https://wellington.gen.nz/blogs/geotagged Geotagged Blogs newsitems https://sarahfree.org.nz/2025/09/16/feedback-on-buses-from-the-campaign-trail/ Talking to bus patrons over the last few weeks, I’ve had some interesting feedback. The bus system is generally working well, but there are still suggestions for adjustments and improvements. Island Bay and Johnsonville residents told me that the #1 route seems to get a lot of delays. Miramar residents told me the buses are […] islandbay johnsonville miramar places blogs people Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://sarahfree.org.nz/2025/09/16/feedback-on-buses-from-the-campaign-trail/ Sarah Free 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z -41.3133541 174.8196538 Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand https://sarahfree.org.nz/2025/09/11/more-affordable-bus-fares-for-wellington-city/ Fare Zone boundaries in Wellington City are quite small, so our bus users can easily pay two or three zones to travel a relatively short distance! As seen from this schematic, you would get a lot further for your one, two or three zones if you were in the Hutt Valley or Porirua. I would […] huttvalley porirua fares places transport blogs people Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://sarahfree.org.nz/2025/09/11/more-affordable-bus-fares-for-wellington-city/ Sarah Free 2025-09-10T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand https://sarahfree.org.nz/2025/08/19/making-a-difference-12-years-on/ I was asked recently what I rated as my four biggest achievements on Council, and this was my reply: (spoiler alert, there are five) Cycling and Walking Improvements City-Wide: Along with quite a few uphill routes, there’s the Leonie Gill pathway, Evans Bay and Cobham Drive, the upgraded Island Bay cycleway and Town Centre- and […] islandbay cobham-drive-bridge cycleway places lgwm transport cycle-lanes blogs people Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://sarahfree.org.nz/2025/08/19/making-a-difference-12-years-on/ Sarah Free 2025-08-18T00:00:00Z -41.3149279 174.8001066 Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/gordon-goneburger/ It is deeply sad and rather ironic that the day that the submissions for the Gordon Wilson Housing Scholarship close wth NZIA, the Minister of... gordon-wilson heritagebuildings localhistory architecture blogs Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/gordon-goneburger/ Eye of the Fish 2025-06-17T00:00:00Z -41.29099615 174.77030768862403 Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/albemarle-rises-again/ It has been a long time coming, and at times I doubted that it would ever happen, but the scaffolding is down at last and... heritagebuildings localhistory architecture blogs Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/albemarle-rises-again/ Eye of the Fish 2025-05-20T00:00:00Z -41.2932469 174.77527484161675 Albemarle Building, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallah-nine-nine-aro-nine-nine-brooklyn-nine-nine/ I couldn’t decide what to call the post today, as events seem to cover all the options available to us. Things in the city seem... brooklyn khandallah begonia-house places architecture blogs Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallah-nine-nine-aro-nine-nine-brooklyn-nine-nine/ Eye of the Fish 2025-03-12T00:00:00Z -41.2808403719463 174.76908004140702 Begonia House, Serpentine Way, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/reading/ What a great way to start off 2025, with the sale of Reading cinema to Prime Property. That’s the best news Wellington could have, outside... architecture blogs Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/reading/ Eye of the Fish 2025-01-07T00:00:00Z -41.29258335 174.7801883639401 Courtenay Central (abandoned), Clock Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/12/13/sniffing-out-seabirds-on-mana-island/ Te Papa vertebrates curator Colin Miskelly recently spent 3 days on Mana Island following a conservation dog searching for well-concealed petrels in the lush vegetation. He kindly agreed to share a ‘blog with a dog’ with us. Miro is a 4-year-old German short-haired pointer cross. He is one of the dogs animals museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/12/13/sniffing-out-seabirds-on-mana-island/ Te Papa's blog 2024-12-13T00:00:00Z -41.087307499999994 174.7814791743982 Mana Island, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/redevelop-karori/ Today, the Eye of the Fish goes West, to the deepest darkest reaches of known civilisation within the burgh of Welly, to visit the Kapital... karori places architecture blogs Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/redevelop-karori/ Eye of the Fish 2024-12-10T00:00:00Z -41.2844173 174.7444792 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/mounting-up-on-victoria/ And so it starts. Fears of the Mt Victoria Residents Association, much bandied about as the end of the world, have now actually been put... townbelt mountvictoria issues places architecture blogs Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/mounting-up-on-victoria/ Eye of the Fish 2024-12-05T00:00:00Z -41.2981698 174.78855631158194 Westbourne House, Westbourne Grove, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/bridge-to-nowhere/ I’m probably going to lose a few friends over this, but I don’t think the City to Sea Bridge is worth trying to save. As... city-to-sea-bridge architecture blogs Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/bridge-to-nowhere/ Eye of the Fish 2024-10-22T00:00:00Z -41.28871245 