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Hear ye, hear ye - 246 | Regional News

Hear ye, hear ye

Huzzah, fellow reveller! Joust and jest at Sweet Axe Throwing Co’s Medieval Fight Night on the 26th of June, where trained warriors clad in gleaming medieval armour unleash flying axes and clashing swords.

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A touch of OMG - 244 | Regional News

A touch of OMG

Hitch up your fishnets and fasten your corsets: The Great DIY BurlesKiwi is back! On the 7th of June, The Fringe Bar will shimmer, sparkle, and shine as 17 performers battle it out to prove that you don’t need a million bucks to look like it.

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Celebrate, elevate, amplify - 243 | Regional News

Celebrate, elevate, amplify

AMPLIFY: PŌNEKE will celebrate women in alternative creative spaces through music, movement, tattoo art, and beers in an upcoming one-night-only event at Underworld Tavern on the 24th of May.

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Euphoric energy - 240 | Regional News

Euphoric energy

Six women DJs from Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau are cooking up something sizzling on the decks for Girls on Cue at Heartbreaker Bar & Restaurant on the 5th of April.

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Knocking it out the park - 238 | Regional News

Knocking it out the park

Get amongst the legendary Kiwi music festival Jim Beam Homegrown as it bids farewell to the capital on the 14th and 15th of March.

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A synthesis of sun, sea, and sound - 238 | Regional News

A synthesis of sun, sea, and sound

This Is Living returns to McEwan Park in Lower Hutt on the 1st of March, serving up a synthesis of sun, sea, and sound courtesy of Breaking Beats.

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Just awful - 231 | Regional News

Just awful

Brace yourself, dear reader / For the worst poem you’re ever gonna read-a / In celebration of the / Anti-Slam
Boom

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Till death do us part - 229 | Regional News

Till death do us part

The most macabre matrimony is set to take place at Old St Paul’s this 28th of September. Witness the union of two of Wellington’s most lascivious lovers in Wedlock: A Drag Affair.

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Building blocks - 228 | Regional News

Building blocks

Imagination incarnate, LEGO® are the building blocks of creativity. Come play at the Wellington Brick Show in Lower Hutt’s Walter Nash Stadium from the 14th to the 15th of September.

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Drawing the world - 227 | Regional News

Drawing the world

Illustrations leap off the page and come to life at the Picture Me Festival. Catch workshops, events, talks, and exhibitions across Wellington between the 11th and 19th of September.

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The lioness of literature - 227 | Regional News

The lioness of literature

We caught up with Katherine Mansfield House and Garden director Cherie Jacobson about Lioness of Literature: Talking Books with Emily Perkins, a fundraising event for the iconic Category 1 Historic Place and writer’s museum.

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Poetic brush strokes - 226 | Regional News

Poetic brush strokes

For Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on the 24th of August, four of Wellington’s queer poets converge at Te Auaha to present some of their work and chat about their love of letters.

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