Places - June 2009

Premier v Wests - 27/06/09 - W 3-0
- 29 Jun 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- To my delight, I'm able to use some words I haven't used in my reports for awhile:
- Tagged as:
- soccer

Harbour Cities
- 29 Jun 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- It was great to see the Dominion Post actually use some of its reporters to explore some of the local issues in the Weekend, with a two whole (almost) full pages on developments on the Wellington waterfront.
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

Cuba Street Wellington - Street Robbery
- 28 Jun 2009
- Wellington District Police
- Police are appealing for witnesses and any information concerning a Robbery that occurred between midnight and 3:20am on Thursday 26th June 2009 in Cuba Street, Wellington.
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- cuba-street
- crime

Planting bee on 20 June
- 28 Jun 2009
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- We braved the rain and wind on Saturday 20 June to plant native trees and shrubs behind the Playcentre on Silverstream Road . We still have more plants to get in.
- Tagged as:
- ngaio

Womens B v Petone Pulse 14/6/2009
- 26 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU women's B 3-1 Loss to Petone Pulse The Sunday morning early game proved a bit much for what can only be described as an unlucky game :( BNU women's B started strong with a load of shots on goal and some really great team work dominating the possession in the first 20 minutes. Petone started a player short but soon picked up the pace with some higher grade recruits. BNU had all the opportuni
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- petone
- soccer

From Mikes’ Desk …
- 25 Jun 2009
- Karori Baptist Church
- Here’s something I read this week which I thought was pretty profound!
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- karori
- religious-groups
- wcn-hosted

News for Sunday 28 June 2009
- 25 Jun 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Today READINGS 1 Corinthians 15: 3 - 8Matthew 16: 13 -16 COLLECT God of mercy, you have blessed us beyond our wildest dreams; you have set before us promises and perils beyond our understanding; help us to struggle and pray that the perils may be averted and your promises fulfilled. Amen. Next Sunday ST MARY’S8.00 am Said Communion9.00 am Sung Communion10.30 am Worship with Children’s activi
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- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

It’s Swonderful!
- 24 Jun 2009
- Texture
- Swonderful is having a re-launch party tonight to celebrate their new downtown Wellington location AND to showcase a new collection of nostalgic-watercolour paintings by local artist Sally Shand! Woohoo! Swonderful is a cute little boutique store that is the brainchild of mother and daughter super-duo Frances and Virginia McMullen.  Originally based in Brooklyn, the duo decided to make the m
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- brooklyn

Pollinating the arts in Thorndon
- 23 Jun 2009
- Wellington Scoop
- A Thorndon writers’ residency, composers’ residency and artists’ residency all within five minutes walk of each other have been making art with a capital A-R-T, The initials stand for Art Residencies Thorndon .
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- art
- thorndon

The new Espressoholic is pretty fancy…
- 22 Jun 2009
- Texture
- The new Espressoholic has finally opened on Cuba Street… four and half months after they were rudely kicked out of their former premises; three months of backbreaking renovations; one month of potential-opening-slash-staff-wanted-posters… and boy does it look spiffy!
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- restaurants-and-bars
- cuba-street

Premier v Stop Out - 20/06/09 - W 2-1
- 21 Jun 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- Barely two weeks ago, I was hurling criticism at Island Bay's Prem's as I played through a horrible game against Tawa. In the last week however, I've seen us jump the table to third (Stop Out and Karori still have games in hand over us), played in two memorable victories, and seen our team transform remarkably, from a bunch of guys with talent, to a team with heart.Admittedly, the first win was ag
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- tawa
- karori

BNU Div 16 v North Wellington 20/6/2009
- 20 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- North Wellington 1 v BNU16 2 Striker nails North Wellington BNU’s very own media star Angus Deacon and creator of Striker, the new Team Wellington mascot, morphed into his own creation at Alex Moore Park.
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- soccer

