Oom-pah!

Oom-pah!

Beer drink­ers have a lot to thank Ger­many for. For a start they came up with the Rein­heits­ge­bot, also known as the Ger­man Beer Pur­ity Law, back in 1516, which […]

Screaming good taste

Screaming good taste

Whatever the weath­er, there’s no great­er dessert than ice cream. As two of my favour­ite things, I have, on occa­sion, spilt a bit of wine into my ice cream to […]

Tequila Joe’s

Tequila Joe’s

While it’s won­der­ful that so many good new Mex­ic­an res­taur­ants are pop­ping up in Wel­ling­ton, one can tire of the more-authen­­t­ic-than-thou atti­tudes: “Our food is REAL Mex­ic­an! None of that […]

Peas and thank you

Peas and thank you

Spring fills me with a renewed sense of joy and excite­ment, and not only because it means the silly sea­son is approach­ing. After a winter of slow cook­ing and roasted […]

A state of nirvana

A state of nirvana

Named after the pro­found peace of mind acquired through a healthy body, Cuba Street’s new­est eat­ery Nir­vana serves nutri­tious but tasty food morn­ing, noon and night. Vari­ety is said to be […]

A cornucopia

A cornucopia

Some would say we’re fool­ish to attempt to grow corn on the cob in Wel­ling­ton. Why would you try it with our strong winds, lack of space and short, cool […]

FAST awareness

FAST awareness

The week of 9–15 Septem­ber is Stroke Aware­ness Week. Wheth­er you are close to people who have suffered from a stroke or not, this is a very ser­i­ous busi­ness: some […]

It is unusual

It is unusual

It’s rare that I get behind the wheel of a new car that I can’t eas­ily cat­egor­ise. And just to be clear, we’re not talk­ing about the use of a […]

The Four Amigos, Ngaio

The Four Amigos, Ngaio

Not every­one would buy a house with their friends, but for one bunch of 30-somethings it seems to be work­ing out so far. Elissa Jordan and Glynn Rudolph had found many […]

The Interview: Gareth Morgan

The Interview: Gareth Morgan

In late July, I had the pleas­ure of vis­it­ing Gareth Mor­gan – Wel­ling­ton eco­nom­ist, invest­ment man­ager, motor­cycle adven­turer, pub­lic com­ment­at­or and phil­an­throp­ist – at his Ori­ent­al Bay home. It was […]