Maz

Please post in here useful information to know about Wellington, thank you!

This is from mnze:

poppets

Car hire
a link http://www.darncheaprentals.co.nz/
http://www.carrentalswellington.co.nz/
http://www.cheapercars.co.nz/

cottageinthesky

"Absolutely Positively Wellington" is Wellington City Council's banner.

www.wellington.govt.nz for all sorts of topics and information about living in Wellington.

cottageinthesky

www.wellies.org.nz - they describe themselves as "a bunch of expats and kiwis - not just Brits - in the IT sector - to provide help, support and a network to new IT Wellingtonians. Meet once a month.

cherry

For those of you who like fishing ,Mirimar Wharf was going well this weekend at high tide and just before with good size Gurnards (taste nice).Surf casting at Scorching Bay went well also.Cheap rods and tackle at K Mart Porrirua and the Wharehouse if you did not bring your own over .

cottageinthesky

Anyone with a german shepherd :

The Wellington District German Shepherd Dog Club - www.wdgsdc.org.nz - great for puppy training - The Beautiful Bruno passed, MOH failed!

The national German Shepherd Rescue Trust - www.gsdrescue.org.nz - get your hankies ready!

NZ's nationwide database for pets lost/found/homes needed - www.petsonthenet.co.nz

The RSPCA is centralised - the regions are SPCA's - www.wellingtonspca.org.nz - always on the lookout for volunteers

cottageinthesky

Gardening in parts of Wellington can be a bit of a challenge - wind and salt spray - native plants are a good way to go - Otari-Wilton’s Bush is dedicated to native plants and is a great place to learn about native planting - all the plants in the formal gardens are labelled - great bush walks and a barbecue area beside the Kaiwharawhara stream www.otari100.org.nz

Good book to help is "Wellington Gardens - successful gardening for Wellington, Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa" written by Jon Muller - his website is www.wellingtongardens.co.nz

The history of horticulture in Wellington is described in Winsome Shepherd's "Wellington's Heritage - plants, gardens and landscape" published by Te Papa Press.

Beautiful photos by Alan Knowles in "Wildflower City" a "pictorial celebration of the glorious and chaotic displays of wildflowers that bloom on the hillsides and roadsides from Wellington City and the Hutt Valley north to Pukerua Bay." published by Manuka Press

poppets

for info on wellington suburbs try this link

http://www.tommys.co.nz/?id=98

cottageinthesky

The NZ International Arts Festival is held in Wellington every 2 years - next festival is 22 February - 16 March 2008. www.nzfestival.telecom.co.nz

Wellington really buzzes - great atmosphere, with performances all day in every venue, street theatre ....

...just before is the Fringe Festival - Bats Theatre is the "young" theatre with a great tradition of developing performances www.bats.co.nz

Mainstream theatres are :
www.circa.co.nz - with a main auditorium and a "studio"
www.downstage.co.nz

For variety performances, ballet, opera, www.stjames.co.nz - which includes The St James and The Opera House.

The other main performance venues are The Michael Fowler Centre and The Town Hall www.wellingtonconventioncentre.com - for symphony, chamber orchestra and all sorts - from Eddie Izzard to hypnotists to Welsh male voice choirs to ....

Wellington is home the NZ Symphony Orchestra www.nzso.co.nz

... and the Royal NZ Ballet www.nzballet.org.nz

This IS the "Arts Capital" of New Zealand!

RobClubley

We love the Karori Wildlife Sancturay - www.sanctuary.org.nz - not far from Otari Wilton's bush mentioned above

Maz

Say no more, I'm sold!

cottageinthesky

The Carter Observatory in the Wellington Botanical Gardens has a planetarium and telescopes available to visitors - they also do evening adult courses and have daily weather dependent Southern night sky telescope viewings - we did the course when we first arrived - fascinating.

There is a full scale working adaptation of stonehenge in the Wairarapa - Stonehenge Aotearoa - details on www.astronomynz.org.nz.

ex_exile

A shop called Cool Britannia imports many home conforts direct from the old country, including chocolate hob nobs, weighed sweets, jams and chutneys etc.

Personally I dont know what the fuss is about hob nobs ............ but I couldnt resist a packet of plain chocolate digestives, yumm

http://www.coolbritannia.co.nz/

35 Taranaki Street, Wellington
81 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt

Sue

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Sue

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