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Events / February 2009

March 2009 | January 2009
    • It’s Showtime!
      • Cuba Carnivale is upon us once more. But will the showers hold off for us today, or is it time to think of the perhaps inevitable: do we need a SambaDome ? Carnival night parade is all about being hot and sweaty and (so it seems, near-naked), along with the inevitable music, rhythm and hypnotic samba music beats. Will the crowd break into spontaneous dance and applause this time, or merely look a
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    • Cuba Street Carnival at a glance
      • We love the Cuba Street Carnival, but their website: not so much. The programme is only available as a Flashy map or as a printable (but not downloadable!) full programme. And with so much stuff to see so many stages at once, it's hard to compare everything and work out what to see when. So, I typed all the acts into a spreadsheet, and turned it into a simple table with all the acts line
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    • Latrodectus Love Bites
      • St Valentine's widow spider   In honour of Valentine’s Day this post will look at the wonderful world of courtship in the spider genus Latrodectus, more commonly known as the widow spiders. Readers of my previous post will recall this genus includes species such as the American black widow (Latrodectus mactans), the Australian redback (L. hasseltii) and the New Zealand katipo (L. katipo), all
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    • Cuba Street Carnival…. I'm giddy already!
      • Woah, woah, woah… the Cuba Street Carnival is nearly here - it's on 21 Ferbuary and bloody hell I'm excited… hmm… that seems a tad understated… what I mean is that I'm practically  drowning in my own saliva over the fourteen hours of glorious entertainment I am going to assault on my body next weekend… yeeeeeusssssss!This year marks the tenth anniversary of the unique street parade
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    • Valentines day: roses are what?
      •   Margaret Stoddart, Roses, 1920s In Europe during the 1300s February 14th was thought to be the day when birds paired off to mate. This date was originally an ancient Greco-Roman pagan festival, and was later called St Valentines Day Feast by the Church. Since the 1300s, on February 14th each year, roses (and flowers in general),  have been widely accepted as gifts and Saint Valentines Day is now
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    • Walk the line
      • You don't have to be a trainspotter or J-line commuter to be interested in the redevelopment of the Johnsonville Line (though it undoubtedly helps). In any case, you shouldn't miss your one and only opportunity tomorrow to walk the tracks between Crofton Downs station and the Wadestown crossing loop. Highlights include spectacular views of the gorge and a couple of spooky tunnels to explore.
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      • johnsonville
      • trains
      • wadestown

    • Some like it HOT! Some just like free outdoor films…
      • You can’t beat Wellington in summer… free concerts, carnivals, festivals, beautiful weather, wharf-jumping, gelato… and now free outdoor films under the stars. Lush.  This year sees four films set to hit the big screen: Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten; Standing in the Shadow of Motown; La Tropical; and Some Like it Hot.The first three films will be hosted in the Wellington Botanical Gar
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        • Botanical Gardens, Wellington


    • Fur Patrol under the stars
      • You will of course remember how last year the Phoenix Foundation's gig in Frank Kitts Park was voted Best Live Performance at the TAWAs? Well this year, the Starry Nights concert on February 19 (during Webstock!) will feature the magnificant Fur Patrol, and of course since Miss Ratpony is such a fan, we have this gif as a gift for you: 
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      • music

        • Frank Kitts Park, Wellington


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