BY THE NUMBERS
GO OD BANGS
LET THERE BE BLO OD
151
number of shows in the 2016 Fringe Festival
260 +
65
number of venues used by performers – including Snapchat and a bathtub
usual number of donations collected per week in the Wellington region
13
different blood products are made from the blood collected
4
% of possible donors who actually roll up their sleeve and give
35
number of days blood lasts before it has to be disposed of
30
% of blood that goes towards helping cancer patients
15 26
average $ cost of a show (that’s about the same as a movie and you’re helping local artists, not fat-cat Hollywood executives) number of years Wellington has been fringed
ART SEXTET
6
exhibitions opening at Pataka in Porirua to coincide with the New Zealand Festival from 21 February
1
the number of life-size doublehulled waka made of recycled plastic you can spy in George Nuku: Bottled Ocean 2116
6
video works from Mediterranean artists in Cross Borders
HAY WARD HO
43
projected cost in millions of the Haywards interchange between State Highway 2 and 58 on the Hutt Motorway
119 40
crashes between 2009 and 2013
2
years expected before it’s ready to use
WICKED WICKET
car parks created in a park and ride for Manor Station
MATERIAL MAT TERS
4
cricket fixtures at the Basin Reserve coming up in March (1, 8, 23, 30)
13
number of years The Fabric Store has been in Wellington
3
of those four fixtures are Plunket Shield matches – support the Wellington Firebirds as they play the Northern Knights, Auckland Aces and Canterbury
8
number of stores, including three in Australia and one in the United States
6000 40
rolls of fabric in stock
6,500 1
current capacity of the Basin Reserve mascot for the Firebirds – Pyro (who apparently nests in the RA Vance stand)
Compiled by Craig Beardsworth
16
shades of leather (and 50 of grey?)