Wellington City Council and Events
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Artists Unite in Gloominess and Woe
- 19 Aug 2010
- Wellington City Council
- The next Toi Poneke Gallery exhibition is the result of a culmination of events that started with a 'flatmates wanted' ad. Lennart Maschmeyer and Dominic McElwee shared a house and found they had a common interest - art and everything about it.
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Te Raekaihau Point
- 26 Jul 2010
- Wellington City Council
- We're rehabilitating Te Raekaihau Point's ecology, and you have a chance to be part of it.
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Swampymarsh1 @wellynews what a great project I'll get out my green finger gloves and be there to help
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World Cup Heroes: Event Planning Underway
- 25 Jun 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast says discussions have started with Football New Zealand and the Government about a suitable event to welcome home and salute the All Whites.
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Cuba Street Carnival - Clarification
- 4 Jun 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast has denied as "absolutely untrue" reports that the 2011 Cuba St Carnival has been cancelled because the Council is not committed to funding it and is spending money on the Rugby World Cup instead.
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Toi Poneke Gallery Becomes a House of Complexity
- 18 May 2010
- Wellington City Council
- It will be like walking into a home as you enter Toi Poneke Gallery from Friday 28 May. Delicately crocheted dresses dangle from the ceiling, paintings decorate a wall, and individually crafted comics lie around in the corner beneath a shelf with two robotic sculptures.
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Biodiversity & the Berhampore Nursery
- 10 May 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Calling all green-thumbs! Berhampore Nursery is having its annual open day this Saturday (15 May), and this year's theme is 'biodiversity in the backyard'.
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Anzac Day Commemorations
- 19 Apr 2010
- Wellington City Council
- We're pleased to announce that our We'll Meet Again concert is back. As it's a musical tribute to the servicemen and women of the First and Second World Wars, you'll hear songs from the '30s and '40s sung by The Beat Girls and performed by The Royal New Zealand Air Force Swing Band.
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Relive the '40s at the Town Hall on Anzac Day
- 12 Apr 2010
- Wellington City Council
- It's back - the Wellington City Council tribute concert to the servicemen and women of the First and Second World Wars takes place on Anzac Day (Sunday 25 April).
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New Exhibition at Toi Poneke Gallery
- 29 Mar 2010
- Wellington City Council
- See how art can transform the grimmest lives at a new exhibition which opens this Thursday, 1 April at Toi Poneke Gallery (61 Abel Smith Street).
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1000 AD with Zealandia
- 29 Mar 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Zealandia: The Karori Sanctuary Experience will turn the clock back 1000 years this Friday, 2 April when it opens a new permanent exhibition dedicated to showcasing New Zealand's natural history.
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Council Artworks on Display
- 8 Mar 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Did you know we've been collecting Wellington art since 1882? This continued on and off during the 1900s, mostly through gifts or bequests to the city. But in the last decade, we've had a dedicated advisory group buying Wellington art for the city's collection.
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Newtown Festival Fair Day
- 1 Mar 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Newtown's fourteenth annual street fair takes place this Sunday (7 March) when Riddiford and its side streets will transform into a barrage of colour, food, craft and song.
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Festival of Circus Begins
- 1 Mar 2010
- Wellington City Council
- For one week Waitangi Park will be transformed with circus tents, flying trapeze rigs, carousels and candy floss for Wellington's inaugural Festival of Circus.
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Demolition the theme for Toi Poneke exhibition
- 24 Feb 2010
- Wellington City Council
- It's a tale of a healthy obsession with buildings and their make up, documentary photography, 'green' buildings, birth and renewal and Japanese Shinto temples.
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Go to Pompeii for Free in March
- 21 Feb 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Take a free trip back to 80 AD at the A Day in Pompeii exhibition at Te Papa on Thursday 4 March.
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Films by Starlight
- 16 Feb 2010
- Wellington City Council
- Put on your red shoes and join the crowds at the Botanic Garden Dell this Thursday evening (18.02.10) as they cheer Dorothy home to Kansas at a free outdoor screening of Hollywood classic, The Wizard of Oz (PG).
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Pasifika Festival
- 9 Feb 2010
- Wellington City Council
- There'll be a chance to savour the Pacific this weekend (13.02.10) at a festival aimed at giving Wellingtonians the authentic Pacific experience.
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Wellington and WOW - a $15m Combination
- 10 Dec 2009
- Wellington City Council
- The pairing of Wellington and the Montana World of WearableArt Awards Show has proved a stunning combination in 2009, with this yearÂ’s shows bringing more than $15 million into the city.
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Artists from Our Chinese Sister City Exhibit
- 2 Dec 2009
- Wellington City Council
- Artists from one of Wellington's Chinese sister cities, Xiamen, will show their work to Wellingtonians at an exhibition that opens on Friday.
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Big Screen to Broadcast All Whites Game
- 9 Nov 2009
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council has secured rights to Saturday’s All Whites vs Bahrain game and will broadcast it live on a big screen at Queens Wharf.
