The newest addition to Wilhelmina Wellington’s family-only Boxing Day lunch is sitting there, stunned. For Chelsea, yesterday, the mum who raised her teased her for wearing shoes at the Christmas barbecue. Today, the woman who gave birth to her, Karin Kapiti, is sitting beside her at an Edwardian rimu dining table, saying, “The entire arts […]
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Meeting The Wellingtons
December 28th, 2011 1 Comment
Tags: chelsea · helena · holidays · karin · Wellington · wilhelmina · will · winona
Dining Out On It
May 12th, 2011 Comments Off on Dining Out On It
Meanwhile, another mother and daughter scene is taking place, across the two gulfs of Wellington harbor and Wellington’s social strata. Wilhelmina Wellington glances around the witty, luxurious restaurant approvingly. “Such a clever idea, bringing back high tea.” “Happy Mother’s Day, Mummy,” says her daughter, Winona. Delicately, they click their champagne flutes. Wilhelmina surveys the towering […]
Tags: food · social mores · wilhelmina · winona
Beggars and Pirates
November 1st, 2010 1 Comment
Sunday night, Wilhelmina Wellington twitches as the doorbell rings yet again. A silver-haired Kiwi dame of the old school, she hadn’t thought of Halloween at all until her husband, Walter, appeared, asking “Have we got any lollies, love? There’s the most adorable littlies at the door!” This is the first year the increasing Halloween nonsense […]
Tags: helena · social mores · walter · wilhelmina
Rusticated III: Seen At The Market
July 9th, 2010 Comments Off on Rusticated III: Seen At The Market
It is Saturday morning, time to entertain guests. Wilhelmina has taken Leona, her friend from Levin to Frank Kitts Market. A chatty stall holder switched off and lost interest when she mentioned being from Levin and remembering the stall holder from a market up there. Wilhelmina has her back up about it. Wilhelmina huffs, “I […]
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Rusticated
July 5th, 2010 Comments Off on Rusticated
Having a large house near downtown Wellington, silver-haired Wilhelmina and Wilson, in their golden years, are eager hosts. Unfortunately, their current guests are testing their hospitable good nature. Once upon a time, when they lived in the same city, they had been close friends with these guests. Eventually, the friends said adieu to their kids, […]
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A Kelburn Matriarch
March 5th, 2010 Comments Off on A Kelburn Matriarch
Winona’s mother, Wilhelmina Wellington, is one of the Junoesque figures that make Wellington tick. She doesn’t know everyone, but it can seem like she does. Her puissant confidence usually browbeats anyone into awed compliance. Retired two years ago from the Ministry of Justice, she now volunteers at City Gallery, fundraises for Women’s Refuge, and focuses […]
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