A lively interview with Terry and Aames from Wellington’s oldest second-hand bookstore, The Ferret. In this edition of the ‘Maggie Meets’ profile series for Verb Wellington, I catch up with Terry and Aames who run The Ferret Bookshop. Terry admitted early in the interview that he has a penchant for inefficiency, which allowed me to quickly pigeonhole him into the “second-hand bookshop owner” stereotype. The more I dive into his story the more I realise that the story of The Ferret is not a linear one. The Ferret Bookshop is one of the only Wellington bookshops surviving from the time it was established over 40 years. Since 1979 The Ferret Bookshop has had many homes nested in and around Cuba Street. According to its owner Terry, a couple of people in the book trade founded it, one of them a fellow named Rick who used to sit at the shop desk with a lit cigarette in hand and an ashtray in arm's reach. In 1988 Terry bought the business, which is now situated next to Loretta on Cuba Street.
Friends of Te Papa invite you to an illustrated talk exploring how museums across Central and Eastern Europe express national identity shaped by centuries of empire, conflict, and cultural change.
Kia ora St John’s whānau, This Sunday we unpack the final two priorities of our Vision Refresh: Priority 7 – Partnership: A Collaborative Mission Priority 8 – Public Faith: Making the Case for Christianity The Great Co-mission The plan for children and young people is for them to exit the service part-way to their peer groups.
Above: The Wairarapa-Bush and Wellington Māori teams in the thick of the action last weekend. Photo: Hugh Pretorius. Wairarapa-Bush are away to play Poverty Bay in their Heartland Championship season opener, while the Māori are at Rugby League Park to meet the Wellington Centurions. More below. By Scott MacLean The path is clear for a...
E NEWS 14TH AUGUST 2026 Talofa lava, kia ora, and warm Pacific greetings. Well, the weather has certainly fined up after the sleety snowy weather we had at the beginning […]
