Wellington is the spot to be this weekend. Today is the day Wellington on a Plate kicks off, the annual food festival that celebrates the new, the surprising and the delicious.
This year's theme is Out of Place, and Wellington's vast collection of eateries and drinking dens will be hosting hundreds of feasts and parties over a full month.
Just today there is a cheese and wine pairing that imitates a traditional high tea, a pickling workshop, a cake decoration class and a celebration of chilli to choose from.