Now We’re Flying!
- 19 Jun 2009
- Snapper card
- We’ve had a busy week here at Snapper, rolling out the ability to pay for your bus fare by Snapper on Valley Flyer and Airport Flyer buses. The first Snapper-enabled bus left the Waterloo depot in the early hours of last Sunday morning and by lunchtime every Valley Flyer bus had been fitted out with Snapper equipment.
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- snapper-card
- hutt-valley

Gymnasium Partnership Project Expressions of Interest Open
- 18 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Are you a community organisation looking for more space? Do you want to be part of a sport and recreation umbrella group? BNU would like to partner with suitable community organisations to: * develop the club’s central Wellington gymnasium into a community recreation facility, and * establish an umbrella organisation to manage this asset and provide administrative, financial, and sport development services.
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- soccer
- community-groups
- brooklyn

News for Sunday 21 June 2009
- 18 Jun 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Until further notice we will be administering the communion cup by Intinction only. See Bishop Tom’s letter below. If you think you have flu like symptoms or have been in contact with someone with flu please request grape juice which is served in an individual cup.
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- swine-flu
- karori

It’s official: the OPT is to be demolished and replaced with something bigger
- 17 Jun 2009
- Wellington Scoop
- It takes a judge to tell us that one of the city’s landmark buildings is to be demolished. Others involved have used less specific words. But in the Environment Court decision about the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Judge C J Thompson uses strikingly plain language:
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

Thorndon Tavern : Thai Takeaway
- 16 Jun 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- Thorndon’s quite the place to be you know. But there is an eyesore that is troubling the residents, above and beyond such other eyesores such as the American Embassy, the abortion of a supermarket carpark, the ugly lumpy tower of the Police Association, the row of non-descript office towers etc: yes, its the Thorndon Tavern.
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- thorndon
- architecture

Slope 2009 – 12 June, Manky Chops Gallery
- 15 Jun 2009
- Texture
- I recall the first time I spotted the haunting portraits of Wellington-based artist, Brad Williams / Slope. It was a couple of years ago at the opening of an Affordable Art Show and they were causing quite the fuss. Since then I have noticed his distinctive works adorning the walls of many Wellington galleries, cafes and bars. So I was uber-stoked when I learnt he was exhibiting at Manky Chops this month.
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- cuba-street
- exhibitions

Whare 'nuff
- 15 Jun 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- This Thursday the 18th of June, Deidre Brown's "Maori Architecture: from Fale to Wharenui and Beyond" will be launched at the School of Architecture in Vivian St.
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- events
- architecture
- fale-malae

Premier v Lower Hutt - 13/06/09 - W 3-2
- 14 Jun 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- Firstly, on behalf of the Premier Team and it's Management, we express our sincerest and deepest condolences to Jamie Milne and his family, as they farewell his father.Bruce lost his battle with Cancer early on Saturday morning.About the game:What can I say? A week after receiving a mauling at the hands of Tawa, and we were a completely different team. Sure, we still conceded our standard early so
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- tawa

News for Sunday 14 June 2009
- 13 Jun 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Single and bringing up kids? Missing your Friday night out with friends? Join others in a similar situation, Friday 19 June, 5.30-7.30 pm, St Mary’s Early Childhood Centre
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- karori

Marine Centre now planned for old quarry
- 13 Jun 2009
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- A $28 million marine education centre is being proposed for an old quarry site across the road from Wellington's southern coastline.
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- marine-education-centre

NEWS RELEASE Agreement on Sports Centre Environment Court appeal - 13 June 2009
- 13 Jun 2009
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The remaining appellant to the Environment Court concerning the grantingof resource consent to construct and operate the Indoor Community SportsCentre on Cobham Park, Kilbirnie, Mike Mellor, has reached agreementwith the Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency on measures toaddress the concerns raised in his appeal..
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- indoor-sports-centre

OPT all GO for APT
- 11 Jun 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- In case you haven’t seen the news, a small item from the Council website today says: Mayor Welcomes Overseas Terminal Decision
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- waterfront

