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• • Victoria University might play fair

    • 8 Aug 2010
    • Salient
    • Pat Walsh buys bananas Victoria University might be one step closer to becoming a Fair Trade University with VUWSA President Max Hardy presenting Vice-Chancellor Pat Walsh with a fair trade information pack last week.
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• • On Malls

    • 18 Jun 2010
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • The Dominion Post had an article recently saying how K Mart, the giant US retailing store, wants to establish a branch in central Wellington. Given that K Mart stores are rather large, and Wellington CBD is rather skinny and small. It may be that they are aiming at Kilbirnie / Rongotai instead. But it did remind [...]
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• • Fair Trade Fortnight- come on get involved!!

    • 3 May 2010
    • Lady that Lunches
    • For the next two weeks New Zealand will be celebrating Fair Trade Fortnight. In ode and solidarity to this awesome  movement I will only be drinking Fair Trade tea & coffee. My blogs will incorporate what Fair Trade products I come across and where you can buy them. You can do it too- getting involved is EASY!@!
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• • Visit Wellington in Style

    • 3 May 2010
    • Wellington's Official Tourism Website
    • If you’ve got designs on visiting Wellington, be sure to visit the two new boutiques that have just opened in the city and attend a series of talks dedicated to New Zealand designers this month.
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• • When is a shop not a shop?

    • 28 Apr 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Right now in Thorndon, Wellington's first Handmade Pop-Up Shop has arrived. It opened on the 13th of April and closes again on the 1st of May. Each day the shop features a different artist or crafter showcasing all their lovely creations.
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    • thorndon
    • retail
    302 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington
  
  

• • Vintage wear just as loved second time around

    • 23 Apr 2010
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • ANYONE with an interest in vintage clothing would do well to buy now while the time is right, says Aeon store owner Amy Oakes. The Cuba St retailer says at the moment vintage is pre-1970s, when most garments were handmade in New Zealand and better quality than the cheap imported clothing of more recent decades.
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    • retail
    • cuba street

    • This Newswire.co.nz newsitem has 2 comments.

      • ‘Hi I am helping Lilian look for one of our past Guests – Yvonne Ragen who works at Particles of time in Cuba Str Wellington. can you assit with her e mail address please? Kind Regards Elizabeth and Lillian’
      • ‘Hi there, Good article. How come there is no option to email to a friend, who isn’t on Facebook. Thanks for your reply. Cheers. Jo.’

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• • City of Markets

    • 12 Apr 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • We've noticed we're fast becoming something of a city of markets.
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• • Crime scene investigation: Miramar

    • 3 Apr 2010
    • Wellington Scoop
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    • This Wellington Scoop newsitem has 2 comments.

      • ‘The pubs are unwilling to challenge the Easter Trading laws because by breaching the Terms of their liquor licenses they risk far more than the $1000 fine.’
      • ‘Whilst you cannot visit a garden shop or take the kids to Toyworld, you can go and spend that money at the TAB. Nice to see the Government keeps its priorities in order!’

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• • Capital city goes fair (trade) on coffee and tea

    • 9 Dec 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • WELLINGTONIANS now have another reason to be proud as their city becomes the first Fair Trade Capital in the southern hemisphere.
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    • This Newswire.co.nz newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘Thanks for the great article Sabrina & team. If you want to know more about our initiative go to http://www.fairtradewellington.org.nz. Also, a small correction to the photo caption – the Fair Trade City initiative was not started by me! I have been part’

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• • Market forces have been at play in Wellington in recent months, here’s the details...

    • 8 Dec 2009
    • Wellington's Official Tourism Website
    • The launch of two new markets in the space of a week will add a creative twist to the Wellington market scene.
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• • Wellington Officially a Fair Trade City

    • 3 Dec 2009
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington has officially received Fair Trade City status after its application was approved by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ).
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• • Wellington's super market

    • 28 Oct 2009
    • Capital Times
    • HAS Wellington gone super-manic? Wellington city is currently home to five large supermarkets, and if the four more planned go smoothly, we can expect nine supermarkets in the inner city in the next couple of years.
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• • Ziggurat turns thirteeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!

    • 21 Oct 2009
    • Texture
    • Phenomenal!The quaint little vintage boutique Ziggurat is celebrating its thirtieth birthday this Saturday and you’re invited to the parteeeeeeeeeey!The festivities kick-off from six at the Watusi Bar on Edward street and you’re encouraged to don your favourite Ziggurat purchase and swing-your-thing on the dance-floor to the rockabilly sounds of local sensations The Hardy Ha Ha’s… boy can they bang a tambourine…So make sure you chuck on your favourite suit or flapper-dress it will be one hell-of-a-party!- Karyn
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• • Wellington retailers get a good week out of WOW

    • 5 Oct 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • Gordon Harris store winning window.
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• • Fair Enough Wellington

    • 21 Sep 2009
    • Texture
    • It may only be symbolic, but it might just prove to be a very powerful symbol at that. On Friday night, the Council unanimously voted for Wellington to become New Zealand’s first Fair Trade city.
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    • wellington city council
    • Wellington_NZ RT @wellynews: Texture - Fair Enough Wellington http://tinyurl.com/l2ndx4
  
  

• • Capital aims to be NZÂ’s first Fair Trade City

    • 17 Sep 2009
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington City Council unanimously voted last night to become New ZealandÂ’s first Fair Trade City.
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• • Grocery bag charge lifted

