The Interview: Sir Bob Jones

The Interview: Sir Bob Jones

After I arrived at prop­erty investor Bob Jones’s Lamb­ton Quay office, he first had to take me to his bal­cony to point out the ter­rible job people do on high-rise […]

The Dwarf Wines

The Dwarf Wines

Loc­ated three storeys up inside the icon­ic Museum Hotel, the Hip­po­pot­amus Res­taur­ant & Bar is an ornate din­ing and drink­ing space if ever you saw one. Win­dowed walls to the […]

A can of V for the virgin

A can of V for the virgin

It’s not every­body who has a plaque out­side their house, still less one that they wrote and nailed up them­selves. But then not every­one rolls like Jaqui Tutt. Tutt, a native […]

Election 2013: The Interview

Election 2013: The Interview

Celia Wade-Brown and John Mor­ris­on are chat­ting away, affably enough, about cam­paign cars, when an exchange occurs that is unex­pec­tedly reveal­ing. Morrison’s vehicle – a dies­el ute emblazoned with his […]

October Film Review

October Film Review

Feel like vis­it­ing some­where new, but don’t have the time or money right now? A film fest­iv­al is the next best thing. If you want to under­stand a coun­try and […]

October Music Review

October Music Review

 The Mantarays Garden of Light (Rough Peel Records) 4 stars Col­lect­ively speak­ing, The Mantarays is a ven­ture between long-serving and well-respec­ted Wel­ling­ton musi­cians Nigel Pat­ter­son (organ), Anthony Don­ald­son (drums) and Daniel […]

Through the shaped spaces

Through the shaped spaces

One wintry morn­ing in 2003 I stopped in at what was the Tinakori Gal­lery on Feath­er­ston Street. I was then works of art adviser at the Min­istry of For­eign Affairs […]

My Makeup Bag with Anjali Stewart

My Makeup Bag with Anjali Stewart

As one-half of cloth­ing design duo twenty-sev­en names, Anjali Stew­art is always on her toes as a fash­ion-for­ward, cre­at­ive busi­ness­wo­man. As she and Rachel East­ing work towards open­ing their first […]

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