In every ECE centre it’s the same, says Aro Valley Pre-School manager Bev Mead: “There’s a blocks corner, there’s a dress-up corner, there’s a paint corner, there’s a Play-Doh corner, there’s outside play… the children choose what they play with, and the job for the teacher is to see where they’re up to and developmentally […]
We Wellingtonians like to remember the city’s good stories. In particular we like to think we can put on a good show – look at the International Arts Festival, WOW, our theatre scene, or the capital’s lively street culture. John Nicholson’s bleak Evening Post photograph, though, is a reminder of one of our truly great […]
David Cunliffe should have been made Labour’s leader two years ago. We won’t dwell on why he wasn’t. You all know why. The Anyone-But-Cunliffe club was so anti-Cunliffe they chose a man woefully out of his depth in David Shearer and hoped he might be OK. He wasn’t. It was a disaster. And Labour lost two […]
My teeth are a liability. After weeks of trying to ignore the constant stabbing pain in my jaw, which has risen to a crescendo of agony and blurred vision, I went to the dentist to find I am blessed with an abscess and will be further blessed with a costly root-canal bill. Add this […]
“There are very few live musical experiences like a full orchestra,” says Adán E. Tijerina, general manager of Orchestra Wellington, the longest-running city-based orchestra in New Zealand. Sitting across from me at a soda bar near Cuba Street, Tijerina speaks passionately about the power of orchestral arrangements, and the relationship between classical and popular music. […]
If you frequent Sunday’s City Market, then no doubt you’ve heard of the enigmatic Vicky Ha, dubbed the ‘Dumpling Queen’ of the House of Dumplings. No mean feat, FishHead caught up with Ha to discover her favourite city spots. If it’s been a hard week at work and I’m in need of a drink I’ll be […]
With its expanded airport and expressway plans, new big-box retailers, rebuilt civic buildings and new aqua centre, Paraparaumu is growing. Will further development plans inject the area with more tourist dollars, improve competition and create more opportunity – or make it a gentrified bypass to Wellington? Renée Gerlich investigates whether Paraparaumu is being developed, or […]
Wellington is a city near and dear to our hearts. But to outsiders it must seem like a daunting destination. It is the world’s most southern capital city, and is also the most remote capital city on the globe. Here it is, life bristling within windswept hills, which gaze out towards the Southern Alps and […]
Jewellery creator, store-owner, mother, jazz singer: Claire Terry loves beauty products that cater for a busy woman. Her beauty bag is a mix of no-fuss items that mean business, and pampering treats to help relax after a day on her feet – with as many locally made, organic choices as possible. Whilst running her Cuba […]
