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    Orchestra Wellington and MIXT Create Groundbreaking Virtual...

    • 20 Mar 2018
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • Orchestra Wellington and MIXT Create Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Conductor Experience In a world first, Orchestra Wellington and Wellington interactive company MIXT are offering up the best seat in the house, although you won’t want to sit down!The world premiere of the Virtual Conductor Experience is launching at the CubaDupa Festival on Saturday 24th March from 12pm, open to the public and free of charge.If you stop by its shipping container installation on Leeds Street,the orchestra promises you a mind-blowing virtual arts experience,regardless of whether you’re eight or 80. Along with audio recorded by RNZ Concert, the 360° filming, editing and interactions were done by Wellington VR/AR specialists, MIXT, and puts the viewer at the centre of a symphony orchestra experience, and brings all the emotion of a multi-sensory challenge.“The finished product immerses you into the world of the symphony conductor, standing on the podium to lead a 90 piece orchestra as they perform the powerful Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky in front of a full 2000 person live audience,” says Orchestra Wellington’s Marketing Manager and project co-ordinator Marek Peszynski.Orchestra Wellington was an award winner in 2016 with its New Zealand made 360° video. With MIXT’s help, Peszynski believes it’s gone one better with the world’s first virtual orchestra video with a full live audience.“We wanted to move away from the novelty factor of VR technology by placing the user at the centre of a full live concert. That way the experience really puts people in the moment and feels one hundred percent real and unstaged."“More importantly we can visualise its use after the installation,with its applications in education and in accessibility of music. Butat CubaDupa we’re inviting everyone to step up and take the challenge,because once you’ve tried it you’re hooked."Following its CubaDupa release, the 360° virtual concert will launch for free home use later this month and its makers believe its appeal will extend beyond the city’s many lounge-room conductors.
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • A thing at Spacething

    • 6 May 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • There's an exhibition opening on at Newtown's Spacething tonight (Thu 7 May), featuring new artwork from Helen McVey and Tania Price. There will also be live music from (the excellently named) Public Toilet ltd, Chris Palmer and Dan Beban, as well as casual rock cocktail poetry by Eliot White. Starts at 6pm. 171 Adelaide Road. 
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• • Fraser Ross and the Felt Tips

    • 14 Feb 2012
    • Newtown Festival
    • Playing solo or with friends (the Felt Tips), Fraser Ross is a gypsy-folk man. He is a keen lyrics man, and a inter-song banterer. Sometimes he dabbles in ballads, sometimes a quicker rinka-chink. His live shows are rare and exciting, his album (And Birds Do Sing) is brilliant but slow-burning.
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    Unreal estate

    • 23 Jun 2013
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Do Estate agents live on the same planet as us? Have a look at this: Immaculate Investment Tidy Price This is an extremely well presented investment or home for the discerning purchaser, offering two double bedrooms and a location that will see you conveniently placed for all necessities. Close to transport, shopping and the city, [...]
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    OUR TOWN NEWTOWN – Community Visioning Wall

    • 16 Nov 2013
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • In Collaboration with the Community Centre we have transformed the Before I Die…… Chalk Mural into a Community Blackboard where the public can share ideas and suggestions……. We live and work in a great suburb but how can we make it better? What works, what doesn’t and what would you love to see happen here? […]
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 27 August: Vacant City

    • 9 Aug 2015
    • Bar Bodega
    • VACANT CITY As seen with Jamie McDell, Black River Drive, and The Datsuns. LIVE at Wellington BODEGA 27th August. Special guests… PELORUS and THE BA$H $10 door sales only! R18 _____________________________________ Check out the acts! VACANT CITY Vacant City Facebook page PELORUS Pelorus Facebook Page THE BA$H The BA$H Facebook … Continue reading
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    Bands popping off in Pōneke: Debt Club

    • 16 Sep 2024
    • 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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    Derelict on Main Street: property laws, heritage, upkeep, and vibrancy

