Life can be tough for a city tucked away at the bottom of the world. Wellington, New Zealand's capital, knows how it feels to be the last kid to be picked for the school sports team. It has been through years of virtual obscurity, skulking in the shadows of its bigger and brasher neighbour, Auckland, and the tourist honey traps of Australia and Fiji. Diplomats winced when told they were Wellington-bound and even Kiwis would turn up their noses at a trip to their capital. Not any more.
New Zealand has a minor obsession with the way it's perceived through foreign eyes, but a little bit of validation every now and then is no bad thing in my book.
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