Ania Upstill, one of the instigators of the , spent her summer with a new wave of social entrepreneurs, at the hub, developing a plan to get Wellington eating locally grown food with the Cycle.
What do we four have in common? We are all going to have a chat about what it is like living in Newtown, the up and coming and we try and describe the Newtown vibe.
With Gabe Johnston, owner , designer and James Coyle, local musician and co-ordinator of the Newtown Festival.
The ‘s off shoot troupe, ChoreoCo’s dancers Craig Bary, Phoebe Heyhoe and Lucy Marinkovich talk about their latest dance Straight Laced and real life as a professional dancer.
When other cities around the world are tearing out their motorways and flyovers, why are we still thinking that building a flyover by the Basin Reserve is such a clever idea?
In this interview Tim Jones, spokesperson for the tells us why the proposed flyover is not a done deal. I also had a chat with all the people who were at the event about why they Love the Basin on Valentine’s Day.
Winners of the national Band competition 2014 were our local Gypsy frolickers, the . And yep there are 26 of them but we could only fit 12 into the studio and it was a squeeze.
Led by the Statesman Of the Welly music Scene Andreas Lepper, we got a sample of what we’ll be hearing at Womad and a bit about why Andreas has dedicated his life to percussion.
Wellington artist and personality Suzanne Tamaki, talks about Waitangi Day in Wellington, what her best moments are working as the Cultural Events co-coordinator for and how we can all celebrate Waitangi.
Why is this hi energy girl from Mexico City walking Wellington’s peaks and taking up to 30 women at a time with her?
She runs a group called The Women’s Walking Project and is also encouraging Kiwi’s to stop drinking for Febfast (we don’t drink that much do we?) and has bought the first TEDx talks for women to New Zealand. Hear why Natalia Albert can’t get enough of Wellington in this interview.