Places / November 2014
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Meet the super talented cast of Red Riding Hood ...
- Circa Theatre
- The Dominion Post called it “A FULL-ON, HIGH ENERGY, THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE ROMP!” So who are the super-talented people making this happen? Meet the cast of Roger Hall’s RED RIDING HOOD The Pantomime ….
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rising kiwi numbers may mask inbreeding depression
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A boom in the number of little spotted kiwi appears to be a conservation success story, but new research by a Victoria University of Wellington graduand shows that, in some populations, the rapid growth could be masking the potentially devastating impact of inbreeding.
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Victoria University academic first in New Zealand to receive international fellow award for management consulting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University academic, Stephen Cummings, is the first New Zealander to become an International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) Academic Fellow.
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Dec 2014 survey on Alexandra Road Play Area
- Hataitai Community Website
- Please go to this survey to let the Hataitai Residents' Association know your thoughts on the Alexandra Road Play Area: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TPTGYY2 The Hataitai Residents' Association wants to ensure the Council doesn't dispose of play area green space without sufficient, meaningful consultation with Hataitai residents.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Newtown Community Gardens BBQ Sunday 7th December
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Carrara Park, Sunday 7th December, 1-3pm. Access from alley way by 107 Daniell St or from Regent Street. Celebrating the Community Garden’s first birthday, and enjoying Carrara Park and the people who use it. Food and entertainment provided, all welcome. Hear about the garden, plant a seedling, or just enjoy the occasion.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria architecture student tops design awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington fifth year student Tom Dobinson has won the top prize for architecture students at the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Graphisoft Student Design Awards.
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HIBS and Tawa Intermediate represent Wellington at ActivePost Cup and Shield National Tournament
- Cricket Wellington
- Hutt International Boys School and Tawa Intermediate will represent Wellington in Palmerston North at the ActivePost Cup and Shield National Tournament.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2 speakers you’ll want to hear more from
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association had two excellent guest speakers at its AGM on 18 November – Kelvin Hastie and Jane Schaverien.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria hosts debate increasing awareness of the laws of war
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The third New Zealand Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court competition will be hosted by Victoria’s Faculty of Law this weekend.
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Young entrepreneurs help create a better New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand’s next generation of social entrepreneurs will gather at Victoria University of Wellington this summer for an intensive enterprise accelerator programme called Live the Dream.
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Thin Ice heading for United States television screens
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The success of a Victoria University of Wellington fundraising campaign means the screening of Thin Ice—the Inside Story of Climate Science on United States television next year could coincide with a peak in international interest in dealing with the issue of global warming.
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Prestigious awards for Victoria academics
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Victoria University of Wellington academics have been recognised with 2014 Royal Society of New Zealand Research Honours.
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Online lectures from Antarctica
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are visiting Antarctica this week to film lectures for a new online course launching in 2015.
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A sense of whānau far from home
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington graduand Rebecca Burke never imagined she’d end up calling New Zealand home.
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Late night breakdown
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Tue, 25/11/2014 - 21:45 - Wed, 26/11/2014 - 11:55 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 141 A 15ft runabout with 3 people on board broke down just offshore from Kaitawa Point (under the radio masts, south of Grandfather Rocks) just before 10pm. They were able to sit on anchor to avoid being blown onto the rocks while Coastguard Mana responded. We towed them back to their vehicle that was at the launching ramp between the bridges at Paremata. Vessel Details Length: 4.50m Resources Attendees: AlanFisher Ben Ryan Gerry ONeill Jake Jimmythekiwi Lorna Rolston Mark Presling Neil Cornwell Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus
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New vision for Newtown?
- Iona Pannett
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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App enables people to find one another to share rides
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- ‘Rides’ is social enterprise created to provide conscious, cheaper, and more convenient transportation for people.
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Thorndon Fair
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- Thorndon Fair is coming up on Sunday 7th December. 20,000+ Wellingtonians will attend Wellington’s iconic street fair along Tinakori Rd and Hill St in Thorndon. Opening hours for the 250+ stalls are 10am-3pm. It is run by Thorndon School as their main fundraiser. www.thorndonfair.nz
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Calling all would-be Wellington developers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Wellington tertiary community is calling on the city’s entrepreneurs and innovators to help enhance the experience students have in the city.
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Brasso & Hat Rack together at Kapiti Playhouse
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- Local Kapiti band Brasso will be appearing on the stage of the Kapiti Playhouse on Ruahine Street on Friday December 5 at 7:30.
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2014 at Circa Theatre!