174.77854018809037 City to Sea Bridge, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/te-ngakau-civic-square-2/ This is what the Council were discussing last week Te Ngākau Update Council Briefing – September 2024 Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – Key Approaches:... civic-square te-ngkau-precinct places architecture blogs Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/te-ngakau-civic-square-2/ Eye of the Fish 2024-09-12T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellingtonista.com/2024/08/21/review-lizzie/ By Talia Carlisle Have you ever heard someone scream bloody murder? It’s worth cutting down the door to watch LIZZIE, the rocking hit musical by WITCH Music Theatre, where murder sounds hellishly good…. This punk rock’n’rollercoaster will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. So tighten your corset and quieten […] theatre reviews performingarts blogs featured Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonista.com/2024/08/21/review-lizzie/ The Wellingtonista 2024-08-20T00:00:00Z -41.2903115 174.78053749067737 Circa Theatre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellingtonista.com/2024/06/21/meet-the-creatives-behind-hine-te-rehia/ Presented by Tuatara Collective, HINE-TE-RĒHIA is a multilingual theatre experience coming to BATS Theatre in July. Devised, created and performed by an all-female BIPOC cast, this exciting show promises to leave you gasping in awe of their talent. I had the chance to interview Jason Te Mete (previous deviser/director), Tāwera Ormsby (co-Kaiwhakahaere of Tuatara Collective) […] theatre tuatara performingarts animals blogs featured Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonista.com/2024/06/21/meet-the-creatives-behind-hine-te-rehia/ The Wellingtonista 2024-06-21T00:00:00Z -41.293595249999996 174.7846181 BATS Theatre, 1, Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellingtonista.com/2024/06/17/best-of-the-week-9-16-june-2016/ Best contribution to society The monthly Repair Cafe at Ngaio Union Church. How cool to have a big room full of incredibly competent humans dedicated to helping others for free (you can contribute koha and if you don’t have coins, ask them for their bank account number). I took a record player and was not […] ngaio places blogs featured Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonista.com/2024/06/17/best-of-the-week-9-16-june-2016/ The Wellingtonista 2024-06-17T00:00:00Z -41.2482852 174.778291 Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/06/12/matariki-korero-whats-in-an-exhibition/ As part of this year’s Matariki celebrations, Exhibition Experience Developer Dan Parke talks about creative storytelling in the Mānawatia a Matariki exhibition space on Rongomaraeroa, the marae here at Te Papa. This piece originally appeared in The Post on Wednesday 12 June.Read more exhibitions matariki te-papa art events museumsandgalleries blogs Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/06/12/matariki-korero-whats-in-an-exhibition/ Te Papa's blog 2024-06-12T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/05/02/another-phd-student-flies-the-nest/ Each year, several biology and ecology postgraduate students are co-supervised by Te Papa natural history researchers. One of these students, Weixuan Ning, has completed his PhD at Massey University in Plant Biology. His co-supervisors – Botany Curator Heidi Meudt and Associate Professor Jen Tate – talk about his time as a Massey and Te Papa student, and the mahi he has been involved in.Read more te-papa museumsandgalleries art blogs Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/05/02/another-phd-student-flies-the-nest/ Te Papa's blog 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://talkwellington.org.nz/2024/porirua-citys-long-term-plan-submission-guide/ 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.... porirua places blogs Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://talkwellington.org.nz/2024/porirua-citys-long-term-plan-submission-guide/ Talk Wellington 2024-04-25T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/last-ditch-bid-to-save-fantastic-modernist-building/ 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... heritagebuildings localhistory architecture blogs Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/last-ditch-bid-to-save-fantastic-modernist-building/ Eye of the Fish 2024-04-19T00:00:00Z -41.29099615 174.77030768862403 Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallahs-new-mega-development/ Wellington has long been nicknamed the “mini-Manhattan” for its shimmering high-rises sitting on the edge of the harbour. Recent changes to the District Plan will... khandallah places architecture blogs Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallahs-new-mega-development/ Eye of the Fish 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z -41.246742 174.7905885 Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/is-a-prime-minster-entitled-to-a-nice-house/ There’s been a lot about this house in the news recently – both the paper kind of news, and the TV kind of news. May as well get my news from proper news sources while they exist, seeing as it sounds like soon nothing is going to exist in the news world. What will we do when 3News and OneNews are ditched, and Stuff has gone bust again? Its hard enough to even buy a paper these days, as increasingly nowhere sells them. What do we do in the future – just make up our own news as we go? Seems to be working fine for some people! Anyway, THIS is the house in question: heritagebuildings thorndon localhistory places architecture blogs Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/is-a-prime-minster-entitled-to-a-nice-house/ Eye of the Fish 2024-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.27675835 174.7707239275545 Premier House, 260, Tinakori Road, Paekākā, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellingtonista.com/2024/02/20/review-goody-goody-glam-pop/ Reviewed by Talia Carlisle Get ready to shake it, to the fabulous rhymes and sick beat of Goody Goody Glam Pop at Circus Bar for one more night! Bethany Miller’s transformation into pop superstar Brooklyn Brooklyn of Brooklyn is Disney magic to behold as she shares her most pop-ular songs – Back to Back, Breathless, […] brooklyn theatre places performingarts blogs featured Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonista.com/2024/02/20/review-goody-goody-glam-pop/ The Wellingtonista 2024-02-19T00:00:00Z -41.3068649 174.7620585 Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand https://talkwellington.org.nz/2024/summer-happenings/ Urbanism never sleeps… and despite NZ’s traditional shut-down and quiet period over the summer, it’s been a big time! Here’s some urbanism-relevant stuff you may have missed (and please add stuff we’ve missed – especially from Porirua, the Hutt valley and Kāpiti!) Just before Christmas: The new Transport Minister cancelled central funding for a slate... huttvalley porirua places blogs Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://talkwellington.org.nz/2024/summer-happenings/ Talk Wellington 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand https://talkwellington.org.nz/2023/400-urban-researchers-descend-on-wellington-pacific-futures-australasian-cities-in-transition/ This week the hills of Kelburn will be alive with the sound of more than 400 urban nerds gathering for the State of Australasian Cities conference. Guest poster Becks Newnham has the lowdown 2023 is the first State of Australasian Cities conference (SOAC) to be hosted in Aotearoa, with researchers, policymakers, advocates and practitioners are... kelburn places blogs Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://talkwellington.org.nz/2023/400-urban-researchers-descend-on-wellington-pacific-futures-australasian-cities-in-transition/ Talk Wellington 2023-12-02T00:00:00Z -41.289205 174.7623927 Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://eyeofthefish.org/toomaths-building/ Farewell to the Toomath’s Buildings then. Designed by architect William Crichton, completed by 1901. Survived years of neglect – did not survive a group of... toomaths-building heritagebuildings localhistory architecture blogs Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/toomaths-building/ Eye of the Fish 2023-11-09T00:00:00Z -41.293532549999995 174.7760526425933 Toomath’s Buildings, Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/24/leslie-adkins-excursion-to-kapiti-island/ Leslie Adkin (1888–1964) was a farmer by profession, based in Levin. localhistory museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/24/leslie-adkins-excursion-to-kapiti-island/ Te Papa's blog 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z -40.8550388 174.91513390786122 Kapiti Island, Kāpiti Coast District, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/dense-hutt/ In all the fun and fuss over things like the Election, the country’s love affair / hatred of Winston (there is something very 1984 about Winston being the BiG Brother watching over us / controlling our every move), we (well, me) may have taken our eye off the ball. Well, not the ball, but the Hutt. It seems that the Hutt has fully adopted the MDRS changes proposed by the Government, to the extent that all the following things, which were proposed, have now been implemented, and are now operative. This includes some revisions to the Proposed District Plan, and there are many pages that look like this (only usually more words and less diagrams). huttvalley places architecture blogs Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/dense-hutt/ Eye of the Fish 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z -41.2125751 174.9057626 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/town-hall-rebuild-costs-go-sky-high/ As far as cost blowouts go, this is a big one, and heads should roll. We here at the Fish have written about the old... earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/town-hall-rebuild-costs-go-sky-high/ Eye of the Fish 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z -41.28936125 174.77740714388227 Wellington Town Hall, 109, Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/04/the-digby-woolf-project-is-wrapping-up/ For almost two years, Te Papa has been digitising the Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf collection of photographic negatives. Now the project has reached the end of its funding, here's some highlights from the current team members. Read more te-papa photography museumsandgalleries art business blogs Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/04/the-digby-woolf-project-is-wrapping-up/ Te Papa's blog 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/shells-not-shelly/ Talk about a NewsFlash ! Wow – the Shelly Bay development, that no-one seemed to like or want, has just been cancelled. Not postponed, or... shelly-bay issues architecture blogs Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/shells-not-shelly/ Eye of the Fish 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z -41.2952851 174.8193465 Shelly Bay, Shelly Bay Road, Maupuia, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand