Blogs / April 2024
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Review: Rent
- The Wellingtonista
- Christmas has come early to Gryphon Theatre, with Kauri Theatre Company’s tinselled up production of Rent selling out before opening to those begging for a chance to see creator Jonathan Larson’s iconic Winter-set musical. I am grateful director Lox Dixon has tackled such a huge artistic project to bring Rent back to Wellington, so I […]
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Porirua City’s Long Term Plan: submission guide!
- Talk Wellington
- LTPs are always pretty important but the 2024-24 one is extra so. Make sure your submission’s in by 5pm Friday 26th April – as little as 10 minutes with this post by Porirua resident (and TW convenor) Isabella This post has some submission tips (AKA the thinking behind the submission guide), then the actual content....
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Last-ditch bid to save fantastic Modernist building
- Eye of the Fish
- A group fighting to keep the Gordon Wilson Flats from being demolished, despite the building having sat empty for years, has come up with a...
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Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Fast Track Aprovals Bill: Your Submission Guide
- Talk Wellington
- Your handy guide for a submission that supports Aotearoa’s towns and cities becoming more prosperous and sustainable, faster – without the dodgy stuff! Submissions close 11.59pm Friday 19th! Here’s one of the famed Talk Wellington submission guides. For background, whys, hows and wherefores, read on. If you’re wanting to whack in a submission on your...
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Jellies, clowns, and stars: spectacular wildlife beneath Wellington’s waves
- Te Papa's blog
- Wellington is known for being a biodiversity-rich city with many of its surrounding hills protected in reserves and birdlife booming from active predator control.
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Young girls and femmes in the city: visible yet forgotten
- Talk Wellington
- Cities can easily forget about or fail to serve certain groups of people; one of those is young people. Young girls and femmes, in particular, learn to navigate the city in a unique way. What can we do to make city spaces that work for this demographic as well as for everyone else? This is...
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Brown = sheer stupidity
- Eye of the Fish
- I honestly did think this was a belated April Fools prank, yes indeed. I mean, a long tunnel, under Wellington, going from the Terrace tunnel...
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How high-rise is “native”?
- Talk Wellington
- A new development in Canada showcases some stunning contemporary indigenous design and planning – and surfaces a lot of dodgy assumptions about “indigeneity” and urban form. Plus, surprising facts about skyscrapers! The Squamish First Nation, partnering with a private real-estate developer, are doing some big – really big – developments on their land in the...
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Winston: Exterminate! Exterminate!
- Eye of the Fish
- I’d love to have a real life conversation with Luxo right now – to see if he is regretting his decision to get into bed...
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