https://wellington.gen.nz/thorndon https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/04/lynn-davidson-shares-news-from-scotland/ Our writer-in-residence in 2021, Lynn Davidson, has since settled in Edinburgh, where she is teaching and continuing the family research on which part of her writings has been based. art books thorndon places Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/04/lynn-davidson-shares-news-from-scotland/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/02/francophonie-2026-talk-with-katia-astafieff-french-author/ Immerse yourself in literature this March for Le Mois de la Francophonie, a month-long celebration of French-speaking culture! Join us for a captivating evening celebrating Francophonie with a special talk by Katia Astafieff, the new resident writer at Randell Cottage. “For her special project during the residency, Katia plans to explore the story of Marianne North, an […] art books thorndon places Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/02/francophonie-2026-talk-with-katia-astafieff-french-author/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2026-02-14T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.thorndon.school.nz/post/2026-term-1-week-2-principal-p%C4%81nui Mālō Lava Thorndon School Community, Welcome to the 2026 school year! It has been awesome to see our students return, filling our spaces with energy as they establish their new "Ways of Being. thorndon places primary education Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thorndon.school.nz/post/2026-term-1-week-2-principal-p%C4%81nui Thorndon School 2026-02-13T00:00:00Z -41.27407085 174.77987336089922 Thorndon School, Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/02/news-of-french-writers-past-and-future-2/ Randell Cottage welcomes its newest resident, traveller and writer, Katia Astafieff. Katia loves popularising science, especially botany. She also has a particular interest in the great explorers and has brought these two topics together in her book L’Aventure extraordinaire des plantes voyageuses, (The Extraordinary Adventure of the Travelling Plants, Dunod, 2018), in which she tells […] art books thorndon places Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/02/news-of-french-writers-past-and-future-2/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2026-02-13T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.thorndon.school.nz/hi/post/2026-term-1-week-2-tumuaki-p%C4%81nui Mālō Lava Thorndon School Community, Welcome to the 2026 school year! It has been awesome to see our students return, filling our spaces with energy as they establish their new "Ways of Being. thorndon places primary education Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thorndon.school.nz/hi/post/2026-term-1-week-2-tumuaki-p%C4%81nui Thorndon School 2026-02-12T00:00:00Z -41.27407085 174.77987336089922 Thorndon School, Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/01/essa-may-ranapiri/ essa may ranapiri (Ngaati Raukawa, Ngaati Puukeko, Te Arawa and Clan Gunn) is a poet, writer and academic living in Kirikiriroa Hamilton. art books thorndon places Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/01/essa-may-ranapiri/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2026-01-09T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/a-visit-to-avon-and-fontainebleau Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Director Cherie Jacobson shares her experience of visiting the places where Mansfield spent the last few months of her life and was laid to rest. heritagebuildings localhistory museumsandgalleries art thorndon places Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/a-visit-to-avon-and-fontainebleau Katherine Mansfield House 2026-01-09T00:00:00Z -41.2701568 174.77982461219574 Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/01/2026-randell-cottage-writers-residency-awarded-to-essa-may-ranapiri/ The Randell Cottage Writers Trust is delighted to announce that essa may ranapiri has been selected as Aotearoa New Zealand Writer-in-Residence for 2026. They will take up the six-month residency in July, and will use this opportunity to work on their first novel, Te Rama Tuna | Eeling by Torchlight, a coming-of-age story about two young trans Maaori friends/lovers. art books thorndon places Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2026/01/2026-randell-cottage-writers-residency-awarded-to-essa-may-ranapiri/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2026-01-08T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/12/rachel-oneill-awarded-burns-fellowship-2026-2-2/ A video recording Tahitian writer Titaua Peu‘s stay in Wellington was launched on 3 December. Titaua describes the explorations she undertook during her residency in Randell Cottage on the historical and cosmological links between Indigenous peoples of Polynesia. She foreshadows her planned dystopian trilogy, beginning with the forthcoming novel Disruptive – a tantalising prospect. French […] art books thorndon places Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/12/rachel-oneill-awarded-burns-fellowship-2026-2-2/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-12-06T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.standrews.org.nz/archives/44108 E-NEWSFRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2025 Last Saturday we celebrated the beautiful wedding of Ephraim and Ronan at Old St Paul’s in Thorndon. The bells tolled as they made their entrance. Afterwards […] thorndon places crossways mountvictoria religiousgroups communitygroups Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.standrews.org.nz/archives/44108 St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church 2025-12-05T00:00:00Z -41.279932900000006 174.77500277019692 St Andrew's on the Terrace, 30, The Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/11/rachel-oneill-awarded-burns-fellowship-2026-2/ Don’t miss the highlight of our Randell Cottage writing year! Come along to the National Library on the evening of Wednesday 3 December to hear from our fascinating current writing Fellow, Saraid de Silva, as she shares early glimpses into her second novel, following the critical acclaim of ‘Amma’. You’ll also meet the new French Cultural […] libraries art books thorndon places Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/11/rachel-oneill-awarded-burns-fellowship-2026-2/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-11-26T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/10/rachel-oneill-awarded-burns-fellowship-2026/ Our congratulations to Rachel O'Neill, the Randell Cottage New Zealand Writer-in-Residence in 2023, who has been awarded the prestigious Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago. We have just had the pleasure of featuring Rachel as one of the guest readers at our annual Open Day, held as part of the Wellington Heritage Festival. art books thorndon places Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/10/rachel-oneill-awarded-burns-fellowship-2026/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-10-28T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/10/randell-cottage-open-day-19-october/ Sunday 19 October from 1–4pm is Randell Cottage’s Open Day, in conjunction with Wellington Heritage Festival. art books thorndon places Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/10/randell-cottage-open-day-19-october/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-10-10T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/10/national-library-60th-birthday-open-home/ We are delighted to join in celebrating the Sixtieth Birthday of the National Library. libraries art books thorndon places Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/10/national-library-60th-birthday-open-home/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-10-09T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/randell-cottage-tours-an-exciting-travel-opportunity/ The Friends of Randell Cottage are delighted to announce their first New Zealand literary tour, a trip to Northland in March 2026, accompanied by Dame Fiona Kidman. northland places art books thorndon Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/randell-cottage-tours-an-exciting-travel-opportunity/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-09-24T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/an-evening-with-randell-cottage-writers-featuring-saraid-de-silva-wednesday-3-december/ Alert: Save the date of 3 December for our annual evening event at the National Library. Please invite your literary friends to join us. libraries art books thorndon places Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/an-evening-with-randell-cottage-writers-featuring-saraid-de-silva-wednesday-3-december/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-09-24T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/applications-invited-for-2026-randell-cottage-writers-residency/ Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2026 Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. art books thorndon places Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/applications-invited-for-2026-randell-cottage-writers-residency/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-09-03T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/katia-astafieff-2026/ Katia Astafieff is a travel writer, novelist, and children’s author. She has a particular interest in botanical history and popularising scientific subjects. art books thorndon places Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/09/katia-astafieff-2026/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-09-03T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://mcshwellington.org/can-the-catholic-church-answer-my-questions/ Come and see! Enquiry Evening: 6pm on Wednesday 10th & 24th September 2025@Sacred Heart Cathedral, 40 Hill Street, Thorndon You can ask anything. There is no obligation. Have a coffee […] thorndon places catholic religiousgroups communitygroups wcnhosted Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://mcshwellington.org/can-the-catholic-church-answer-my-questions/ Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 2025-09-02T00:00:00Z -41.27663125 174.77552792243546 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guildford Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/08/news-of-french-writers-past-and-future/ The Randell Cottage Writers Trustees, in conjunction with the Embassy of France in New Zealand, are delighted to announce that our next French writer-in-residence will be Katia Astafieff. art books thorndon places Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/08/news-of-french-writers-past-and-future/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-08-12T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://mcshwellington.org/time/ Walking along the waterfront to the end of Oriental Bay is just one of the delights of living here in Thorndon. Yes, there are the stunning views of