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- Day 3: Stags require 54 runs to win with 8 wickets
  - 14 Mar 2010
  - Cricket Wellington
  - The Central Stags are set to pick up their third outright win of the season tomorrow with just 54 runs required and eight wickets in hand.
  - Accepted from feed: Cricket Wellington news
- A hard-and-fast storm hits Wellington
  - 13 Mar 2010
  - Hutt Valley Fire Police Unit
  - A substantial storm hit Wellington late yesterday and at one stage almost every NZFS Appliance from Upper Hutt South, was on the road, responding to calls of lines and trees down, roofs lifting and awnings flying.
  - Accepted from feed: HVFPU news
- 5.8 percent Rate increase to Wellington's homeowners and zero to commercial buildings
  - 13 Mar 2010
  - Back To The Future
  - Actually the rate increase is closer to 6.5 percent to the residents if you take into account the swimming pool improvements proposed as an option in the DAP (Draft Annual Plan.) The total rate increase including the commercial and residential sector is quoted as 2.8 percent but when the sectors are broken down the commercial is zero and the residential is 6 percent or 6.5 percent depending on the final fix in the DAP.
  - Tagged as:
  - rates
  - wellington city council
- Wellington Championships Qualifying Results
  - 13 Mar 2010
  - Wellington Competitive Bowlers Association Inc
  - A new blog entry is available at WCBA Website: Wellington Championships Qualifying Results
  - Accepted from feed: WCBA blog feed
- Hurricanes v Stormers Match Report
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Hurricanes
  - The Hurricanes were beaten 37-13 by the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday morning (NZT) in round five of the Rebel Sport Super 14.
  - Accepted from feed: Hurricanes News Feed
- Day 1: Stags trail by 225 runs with 10 wickets in hand
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Cricket Wellington
  - The Wellington Firebirds made a scratchy 250 all out with the Central Stags 25 without loss in their Plunket Shield match.
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  - cricket
  - Accepted from feed: Cricket Wellington news
- End of the road for the Ellice Street shops?
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Mt Victoria Residents Association
  - The shops at the end of Ellice Street on the Basin Reserve intersection look as though they may be heading for imminent demolition, due to an order from the Wellington City Council to bring them up to earthquake standards. read more
  - Tagged as:
  - basin reserve flyover
  - mount victoria
  - Accepted from feed: Mt Victoria Residents Association news
- DomPost reports: Trenching for Buckle Street
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Save the Basin Reserve!
  - This morning's paper has front page news that Transport Minister Steven Joyce and Culture and Heritage Minister Chris Finlayson have reached agreement that State Highway One will be trenched underneath Buckle Street, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
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  - basin reserve flyover
  - Accepted from feed: Save the Basin posts
- Wellington Championships Results
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Wellington Competitive Bowlers Association Inc
  - A new blog entry is available at WCBA Website: Wellington Championships Results
  - Accepted from feed: WCBA blog feed
- Beach Session…
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Poneke Dojo
  - is ON providing the weather forecast is accurate! If it’s doubtful in the morning check again. I’ll post any postponement before 9am.
  - Accepted from feed: Poneke Dojo news
- Mayor set to declare commercial interests
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - THE commercial interests of Wellington city councillors will soon be made available on the council’s website.
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  - wellington city council
  - Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed
- ‘Killers’ thrill crowds off city’s south coast
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - A POD of orca whales delighted spectators on Wellington’s south coast today as they hunted their prey.
  - Tagged as:
  - animals
  - island bay
  - Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed
- Brooklyn leads the way with orchard for all
  - 12 Mar 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - ON a Tuesday evening Brooklyn residents Mel Beirne and Kelda Hains can be found tending the fruit trees in Wellington’s only organic community orchard.
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  - brooklyn
  - Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed
- 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
- 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:
  - paraparaumu
  - brooklyn
  - Accepted from feed: Brooklyn School news
- Hutt Valley Rippa Rugby Tournament
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Wellington Rugby Football Union
  - Rippa Rugby hit the Hutt Valley on Tuesday 9th March at Fraser Park with over 400 year 5/6 kids attending the event.
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  - hutt valley
  - Accepted from feed: WRFU Feed
- Wellington Launches Walkway Tour Application for iPhones
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Wellington's Official Tourism Website
  - Do you know Pencarrow Lighthouse’s two New Zealand firsts and why people on Tinakori Road would go without dinner? read more
- 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.
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  - island bay
  - Accepted from feed: Island Bay School newsletters
- Don’t build me in, Governor General tells town planners
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - THE Governor-General is worried his views will be blocked by changes to Wellington’s town plan.
  - This Newswire.co.nz newsitem has 1 comment.
    - ‘Cool – so when I write to the council and ask that they not build me out and block my view, I expect to enjoy the same degree of attention and compliance. After the consultation stage that council will enter into first, of course. And then a flock of pig’
    You can add own comments here.
  - Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed
- Facebook group leads anti ‘Wellywood’ crusade
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - WALLYWOOD: A Facebook group thinks "Wellywood" sign is a bad idea.
  - Tagged as:
  - wellywood sign
  - Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed
- 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
- Hutt wins NZ’s cycle mad title
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Hutt City Council
  - Tagged as:
  - cycling
  - Accepted from feed: Hutt City Mayors Press Releases
- 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
- How about Sir Peter Jackson as King Kong on the Miramar hillside?
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Wellington Scoop
  - Tagged as:
  - wellywood sign
  - This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 1 comment.
    - ‘Thank you Gordon. What an image and have not stopped smiling since I read it. How about a rehearsal on top of the Majestic Centre Tower.’
    You can add own comments here.
  - Accepted from feed: Wellington Scoop features
- Mixed signals for Newtown drivers
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Newswire.co.nz
  - SORRY, officer – I got confused. That would have been a legitimate excuse for drivers pulled up for “speeding” in Newtown recently, after a messup over temporary speed limit signs.
  - Tagged as:
  - newtown
  - transport
  - Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed
- 2010 School Leaver Scholarships
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Whitireia Community Polytechnic
  - Accepted from feed: Whitireia Community Polytechnic news
- Basin to host 400th First Class Match
  - 11 Mar 2010
  - Cricket Wellington
  - The Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve has a rich history and records yet another milestone next Friday when the BLACKCAPS and Australia record its 400th First Class Match.
  - Tagged as:
  - cricket
  - Accepted from feed: Cricket Wellington news
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Don’t build me in, Governor General tells town planners
- 11 Mar 2010
- Newswire.co.nz
- THE Governor-General is worried his views will be blocked by changes to Wellington’s town plan.
- This Newswire.co.nz newsitem has 1 comment.
  - ‘Cool – so when I write to the council and ask that they not build me out and block my view, I expect to enjoy the same degree of attention and compliance. After the consultation stage that council will enter into first, of course. And then a flock of pig’
  You can add own comments here.
- Accepted from feed: Newswire.co.nz news feed

How about Sir Peter Jackson as King Kong on the Miramar hillside?
- 11 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- Tagged as:
- wellywood sign
- This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 1 comment.
  - ‘Thank you Gordon. What an image and have not stopped smiling since I read it. How about a rehearsal on top of the Majestic Centre Tower.’
  You can add own comments here.
- Accepted from feed: Wellington Scoop features

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