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A new way to see Wellington, and fight aliens.
Ingress was released in 2012 under open beta. It’s an augmented reality game developed by a Google startup called Niantic Labs. It has a strong science fiction back story and uncovers a hidden world in...
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Wellington Coffee Co-op: Cheaper, Fresher, Delivered, Delicious
Hey Wellington, and the rest of NZ for that matter, I’ve been using the Wellington Coffee Co-op for the last few months and thought it was time to share one of the city’s best kept secrets. Great...
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Eastern Suburbs gets two New Eateries: Balti and Park Kitchen
Eastern Suburbs was dry when I grew up. Dominated by Catholics, Anglicans, and later in life the Baptists the suburbs never had a chance. We didn’t fight over alcohol out this way we fist fought over...
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Absentee Owners: Wellington Electricity and Wilson Car Parking
Some of us were surprised last week to learn that a wealthy Hong Kong family is seeking permission to buy car parks in Wellington. It’s the Kwok family, which already owns the Wilson Parking company...
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WCC Working for Robbie Williams?
by Lindsay Shelton Why does the city council want me to buy tickets to Robbie Williams’ show at the Basin Reserve? And not just any tickets. It’s telling me that I should buy the most expensive...
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Wellington’s Future Leaders: New Zealand Youth Delegate Lisa McLaren heading...
My name is Lisa McLaren and I have the great honour of heading to COP21 in Paris this December as one of the co-convenors of the New Zealand Youth Delegation. Not in a million years did I think when I...
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The shortest education summit ever, held in Wellington
by Lindsay Shelton The city council is holding an ‘education summit’ tomorrow morning (August 19). It’s to focus on solving the problem that Wellington isn’t attracting enough overseas students. But...
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Berhampore Cycleway Counciled, erm, Cancelled I mean
Curtis Nixon writes on Wellington Scoop The Wellington City Council has made the politically-expedient decision that there will be no money for a cycle-way through Berhampore over the next three years....
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High Court rejects Transport Agency’s bid to get approval for Basin flyover
Lindsay Shelton writes at Wellington Scoop The High Court today dismissed the NZ Transport Agency’s attempt to overturn the rejection of its controversial plan to build a 300-metre concrete flyover...
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New Wellington Eastern Suburbs News Site
Hi Wellington, and in particular, hello Eastern Suburbs. We thought it was time we introduced ourselves and let you know what this is all about. Having only been up and running for twenty-four hours we...
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