North & South

CREATIVE CAPITAL

Ghuznee St is, quite possibly, the most Wellington street in Wellington.

For years, this 650m stretch of bitumen was an ugly duckling among birds of paradise; at best, a portal to somewhere more interesting. Then the developers moved in, exfoliating the street’s grimy history and replacing it with minimalist cafes and boutiques, even craft breweries. Man-bunned baristas with ironic tattoos soon followed.

At a corner table in one

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