Blogs / September 2024
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Kainga No More
- Eye of the Fish
- The Luxon-lead government continues its attack on anything that the Labour Party ever managed to do, with the release today of news about the Kainga...
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Dream a Little Bigger with This Year’s World of Wearable Arts
- The Wellingtonista
- United States designer Grace DuVal (and seven time WOW finalist) has taken the Supreme WOW Award this year with her piece Curves Ahead. Built of bright orange road netting, road signs and bedecked with a mohawk of traffic cones, this piece is a blazing bright beacon amongst the rolling sea that is Dream Awake – […]
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The Life and Death of Great New Zealand Cities
- Eye of the Fish
- There’s been a lot of talk about the death of Wellington ever since John Key opened his cat-flap back in 2013. “Wellington is dying” he...
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Bands popping off in Pōneke: Daisy Grae
- The Wellingtonista
- Funky Wellington four piece Daisy Grae have exploded in popularity since charting in the top 20 hot NZ singles with their song Control in 2020, packing out venues such as Valhalla and San Fran with a strong and irresistibly fun live energy. With funky guitar licks akin to the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Jimi […]
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Bands popping off in Pōneke: Debt Club
- The Wellingtonista
- Debt Club is a band whose sound has gone through a major evolution since their origins as high school friends in “The Classic”. Undergoing some changes in their original lineup, their sound has also moved from more traditional classic rock to an eclectic mix of indie, folk rock and alternative country. In an impressive live […]
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Bands popping off in Pōneke: Mall Goth
- The Wellingtonista
- “I’m having a nervous breakdown on stage, if it was anywhere else you would think I was crazy. But I’ve somehow managed to trick you into thinking it’s cool.Unless you think we suck, I guess, that’s ok too.” says lead singer of Mall Goth on stage at San Fran, where the band is becoming a […]
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Te Ngākau Civic Square
- Eye of the Fish
- This is what the Council were discussing last week Te Ngākau Update Council Briefing – September 2024 Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – Key Approaches:...
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A closing pop-up sale for fat babes as yet another business closes
- The Wellingtonista
- Remember how I promised to post more often and I haven’t really delivered on that? Well I’m trying to get less busy so I can. Truly I am. And one of the ways I’m doing that is by closing the House of Boom. Please tolerate me while I cut’n paste this in third person rather […]
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Great regular reads: urban development, housing, landuse
- Talk Wellington
- What’s neat to read? A few go-to sources for great thinking about what’s physically between (and under) the streets and roads, and getting a steer for how to act on that In no particular order… Obviously, start with the landing page of this very website and scroll to the categories. Click and you’ll get a...
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So long, and thanks for all the fish – Talk Wellington out
- Talk Wellington
- Talk Wellington is winding down, after seven years. Here’s the lowdown and where to go to get your better-city-changemaking fix! Seven years… it just seems significant for humans. Seven years crops up again and again in our fairy tales, our religions, all those deep structures of our cultures. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that after seven...
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Five and a half BILLION on potholes
- Eye of the Fish
- Five and a half BILLION on potholes. There, I’ve said it again. Barmy. The Minister looks like a schoolboy and appears to have an obsession...
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