BNU Gymnasium Development
- 11 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Over the last few months the Committee has been looking at options for the gymnasium development. This investigation has shown that a partnership with other organisations is the most viable way of developing the building and can offer the club a number of other benefits as well. In short, the idea is to establish a partnership for the use and management of the gym so that we will continue to have the use of the facility in the long term.
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- soccer

Ten new townhouses for Chelmsford Street?
- 11 Jun 2009
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- There could soon be 10 townhouses at the bottom of Chelmsford Street. Last year, the old villa at 4 Chelmsford Street was demolished. The developers have now been granted resource consent to erect ten townhouses. The site for 10 townhouses?
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- ngaio

Shedding Dreads for the Night Shelter
- 10 Jun 2009
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Like the line from the song, Tyler Ennis is getting a haircut and hopefully getting a real job. But this is a haircut with a difference. He plans to stand in lower Cuba Mall and charge passers by $20 to cut off a lock of hair. It all happens Saturday 20th June at midday outside Custom Printed Clothing. All the money raised will go to the Wellington Night Shelter.
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- cuba-street

BNU Thirds v Lower Hutt Ancient Ones - 6/6/2009
- 10 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Thirds 0-1 Lower Hutt Ancient Ones - 06/6/09 "…all we want is a decent referee…a decent referee…a decent referee" Supporting the BNU Brazilians (or Thirds as we call ourselves to avoid slander lawsuits from the Brazilian FA) is fast becoming on a par with supporting the Phoenix. We only have one player who can score goals, a terrible home record and no hope of winning any silverware; the othe
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- soccer

Womens B v Wanuiomata 7/6/2009
- 10 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- 3-1 Victory for BNU Womens B Vs Wainuiomata The Sunday match looked to be another wintery experience but the trip over the hill showed the gods were smiling over Wainuiomata as the clouds cleared just in time for kick off. BNU was due a win and were quietly confident over a new Wainuiomata side still finding their feet.
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- soccer
- wainuiomata

BNU Div 16 v Wellington United 6/6/2009
- 10 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU16 2 v Wellington Utd Legends 0 St John to the rescue! As dusk approached on MacAlister 2, two teams were still seen battling it out in an excellent game that would not have not looked out of place a dozen grades higher. Sadly, one Legends player missed the concluding 30 minutes of the encounter, after suffering a nasty shoulder dislocation. We agreed to leave him prone on the field of play, co
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- soccer

Police appeal for witnesses to Lyall Bay bus incident
- 9 Jun 2009
- Wellington District Police
- Wellington Police are seeking witnesses to an attempted robbery that occurred at Lyall Bay on Friday 5 June 2009.
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- lyall-bay

Did someone say paint party? With Tiki?!
- 8 Jun 2009
- Texture
- It sounds like one hell of an awesome dream-sequence.  Tiki Tane + stonking DnB + tons of fluro-colored paint.  Well welcome to the real world Neo, because this party to end parties is actually happening. Shed 6 on Wellingtons waterfront will play host to New Zealand’s first ever, Illuminated Paint Party - featuring former Salmonella Dub front man (and all-round kiwi
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- waterfront

Have you been up Bell’s Track lately?
- 8 Jun 2009
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- The Bell’s Track Working Group needs volunteers to help plant native trees up Bell’s Track during the winter.
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- ngaio

Premier v Tawa - 06/06/09 - L 8-1
- 7 Jun 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- To the Spectators who were there to support our men's first team on Saturday against Tawa. - We apologise profusely for being on the receiving end of such a thrashing. We have NO excuse for being destroyed, at home, in the manner you witnessed.To my teammates - to those who played, and those who could not - Breathe In......Now, Breathe out!Feel the pain and anguish of what was a massive defeat. D
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- tawa

News for Sunday 7 June 2009
- 5 Jun 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Today READINGSRomans 8:12-17John 3:1-17 COLLECT God of unchangeable power, you have revealed yourself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; keep us firm in this faith that we may praise and bless your holy name; for you are one God now and for ever. Amen. God of unchangeable power, you have revealed yourself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; keep us firm in this faith that we may prais
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- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

