Media / June 2023
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Wellington’s 100-year-old prison garden
- Wellington Scoop
- I recently took a trip to the Prison Garden on Matai Moana Mount Crawford. After a winding trip up the hill to the car park, we doubled back to the mulch mound, and the somewhat hidden entrance to the garden. This is one of the best views in Wellington – Mount Crawford is 163m high.
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Mount Crawford Prison (former), Nevay Road, Karaka Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Town Hall meeting at Enjoy
- Wellington Scoop
- For a few hours on Saturday, the Enjoy contemporary artspace in Cuba Street’s Left Bank felt like the venue of a town hall meeting. People gathered to discuss and celebrate the recent publication of Ko Te Reo ō Ngā Tāngata / The People’s Voice, a citizens’ newspaper with creative writing, columns, stories, photography, artwork, and even crosswords. Many of the contributors, almost all tenants of City Housing, were present, as were public art advocates Mark Amery and David Cook, and Enjoy hosts Claire Harris and Sam Kirk.
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The rising garage pop trio making moody melodies and silly bops
- Capital Magazine
- Described as garage pop with a nostalgic twist, meet Sophie, Jonathan and Laura of the Soft Plastics. The post The rising garage pop trio making moody melodies and silly bops appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Why we need MRT
- Wellington Scoop
- At a time of close scrutiny of the LGWM programme, with some Wellington city councillors calling for it to be abandoned and an opposition party ready to scrap it if they win power, it is time to reflect on just why we need Mass Rapid Transport and what the consequences for our region will be if this doesn’t go ahead.
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How LGWM should be fixing the traffic – now
- Wellington Scoop
- If LGWM truly wanted to get traffic moving faster, it could start work tomorrow. For those of you (like me) with elephantine memories, the Basin Flyover Inquiry identified a number of things that could be done – and SHOULD be done – and a number of things that must NEVER be done.
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The rising garage pop trio making moody melodies and silly bops
- Capital Magazine
- Described as garage pop with a nostalgic twist, meet Sophie, Jonathan and Laura of the Soft Plastics. The post The rising garage pop trio making moody melodies and silly bops appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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The ultimate adults play group: Sector 22
- Capital Magazine
- Sector 22 is a Wellington hangout spot for artists who differ in age, ethnicity, and skills. It provides an affordable space in the CBD to work on projects, collaborate, eat some yakitori and benefit from the encouragement of like-minded creatives.
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Garrett Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Netballer Ainsleyana Puleiata plays on a wing and a prayer
- Capital Magazine
- Rupturing her ACL not once, but twice, didn't stop 22-year-old Ainsleyana Puleiata. She tells us where she gets her strength. The post Netballer Ainsleyana Puleiata plays on a wing and a prayer appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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Festival looks to future
- Wellington Scoop
- Judging by the two bikes outside (one mine), the Festival of the Future wasn’t for cyclists. Food was also scarce at the outset of the two-day first event at Takina, Wellington’s stylish new convention centre. But that was remedied on day two and there’s a lovely cafe on the ground floor of the impressive building.
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Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Arson or accident?
- Wellington Scoop
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Shelly Bay, Shelly Bay Road, Maupuia, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Climb the many stairs to the house on the hill
- Capital Magazine
- We promise it's worth it for the view. The Thurston family tell us what they love about their about their renovated home. The post Climb the many stairs to the house on the hill appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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It’s a tuft life for rugmaker Padraig Simpson
- Capital Magazine
- Padraig makes rugs using the tufting technique, a traditional way of making textiles by punching a looped wool thread through a wide-weave fabric. The resulting loops can be cut to create exposed wool ends, which create a dense felt-like pelt. Tufting, which began as a folk craft in North America in the early 19th century, has multiple applications, from woolly mittens and jackets to decorative rugs. It used to be a laborious, loop-by-loop process, but in recent years hand-held tufting guns allow anyone to shoot up a woolly storm.
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Field notes: something fishy
- Capital Magazine
- A fisherman, a supplier and a restauranteur, Jackie Lee Morrison meets some of Wellington's fishing fanatics. The post Field notes: something fishy appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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