Civic Square / March 2015
October 2015 | December 2014-
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Building a road and saving 30 seconds
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley.
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
- Tagged as:
- oriental-bay
- tawa
- khandallah
- makara
- worser-bay
- stokes-valley
- mount-cook
- island-bay
- hataitai
- civic-square
- ngaio
- northland
- roseneath
- newtown
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- titahi-bay
- paraparaumu
- wadestown
- miramar
- porirua
- johnsonville
- wainuiomata
- lyall-bay
- wilton
- begonia-house
- paremata
- eastbourne
- karori
- mount-victoria
- kelburn
- kilbirnie
- berhampore
- aro-valley
- brooklyn
- wairarapa
- seatoun
- cuba-street
- waterfront
- newlands
- takapu-valley
Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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When the media advocate racism to hide the real culprits behind bad driving
- Jack Yan
- This op–ed in the Fairfax Press smacks of typical yellow peril journalism that has come to typify what passes for some media coverage of late.
- Accepted from Jack Yan posts
- Tagged as:
- roseneath
- titahi-bay
- berhampore
- cuba-street
- wainuiomata
- civic-square
- wairarapa
- karori
- kelburn
- khandallah
- tawa
- stokes-valley
- paraparaumu
- makara
- brooklyn
- hutt-valley
- worser-bay
- hataitai
- ngaio
- lyall-bay
- wadestown
- waterfront
- mount-cook
- paremata
- wilton
- begonia-house
- mount-victoria
- newtown
- aro-valley
- newlands
- kilbirnie
- seatoun
- northland
- thorndon
- island-bay
- miramar
- oriental-bay
- johnsonville
- porirua
- eastbourne
Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Who are the single season points and try scoring record holders?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Brandyn Laursen (left) and Mike Clamp (right) who we think hold the respective Wellington club rugby single season points and try scoring records.
- Accepted from Rugby Club Weekly Feed
- Tagged as:
- worser-bay
- newlands
- roseneath
- hataitai
- paraparaumu
- newtown
- cuba-street
- khandallah
- aro-valley
- lyall-bay
- stokes-valley
- mount-victoria
- tawa
- seatoun
- eastbourne
- paremata
- island-bay
- berhampore
- ngaio
- kelburn
- miramar
- johnsonville
- waterfront
- karori
- oriental-bay
- titahi-bay
- wairarapa
- mount-cook
- kilbirnie
- civic-square
- northland
- hutt-valley
- brooklyn
- wadestown
- wainuiomata
- makara
- thorndon
- wilton
- porirua
- begonia-house
Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Neighbours Day Picnic, Sunday 29 March
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association is organising a Neighbours Day Picnic in Cummings Park on Sunday, 29 March from 11am – 3pm.
- Accepted from Ngaio Progressive Association news
- Tagged as:
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- begonia-house
- karori
- paremata
- miramar
- northland
- worser-bay
- newlands
- waterfront
- oriental-bay
- wairarapa
- brooklyn
- wilton
- kelburn
- newtown
- makara
- thorndon
- seatoun
- titahi-bay
- khandallah
- wainuiomata
- paraparaumu
- hutt-valley
- kilbirnie
- eastbourne
- johnsonville
- stokes-valley
- wadestown
- cuba-street
- hataitai
- mount-cook
- aro-valley
- ngaio
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- tawa
- mount-victoria
- berhampore
Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Found a Facebook bot? Facebook wants you to leave it as reporting option vanishes
- Jack Yan
- Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight.
- Accepted from Jack Yan posts
- Tagged as:
- wilton
- seatoun
- waterfront
- newtown
- hutt-valley
- northland
- kelburn
- begonia-house
- island-bay
- berhampore
- hataitai
- makara
- paraparaumu
- mount-victoria
- oriental-bay
- newlands
- johnsonville
- mount-cook
- wairarapa
- aro-valley
- tawa
- roseneath
- lyall-bay
- porirua
- cuba-street
- worser-bay
- thorndon
- khandallah
- eastbourne
- ngaio
- titahi-bay
- paremata
- civic-square
- wainuiomata
- wadestown
- brooklyn
- stokes-valley
- kilbirnie
- karori
- miramar
Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Grab some gravel
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Take some hard fill for your home and garden projects this weekend - and help protect your community from flooding.
- Accepted from GW Feed
- Tagged as:
- kilbirnie
- roseneath
- stokes-valley
- aro-valley
- wilton
- miramar
- tawa
- worser-bay
- ngaio
- makara
- begonia-house
- waterfront
- island-bay
- thorndon
- hutt-valley
- wainuiomata
- newlands
- mount-victoria
- kelburn
- seatoun
- paraparaumu
- johnsonville
- hataitai
- wairarapa
- lyall-bay
- eastbourne
- paremata
- wadestown
- karori
- oriental-bay
- mount-cook
- civic-square
- porirua
- cuba-street
- brooklyn
- northland
- titahi-bay
- khandallah
- newtown
- berhampore
Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Summer Interclub Round 2 Results
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Week 2 results are below: 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Premier 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Divisions FYI the draw schedules are here.
- Accepted from Table Tennis Wellington blog posts
- Tagged as:
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- johnsonville
- island-bay
- stokes-valley
- civic-square
- aro-valley
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- kilbirnie
- paremata
- paraparaumu
- waterfront
- thorndon
- makara
- wilton
- ngaio
- hataitai
- newtown
- khandallah
- begonia-house
- berhampore
- kelburn
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- miramar
- wadestown
- mount-victoria
- mount-cook
- newlands
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- brooklyn
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- eastbourne
- cuba-street
- porirua
Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Problem solved
- Wellington Scoop
- It’s taken the Cricket World Cup to show Wellington how to solve the problem of the under-used emptiness of Civic Square. For years, Civic Square has languished as an unpopulated space.
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
- Tagged as:
- architecture
- civic-square
Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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