- Circa Theatre
- We are nearing the end of the year and are just about to launch our programme for 2015 (on 7 December at the Thorndon Fair), so we thought it was time to take a look back at all of the fantastic shows that have graced our stages throughout 2014.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Symposium to explore New Zealand’s imagined community
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A symposium on New Zealand’s imagined community, hosted by Victoria University’s Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, is expected to stimulate some lively debate about national identity, nationhood and nationalism.
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Create outdoor gyms in Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Develop free outdoor gyms in Wellington central e.g. the waterfront to create accessible opportunities for all residents and visitors to improve their health and fitness.
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Victoria students well represented in Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of 26 young New Zealanders will start 2015 learning first-hand about the Asian region after the University’s success in the latest Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia (PMSA) funding round.
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Onslow Players Named in Womens U21 Squad
- Onslow Cricket Club
- Wellington have announced five debutants in the Wellington Under 21 squad to compete in the annual National Under 21 Tournament in December.
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Ferrier chemists recognised by NZIC
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) has recognised the scientific contributions of five chemists from the Ferrier Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington.
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A message from the Newtown Community Gardens
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Kia Ora Newtowners, It is now nearly one year since Newtown Community Gardens turned its first sods of soil in Carrara Park.
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Carrara Park, Regent Street, Newtown, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Latest walking tracks map of Ngaio and Crofton Downs
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Feel like a local walk next weekend, but not sure where? The library has free copies of our latest Ngaio and Crofton Downs walking tracks map. This one includes the whole Silversky Track. You can download or print out an A3 version of the map.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ian McPhee 1940-2014
- Swimming Wellington
- Ian McPhee, Life Member of Swimming New Zealand, Life Member of Swimming Wairarapa and Swimming Wellington following the amalgamation of Wairarapa and Wellington.
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Community Meeting Sunday 30th November 2014
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Please join us to discuss what the Wellington City Council Long Term Plan means for Newtown The Newtown Residents’ Association wants to bring residents of Newtown together to workshop a submission on what we would like to see prioritized by Council in the next ten years, to feed back into the Long Term Plan.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Christmas Market on Saturday 6th December
- Hataitai Community Website
- The last community market of the year has a Christmas focus. I hope to see you at Hataitai Bowling Club, 157 Hataitai Road, between 10am and 1pm on Saturday 6th December 0 Likes Share
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Newtown and Berhampore Community Emergency Response Plan – meeting 9/12/14 at 6pm, Newtown Park
- Newtown Residents' Association
- A group from Newtown and Berhampore have been working with Jason from WREMO, Anna and Renee from the Newtown Community Centre and Claire, our NRA President, to develop a plan for how our community would look after itself for the first 72 hours following a disaster.
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Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Broken down yacht grounded in channel
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 15/11/2014 - 15:00 - 16:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 1 Total Volunteer Hours: 9 A 30ft yacht broke down just after departing it's swing mooring in the Porirua Harbour channel by the railway bridge at Paremata. The engine would not restart and the 30+ knot winds quickly blew the yacht onto the sand on the side of the channel. Vessel Details Length: 9.10m Resources Attendees: Ben Ryan Jimmythekiwi Mark Presling Neil Cornwell Polarbear Steve_Rolston CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus read more
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Today’s libraries not just about books
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Public libraries need to look beyond simply offering books in order to ensure their survival, a Victoria University of Wellington professor says.
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Special one-night-only screening of films by legendary media artist Harun Farocki
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A one-night-only screening of three films by the late Harun Farocki, a German media artist, critic, editor and curator, will be shown at the Light House Cinema Cuba next Wednesday 26 November.
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Fear not
- Tawa Bowling Club
- bowlstawa.com will be back up and running soon.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Conference on meteorological and climate forecasting
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An upcoming conference at Victoria University of Wellington will explore aspects of meteorological and climate forecasting, and the research underpinning weather prediction.
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Dead Tragic: "If it's half as much fun to watch as it is to perform, you're going to have a great night."
- Circa Theatre
- Dead Tragic creator Michael Nicholas Williams tells drama on the waterfront all about his next show at Circa, opening in Circa Two on 22 November.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Jeypore Street Playground Petition – and Party Invitation for Saturday Nov 29th
- Newtown Residents' Association
- We talked about the Berhampore Jeypore Street Playground at the October NRA meeting, and again last night at the November meeting.
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Shades of Employment Contracts Act in new law reform
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following is an opinion piece by Dr Stephen Blumenfeld, Director of the Centre for Labour, Employment and Work in Victoria’s School of Management, which was published in The Dominion Post on 18 November 2014.
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Google dream a reality for Victoria student
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington student Valerie Chan will learn from the top tech minds this summer as she interns at Google's Sydney headquarters.