    • 18 Jul 2024
    • Talk Wellington
    • A small but important ball has started rolling: moves to allow councils to sort out buildings in their centres whose neglect is bringing the vibe down. But instead of plodding along, NZ could jump to some good practice that’s already live… We all know the thing: a main street which should be a bustling, buzzing...
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    Bands popping off in Pōneke: Daisy Grae

    • 23 Sep 2024
    • 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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    The shape of our towns: new direction

    • 21 Aug 2019
    • Talk Wellington
    • Spread out or high-density? What shape should suburbs be? How best to give everyone good places to live? A new National Policy Statement aims to help… consultation is open Why you should care about “urban development capacity” We at Talk Wellington get pretty exercised about the shape of our towns, because it’s really important.
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    Short Passes 15 June (also known as our news in briefs column)

    • 14 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    •   How good was it to see rugby and live sport this past weekend! Five sleeps until the competition starts for real, and we say the delay will be worth it. It’s only for the first week, but the Premier Reserve Harper Lock Shield draw is out, and with it paints a picture of the...
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    Covid rugby commentator a hit at Wellington College

    • 1 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Andrena Patterson at work live streaming and commentating Wellington College’s games and inset, with Hurricane Ngani Laumape and with friend and Harbour Hawks Highlander Patelesio Tomkinson. By Adam Julian When Radio Sport made the decision to cut local rugby broadcasting this year there was genuine concern about how much coverage the game would receive. Add...
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    Wellington club rugby scoring updates 29 May

    • 28 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • For scoring updates for round three of Wellington club rugby on Saturday 29 May see below.   Club Rugby in association with TRIBE now bring you up-to-date Scores ! from Wellington Club Rugby  CLICK Below for More Live Scores WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85...
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• • Review: Poprox Improv

    • 18 Nov 2021
    • The Wellingtonista
    •   Poprox Improv is the brainchild of a bunch of Wellington theatre stalwarts: Pippa Drakeford-Croad, Dylan Hutton, Austin Harrison, Nina Hogg, Jonny Paul & Nino Raphael, and it is a show absolutely worthy of their talent. Performed for the first time this night at Miramar’s gorgeous new performance venue – Roxy Live (a glorious new space […]
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    Roxy Cinema, 5, Park Road, Miramar, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v France

    • 18 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy There are many ways to skin a cat, but in the end, the cat dies. Thus, there are many ways to write a rugby opinion piece, but in the end, we want the cat to live. The cat being the All Blacks. So, the perhaps favourite technique is to absolutely lambast the...
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    Newtown & Botanic Garden Bike Routes

    • 3 Mar 2022
    • Thorndon Residents Assocation
    • Plans for the 2 bike routes, Newtown to the City and Botanic Garden ki Paekākā to the City are now live on the Transport Projects website. The link for Newtown is here, and for Botanic Garden is here. For these two particular routes Wellington City Council are working in a slightly different way to their […]
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Rare glimpses of Shining Cuckoos in Plimmerton

    • 4 Mar 2022
    • Plimmerton Residents’ Association
    • Rare glimpses of Shining Cuckoos in Plimmerton Our wild life photographer Sandy Werner caught these shots of the elusive Pipiwharauroa. Pipiwharauroa the shining cuckoo likes to live where it’s warm and where there is an abundance of insects so it makes its flight to NZ at the start of our warm weather. Usually here, in […]
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Seven principles for better cities

    • 21 Jun 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • As we approach big decisions about urban character and housing, and how to move in the city and things to get to, here are some guiding stars This TED talk with Peter Calthorpe is a great watch. It talks about how the best cities to live in foster community through their design – by creating spaces...
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    Aisle be Back: Women’s World Cup, Lions and All Blacks

    • 29 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy I used to live in Auckland for a few years. I used to meet people there who literally had no conception there was a country below the Manukau Harbour. And certainly, they could find no reason to go there. They’d go to Melbourne a lot though. Well, they’ll be well served with...
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• • White Cav’s rum race story

