Jemaine is a 2019 Welly Finalist!

The 2019 Wellys Finalists are....


ARTS in association with The Wellington Company

Hannah Clarke is Director of NZ Fringe Festival Wellington, providing emerging and established artists with a platform to launch their creative projects.

Jemaine Clement is an actor, director, musician, producer and writer. He is famous for Flight of the Conchords, What We Do in the Shadows and most recentlyWellington Paranormal.

Bruce Greenfield is a retired pianist and is considered one of New Zealand’s best repetiteurs. He spent 50 years supporting NZ Opera.

Gerry Paul & Paul Brown are the co-founders and organisers of Coastella, providing Kapiti Coast with a major music festival to showcase the area’s talent.

Stella Reid is a theatre actress, director, producer and writer. She was a Finalist in the 2017 Wellington Theatre Awards’ Director of the Year for Wine Lips.

{...}

Turns out you do know lots of great Wellingtonians and these are just a few of the people that make our region so great.

Thank you for all of your Nominations and a bigger thank you to our 2019 Wellys Finalists.

Join us for The 2019 Wellingtonian of the Year Awards on Thursday November 14th at Te Papa.  

Jimny_Firestorm2 wrote:I agree! It'd be really cool if Bret was there too .

Wellingtonian of the Year winners

Supreme award

Sophie Handford and Tahir Nawaz

Category winners

Arts: Jemaine Clement

Business: Jamie Selkirk

Community service: Tahir Nawaz

Education: Dave Appleyard

Environment: Erik Zydervelt and Finn Lawrence

Public service: Helene Quilter

Science and technology: Brett Delahunt

Sport: Katrina Rore

Youth: Sophie Handford

World-class Welly award

Don Tricker

Philanthropy Showcase

Ian Paterson

Kevin and Julia O'Connor

​Eddie Writes