The Wellingtonista / August 2009
The Wellingtonista is a blog about Wellington - New Zealand's capital.
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Safe Passage
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- Today delivered a bright and cheerful blue-dappled day in the city but there were dark forces abroad.
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Google Maps
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- A couple of cool new features have arrived at Google Maps.
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Wellington on a plate on the web
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- We've been particularly lax in not covering Wellington on a Plate, in my case because I am drastically short of funds and if I wrote about it I'd just get sad that I can't eat every single thing on offer.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
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- I have to keep this brief as time is short.
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Review: Whero's New Net
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- Whero's New Net, by Albert Belz, is a play inspired by The New Net Goes Fishing, Witi Ihimaera's 1977 collection of short stories looking at the experiences of rural Maori moving to the cities.
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Another reason to love Wellington
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- We've always known that Wellington is a warm glowing lovefest of pinko liberal lefties.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
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- Righto, back again with a quick run down of what's new in cinemas this weekend.
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Reminder: Smarten your Snapper
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- Here's just a quick reminder that the Smarten your Snapper competition closes in a week's time, on Thursday 27th August.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
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- The big noise this week is being made by Neill Blomkamp's District 9 which you can see at Readings, Empire, Embassy and Sky City Queensgate.
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Review: Le Sud
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- If you've visited Akaroa, you'll know how the li'l Canterbury village prides itself on its Frenchness. See, it was founded by the French. Dave Armstrong's new play "Le Sud" takes the idea of the French in Aotearoa a few steps further.
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3 day CraftWeekend
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- Saturday pick for Craftyness is The Island Bay Craft Village. It's showcasing a gorgeous range of bags, jewellery, chocolate, cupcakes, clothes, photos, toys, brooches, scarfs, pottery, ceramics and more.
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88 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
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- I thought I'd come out of hiding for a moment to trumpet the first Wellington feature film to get a decent release in ages, Separation City.
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Fence action
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- Right now you can check out the start of the Outdoor Knit fence action on the cnr of Vivian and Bute Streets As lovely as 3 hearts are, that fence is still pretty ugly.
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1 Bute Street, Wellington
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March against Night Class cuts
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- In the 2009 Budget, the National Government announced an 80% cut in the funding provided to schools throughout New Zealand to run night classes or Adult Community Education (ACE).
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Smarten yer Snapper
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- Craft 2.0 are running the Smarten Your Snapper competition. All you need to do is make some sort of nifty cover, holder, or cosy for your Snapper card (or Snapper USB) and enter it into the competition for a chance to win a new Snapper card pre-loaded with $100. In addition, you'll win a table at the next Craft2.0 at the Dowse, giving you a place to market your creation.
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