Wellington is the heart of the country’s live music scene, with gigs featuring performers both local and international popping up in all corners of the city almost every night. Plenty of Wellingtonians love attending live shows, but how often do we wonder what goes on behind the scenes to make these gigs possible? This is where Audio Avenue comes in, supplying gear for events and setting up gigs in all of your favourite Wellington bars. Karl from Audio Avenue is well versed in all things tech and has been treating Wellington to some incredible gigs throughout his career up until…

Each year more and more people are turning to organic produce as we become increasingly aware of the impact of the things we put into our bodies. People are grocery shopping more sustainably and with greater care for where the products we purchase are coming from. This of course has led to a greater need for stores that offer these kinds of organic, locally sourced products and we are thankfully seeing more and more pop up in all corners of the country. Introducing Bounty Box, which has just popped up in Petone and is the perfect store to satisfy all…

https://youtu.be/-PdhfOfHY9o “It’s not good for anyone.”  “I’m really proud of firefighters but we’re in a situation where the union, not the firefighters, have taken this very very old-school approach to bargaining, and we’re not used to it in this country” said Brendan Nally Deputy National Commander FENZ, in his interview with our reporter Graham Bloxham who asked him about the road to healing the relationship between the union and FENZ (watch the interview above for full details). Following overwhelming community support, the Firefighter’s strike on Friday highlighted the issues the union faces, issues they feel FENZ (Fire and Emergency New…

What do you get when you combine a group of New Zealand’s best rock climbers, your everyday wants some fun rock climbers and a community that wants to see each other do their best? Why the Wellington round of the national indoor bouldering series. Now there may be those of you who are going, what on earth is this person talking about, I’ll explain it. The national indoor bouldering series or NIBS is a rock climbing event focused on the bouldering discipline of the sport, low height climbing that requires no ropes. The aim? To climb at least 7 of…

Let’s be honest, the North Islands ski season last year was absolutely EPIC. However, the previous entity was strangled by huge debt and was placed in liquidation and bailed out by the previous government, who even gave 5 million to help settle the liquidation.Can we get up the mountains, but what’s it like? And is it worth spending your hard earned money on a trip up to Turoa in Ruapehu?All this and much more in this article.If you’re anything like me the decision to take a risk on early bird season pass this year is a tough one, when the…

Hi, My name is James Dobson, today I was lucky enough to have witnessed and Captured this interview with Mark Dunajtschik. When it comes to supporting a good cause, Property Owner & “Tool Maker”, Mark Dunajtschik is your man. While interviewing Dunajtschik tells us in detail about his ambitions. Also his unique view of success and what that means to him. Mark has real motivation to support hospitals in the Hutt region. His specific reasoning for why he wants to help people with his wealth is his experiences within a home for the intellectually handicapped. It showed him just how much people…

Meet the 72 yr old motorway protester and hear how they want us to save the planet! By James Dobson https://youtu.be/Ly1Dn8c3ZlU Should these people disrupt Wellingtonians or disrupt Politicians? Would you negotiate with these protesters if you were the Government? See her reaction to the women with a dying man in the back seat of his car.

Graham Bloxham sits down for a mind-warping chat with Gabe Cataldi.This fellow creates TikTok which gets 18 million views in an hour.He is hilarious, silly, warm, and a super passionate man.He loves New Zealand and has come to Welly for love.Check out the chastising he received from Mayor Foster when he did very naughty things to a statue.

Having skied 500+ days I likened this vehicle and the way it tracks corners, accelerates, and stops on a dime to a blue sky day of skiing groomed snow on Turoa, on top line carvers. With the old body and legs, it’s a good thing this Mercedes does everything.The room in the back was quite substantial enough for 3 or 4 mountain bikes, bags and skis for a family of 5. Astonishing how much space was available and I was impressed how Mercedes included a 6m extension cord if some bugger in V8 parked in my charging spot.Having not driven…

WICKED WELLINGTON x BSTCHILDWho and what is Wicked Wellington?Gabe Cataldi aka bstchld is his name and shocking audiences is his game.Wellington LIVE ran into Gabe when he tried to do very naughty things to our leaning man statue on the Wellington waterfront.Wicked Wellington covers the most outlandish, bizzare and haunting stories through the capital.Wicked Wellington | Bolton Street CemeteryIn the early 1960s the Bolton Street Cemetery had to move 3,700 graves to make room for the Wellington Urban Motorway. Do you think there’s any  in between these two locations on the bridge? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_OTq1bEZiA Wicked Wellington | St James Theatre Gabe takes…