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Move over Melbourne, Wellington has a foodie street that may be the world's tastiest laneway. Unlike other cities, which have an obvious “main street”, in Wellington, there have always been several stretches of asphalt vying for the title. There’s Cuba Street, the beloved bohemian quarter. There’s Courtenay Place, the nightlife district. There’s Lambton Quay, the beating business heart. But in recent years, another thoroughfare has emerged as the capital’s most exciting street. It has everything you could want in one handy strip – great food, drinks, street art, shopping, and ...

That’s good news, given the many dire predictions last year as the country wrestled with its response to Covid and the prospect of lockdowns and economic collapse. Berl research for the Greater Wellington Regional Council forecast retail spending to drop by 16.3 per cent in 2021, regional GDP to fall 8.3 per cent and unemployment to move towards 6 per cent and beyond. But the latest statistics from StatsNZ and Dot Loves Data present a much more optimistic picture. Eftpos NZ figures for the three months to the end of January show spending in the city is down by just 2 per cent compared wi...

Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 11:15 am Unusual brews made with seafood, foraged botanicals and barrel-aged ales are just some of the entries vying to win a new city-wide beer competition. Eleven Wellington-based brewers will take part in the inaugural Rare Beer Challenge next month to raise awareness of the 300,000 New Zealanders living with a rare disorder for Rare Disease Day 2021. “Inspired by the great work of Rare Disorders NZ, Fortune Favours has challenged other Wellington brewers to create their own unique brew to showcase less common techniques and flavours,” says Shannon Thorpe, ...