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Climate Change Festival
- 20 Oct 2009
- Wellington City Council
- 350 will be the number on everyone's lips on the waterfront this weekend. Signifying the safe amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (350 parts per million), 350 Aotearoa will be raising awareness about climate change this Saturday 24 October.
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Diwali Festival of Lights
- 13 Oct 2009
- Wellington City Council
- Delight your senses with the kaleidoscope of colours, sounds and spicy aromas of the eighth annual Indian Diwali Festival of Lights. Highlights this year include a free high-energy Bollywood dance competition at 8.00pm on Sunday 18 October at the TSB Bank Arena.
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City Gallery Reopening
- 22 Sep 2009
- Wellington City Council
- Get down to Civic Square this Sunday, 12noon - 5.00pm, to celebrate the much-anticipated reopening of City Gallery Wellington.
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Monet Brings in Dollars as Well as Visitors
- 9 Sep 2009
- Wellington City Council
- The Monet and the Impressionists exhibition held at Te Papa earlier this year brought in a huge cash injection for Wellington.
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Forgotten spaces brought back to life by Wellington artist
- 5 Jul 2009
- Wellington City Council
- After causing a stir with a series of public photographic installations throughout Christchurch, Wellington-based artist James Voller will exhibit the results with Forgotten Space Remembered at Toi Poneke Gallery from 17 July.
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See Graphic Art in Motion at Toi Poneke Gallery
- 1 Jun 2009
- Wellington City Council
- What do David Bowie, e.e. cummings and tea towels have in common? They all have a part to play at an exhibition of graphic artworks, Fermi Paradox, by Wellington artist Tania Willis showing at Toi Poneke Gallery soon.
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Wellington switching off for Earth Hour
- 15 Mar 2009
- Wellington City Council
- With just under two weeks to go to Earth Hour, Wellington hospitality businesses including Fidels Cafe, the Welsh Dragon Bar and Cafe Italiano are planning to light up the candles on Saturday 28 March at 8.30pm.
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SS Penguin Sinking to be Remembered on South Coast
- 9 Feb 2009
- Wellington City Council
- A special commemoration will be held on a remote part of WellingtonÂ’s South Coast this Thursday evening in memory of the 72 people who lost their lives when the passenger steamer SS Penguin went down in a storm 100 years ago.
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Anatomy meets alchemy in next Toi Pôneke exhibition
- 4 Jan 2009
- Wellington City Council
- Get along to Toi Pôneke Gallery’s next exhibition for a feast of the senses at allotropy by Jeanette Schäring (starts 15 January).
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Major CBD Traffic Restrictions for Sunday's Santa Parade
- 14 Nov 2008
- Wellington City Council
- There will be celebrations throughout the central business district (CBD) this Sunday (16.11.08) when the Tip Top Santa Parade comes to town. The parade starts at 2.00pm on Sunday at the corner of Lambton Quay and Ballance Street. It will travel down Lambton Quay on to Willis Street, before moving on to Wakefield Street and ending in Cuba Street.
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Sky Show to Light Up Wellington for Guy Fawkes
- 28 Oct 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington’s skies will come alive this Guy Fawkes Night as the Pelorus Trust Sky Show returns to the city. World-renowned fireworks maestro Robert McDermott – best known for the stunning fireworks display which closed the Sydney Olympics – will wow Wellingtonians with his pyrotechnic mastery.
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Open day a chance to check out Truby King house
- 16 Oct 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians will be able to enjoy jazz favourites this Sunday 19 October while they explore the historic Melrose house and garden where the Plunket Society had its birth.
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Dance if You Do, Dance if You Don’t
- 17 Sep 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council’s month-long dance festival has now reached the half-way point, and residents need to get their skates, or maybe their socks on if they want to catch some of the action over the next two weeks.
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Get Ready to Dance Your Socks Off!
- 27 Aug 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Pull on your dancing shoes and get ready to shake your funky thing! Wellington City Council’s ever-popular Dance Your Socks Off Festival is back again with performances and workshops to get you tapping your feet, clapping your hands and coming back for more.
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Wellington Gets Behind World Environment Day, 5 June
- 29 May 2008
- Wellington City Council
- A free ‘eco party’ featuring Sam Flynn Scott and Open Souls, tours of the tip and ‘eco homes’, and an Arbor Day planting of 5000 native plants involving 200 school children, will mark the week of World Environment Day 2008 in Wellington.
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Painter Exhibits Photography of a Different Kind
- 2 Apr 2008
- Wellington City Council
- One of Toi Poneke’s inaugural studio artists, Naomi Clements, will exhibit the culmination of a year’s work, Snapshot, at the gallery on Abel Smith Street from next Friday (11 April).
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Power Boats to Make a Big Splash in Wellington
- 9 Mar 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington is set to host one of the fastest and most exhilarating water sports events on Saturday 15 March. The Wellington Offshore Power Boat Race will see more than 35 boats complete a high-speed course around Wellington Harbour in round four of the National Championship.
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Photographic Exhibition Pays Homage to Peacemakers
- 2 Mar 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Waitangi Park will, from this Friday 7 March, house a new photography exhibition, Winds of Change - 1000 Women for Peace, celebrating women from all over the world who have worked towards peace.