Manners closes, but what will open?
- 4 Jun 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- If you have read the Dominion Post article on Manners, you will know that the plans to un-mall Manners Mall have just been passed. If you have read the Dominion Post article, you will also not know the full story. Whether due to the breaking nature of the announcement, or somewhat slanted journalistic intent, the dom doesn’t make mention of the news that the lower end of Cuba St down to Wakefield will be redeveloped as a pedestrian-oriented public space.
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- manners-mall-bus-lane
- cuba-street

Womens B v Kapiti 31/5/2009
- 3 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- A cold, wet, muddy and steamy draw (BNU 1 – Kapiti 1) You can’t beat Wellington on a good day… and with hail stones the size of marbles, hundred-mile-an-hour gales and a wind chill factor of about minus 20, the BNU girls took to the pitch at Happy Valley. These were perfect conditions for some slip-sliding muddy tackles and desperate attempts to send a wet, brown ball in the vague direction of th
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- soccer
- kapiti

BNU16 v Naenae Nighthawkes 30/5/2009
- 3 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Naenae Nighthawks 1 v BNU16 2 Last gasp victory at Naenae Centre-back Mike Bransfield atoned for last week’s unfortunate OG by grabbing a dramatic winner for BNU with seconds remaining on the clock at Seddon Street. His deft near post finish, from a pinpoint Carl Roberts corner, earned a deserved victory for Brooklyn in a tightly fought contest. Naenae played their part in an open, keenly conteste
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- soccer

BNU Thirds v Petone Armani’s - 30/5/09
- 3 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Thirds 1 - Petone 8 Rearguard in tatters following a designer spanking Following on from last weeks encouraging result (match postponed) we went into the game against the top team full of enthusiasm. Despite fielding a weakened team due to missing a few players because of the long weekend, we competed well for the first 5 minutes before experiencing first hand why the Armani’s are top - their
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- petone
- soccer

AGM 7pm 30th June 2009 Brooklyn Resource Centre
- 3 Jun 2009
- Brooklyn Residents' Association
- We are approaching our Annual General Meeting at the end of the month and I cordially invite you to come along. In fact, it would be fantastic if you could. While we are looking for more volunteers, we will not be press ganging anyone onto the committee if they do not want to join. We will have some of our Council officials there to get their opinions on where they see Wellington is at and is heading, and we should have time to have an overview on a number of the topical issues in front of us at present.
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- events
- brooklyn
- community-groups

Premier v Kapiti Coast - 01/06/09 - D 1-1
- 2 Jun 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- On the Queens Birthday, while she was sipping high tea and giggling at a re-run of Coronation Street, we were freezing our bits off chasing a few bits of stitched together leather around a paddock.Wakefield Number 1 looked like it had been used by the NZ Army for Tank Wars, so the match was transfered all the way over to Brooklyn's home ground, Wakefield Number 2. Ahhhhhh, much better............;
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- brooklyn
- kapiti

Snapper welcomes 8 new Merchants.
- 2 Jun 2009
- Snapper card
- We are happy to announce 8 new Reload and Acceptor Merchants that have come on-board in the past week strengthening our network in the suburbs: Bay Foodkmarket, Island bay; Bay Discount Tobacconist, Kilbirnie; Molesworth Goods, Thorndon; Anitas Bookshop, Featherston St Adding to the Subway Launch the following sites will be using Snapper for its queue busting abilities: Subway Featherston St,
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- kilbirnie
- island-bay
- thorndon

Time Trials this Sunday, 7th June
- 1 Jun 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- 10k, 15k, 1/2 marathon and 3/4 marathon time trials are on this Sunday. We could still do with another one or two volunteers, please either email me before 3pm Saturday or make yourself known to me on Sunday morning.
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- athletics
- kilbirnie

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