HIGHBALL RETURNS TO WELLINGTON

Get all shook up at New Zealand’s favourite cocktail and spirits festival, Highball, presented by Liquorland. It starts off with Wellington Cocktail Week (19–25 September), a city-wide celebration of cocktails across the capital’s bars, leading up to the Highball main event on 23–24 September. Hear from internationally renowned speakers including cocktail historian Philip Greene and New Zealand’s first ‘vodka professor’ Jacob Briars. Catch the action in the finals of New Zealand’s Bartender of the Year, or simply sip and savour your way around the festival bars and distilleries. A highlight is the 1920s Prohibition Bar by Hawthorn Lounge. Tickets on sale now at highball.co.nz