Media / July 2025
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Wellington’s Only Progressive Mayoral Candidate? An Interview with Alex Baker
- Salient
- By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) If you’ve been following the Wellington mayoral race, you’ve likely heard about Ray Chung, Andrew Little and...
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OPINION: The Closure of Te Auaha Is a Cultural Loss We Can’t Afford
- Salient
- Words by: Em Maguire (they/them) On July 16, it was announced that Te Kahui Aūaha, Whitireia/Weltec’s creative campus on Dixon St in...
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Te Auaha, Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Garden Rock
- Salient
- By Jia Sharma (she/her) Day Moon’s new EP, Garden Rock , surpassed and disproved every expectation I had going into their recent live...
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Queer safe tattoo studios: so you’ll only cry because of the blood and hours of pain
- Salient
- By Maia Berryman-Kamp (They/she/ia), Te Arawa me Mataatua Wellington - gay, artistic, expensive. Nothing sums up the city like a series...
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Whatever Happened to Berrigan House?
- Salient
- By Will Irvine For nearly a decade, a utopian socialist community existed right on the doorstep of Victoria University of Wellington....
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‘Giving It Up’ for Lipstick - a Hotly Anticipated Single Release From Wellington’s Local Celebrities
- Salient
- By Madeleine Vivienne Pierre The single release party for Lipstick at Valhalla was a masterclass in reflecting the local band scene for...
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It’s a Renters World, and We’re…Not Living in it?
- Salient
- You may have seen headlines telling you that Wellington rental prices are dropping, that it’s a renter’s market, or that with the exodus of public service workers from the capital, landlords are getting desperate. To some extent, that is true, and to a greater extent, it’s not. Salient asked Trade Me about the current perceptions of the rental market. Year on year, the asking price for a property in Wellington was down 2.9%, and since September 2024, Trade Me saw a 28% increase in the number of rental listings in the city. These figures might lead you to believe that rents are dropping. Well, they’re not (in most places). Between December 2024 and January 2025, the median rental price went from $650 to $675 according to Trade Me’s data.
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WCC decides to enforce its own rules
- Salient
- By Dan Moskovitz Wellington City Council and scandal are two peas in a pod. WCC councillors and scandal practically share the same bed....
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