    • 6 Sep 2009
    • Salient
    • Foodstuffs’ decision to stop charges on plastic bags at Wellington city outlets New World and Four Square has been met with surprise by a number of pro-environment groups. Since initiating the five cent charge on 3 August this year, plastic bag usage has dropped by twelve million bags, a reduction of over 60 percent from last year.
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• • Project Rugby

    • 17 Aug 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Prodded into action by one of our many readers, who helpfully slipped us a set of the Resource Consent drawings, we've had a chance to look at the New World ("Project Rugby") scheme that is due to clog up the Basin Reserve even more.
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    • mount cook
    85 Rugby Street, Wellington
  
  

• • Upper Hutt bed shop says goodnight and goodbye

    • 11 Aug 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • UPPER Hutt will lose one of its three bed shops soon because people are buying beds from Wellington instead of using their local shop.
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    • hutt valley
  
  

• • Wellington shops close by dozen as recession hits

    • 3 Aug 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • SHOPS along Wellington’s “golden mile” are emptying at a faster rate than the rise in unemployment, with nearly 7% showing “for lease” signs.
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    • This Newswire.co.nz newsitem has 2 comments.

      • ‘Dearest Tory, Loved all your Articles! Thoughtful, local news, meaningful to the Local Community,and loved all the photos, made the issue much more real. Well done!!! HUGE LOVE, Mary xxxxx’
      • ‘I think you also need to look at Council planning decisions in Upper Hutt. 1.Whay did they let a new Mitre 10 mega complex go ahead across the railway line when it contravenes a report done at a cost of $300,000 which they adopted and recommended that de’

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• • Kirkcaldie & Stains sale starts Monday

    • 20 Jul 2009
    • Kirkcaldies & Stains Ltd
    • Kirkcaldie & Stains SALE starts Monday 20 July
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• • Kicks, the habit

    • 16 Jul 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The best sneaker store in town, Wakefield Hotel (Cuba St, just past Scopa), has just got in a whole bunch of Onitsuka Tiger samples.
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    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 10 comments.

      • ‘I see what you did there.’
      • ‘haha hadyn no disrespect they're both good stores just that i see more younger people shop at loaded. mind you hotel wakefield has a mint selection of onshituka tigers’
      • ‘I picked up a pair yesterday. Dude said retail for non-samples is 200 something... so $140 is worthwhile.’

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• • New Food Market for Culinary Capital

    • 14 May 2009
    • Wellington's Official Tourism Website
    • Visitors and locals wanting a literal taste of Wellington will be left absolutely positively salivating by the latest addition to the capital's culinary scene. The City Market – a new weekly food and wine market showcasing local artisan products and producers – opens on Sunday 14 June. Situated alongside the existing Waitangi Park outdoor market.
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• • Good on ya, mate

    • 13 May 2009
    • Capital Times
    • RUMBLES is boycotting DB Brewery products. The independent wine merchant on Waring Taylor Street will not stock Heineken, Tiger, Tui, Export Gold, Amstel, Budvar or Monteith’s beer in protest at the brewery taking legal action against a small Dunedin boutique organic brewer called Green Man.
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• • Make Wellington a Fair Trade City

    • 6 May 2009
    • Wellington City Council
    • Wellington has many outlets serving, selling, supporting and using Fair Trade products. We now wish to declare Wellington New Zealand’s first Fair Trade City through a resolution passed by Wellington City Council.
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    • wellington city council
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• • A book sale worth walking up a hill for

    • 4 May 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • It's sale time at Vic Books again, both at the Kelburn Campus and the Pipitea store by the train station. The sale runs from Monday May 11-Thursday May 28, and if you're clever you'll figure out a way to get to the sneak preview with wine and nibbles at the Kelburn shop, from 3pm, Thursday May 7th. ‘Tis the season of twisted umbrellas, so it's time to stock up on books which will keep
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    • books
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    • victoria university

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 2 comments.

      • ‘They have stacks of books for $2. Surely that's frugal enough for you? :)’
      • ‘Damnit, that's the week before payday! Thanks for the heads up.’

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• • Running on empty

    • 1 Apr 2009
    • Capital Times
    • WELLINGTON retailers are a dwindling breed. A walk around the city reveals countless shops that were retail outlets in a past life, but are now empty, unloved and up-for-lease.
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• • Video store failure

    • 19 Nov 2008
    • Capital Times
    • THE collapse of United Video Courtenay Place does not mean that other central city video stores will close.
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    31 Courtenay Place, Wellington, New Zealand
  
  

• • Real Groovy's Wellington-owned

    • 5 Nov 2008
    • Capital Times
    • WELLINGTON is not going to lose its Real Groovy. Former store manager Mark Thomas has bought the business from the ailing chain, Real Groovy Records Limited, news that will be welcomed by Wellington’s music community.
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    • retail
    • cuba street
  
  

• • Samurai Store Coming

    • 28 Oct 2008
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Almost in order to prove that rumours of the death of genuine, good quality music retailers in this country have been greatly exaggerated, on November 6 Wellington will have a new specialist music retail store.
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    • retail

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 3 comments.

      • ‘I've been told: It's actually right beside ‘Meow’ café, it used to be ‘Scooterazzi’ most recently. It's right at the start of that little hallway thru to Edward St. Updated article accordingly’
      • ‘I was going on what Zoomin.co.nz wuz telling me... but I'll defer to your local knowledge.....  :’
      • ‘151 Willis Street [that weird place where Turner's Steakhouse was] I think it's next door to that, in the place that used to be a barber's and then briefly a scooter showroom. I saw the windows papered over from the inside, and wondered why they were usi’

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    151 Willis Street, Wellington