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Botanic Garden to Exhibit Provocative Flower Photos
- 2 Dec 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington Botanic Garden is the place to head this summer to see a free international exhibition of flower photographs which highlight the sexual nature of plants.
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Final Exhibition of the Year at Toi Poneke
- 30 Nov 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington artists Lynsie Austin and Sarah Mortlock are well-accustomed to one another.
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NZCT to the Rescue with Dragon Boat Bail-out
- 8 Aug 2007
- Wellington City Council
- The New Zealand Community Trust has come to the rescue of the Wellington Dragon Boat Festival - a key feature of Wellington's summer events calendar.
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New Exhibition Looks at Mt Vic and What Made it Tick
- 7 Jun 2007
- Wellington City Council
- An exhibition about the colourful residents of Mt Victoria opens at Toi Poneke Gallery on Wednesday 13 June and runs until 7 July.
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Berhampore Nursery Opens For Annual Plant Sale
- 10 May 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Keen gardeners, would-be gardeners and people with an interest in conservation will find plenty to interest them at the Berhampore Nursery open day and plant sale on Saturday 19 May.
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Photographers Record 2006 Jazz Fest
- 28 Mar 2007
- Wellington City Council
- It all started when a member of the Wellington Photographic Society (WPS) suggested a Jazz Festival assignment. Next week Toi Pôneke Gallery will show the results.
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New Exhibition Focuses on the Trouble With Preservatives
- 5 Mar 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Are the preservatives that are added to food unnaturally preserving our lives and our own personal eco-systems?
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City Counts Down to Cuba Carnival
- 21 Feb 2007
- Wellington City Council
- New Zealand's largest and most diverse street festival, the Go Wellington Cuba Street Carnival will entertain people for two days and nights.
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Botanic Garden Lily Pond the Venue for New Exhibition
- 19 Feb 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Rising like alien creatures from the green depths of the lily pond in the Botanic Garden’s Begonia House for the next month are photo installations by Wellington photographer Paul Thompson.
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City gets ready for Cuba Carnival
- 14 Feb 2007
- Wellington City Council
- New Zealand's largest and most diverse street festival, the Go Wellington Cuba Street Carnival will entertain people for two days and nights next week.
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Rock on at Toi Pôneke Gallery
- 8 Feb 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Toi Pôneke Gallery will host part of the Fringe Festival 2007, The Rock Show (Rocks that Roll & Rock n’ Roll) from next week.
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New Exhibition about Absent Friends and Old Family Relics
- 3 Jan 2007
- Wellington City Council
- Five Wellington artists will kick off the Toi Poneke Gallery’s 2007 exhibitions with Call and Response, a collaboration of photography, installation and multimedia which starts on Thursday 11 January. ...
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Life Stories Feature in Latest Toi Poneke Exhibition
- 30 Nov 2006
- Wellington City Council
- Toi Poneke Gallery’s last exhibition of 2006 will feature work by Isabel Chapman, a Toi Poneke resident artist and Massey University student.
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Fringe Artists Successful in Arts Funding Round
- 10 Nov 2006
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington's arts community is buzzing with excitement following last week's Creative Communities Wellington local funding scheme grants meeting.
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Exhibition Explores Mana the Fijian Way
- 29 Sep 2006
- Wellington City Council
- Visitors to Toi Pôneke Gallery will be greeted by a magnificent whale’s tooth in a glass cabinet as they enter the forthcoming exhibition, Na Tabua: An investigation of mana from a Fijian perspective.
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New Art Exhibition Inspired by Antarctic Visit
- 30 Aug 2006
- Wellington City Council
- From Tuesday 5 September, Wellington?s Toi Poneke Gallery will appear like the minimalist landscape that local artist Margaret Elliot first fell for eight years ago in Antarctica.
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New Exhibition Offers a Satirical View of the World
- 3 Aug 2006
- Wellington City Council
- The Happy Couple, an exhibition by Wellington artists Bruce Mahalski and Stefano Tevaga, explores themes of love and money and how they impact on the world we live in.
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Wind farms fan new exhibition
- 18 Jul 2006
- Wellington City Council
- The Tararua Wind Farm is the inspiration for a new exhibition opening at the Wellington Arts Centre on 25 July.
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Wellington Embroiderers' Guild exhibition
- 13 Jun 2006
- Wellington City Libraries
- As part of the Wellington Embroiderers' Guild 40th anniversary they are exhibiting work around the city. There is an exhibition of the Guild's gorgeous work on the first floor of Central Library until Saturday 24 June.
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Fragmented New Zealand on Display in Exhibition
- 18 May 2006
- Wellington City Council
- A new photograph exhibition focusing on New Zealand and its environment opens at the Arts Centre on Thursday.
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Exhibition of Multicultural Tapestries at Arts Centre
- 16 Jan 2006
- Wellington City Council
- Mulana – the art of people is a unique exhibition of multicultural tapestries from a community arts collaboration between London and Rajasthan, West India, which runs at the Wellington Arts Centre from 17-31 January.
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