Blogs / October 2014
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Another Laneways opportunity…
- The Wellingtonista
- On the back of the successful Hannahs Laneway event during WOAP, the Ti Kouka et al folks are at it again – this Saturday with a Day of the Dead Fiesta.
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More pigeons
- Eye of the Fish
- I swear, these things are breeding. A whole family has appeared overnight. Luckily the weather has taken its toll on them already, and one of the blighters is on its way to pigeon-pie land.
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Penguin update – Wellington & Malborough news
- Te Papa's blog
- Since we blogged 2 weeks ago, the Te Papa team working on little penguins has started a second front of activity in Marlborough, based at Motuara Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. Almost all of the birds from the Wellington Harbour nests have had their tags retrieved, and are going to either locations within the harbour or... Read more »
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Winners at the 2014 Capital Awards
- The Wellingtonista
- Here’s our storified coverage live from the Capital Awards because we’re too lazy to type it all out. Hopefully this is still accessible. [View the story "Winners at the Capital Awards" on Storify] The post Winners at the 2014 Capital Awards appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Party Together
- The Wellingtonista
- The election may be done and dusted, and a new Parliament sworn in, but the post mortems will continue in many political circles.
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The descent of social media as a debating tool
- Jack Yan
- Jo Komisarczuk referred, on Twitter, this piece by Rory Cellan-Jones.
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Autocade hits 5,000,000 views: what are its most read and least searched?
- Jack Yan
- With Autocade exceeding the 5,000,000 page view milestone (it’s on 5·12 million), I thought it might be fun to look at a few of the models on the site: the most popular, the least loved, and the first on the site.
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Where the action is on social media, and it’s not Facebook
- Jack Yan
- I’ve blogged several times about the bot problem that Facebook has, and this is an issue that runs alongside the click farms that operate on the website.
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Fancy times at a fancy hotel
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington does not have a lot of very big big hotels.
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Saving St Christopher’s
- Sarah Free
- Around 100 people turned up at a community meeting to discuss the future of St Christopher’s Presbyterian Church in Seatoun.
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The demise of Auto Katalog, and little to fill the void
- Jack Yan
- It’s sad to read the news that Motor-Presse Stuttgart will not publish the Auto Katalog annual this year.
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How many Facebook bots do you see in an evening? I count over 250
- Jack Yan
- Last month, I Tweeted Facebook, asking them to raise the reporting limit for bots.
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World Homeless Day
- The Wellingtonista
- Today is World Homeless Day, when we often find ourselves asking, what can I do to help those in my own city who are experiencing homelessness? One practical way you can help is by giving or encouraging people to give to DCM Wellington - Each year DCM works with over 800 people in Wellington.
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New nosh
- The Wellingtonista
- There’s a few new eating places of prominence opened or opening shortly for your (mostly) carnivorous pleasure.
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The Hutt gets a new market
- The Wellingtonista
- I know we make fun of the Hutt (except for the ‘ista members who actually live there and really quite like it, of course).
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Wainui Road, Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Craft Central Winner
- The Wellingtonista
- Congratulations to Karen the winner of our Craft Central competition! Pick up you prize from the Craft Central Desk upstairs at The St James Theatre just next to the elevators.
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Zig-zag Texts
- The Wellingtonista
- Bridget Williams Books publishes a series called BWB Texts, “short books on big subjects by great New Zealand writers”, and two new ones will be launched next Thursday at Unity Books.
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Three shows in Wellington (until October 4)
- The Wellingtonista
- There are three shows on in Wellington this week that are absolutely worth your time and money.
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World of Wearable Arts Season
- The Wellingtonista
- I’ve heard the complaints; World of Wearable Arts – WOW is for women of a certain age and is far too expensive.
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