the wellingtonista

I've been so busy the last week, for reasons that Hadyn can explain better than I, that I've got a bit behind on my Gridskipper rea...

Might we nominate the two adults who thought that taking eight pre-schoolers for a walk through the Terrace Tunnel as 'Wellington Wally...

Okay, so that's a lame song-lyric pun, but you try coming up with something wittier when you've just spent 48 hours chained up in fl...

It's been a bit quiet up here at Wellingtonista Towers over the last few days, mostly because our two most recent and prolific contribut...

This weekend has many things on. I suggest trying them all and seeing how you go. Watch the Super 14 final (featuring our own, beloved, Hur...

The 'next-big-thing' out of Wellington (if you haven't heard that before, then you heard it here first) Connan & the Mockasi...

Well, it's all on tonight. If you're not exhausted after seeing the rugger at not-the-Cake-Tin , listening on National Radio to perf...

More NZ Music month goodness is upon us, with the release of the Phoenix Foundation's Samuel Flynn Scott's solo album - ' The Hu...

Given that it is NZ Music Month and then taking this brilliant post by the Kung Fu Monkey , I give you a "mash-up". NZ song titl...

Look out Wellington! There's a Hurricane Warning!!! ::Sigh:: Any one else sick of that pun? Well at best (yes best) it will only be aro...

gene pool deletion in progress , originally uploaded by maxcherry . Couldn't help but draw more attention to this particular photo ...

...our sandwich partner would, give or take a few miles, be Salamanca, Spain . We're not sure if this is the rationale behind the naming...

Today's Dominion Post carries an insufferably smug article headlined " The lonely misery of living in Auckland ". Like all goo...

A good name for a band don't you think? Right then, back to my lifelong obsession, the hunt for the Great Bacon Sarnie . I missed the fo...

This weekend, if you can tear yourself away from free bacon sarnies and aren't too busy having a bit of a look-see behind the scenes o...