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Transport Realities Are Changing Fast. Is The Government Starting To Take Notice?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- “Peak car” acknowledged by the Ministry of Transport Following each General Election, Government departments prepare a Briefing for the Incoming Minister (BIM).
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Professor John Psathas awarded Higher Doctorate
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A rare Higher Doctorate will be awarded to Professor John Psathas from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music during Victoria University of Wellington’s December Graduation ceremonies.
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Savea nominated for World Player of the Year
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The IRB Player of the Year award could be heading to Miramar, with Julian Savea this week nominated for the award along with All Blacks teammate Brodie Retallick, two South Africans and an Irishman.
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Prestigious fellowships awarded to Victoria researchers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers are among a small group of leading New Zealand scientists to receive highly sought-after James Cook Research Fellowships.
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PCA Coach & Swimmer take out top Honours
- Swimming Wellington
- PCA was to the fore at the Porirua Community Trust’s Sports Awards were held last night (13th Nov).
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Conference to highlight labour, employment and work issues
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An upcoming conference supported by Victoria University of Wellington and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will reflect on key issues in the current labour, employment and work environment in New Zealand.
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Monthly Meeting – November 17th 2014
- Newtown Residents' Association
- We will be meeting at 7.
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Victoria scientist awarded research medal
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University researcher Dr Richard Tilley has been recognised for his contribution to science in this year’s New Zealand Association of Scientists (NZAS) Awards.
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Top of the table clash highlights round 5
- Cricket Wellington
- Week 5 of the Ewen Chatfield Trophy pins Johnsonville vs Eastern Suburbs along with other intriguing games.
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Johnsonville and Onslow go Clear at top of Joy Lamason Table
- Cricket Wellington
- A beautiful Saturday at Ian Galloway saw a fantastic day of cricket with two centuries, while Round 3 on Sunday saw Johnsonville and Onslow make clear advancements at the top of the table.
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Johnsonville and Onslow go clear at top of Joy Lamason Trophy
- Cricket Wellington
- A beautiful Saturday at Ian Galloway saw a fantastic day of cricket with two centuries, while Round 3 on Sunday saw Johnsonville and Onslow make clear advancements at the top of the table.
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The Grand Dame of the Circa Pantomime
- Circa Theatre
- This week on drama on the waterfront, Gavin Rutherford, who will don the dress for the 5th time this year as Grandma Hood in Red Riding Hood, takes us down memory lane of his time as Dame.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Cooking competition an engaging way to practise and assess language
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A multilingual food competition was held on the Wellington waterfront by Victoria University’s School of Languages and Cultures recently.
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AGM 18 November 2014
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- We are holding our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 in the Ngaio Union Church, corner of Kenya Street and Ottawa Road. The meeting begins at 7:30 pm. Guest speakers are Kelvin Hastie of the Crofton Downs Predator-Free project and Jane Schaverien of the Community Fruit Tree project, as well as contributions from other community groups. AGM 2014
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When times are tough, cultures turn to moralising gods
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new study involving researchers from New Zealand and the United States has shown that when life is tough or uncertain, people are more likely to believe in moralising high gods.
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Research shows disparity between tax paid by women and men
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research from Victoria University of Wellington examining taxation and government welfare spending by age and gender in New Zealand shows that women pay less tax than men over their lifetime and receive more government assistance.
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Electric performance at Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A unique musical performance involving a trio of Tesla coils will take place at Victoria University of Wellington next week (17 November).
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Close encounters of the cute kind
- Victoria University of Wellington
- It’s not every day you can bottle-feed a manatee, but that’s something a recent Victoria University of Wellington graduate can tick off her list.
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Legal villain? A post-mortem on Prendergast
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law is celebrating the launch of a biography of New Zealand’s infamous and second longest serving Chief Justice, James Prendergast.
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Urban activation - Civic Square
- Iona Pannett
- Some much needed activation in the under utilised Civic Square. Impressed, obviously a hit.
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Fellowship brings leading researcher to Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One of New Zealand’s leading young researchers has received a Rutherford Foundation Trust Award to study at Victoria University of Wellington where he will investigate the ‘Big Bend’ of the Alpine Fault in southeast Nelson.
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Orchestra Wellington presents Baby Pops: Anchors...
- Orchestra Wellington
- Orchestra Wellington presents Baby Pops: Anchors Aweigh Wairarapa College, Masterton 3pm Saturday 22 November Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington 3pm Sunday 23 November Orchestra Wellington sets out for high seas and pirate adventure with “Anchors Aweigh,” the latest in its series of Baby Pops education concerts.
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Research to enhance fertility of New Zealand dairy cows
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington researcher is aiming to discover why some dairy cows are less fertile than others and how to overcome the disparity.
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New senior role at Victoria for leading scientist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Kate McGrath has been appointed Victoria University of Wellington’s first Vice-Provost (Research).
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Victoria University to review its investments in carbon-emitting fossil fuels
- Victoria University of Wellington
- This opinion piece by Victoria University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilford was published in The Dominion Post on Thursday 6 November.
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Exploring Māori legal traditions
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In recent years, there has been growing recognition that Māori law is not limited to practices that the state legal system recognises. Māori society has law-making and dispute resolution institutions which both predate the New Zealand state legal system and continue to operate alongside it. Māori legal traditions exist as part of a distinct Māori legal system.
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From dirt to drugs: bioactives from soil
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The discovery of penicillin in 1928 changed the course of human history.
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Victoria professor to write a history of New Zealand’s security surveillance
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Richard Hill from Victoria University of Wellington has been awarded Marsden funding to compile a critical analysis of covert intelligence gathering in New Zealand, the only western country to have no academic study on the history of its security intelligence.
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Johnsonville Charitable Trust Elections 2014/15
- Johnsonville Charitable Trust
- We would like to congratulate Camilia Chin on her election to the Johnsonville Charitable Trust.
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2014 Johnsonville Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner
- Johnsonville Charitable Trust
- The Johnsonville Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner hosted by the Johnsonville Charitable Trust will be held at the Innkeeper Restaurant and Bar on the 9th, 10th and 11th of December 2014. We look forward to your attendance for a hearty lunch and some Christmas cheer.
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Improving patient safety in our hospitals
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary by Dr Brian Robinson, a senior lecturer in Victoria University of Wellington’s Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, appeared in The Dominion Post on 4 November.
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Marsden funding success for Victoria researchers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington researchers have received 25 prestigious Marsden Fund grants worth $12.1 million, the largest number ever received by the University.
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Māori customs and protocols go virtual
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New research from Victoria University of Wellington is showing the extent to which information technology is becoming culturally important for Māori.
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Crowd funding campaign for climate change film
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Fundraising is underway to ensure a ground-breaking film on climate change, featuring Victoria University of Wellington scientists, can be adapted for broadcast on United States public television.
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Join us for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of our waterfront building!
- Circa Theatre
- On 5 November, 1994, the new Circa building on the waterfront opened with a performance of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Cat Tracker wins research award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Heidy Kikillus, a post-doctoral fellow at Victoria University of Wellington, has been recognised with a WWF-New Zealand Conservation Innovation Award for her research into understanding the secret life of cats.
- Accepted from VUW News feed
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Places available now!
- Aro Valley Pre-School
- We currently have vacancies in 2014. Free childcare for three and four year olds. Contact us now to find out more!
- Accepted from Aro Valley Pre-School news
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College Sport Wellington Awards
- Swimming Wellington
- The College Sport Wellington Awards where held last night at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua. Congratulations go to; 2014 Swimmers of the Year – Ben Walsh Tawa College and Josie Kozyniak St Catherine’s College for full list of results 2014 Media Release
- Accepted from Swim Wellington Feed
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Result: Black Programme
- Olympic Harriers
- A good turnout of Olympic runners at Newtown Park for the Black Programme. Mi...
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Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Putting music research to educational use in the Pacific
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A lecturer from Victoria University of Wellington’s Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM), will use his research as an educational tool for local communities in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
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Matthew Palmer QC Will Represent Save The Basin At NZTA’s High Court Appeal
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- As reported by Wellington Scoop, the Save the Basin Campaign Inc will be represented by Matthew Palmer QC at the High Court, which will be hearing the New Zealand Transport Agency’s appeal against the Basin Bridge Board of Inquiry’s decision to decline resource consent for a Basin Reserve flyover.
- Accepted from Save the Basin posts
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Conservation week kicks off
- Te Motu Kairangi
- Did you know that hangehange has a wonderful scented flowers or that weta do disperse seeds of some plants? Conservation Week started on Saturday (1 November) and the theme for 2014 is "Discover the world where you live".
- Accepted from Te Motu Kairangi blog by feedreader
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Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mt Vic - So what is happening?
- Wellington Mountain Bike Club
- Mt Victoria has always been a great place to ride and with developments over the last couple of years it has become a more popular destination for mountain biking.
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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HOBM and Ories win Men’s and Women’s Sevens titles
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Members of the newly crowned American Ambassador’s Sevens champions Hutt Old Boys Marist and runners-up Wainuiomata after the Cup final today.
- Accepted from Rugby Club Weekly Feed
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria University to review its investment in carbon-emitting fossil fuels
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has initiated the necessary processes to move out of investment in carbon-emitting fossil fuels.
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