https://wellington.gen.nz/the-wellingtonista+localhistory Items tagged with The Wellingtonista and Local History. http://wellingtonista.com/and-you-thought-we-were-joking-about-the-octopus-threat Earlier this month we read about an octopus off the South Coast that mugged an innocent diver and took his valuable new camera. The news flashed around the world and everyone had a bit of a chuckle at the diver's expense. Not so fast, laughing boys (and girls). It turns out that this is but the latest episode in a long history of criminal behaviour by the city's cephalopod citizenry. cephalopods localhistory animals blogs featured Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/and-you-thought-we-were-joking-about-the-octopus-threat The Wellingtonista 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/a-teatowel-coffee-guide-to-wellington NZ History have recently added an amazing tea towel, thought to be from the mid-1960s, listing the coffee houses of Wellington. localhistory coffee cafe restaurantsbars blogs featured Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/a-teatowel-coffee-guide-to-wellington The Wellingtonista 2010-01-24T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/a-bit-of-love-for-an-old-organ The Wellington Town Hall is rated amongst the top ten in the world for acoustics, and this was a significant argument in the 1970s and 80s when the demolition of the Town Hall became a possibility. heritagebuildings music localhistory performingarts blogs featured Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/a-bit-of-love-for-an-old-organ The Wellingtonista 2009-07-03T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/wellington-reclamation-animation From the 'Reclamation of Wellington Harbour' Wikipedia article, here's an animation by Matt Lane that shows the various stages of the city's expansion seawards over the last century and a half. localhistory waterfront places blogs featured Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/wellington-reclamation-animation The Wellingtonista 2009-04-07T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/the-old-shebang The National Library has joined the Flickr Commons project, whacking up many of their photos on Flickr. At the moment, there's not much from Wellington, but we're hoping that will change as more are uploaded. One particular Wellington delight, however, is a set of photos of a ramshackle house on Cuba Street called the Old Shebang (shebang in this instance means dwelling). And as well as that, Goo cubastreet localhistory places blogs featured Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/the-old-shebang The Wellingtonista 2008-11-30T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://wellingtonista.com/holy-smoke The historic St Peters church, on the corner of Willis & Ghuznee St, is currently on fire. There are seven fire appliances and one ambulance attending the fire, and just now they seem to have stopped the smoke belching out of the doors and windows. More updates & photos as they come to hand... read more emergencyservices heritagebuildings religiousgroups localhistory communitygroups blogs featured Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/holy-smoke The Wellingtonista 2008-04-14T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/those-were-the-days From the newly relaunched NZ History website comes this wee gem from Today in History (actually, next week's Monday, but I couldn't wait to post it)... Two Wellington lawyers, W.V. Brewer and H. Ross, drew pistols over a legal difference in Wellington. Brewer fired into the air but 'received Mr. Ross' ball in the groin'. He died several days later. Ouch. localhistory blogs featured Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/those-were-the-days The Wellingtonista 2007-02-18T00:00:00Z