apartment

1. similar to the cage one might carry a cat to cattery in, except that it is human-sized and immobile (possible exception being apartments in oriental bay, though this is not on purpose)
2. a filing cabinet in which to keep people
3. a popular wellington accessory that has turned te aro into a neighbourhood.
3a. although, people who live in town then get all surprised and shitty that it's noisy, which is a bit surprising to me.

vivian street

1. street in te aro, running east-west. forms a large natural half-pipe with pirie street to the top of mt victoria.
2. where the hookers at.
3. and the VUW school of architecture. that's a pretty important thing to mention.

courtenay place

1. street in eastern te aro, site of roughly nine thousand bars, claimed by wikipedia as "world famous" for its nightlife.
2. place that can be traced back as the genesis of many accidental impregnations
3. site of the reading cinema complex, the most charmless building in the city

cuba mall

1. pedestrian mall running north-south through Te Aro. The bits you can drive on are called "Cuba Street"
2. retail and bar heavy place, pleasant enough
2a. not for the faint of cash
2b. heavily gentrified place to go people-spotting
2c. good place to sit outside and drink beer
3. location of the bucket fountain, already well known as the best piece of public art in the world.

wellington inner city bypass

1. largely unwanted road that pulls the motorway further south in a bid to speed up driving times
1a. "largely unwanted" is sugar coating it.
1b. has not sped up your journey if you're going to Brooklyn
2. pain the ring for inner city pedestrians