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    • Wait for the Queen
      • 25 Aug 2010
      • Capital Times
      • LOCAL council watchdog Tom Law feels Wellington City Council funded design competitions are a waste of ratepayers’ money. It’s been over nine months since Wellington Waterfront Limited (WWL) announced the winners of its much-acclaimed Blue Sky design
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      • waterfront

    • Tunnel vision
      • 17 Aug 2010
      • Capital Times
      • MANY Hataitai residents are unhappy with Wellington City Council proposals for the Hataitai bus tunnel. They feel the council is not listening to them, particularly over tunnel safety. In particular Kent Duston of the Mt Victoria Residents Association says he is not happy with out of service buses continuing to use the tunnel. “Any claims that residents are happy with this is a continuing process of council staff incorrectly representing the views of residents,” he says.
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      • transport
      • bus tunnel
        • wgtn101 @wellynews Tunnel vision URL link not connecting is it my iPhone?

    • Tawa girl at heart
      • 11 Aug 2010
      • Capital Times
      • Capital Times talks with mayoral hopefuls in the lead up to the Wellington City Council elections in early October. MAYOR Kerry Prendergast loves her job. It’s not hard to tell why, as we are served bottles of NZ spring water on a silver platter in the palatial office.
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      • elections 2010
      • tawa

    • Human fireflies up the butterfly
      • 4 Aug 2010
      • Capital Times
      • IF you are running through native beech forest at night, the last thing you expect to come across is a half-drunk rugby team. Eastbourne’s annual night race up Butterfly Creek was made more difficult than usual last year when the local rugby team decided to wet their palates before the race.
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      • eastbourne
      • rugby

    • Lycra lovin’ pays off
      • 3 Aug 2010
      • Capital Times
      • A local group of Lycra enthusiasts has picked up a national award for promoting safe streets. Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW) has been rewarded for its “Cruise the Waterfront” campaign and video, nabbing the top award in the Best Walking Promotion category at the Golden Foot Awards last weekend.
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      • cycling

    • He's a stayer
      • 27 Jul 2010
      • Capital Times
      • THESPIAN Ginette MacDonald, has shopped in Kilbirnie for years and often been served by Pramod Patel Impressed by his politeness she suggested to him “You must have worked here for five or six years now” . “No, Madam” replied Patel, “I’ve work
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    • Octopus mania
      • 13 Jul 2010
      • Capital Times
      • OCTOPUS mania in Wellington has been fuelled by that German based oracle “Paul the Octopus”, which chose the FIFA World Cup winner. Never has the Island Bay Marine Education Centre been so inundated with octopus interest, says discovery programme manager Julian Hodge.
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      • the octopus threat

    • A resident ink addict
      • 22 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • CONTROVERSIAL artist Wayne Youle is returning to the Capital in style to take up the Rita Angus Residency. The award has been dormant for the past two years until WelTec worked with the Thorndon Trust to resurrect it. Youle who arrives in Augus
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    • Let’s settle this outside
      • 22 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • “Lambton Quay barristers blow each other away in a Thorndon Quay duel.” This story was unearthed by a research team from Victoria University’s Faculty of Law. Research team member Dr Shaunnagh Dorsett says the story is about two Wellington barristers. In New Zealand up to 1877 there were 30 duels recorded, however the Ross-Brewer duel was the first that resulted in death.
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      • law
      • thorndon
      • local history

    • Freezing water improves performance
      • 15 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • THE health impacts of winter swimming extend to the bedroom. “It’s a great way to boost your chances, your fertility,” says Freyberg Beach mid-winter swim co-organiser Lindy Young. Young knows because she works at a fertility company. She
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      • swimming
      • events

    • Royal crown jewel
      • 15 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • TIMES are a changing for the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, which plans to change from a “private” yacht club, into a space everyone can enjoy. The club has been working on a master plan, which will see its environment revamped dramatically.
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      • waterfront

    • Manners Mall matters
      • 8 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • EXTENDING Cuba Mall through Dixon Street is on the cards after work on Manners Mall is finished. Mayor Kerry Prendergast says, “The extension of Cuba Street Mall might be a long-term option but it would depend on a number of factors; for example the population density in the CBD. It will be addressed as part of the Wellington 2040 document”. Urban development leader, Councillor Andy Foster, is enthusiastic about extending Cuba Mall.
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      • cuba street

    • What a waste
      • 1 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • AT Kelburn Shops the leftovers aren’t going to waste. Antique shop owner Peter Wedde has extended his enthusiasm for reusing things to the local florist and café. Uncooked waste from Café Mode and green waste from Juliette Florist now go into t
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      • conservation

    • Votes: The people - 48, Council - 1. Council wins!!
      • 1 Jun 2010
      • Capital Times
      • THE public are paying again and again for the same unpopular decisions by Wellington City Council, says Wellington Waterfront Watch president Pauline Swann. Waterfront Watch has been fighting to protect Wellington’s waterfront from big development fo
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      • waterfront

    • Skating on synthetic ice
      • 12 May 2010
      • Capital Times
      • The events manager who brought the last temporary ice-skating rink to Wellington says if a conventional rink is constructed at Queens Wharf it is doomed to fail. Phil Sprey managed the construction and maintenance of the ice rink at Waitangi (formerly Chaffers) Park, in 2002. He says an ice rink might make good political fodder, but it would be financially risky.
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      • waterfront

