Shoeboxes Now Out Of Reach For Wellington Flat Hunters

Lucy Webb at Wellington shoebox viewing

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National There’s more disappointment for Wellington flat hunters as the average rental price of a shoebox continues to rise. This comes as median house prices top $1m in the capital city. Seventy five people turned up to the latest viewing, a shoebox formerly home to a pair of Hush Puppies leather sandals […]

Wellington Man Pretends To Enjoy The Taste Of Very High Percentage Craft Beer

Ryan Anderson pretending to enjoy craft beer.

GORDON LIGHTFOOT | National Ryan Anderson put on the acting performance of his life on Sunday. The stage was set when the 31 year old freelance designer met friends for drinks at a painfully trendy bar in the Wellington suburb of Newtown. Anderson’s friend Jamie was ordering at the bar and asked him what he […]

Local Genius Fires Off “Can’t Beat Wellington On A Good Day” Social Media Post

Angus Williams looks at phone at Wellington's Oriental Bay.

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National “Ha geez, better check how many likes it has now.”  Even the galeforce winds would struggle to wipe the smile off Angus Williams’ face this morning.  The 28 year-old inner-city public servant had only minutes ago posted a photo of Oriental Parade captioned ‘Can’t beat Wellington on a good day’ on […]

Wellington Local Transfers $100 From Savings Ahead Of Ordering Two Craft Beers

Man transfers $100 before buying two beers.

GORDON LIGHTFOOT | National JUST TO BE SAFE. Jacob Bentley had accepted his financial fate this afternoon as he stepped into a painfully trendy bar on Wellington’s Cuba Street. Bentley, a 31-year-old plasterer currently flatting in the Wellington suburb of Mornington, made the trip into town to catch up with an old mate.  “We hadn’t […]

Wellington Law Grad Goes Full Year Without Having To Report Any Sexual Misconduct

Hannah Cooper has gone a full year without having to report sexual misconduct at a Wellington law firm

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National It has been a bewildering year for Hannah Cooper, 22, of Wellington. The Victoria University law-graduate was today celebrating her first year in the job at Randall-McClay and also celebrating the fact she went the full year without being sexually harrassed by a much older male solicitor at the firm. “Yeah, […]