Student Simone Blaylock visited City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi to experience This Is New Zealand, the gallery’s current exhibition that explores the relationship between art and our national identity. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” says Picasso, and I discovered that nowhere in Wellington captures this sentiment quite like City Gallery …
Most international students will know the strange feeling that comes with arriving in a new country. You suddenly realise that you’ve left your home behind, and you’re no longer accustomed to the behaviors and culture of the people around you. But this culture shock isn’t something to stress about. As an international student who arrived …
Wellington is overflowing with so much culture and so much life, day in and day out. But nothing speaks more to a university student’s constant longing-for-a-caffeine-fix heart than the unbelievable coffee culture. An integral part of the city’s culture and recognised worldwide with CNN even naming it one of the top eight international coffee destinations! …
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