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Heather Church
For the love of food
Author: Heather Church
Category: Food Adventures
Created: Thursday 30 August 2012, 08:12 PM
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Last weekend, I attended my first ever food blogger’s conference in Wellington. It was organised by the dedicated girls at the NZ Food Blogger’s Association and what a coup to hold it at Le Cordon Bleu’s brand new state-of-the art building.... 
Cordon Bleu here I come
Author: Heather Church
Category: Food Adventures
Created: Monday 06 August 2012, 08:12 PM
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This October, I’ll be studying in the three month Basic Cuisine Cordon Bleu course in Wellington. I’ve been measured up for my uniform and have even been going to the gym (not my natural habitat) so I can sustain spending all those hours standing alongside the young students as well as confidently handle the weighty cast iron pans....
John Bishop
Welly Awards
Welly Awards honour outstanding Wellingtonians
“This is a pretty great city and I am proud to be from here”. Those are the words of the 2012 Wellingtonian of the Year, businessman and technology investor Neville Jordan accepting his award at ......
Kate Bleasdale
Sing Your Heart Out
Author: Kate Bleasdale
Category: Out and About
Created: Tuesday 11 September 2012, 08:12 PM
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There's a new trend in town for all those who love to sing along to their favourite tunes. Karaoke is a popular activity in the capital, with bars and some restaurants offering it as a specialty....
Laura McQuillan
HOME in the Fringe
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Wednesday 27 February 2013, 12:00 AM
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I've been looking forward to seeing Home / The Hilarious Comedy About How I Nearly Killed Myself / A Play About How I Nearly Died But Didn't Then Learned A Lot About Life Afterward in the Fringe Festival for months, and I was not disappointed.
The play......
Picks of the Fringe
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Tuesday 19 February 2013, 08:13 PM
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PICKS OF THE FRINGE
It's that time of year again - the highlight on the calendar for many of Wellington's thespians, performers, arts fans and cultured types: the Fringe Festival.
As per usual, my top picks of the Fringe have been dreamt up and produc......
Light House Cuba
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Monday 03 December 2012, 08:12 PM
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There's a Light House experience in the City
Happy end of Movember (yay, no more gross facial hair, but also yay, fundraising for a great cause!) and welcome to December!
I hope everyone has their Christmas gifts sorted - mostly because I don't, so pl......
Movember is Back
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Wednesday 31 October 2012, 08:12 PM
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Ready, set, mo!
Get shaving, then get growing! Movember is once again on our doorstep and it's your excuse to grow the filthiest mo you can for a good cause - to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer research and mental health.
This year's cam......
New and Cool
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Tuesday 16 October 2012, 08:12 PM
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A few ideas for amping up your summer excitement ahead of the weather really arriving....
WOWed Again
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Wednesday 03 October 2012, 12:00 AM
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Once again, the creative minds behind the Brancott Estate World of WearableArt Awards have outdone themselves. The annual spectacle of fashion, live dance and performance, singing, comedy, theatrics and stunts is better than ever in 2012....
Two Little Boys
Author: Laura McQuillan
Category: Uptown Girl
Created: Wednesday 19 September 2012, 08:12 PM
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Two Little Boys!!
As a big fan of both Flight of the Conchords and Australia's Hamish & Andy (essentially the funny version of Pulp Sport), I was pretty damn excited to see Two Little Boys, starring Bret McKenzie and Hamish Blake - and got my chance......
Meat and tattoos
I’d like to introduce you to two ‘sort of’ new places to go in Wellington. I say sort of, because both have actually been open a little while, but the shiny coating and new smell is yet to wear off....
Paul Lambert
The Outdoors and Heritage in Upper Hutt
Author: Paul Lambert
Category: From the Frontier
Created: Tuesday 11 September 2012, 08:12 PM
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Wayne Mason singer/songwriter from the Fourmyula and Warratahs wrote the song 'Nature' in Upper Hutt during the 1960s. The area has an abundance of natural features enjoyed by both visitors and locals. Next weekend on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September......
Sheridan Bruce
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly perfect gift for Mothers Day
New Zealand Opera’s production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly opened in Wellington on Saturday 11 May at the St James Theatre, and was the perfect present for all the mothers in the audience. The o......
New Zealand School of Dance
The best of our classical and contemporary dancers
I was first introduced to the New Zealand School of Dance in 1975 when my friend Lois Green attended as a student. In those days, the studio was in Marion Street, off Ghuznee, and to be accepted was almo......
