The Wellingtonista / April 2010
The Wellingtonista is a blog about Wellington - New Zealand's capital.
May 2010 | March 2010-
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Lunchtime Willis Wander
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- If you are working near Willis Street today you could use your lunch hour to sample two very different exhibitions.
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When is a shop not a shop?
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- Right now in Thorndon, Wellington's first Handmade Pop-Up Shop has arrived. It opened on the 13th of April and closes again on the 1st of May. Each day the shop features a different artist or crafter showcasing all their lovely creations.
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302 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington
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What's the real reason the Miss Universe pageant has moved to Wellington?
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- Last year the Miss Universe New Zealand pageant was held in Levin.
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And you thought we were joking about the Octopus threat?
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- 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.
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I'm a Slave for you
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- Anyone remember this guy? The self-same enterprising young man has been seen with an assortment of HI-VIZ clad worker types, some waiters and a guitar stumming up interest in an event rather shockingly entitled: "the Wellington Charity SLAVE AUCTION". Don't worry folks, it is all above board and for a damn good cause.
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Predictive Bussing
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- We've long dreamed of being able to time our morning cornflakes to the actual arrival time of our bus, rather than having to wait 20 minutes outside a jammed bus shelter during a howling southerly storm.
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Good bastards like you to drink vodka
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- 42Below's founder Geoff Ross has written a book with his wife Justine about the story behind the vodka called Every Bastard Says No.
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When are you people going to realise that the octopus threat is real?
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- We've all heard the stories about how there was a tank at Wellington Airport with an octopus in it and another tank with fishes in it, and the fish started disappearing and no one knew why until one night security cameras filmed the octopus climbing out of its tank and into the fish tank and eating the fish.
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Pecha Kucha 7
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- It's time for another Pecha Kucha evening.
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Help is Coming
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- Got kids? Well chances are they love seeing people in uniforms, big fire trucks with their hoses a-spraying, police dogs a-barking, big tug boats a-tooting, animal rescues, helicopters, cars being cut up with giant scissors, and general organised mayhem.
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Stone in the bosom
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- Shinobi Sushi Lounge is having two special kaiseki nights Monday and Tuesday this week.
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Dialogues with Tomorrow
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- We're not sure if science is the new rock 'n' roll, but art and science are coming together in Dialogues with Tomorrow, a series of collaborative talks over the next couple of months: DIALOGUES WITH TOMORROW places artists in conversation with scientists, business people and thinkers on themes relating to climate change.
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"Please don't forget to tag off" finally tags off
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- You know when you tag on with a Snapper and the voice goes "PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO TAG OFF"? Well, duh. Snapper have realised that these voice alerts are kind of annoying and/or unnecessary; and that we as public transport users have learned how the magical fish box works, so they're updating the Snapper sounds. Here's a handy table of the changes:
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200 People I Used To Know
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- Toby Morris is pretty famous in Wellington for his awesome gig posters, and for his time in Batrider.
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