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Wellington historian Dr Jock Phillips at the Cenotaph.
Wellington historian Dr Jock Phillips has written extensively about war memorials and Anzac Day. He reckons Wellington is a great place to mark Anzac Weekend.
What does it mean to be a Wellingtonian? To be a politics buff, a culture buff and to constantly moan about the wind and the weather – until you suddenly get one of those glorious still autumn days and you start raving about how beautiful Wellington is.
I live here because . At the age of 10 I looked out of the porthole of the inter-island ferry, saw the dramatic hills and harbour and little dotted houses and fell in love. Wellington seemed so exotic after the flatness of Christchurch. I vowed to move here as soon as I left school and I have been here ever since – also kept here, I have to admit as a historian, by the historical treasures in Archives New Zealand and the Alexander Turnbull Library.
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The opening Fringe Festival Gala was a whimsical take on a bar crawl in which a wild, weird and wonderful troupe of festival fanatics took to the streets to march ceremoniously from venue to venue. This will be a refuge space for performers and artists during the day, with public performances at night. The headline act at the FAFF club will be a new late night cabaret curated by award-winning Drag king Hugo Grrrl, supported by
What if The City Was a Theatre? Festival director Sasha Tilly said she was thrilled to declare the festival officially open.