Regional News - Connecting Wellington

18/01/2024

Wondered what these stunning photos in the Courtenay Place light boxes are all about? Fascinated by the sense of time and place in relation to photography’s sacred connection to light, photographer Ben Lowe spent the last three years wandering through the south coast’s Te Rimurapa Sinclair Head at night to experiment with long-exposure photography – often sleeping under the stars until sunrise. You can read our interview with Ben here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/being-here

18/01/2024

Big Sima and Boomtown are leaving a trail of funk-driven, hip-hop stardust in their wake as they unveil their new single Pluto in six cities across Aotearoa this summer. Next up... Welly this weekend 🎸🤩🎺 Get amongst our interview with Big Sima here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/hip-hop-stardust 🌌

15/01/2024

We're back in the office and starting the year with a bang! 🎉 Chanteuse Ali Harper sizzles and slays on our first cover of 2024 with her new show The Supper Club, transporting Circa Theatre audiences to a bygone era of glamour and elegance later this month ✨ Flip through at www.regionalnews.kiwi 💃

15/12/2023

And just like that, we're off! We wanted to take a moment to thank all our readers and clients for their enduring support this year, and to let you know Regional News will be closed from the 15th of December to the 15th of January for the summer holidays ☀️ This means you won't see us on socials as we'll (hopefully) be too busy eating pav! Merry Christmas from our family to yours 🎄https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/merry-christmas-from-us-to-you

14/12/2023

Need New Year's plans? How's about a party that'll blow your hair off? 🎸💨💥 The Feelers are playing Brew Year's Eve at Brewtown Upper Hutt alongside Dragon and Hello Sailor! We had the privilege of catching up with The Feelers ahead of the shindig: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/hold-onto-your-hair

13/12/2023

Congratulations to Leilani Aaron Woodmore, who recently became the youngest winner in the history of Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand's Compose Aotearoa! national choral composition competition! 🥳 Check out our interview with Leilani Aaron here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/constant-music
📸 by Andrew Empson

11/12/2023

Planning your summer holidays? We're thrilled to announce our biannual travel magazine Destinationz is out now and chocka with travel tips and tricks, hotspots and hidden gems to explore around beautiful Aotearoa 🏖️🏕️🌞 Pick up a free copy or read it right here: www.destinationz.kiwi

06/12/2023

Looking for the perfect Christmas prezzie for that extra special, spooky someone in your life? 💀🕯️🎁 We've got just the thing... A bizarre bazaar overflowing with devious delights and ghoulish gifts! The inaugural Creepy Cute Market is on this Saturday at Thistle Hall Community Venue 🐇🦄🦇 Hop, canter, and swoop on over to our article on this Foxtail Events Community Markets event here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/night-merry-christmas
📸 artwork by Jenna Karl

26/11/2023

Yaarrr! We loved Circa Theatre's panto this year, me hearties. Our review be below, so feast yer eyes, climb aboard, and set sail for Treasure Island! 🏴‍☠️💰⚔️

⭐ “ It was a pleasure to get lost in Treasure Island – The Pantomime, and to holler along with the littlies in the crowd. I felt like a kid again.” – Madelaine Empson, Regional News - Connecting Wellington ⭐

Another glowing review for our talented panto pirate crew! Gah, me hearties are full to the brim! ❤️ Check out the full review from Regional News here: www.regionalnews.kiwi/reviews/treasure-island-the-pantomime

With December tickets nearly all gone, it is best to book quick! 🦜 In the words of Captain Jack Sparrow, any man who falls behind… is left behind.

🏴‍☠️ TREASURE ISLAND: THE PANTOMIME 🏴‍☠️
By Simon Leary & Gavin Rutherford
Directed by Gavin Rutherford | Musical Direction & Arrangements by Michael Nicholas Williams
18 November – 23 December 🎟️ www.circa.co.nz/package/treasure-island-the-pantomime/
2 – 13 January reprise 🎟️ www.circa.co.nz/package/treasure-island-the-pantomime-reprise-season/
Circa One

23/11/2023

Only one sleep till Friyay! If you're looking for something a bit different to do, how about catching an absurdist, grotesque, fantastical, neo-gothic seven-minute live action short film about wizards, imps, and fairies? 🧙‍♂️🖤🧚‍♀️ Filmmaker Baxter Gray's latest, Wizard Mischief, premieres at Pyramid Club tomorrow! https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/absurd-fantasy

09/11/2023

When I was a young one, my whānau took me into Pōneke, to see an emo show... It’s on the 18th of November at Ivy Bar & Cabaret, so join The Drag Parade! ⛓️🥀☠️ Are you in? More on the My Chemical Romance-themed show here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/welcome-to-the-drag-parade
📸 Amy Thurst

04/11/2023

For your Sunday morning reading this week, we'd love you to meet Emma Watkins, aka Emma Memma, who is boarding her Green Plane and bringing her Twirly Tour to New Zealand this December! 💛🧡💚 We chat with the Australian dancer, singer, filmmaker, actress, author, and former Yellow Wiggle about the show and her prolific career in children’s entertainment here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/transcendent-twirly-dance
📸 by Jared Lyons

28/10/2023

For your Sunday morning reading this week, we have the next edition of our Silver Screeners series, where we meet the movers and shakers working in the film capital of New Zealand 🎬 Introducing Thomas Coppell of Tomorrow, Rain, whose latest endeavour, Little Apocalypse, is a supernatural comedy series by, for, and about Rainbow young people 🌈 Check it out here: https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/wellington-silver-screeners-thomas-coppell 🤩
📸: L: Thomas Coppell. R: Linus Lloyd as Leith in Little Apocalypse.

24/10/2023

Have you ever wanted to throw water balloons not just inside, but in a professional theatre? At a cast of improvisors wearing swimming goggles, wrist braces, and kneepads? This Halloween, Ruff as Gutz presents the latest installment of the MILKyverse, MILKOWEEN, slippin' 'n' slidin' into BATS Theatre from tonight! 🎃🥛😱 https://www.regionalnews.kiwi/articles/a-milk-curdling-scream
📸 by Rebekah de Roo

23/10/2023

We hope everyone had a lovely long weekend 🤩 We're back in the office and our latest edition is hot off the press 🔥 Star conductor Gemma New graces our cover for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's upcoming concert Poem of Ecstasy, featuring titans of early 20th-century romanticism 🎵 www.regionalnews.kiwi 🎵
📸 by Roy Cox