LISTEN: Mixed feelings saying goodbye to trolley buses
The last trolley bus will roll through the streets of Wellington today. The decommissioning of the trolley buses has been in the works since 2014, when the Greater Wellington Regional Council voted to...
View ArticleWaterfront Watch challenges capital council on consulation
President of Waterfront Watch Victor Davie (right) addresses the council, in which he talked about his concern with the council process Wellington City Council has agreed to plans for a new building...
View ArticleClimate change promise all rhetoric say trolley bus fans
Wellingtonians queue up to ride one of the final trolley bus services. Jacinda Ardern’s new government was called out by trolley bus campaigners in Wellington last night for its climate change campaign...
View ArticleTenant already lining up for proposed waterfront building
Proposed building at site 9 on the Wellington waterfront High quality Wellington office space is in such short supply that the proposed site 9 building on the Waterfront already has possible tenants...
View ArticleGoogle YouTube is bringing kiwi horror to the world’s screens
Kiwiana with a side of horror was exactly the kind of content Google YouTube was looking for when it joined New Zealand on Air to create the Skip Ahead digital initiative. Ao-TERROR-Oa is a web series...
View ArticleWATCH: Stitch’n’Bitch knitting circle getting younger
Interest in knitting appears to be in revival. A Wellington knitting circle that has been operating in the Southern Cross bar for 6 years is increasingly attracting members of all ages. Co-host Phoebe...
View ArticleSee you in the New Year
Thanks for reading our stories in 2017. We will be back in January with more storytelling. If you are interested in creative new ways to tell stories in a wide range of formats and particularly...
View ArticleLaw professor after justice for baby name choices
Victoria University law professor Dr Bevan Marten. PHOTO: Supplied. A legal academic is promising to fight for parents’ right to call their kids ‘Justice’. Dr Bevan Marten of Victoria University Law...
View ArticleThousands at Porirua foreshore for Waitangi Day
Making the most of the harbour breeze, one of the stall set up teams who have been hard at work since 6.30am today, (from left) Rebecca McGill, Landa Tolai, Menime Aiulu (back), Zella Wilson and Gavan...
View ArticleWATCH: Creative hub lives up to its name for circus students
Circus student Georgi performing in Maui’s Hook during the official opening of Te Auaha. With a name that literally translates as “the creative hub,” you would expect to find some creative people...
View ArticleMayor gets all dressed up for the CubaDupa 2018 party
Wellington Mayor Justin Lester practices his smize while Dani Pike, Head of Te Auaha’s Special Effects and Make-up Artistry school, adjusts his wig ahead of his appearance at CubaDupa this weekend....
View ArticleGarage Project website nominated for the internet’s highest honour
Garage Project Website Wellington brewery Garage Project has been nominated for “The Internet’s highest honour” for its online webstore. The Webby nominated website was designed by Garage Project...
View ArticleTe Auaha theatres providing creative spaces for Wellington performances
Tapere Nui theatre at Te Auaha will host Comedy Fest events this month. After hosting Fringe festival events in March, Te Auaha is using its theatre spaces for Wellington Comedy Fest shows over the...
View ArticleLower Tory St project attracts people – but not the desired ones
“Saturday, Sunday all it was, was a skatepark,” says Amelia Lingonis. A battleground is forming over who will claim lower Tory Street – skateboarders, children or homeless people. Despite the...
View ArticleNew Weltec beauty therapy brings hydrotherapy pod to Te Auaha
The futuristic spa capsule will play a part in upcoming teachings and treatments Aileen Clark shows off the new hydrotherapy pod A futuristic hydrotherapy pod will be a new addition to luxe beauty...
View ArticleHairdressing contributes to cosplayer’s artistic work
Chloe Syder and her fellow Te Auaha hairdressing students practise many hairstyles and colours on mannequins before working with clients. Chloe Syder can’t remember a time in her life when she...
View ArticleArtist has an eye for painting pets
Susan Bradley holding a painted version of her cat Lucy. Susan Bradley has come from near blindness to “purrfect” vision for pet portrait paintings. Her journey began in 2007 when her sight was...
View ArticleWellington soaks up new production facilities at Te Auaha
The entrance to the smaller of the two Te Auaha theatres, Tapere Nui Te Auaha’s new large and small theatre spaces are showcasing student and professional productions. Pip Byrne, programme manager for...
View ArticleStreet artists encouraging others to explore street art that is Kiwi
A star map full of native birds, Maori culture and other things deemed important to New Zealand brought Wellington’s Ghuznee Street’s pavements alive – in tape. The artwork called Celestia Zealantis...
View ArticleNewest Mojo cafe opens in June at Te Auaha
A new Mojo coffee shop is opening at Te Auaha around mid -June. But it can’t come soon enough for manager Miriama Royal (above), who has been running a one-woman-show in the existing cart in front of...
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