Wellington - A City of Culture [#6]
I've been in Wellington for almost 2 weeks now and things have been going slowly with regard to finding a job. First thing is to be allocated an IRD number (tax number), I can't open a bank account until that happens. I'm still waiting. However I have an NZ mobile phone number now, a temporary address and so I have started nosing around for work.I haven't been entirely idle though. It's been 7 years since I was in Wellington last so I've been enjoying a bit of a look round.
One thing about moving to a relatively 'new' country I was unsure about was whether I'd start missing some of the cultural activities available in Western Europe. But the last week has been pretty rich and varied in what's on offer. As mentioned before I was welcomed by a ceremonial chorus of Maori at the release of some kiwi birds back into the wild. I've enjoyed an NZ film in one of the extremely cool cinemas where delicious coffee in china cups (or wine, or beer) can be taken into the screen and placed on the large wooden armrest of the luxury armchairs. I went to a classical guitar concert in a church, I drank beer in a city centre pub while watching the Super 14 rugby final between Wellington and Christchurch (unfortunately the Hurricanes lost to the Crusaders). There's some great food shops, specialist Italian, Greek and South African stores with buckets of tasty ingredients imported for the discerning palate. Yes, it's a jade gem in the South Pacific, and New Zealand has plenty of civilisation as well.
Maybe it's because I've got more time on my hands at the moment, but I've been enjoying spending ages drawing in my sketchbook recently. Seems that since I arrived, I've picked up the free thinking imaginative spirit I had when I was bush walking and tramping around here before. This is one of the aims of seeking to live my life here. Being productive in work I most enjoy. I may open up another blog if I feel confident enough to publish pages from the book! Don't expect anything soon though.
Dvorjak enjoying a sedentary moment in the warm afternoon sun.
posted by col @ 9:28 pm
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