Personalities
Get on board
New Zealand’s current Scrabble champion Howard Warner gives us tactics, tricks, and the inside Scrabble scoop.
Trips down memory lane
Henry Brittain of Wellington Tramway Museum has been awarded a King’s Service Medal. Read on for fascinating stories about how life in Wellington used to be: when nary a car was in sight and everyone rode the tram to work.
Revel in the ultimate night out
We caught up with aerialist, pianist, and accordionist Jackson Cordery about his new variety cabaret and sky-high career soaring through venues of all shapes and sizes across Pōneke, Aotearoa, and beyond.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Adi Parige
During the pandemic, filmmaker Adi Parige dove deep into a rabbit hole about Indians in the Antipodes. This led him to reconnecting with his birth country of Aotearoa and embarking on a journey across the Pacific to shoot his short film The Lascar along Wellington’s South Coast.
On words, comedy, and community
We caught up with stand-up comedian and MC Jerome Chandrahasen about all things comedy, including his upcoming NZ International Comedy Festival solo show On Words.
Wellington Silver Screeners: Kristy Grant
Providing educational opportunities and production spaces for filmmakers across the Wellington Region, it comes as no surprise that Lane Street Studios director Kristy Grant received a nomination for Wellingtonian of the Year.
Working with Mother Nature
We caught up with Yotam and Niva Kay about their organic market garden and farm Pākaraka Permaculture, their books The Abundant Garden and The Abundant Kitchen, and Yotam’s upcoming appearance at the Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival.
Because you asked for it
We had the pleasure of catching up with Annie Crummer MNZM about the upcoming reunion of When the Cat’s Away and her prolific career as one of Aotearoa’s best-loved and most-travelled voices.
The language of ballet
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s new artistic director Ty King-Wall returns to Aotearoa following an illustrious career in Australia. We asked him all about then, now, and the stacked 2024 programme.
Storytelling magic
Adding the title of director to her already impressive resume, Kiwi icon Rachel House presents her new film The Mountain, a story of friendship, loss, and the magic of nature.
Welcoming a new kaitiaki
As the first woman dean of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Katie Lawrence is making it her mission to welcome Pōneke’s diverse and vibrant community with open arms.
All in
We caught up with L.A.B singer and guitarist Joel Shadbolt ahead of the band’s upcoming album release and headline set at Kiwi music’s biggest party, Jim Beam Homegrown.