    • 17 Oct 2022
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • I’ve been a member of RPNYC for over 10 years. I live out on wall at the entrance to Clyde Quay – keeping a close watch on comings and goings. I’m almost 45 years young. Doug Peterson designed me back in the 1970’s and I was crafted in the Salthouse Boatyard for Cavalier Yachts in [...]
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    Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103, Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    MOVIES: dive into cool places

    • 6 Oct 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • two/fiftyseven welcomes you to a free film series on the places we live, our relationship to them, and how we make them our own Wellington’s grooviest collaborative space – above Unity Books – is showing some ace movies! The next one is Wed Oct 19th –  short NZ films about our place. November’s is called Ever...
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    Review: 35mm

    • 24 Jun 2023
    • The Wellingtonista
    • By Talia Carlisle Everyone is talking about 35mm, and it’s not a measurement, but a movement it seems, from the sound of new fans I’ve talked to. 35mm is a musical written by Ryan Scott Oliver on at Gryphon Theatre until Saturday, which incorporates music, original choreography and a live band led by musical director […]
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• • Wellington Chinese Sports and Cultural Centre

    • 20 Dec 2023
    • Newtown Festival
    • The WCSCC dragon troupe continues a Chinese tradition dating back thousands of years. The bright colours, and striking sounds of the live drum and percussion make for an exciting combination of acrobatic dance. The troupe has performed at numerous festivals, corporate and VIP events including Womad, Newtown and Thorndon Festivals, Multi cultural events and waitangi […]
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    A tool to prevent gentrification?

    • 23 Oct 2023
    • Talk Wellington
    • Everyone wants their neighbourhood to be a better place to live, but how do you avoid the fundamental laws of the market forcing people out who’ve often lived and loved there for generations? One tool can help… Gentrification. It’s one of the few genuinely bad things about the otherwise process of making nicer places to...
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    Aisle be Back:

    • 28 Sep 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy I’m very confident the All Blacks can win the world cup. The 2015 World Cup, unfortunately. After two weeks of doing nothing on an actual live rugby pitch, the 2023 iteration are thankfully finally back in the actual tournament. Not so much flying under the radar, as failing to turn on their...
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    Sideline Conversions 2 September (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 1 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • After a lull this past weekend, the rugby is exploding again. There is live rugby on every day for the next several days. No fewer than four college-aged events on this week in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, something stretching plenty of resources – none probably more so than those of the WRRA. Two of...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Uruguay (the wash-up)

    • 5 Oct 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy My family used to live in the Falkland Islands, and politics being politics, if they needed better medical care, they’d take the slow boat to neighbouring Uruguay, rather than Argentina. The said ship, the Montevideo, was legendary for making people violently sick in the wild South Atlantic seas. I felt the same...
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    Wellington LTP submission guide: from up sh*t creek to longer-term better

    • 9 May 2024
    • Talk Wellington
    • It’s LTP season, and Wellington City’s version of the council budgeting challenge has had more scrutiny than most. Here’s the bigger context for all LTPs (plus some TW submission tips for Wellington City-ites) Infrastructure x density Ahh, infrastructure. It’s the foundation (literally) of functioning cities, where lots of people can live close together – generating...
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    The Leaving Party

    • 4 Jun 2023
    • Lōemis
    • Katherine Mansfield, one of New Zealand’s greatest writers, left New Zealand for good in 1908. Before doing so, she threw a leaving party and invited all her friends. The party had many of her favourite ingredients: live music, good company, food offerings, tea, exquisite gin, parlour games, and elements of the occult and divination.
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • King Home Boy

    • 9 Jan 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • Whether if it’s his conscious rhymes or his style of beatboxing, King Home Boy is still wowing crowds. Recognised as one of the legends of New Zealand beatboxing, this former 6 times NZ champion is still making waves with his style of vocal kung fu. Whether it be on social media, live on stage or […]
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