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    • Roads more important than heritage buildings, Transport Agency tells us
      • 12 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Scoop
      • The New Zealand Transport Authority has been astounding in its arrogance in a submission to the Wellington City Council about the heritage rules for residential property in the inner city neighbourhoods.
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      • basin reserve flyover
      • heritage buildings
      • Accepted from feed: Wellington Scoop features
        • SamMadisonInd RT @wellynews: Wellington Scoop - Roads more important than heritage buildings, Transport Agency tells us http://tinyurl.com/yehzc4h
        • gregorybodnar RT @wellynews: Wellington Scoop - Roads more important than heritage buildings, Transport Agency tells us http://tinyurl.com/yehzc4h
        • Danjite RT @wellynews: Wellington Scoop - Roads more important than heritage buildings, Transport Agency tells us http://tinyurl.com/yehzc4h
        • DeniseinWLG RT @wellynews: Wellington Scoop - Roads more important than heritage buildings, Transport Agency tells us http://tinyurl.com/yehzc4h

    • WCN Programme Advisory
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Community Network (WCN)
      • The Wellington Community Net website hosting for community groups will be closing down by June 2010.

    • School Camps
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Brooklyn School
      • Good luck to our students who are going to camp this month.  Our year 7 and 8 students head off to Teapot Valley near Nelson on 15 March and our year 5 and 6 students go to Palm Grove Camp near Paraparaumu on 24 March.
      • Tagged as:
      • brooklyn
      • paraparaumu
      • Accepted from feed: Brooklyn School news

    • I am the buffalo...!!!
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Slow Boat Records
      • Our homeboys The Phoenix Foundation have completed work on their soon-come fourth LP "Buffalo", and to celebrate are offering a FREE download of the same-named lead off single, plus non-album 'B-side' "Dickheads Abound' - get amongst it at: http://thephoenixfoundation.
      • Accepted from feed: Slow Boat Records posts

    • NewsLetter 6
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Island Bay School
      • Whilst all Board meetings are open to the public, the Board of Trustees would like to extend a special welcome to any person who is currently considering nomination for a position on the Board of Trustees. Our next Board meeting will be held in the Island Bay School staffroom, 18.March 2010.
      • Tagged as:
      • island bay
      • Accepted from feed: Island Bay School newsletters

    • Dog exclusion ends
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Greater Wellington Regional Council
      • Dogs are now allowed back into Greater Wellington Regional Council (GW) managed land at the Hutt Water Collection Area, the western part of Kaitoke Regional Park and the Akatarawa Saddle area after last August’s aerial 1080 drop to control possums.
      • Tagged as:
      • dogs
      • Accepted from feed: GW Feed

    • Top award for captain fantastic
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Phoenix FC
      • INSPIRATIONAL skipper Andrew Durante has won Wellington Phoenix FC’s premier award, named SONY Player of the Year at the club’s annual awards function on Wednesday night.
      • Tagged as:
      • soccer
      • Accepted from feed: Wellington Phoenix News

    • The not-so shaggy sheep
      • 11 Mar 2010
      • Wellington SPCA
      • He may have dodged a bullet, but the ‘Johnsonville Shrek’ wasn’t able to escape a team lead by Wellington SPCA. The renegade, who had been living free for the last two years following his escape from the local abattoir, was finally captured on Saturday.
      • Tagged as:
      • animals
      • johnsonville
      • sheep
      • Accepted from feed: Wellington SPCA news

    • Train Report: Fault Unnoticed For A Week
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Auckland Trains
      • A rail inquiry into a fire on a Wellington train reveals a fault was a week old but never reported because of “weaknesses in the fault reporting system.

      • This Auckland Trains newsitem has 2 comments.

        • ‘The rule is, a maximum of two high speed breaker resets is permissible but a third must see the set booked for attention. In fact the reporting system is good if train staff bother to use it correctly.’
        • ‘They took two years for this? Sigh.’

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    • Gareth Hughes in Beach Cleanup and Cigarette Butt Count
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Green Party Fisheries Spokesperson, Gareth Hughes, will join South Wellington residents for a beach cleanup between Owhiro Bay and Island Bay this evening. "Litter from this beach blows and washes into Taputeranga Marine Reserve which is home to over 180 species of fish. It is my pleasure to be part of the message that it is our responsibility to take care of our environment," Mr Hughes said today.
      • Tagged as:
      • events
      • island bay

    • Exotic orchestra mixes ancient and modern
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Victoria University of Wellington
      • Over 100 instruments will come together when an Argentinean orchestra combining indigenous instruments and digital technology plays in Wellington this Saturday.
      • Tagged as:
      • gigs

    • Signs and smiles and a quick consent
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Wellington Scoop
      • This is Wellington City Council election year and it will not be long before our urban landscape is littered with hoardings with extravagant smiles backed by even more extravagant promises.
      • Tagged as:
      • elections 2010
      • wellywood sign

      • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 7 comments.

        • ‘ChangeAndHope – yes there are two Council appointees of the six directors on the Airport Board, the Mayor and a non councillor director. Council directors are therefore obviously the minority. In the normal way in which a company operates we are also no’
        • ‘A dull head among windy spaces. Signs are taken for wonders. ‘We would see a sign’ - Gerontian.’
        • ‘The WCC owns 34% shares of the airport and members of the WCC sit on the Board of Directors of the airport. To say that this was not done in consultation with the WCC does not sound convincing. If you look at the debate that is going on in Facebook: http’

        You can view the remaining comments and submit your own here.

      • Accepted from feed: Wellington Scoop features

    • Community Consultation meeting
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Amesbury Drive School Establishment Board of Trustees
      • Are you interested in education in Churton Park?Amesbury Drive Primary School will open in Term 1 2012 and the Establishment Board of Trustees is currently seeking community input on the new school’s Vision and Values.
      • Tagged as:
      • consultation
      • Accepted from feed: Amesbury Drive School feed

    • Hutt City rates increase 2%
      • 10 Mar 2010
      • Hutt City Council
      • Hutt City Council is proposing the average ratepayer will see their rates increase by just two percent in the coming financial year. This follows a meeting today of Mayor David Ogden and councillors to approve the draft Annual Plan for 2010/11.
      • Tagged as:
      • hutt valley
      • rates
      • Accepted from feed: Hutt City Mayors Press Releases

    • The Fringe Cut
      • 9 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • ONE was a secret Spice Girl’s fan, and the other fell in love. Both are stoked to be named Downstage Theatre’s Pick of the Fringe. Fringe festival productions Wannabe and Back/Words will be reworked for the big stage, and enjoy a one-and-a-half week
      • Tagged as:
      • fringe festival
        • downstagenz RT @wellynews: Capital Times - The Fringe Cut http://tinyurl.com/ycow3rw //Happy Pick of The Fringe winners interviewed!

    • Startling staff turnover
      • 9 Mar 2010
      • Capital Times
      • WHY do so many staff leave Wellington City Council? The turnover figures outlined in the council’s 2009 Annual Report show that on average, over the past three years, 23.3% of staff– almost a quarter of the organisation – have resigned every year.<br
      • Tagged as:
      • wellington city council

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