Beef patty, with garlic pickles, Kāpiti gruyère, kimchi ketchup, and hot honey aioli in a Pōneke Bakery brioche bun.

Panko-crumbed Wellington Seamarket Cook Strait caught fish fillet, with creamed pāua, watercress, and lemon in a Dough Bakery fried bread bun

Zelati housemade banana gelato, with ube hardshell, jackfruit jam, coconut caramel, and filo pastry in a glazed brioche dessert bun, with banana chips.

Woody's Free Range Farm mortadella, with whipped Fernglen Farm sheep ricotta, guindillas, and Grafters burnt bush honey in a Shelly Bay Baker potato dinner roll.

Buttermilk fried chicken, with Beehive bacon, camembert, coleslaw, pickles, and cranberry sauce in a Breadcraft seeded brioche bun, with crinkle-cut fries.

Gochujang honey grilled chicken patty, Swiss cheese, rainbow slaw, bacon kimchi jam, coriander, lime mayonnaise in a Brezelmania milk bun, with fries and crispy seaweed waves

Beef patty, with smoked cheddar, cheese sauce, bacon and onion jam, pickles, fried onion, and KC BBQ sauce in an Arobake milk bun, with yum yum seasoned shoestring fries.

Beef patty, with Harringtons bacon, smoked cheese, pickles, lettuce, sweet onion jam, pickleback mayonnaise, and BBQ sauce in a Breadcraft milk bun.

Fried chicken, with pickled daikon, tomato, lettuce, jalapeño, fried garlic, scallion oil, garlic chilli fish sauce, and Vietnamese garlic mayonnaise in a Dough Bakery milk bun, with Agria fries and chilli mayonnaise.

Find Dough Bakery's wagon, wherever it appears across Wellington, guided only by word of mouth. Each day the wagon settles in a different location (maybe even your own suburb) and serves a single pie flavour inspired by locally sourced ingredients and a spirit of experimentation. Once you've tracked the cart down, enjoy your pie on the beanbags or take it away. Location details will be seeded out carefully to pillars in the community of each suburb and shared informally. Check social media for its location, and even campaign for the wagon to visit your 'hood. One week only, a different pie every day using local Wellington suppliers.

Tamarind-glazed fried chicken thigh, with sweetcorn and potato vada, fried pickled onion, and mint coriander aioli in a Shelly Bay Baker milk bun, with dried garlic crumb fries and fried green chilli.

Candlelight is the only way to experience centuries-old music properly, and The Night Watch, Wellington's premier early music ensemble, know this. So for one night only, in collaboration with National Candles, in a concert steeped in candlelight, this is your chance to go back in time. Keep your phones pocketed and let the modern world recede for a few hours. Bringing together Australasia's top specialists in early music, The Night Watch perform on period instruments: harpsichord, viola da gamba, and others from a tradition that predates the modern orchestra entirely. The evening features countertenor Austin Haynes and soprano Carleen Ebbs, two of New Zealand's top vocalists. Heard live in a candlelit room, you'll experience this music beyond anything a recording could do. The candles themselves are courtesy of National Candles, one of New Zealand's oldest candle makers, handcrafting their wares for over half a century. At The Runholder in Martinborough, a three-course family-style menu built for sharing and unhurried conversation. The food is warm and generous: rich winter flavours. Your ticket includes a welcome drink on arrival and three courses. Additional drinks are available to purchase on the night.