the harbour, […] orientalbay thorndon waterfront places catholic religiousgroups communitygroups wcnhosted Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://mcshwellington.org/time/ Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 2025-07-26T00:00:00Z -41.27663125 174.77552792243546 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guildford Terrace, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/07/saraid-de-silva/ Saraid de Silva is a Sri Lankan Pākehā writer and arts worker based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and the first writer of Sinhalese descent to take up residency at Randell Cottage, and intends to work on her second novel during the time of her residency. art books thorndon places Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/07/saraid-de-silva/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-07-24T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.thorndon.org.nz/wellington-city-council-releases-pre-election-report-for-2025/ With three months before the people of Pōneke vote for future Councillors and a new Mayor, Wellington City Council has released its 2025 pre-election report. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REPORT (PDF) This statutory report provides an overview of the significant challenges and opportunities Pōneke faces, so the general public and candidates running for Council […] wcc government thorndon places communitygroups Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thorndon.org.nz/wellington-city-council-releases-pre-election-report-for-2025/ Thorndon Residents Assocation 2025-07-10T00:00:00Z https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/special-screening-of-the-house-within-on-21-july/ The Friends of Randell Cottage invite you to a special film evening at the Light House Cuba on 21 July featuring the acclaimed documentary on the life of Dame Fiona Kidman, whose latest poetry collection, The Midnight Plane, has just been launched. art books thorndon places Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/special-screening-of-the-house-within-on-21-july/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-06-29T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/amy-kensington/ Killed by a fire engine On 18th December 1906, Amy Kensington (aged 55), the wife of Charles Kensington, was heading home to Thorndon with her two daughters Louisa (aged 32)... thorndon places communitygroups karori localhistory Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/amy-kensington/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2025-06-27T00:00:00Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/listen-to-randell-cottage-resident-titaua-peu-on-culture-101/ Considered one of the principal French-speaking writers of the Pacific, Peu is known for work that considers Polynesian society today with attention to the effects of colonialism. Here she talks with Mark Amery of Culture 101, who visited her at the colonial cottage in Thorndon. thorndon places art books Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/listen-to-randell-cottage-resident-titaua-peu-on-culture-101/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-06-15T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/dame-fiona-kidman-to-become-one-of-randell-cottages-two-patrons-2/ The Midnight Plane has landed in Unity Books and other good bookshops around the country. Dame Fiona Kidman has just launched her collection of selected and new poems at Unity Books, Wellington. art books thorndon places Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/dame-fiona-kidman-to-become-one-of-randell-cottages-two-patrons-2/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-06-08T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/hinemoana-baker-celebrates-her-time-at-randell-cottage/ Here’s a special glimpse into what inspires our multi-talented writing resident, Hinemoana Baker, in two videos commissioned from Godwit Films as part of our Trust’s oral history. The video series is designed to record the diverse experiences, aspirations and writing styles of Randell Cottage writers-in-residence. Hinemoana spent an eventful second half of 2024 at Randell […] art books thorndon places Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/06/hinemoana-baker-celebrates-her-time-at-randell-cottage/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-06-01T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/05/an-evening-with-the-alliance-francaise-in-palmerston-north/ On Friday 9th of May, at a session titled "Writers in Conversation", Patricia Grace and Titaua Peu discussed their work before an audience of around 50 people. art books thorndon places Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/05/an-evening-with-the-alliance-francaise-in-palmerston-north/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-05-18T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/05/dame-fiona-kidman-to-become-one-of-randell-cottages-two-patrons/ The Randell Cottage Writers Trust is delighted to announce that renowned author Dame Fiona Kidman has agreed to become one of its two Patrons, alongside the Ambassador of France to New Zealand, H.E. Laurence Beau. art books thorndon places Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/2025/05/dame-fiona-kidman-to-become-one-of-randell-cottages-two-patrons/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2025-05-15T00:00:00Z -41.2786009 174.7683929 Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand