Capital Magazine

09/01/2024

Warmer weather calls for dessert! Friend Vicki Young shares this Pandan panna cotta with us. It’s best chilled overnight, so better start now 🍨

Recipe at the link below.

The stories of Wellington. Edibles, culture, design, spaces, lifestyle and people.

07/01/2024

Meet Soft Plastics, the band that released their debut EP on the same day Jacinda Ardern announced the first nation-wide lockdown.

Jono’s guitar and Laura’s drums rise and fall with Sophie’s nuanced vocal performance: from soft, tender, and vulnerable to large, loud, and powerful.

Great summer listening, read more at the link below.

https://capitalmag.co.nz/2023/06/27/the-rising-garage-pop-trio-making-moody-melodies-and-silly-bops/

05/01/2024

Foreign affairs and finding fabulous frocks: it’s all in a days work for diplomat Iona Thomas, OBE.

Read more at the link below.

Hogan Gill has a habit of stumbling into niche professions. Discover how he became a daffodil-growing wedding officiant.

24/12/2023

Meri Kirihimete Pōneke from the Capital whānau!
Looking forward to seeing you in the New Year ⭐️

21/12/2023

Going, going… staying forever? Three year’s ago, the beloved Aro Video was facing closure, yet here we are.

Founder and guardian Andrew Armitage spoke to Sarah Lang about pivoting, again and again, to keep this treasure trove ticking over.

Little Yellow Bird founder Samantha Rae Jones is one of those enviable people who can pivot.

18/12/2023

Hone Kouka moved from Ōtepote to Pōneke in 1988, back when no one wanted to live in the city centre, and 62 Ghuznee was an artery in the city’s creative scene, housing actors, artists, writers, and musicians.

Things have changed since then with Kouka now living in Ngongotahā yet he still puts the same energy into his mahi, “getting the joy into the work, and into the making of it, is really important. It’s good for our health and our wellbeing as artists” he says.

More at the link below.

Little Yellow Bird founder Samantha Rae Jones is one of those enviable people who can pivot.

15/12/2023

There’s a new hospitality hotspot over the hill, meet The Runholder. Home to not one, but two wineries; Te Kairanga and Martinborough Vineyard, as well as a sparkly new still for Lighthouse Gin.

Sophie Carter popped over for lunch, and won’t stop banging on about the salad. More at the link below.

The stories of Wellington. Edibles, culture, design, spaces, lifestyle and people.

14/12/2023

Three years ago Claude Collier (known as CJ) found a hāngī-shaped hole in the market. He decided to take matters into his own hands and created CJ's Hāngī 😋

More at the link below.

After craving a hearty hāngī and finding nowhere to buy one, CJ decided to take matters into his own hands. Find out how he grew CJ's Hāngī from the ground up.

12/12/2023

When Neville Chun first planted yuzu, nobody in New Zealand knew what it was, he says: “It was like a swear word – up your yuzu.”

His citrus orchard near Levin is a hidden gem - peak inside and read more at the link below.

The stories of Wellington. Edibles, culture, design, spaces, lifestyle and people.

08/12/2023

Stop and smell the rosé with a $500 wine, gin & dining experience at The Runholder in Martinborough.

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07/12/2023

Get more festive cheer than you can possibly handle with this Christmas gift box, filled with over $300 worth of foodie goodies, thanks to the fine folks Moore Wilson's

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05/12/2023

This prize is en pointe. Pirouette to the theatre in 2024 with two premium tickets to the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s production of Swan Lake in association with AVIS.

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