    • Tunnel vision
      • 23 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • REFURBISHMENT of the Mount Victoria and Terrace tunnels will begin later this year, confirms the New Zealand Transport Agency. “Ventilation, fire suppression, internal fixtures/fittings, lighting, drainage and operational systems need to be brought up to current international practice,” says Wellington operations manager Mark Owen.
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      • mount victoria
        • Geotagged Mt Victoria Tunnel

    • All good in Wellywood
      • 9 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • IT’S official. We must be the Hollywood of the South Pacific because Wellington International Airport will erect a 28m long Wellywood sign to celebrate the capital city’s film industry. At least seven film-related companies are based on the Miramar
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      • wellywood sign

    • Free love
      • 3 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • JAMES Coyle loves Newtown so much he will perform in the suburb’s annual festival for free, is helping organise it for free, and gave up his day job for six weeks in preparation for it. The Newtown Rocksteady band member, who fittingly performs a son
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      • events

    • Variation11 in court
      • 3 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • WELLINGTON Waterfront Watch is confident it will win its appeal against Variation 11 in the Environment Court. The group is one of three challenging Wellington City Council in the Environment Court after it passed the controversial Variation 11, whic
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      • waterfront

    • No bus stop here
      • 23 Feb 2010
      • Capital Times
      • SHOP owners in Island Bay are fed up with bus drivers illegally parking, taking up customer parking spaces, and being abusive. The last straw for hairdresser Robyn Mouzouri who works on The Parade, came when a bus ripped the bumper off her car.
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      • island bay

    • How to be an activist
      • 23 Feb 2010
      • Capital Times
      • MOVING into Mount Victoria turns people into activists, says Mount Victoria’s new acting Residents Association president Kent Duston. He will take the reins from Jessica Closson, who moves back home to America in March.
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      • mount victoria

    • Island Bay Festival wreck
      • 9 Feb 2010
      • Capital Times
      • DID you know Owhiro Bay is home to four shipwrecks? The Maritime Archaeological Association of New Zealand (MAANZ) and DOC will have a marquee up at the Island Bay Festival, with information and pictures of Wellington’s wrecks. “There’s nothin
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      • island bay

    • Lifecycle of a house
      • 26 Jan 2010
      • Capital Times
      • For the third time since Duncan Sargent and Kim Young bought their home in Constable Street they have received a letter relating to one of the previous residents – shedding more light on the history of their home.
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      • newtown
      • local history

    • Walk on the high side
      • 19 Jan 2010
      • Capital Times
      • The boat sheds in Oriental Bay are Wellington icons, and the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, which has been open for 126 years, even more so. Capital Times joined a harbour sail and saw Wellington from the sea – one of the best ways to get into summer.
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      • boating
      • oriental bay

    • Waitangi whimper
      • 15 Dec 2009
      • Capital Times
      • BANNING dogs from Waitangi Park isn’t fair, says Wellington City Councillor Iona Pannett. From a personal opinion, Pannett is critical of parts of the just-passed Dog Policy, which includes the surprise Waitangi Park rule.
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      • dogs
      • waterfront

    • Charity box bandit
      • 25 Nov 2009
      • Capital Times
      • A bandit who steals charity boxes is on the loose in Mount Victoria. The Welsh Dragon Bar had their second charity box stolen last week. This one had been for Mary Potter Hospice.
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      • crime
      • mount victoria

    • Wet house washed out?
      • 18 Nov 2009
      • Capital Times
      • THE future of the proposed wet house in Island Bay is on shaky ground after its trust cut ties with the two main funders. The Te Whare Oki Oki Trust has withdrawn from its funding relationship with Capital Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) because of changes to the Board’s conditions.
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      • island bay wet house

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    • Netball Success
      • 8 Sep 2010
      • Wellington East Girls College
      • This year the Senior A Netball team were winners of the Wellington Premier 2 grade.
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      • netball

    • Winners - Keith Elliott VC Cup 2010
      • 8 Sep 2010
      • Johnsonville Bowling Club
      • The winners of the Keith Elliott VC Cup played at Raumati South on 4-5 September were Allan Brider, Pat Walklin, Rob Ashton from Johnsonville and Ray Boffa from Paraparaumu Beach Club.  Congratulations - a great result.         
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      • johnsonville
      • paraparaumu

    • Hutt City mayoral candidate Ray Wallace takes a “hands-on” approach
      • 8 Sep 2010
      • Wellington Scoop
      • It may not have got him over the line last time, but Lower Hutt mayoral candidate Ray Wallace hopes using the same approach will get his nose ahead in this year’s election. In what is a two-horse race between himself and Mayor David Ogden, Councilor Wallace has again adopted a “hands-on” approach to promote his visions for the city and to gauge public opinion.
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      • hutt valley
      • election candiates 2010
        • HuttNZ RT @wellynews: Hutt City mayoral candidate Ray Wallace takes a “hands-on” approach http://tinyurl.com/3yu9rv9 with video

    • Diwali Celebration
      • 8 Sep 2010
      • Wellington Indian Association
      • Dhanteras: 3rd November 2010 Wednesday. Mahalaxmi poojan will be held at 7.00pm Diwali: 5th November 2010 Friday New Year and Bhaibij: 7th November 2010 Sunday. Shree Govardhan pooja will be held at 7.30pm. You all are invited with your friends and family in all these events, you are most welcomed to bring arati, Prasad and phool haar. Please do join [...]
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