Meet the residents: Huia Books publisher Eboni Waitere

Lucy Revill’s The Residents is a blog about daily life in Wellington that has morphed into a stylish, low-key coffee-table book featuring interviews and photographic portraits of 38 Wellingtonians. In this extract, Revill profiles Eboni Waitere, owner and executive director of Huia Publishers. The Residents features names like Monique Fiso and Jacinda Ardern, a bunch … Read more

Nine reasons to get excited about Wellington this summer

Wellington has come in for a bashing recently, but complaints about house prices, weather and infrastructure only tell part of the story. Lucy Revill shares a few of the things she’s most excited about for summer in the capital. At some point in my mid 20s, I decided to stop staring mournfully into my long … Read more

Why social media influence is a lot harder to measure than you think

Last week, a survey attempted to measure the impact of more than 30 local social media influencers on Instagram. But Lucy Revill, a Wellington-based blogger and social media influencer, argues that the survey should have zero influence over New Zealand’s content creators and brands.  On my blog, I’ve worked with many brands both big and … Read more