Category Archive: street entertainment

20 Sep

Pigeon Park

Pigeon Park

When I was a kid I used to be captivated by Wellington’s pigeons. I know, I know – rats with wings. I don’t care. I …

 
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19 Sep

Trk!

Trk!

Other than the bright blue skies on those magical clear days, Wellington is not a brightly coloured city. That’s not to say that the …

 
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14 Sep

Flash mobs

Flash mobs

I think half the city was involved in the ‘random’, ‘spontaneous’ flash mobbed Samoan haka in downtown Wellington today. I’m unsure whether it was a …

 
By Lynsey
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13 Sep

Making plans

Making plans

Early this afternoon a deeply evil looking cloud rolled across Wellington from the south. Soon after, in addition to the outbursts of lightning and loud …

 
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10 Sep

What’s your story – 005

What’s your story – 005

Goodness, it’s been ages since we gave you a chance to add a story. Well, better late than never. Here’s your chance to tell us …

 
By Lynsey
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09 Sep

The Big Banana

The Big Banana

Tonight, on the waterfront, the Wellington Ukulele Orchestra were in fine form. For sheer musical meaty goodness it’s very, very hard to beat them. I …

 
By Lynsey
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07 Sep

Stationery

Stationery

We were talking about bit mapped graphics and how we used to love those games like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Tetrus’. I was pretty useless at …

 
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02 Sep

Billing

Billing

Do you remember those amazing days when you were first in love? When it seemed like the top of your head was going to just …

 
By Lynsey
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04 Jul

Thinking, outside

Thinking, outside

I’d rather like one dollar for every time I’ve heard someone say, “thinking outside the box” as some sort of catch-all for thinking at all. …

 
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02 Feb

Consider the sparrows

Consider the sparrows

For the second time in as many days I watched sparrows gorging on muffins. In this case I think it was a chocolate chip muffin. …

 
By Lynsey
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