pm, held at Aro Park,
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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