Archive / June 2007
July 2007 | May 2007-
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Centres Of Attention In Tight Jubilee Cup Third Round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The full complement of Wellington's rich midfield talent came out to play in week three of the second round of Welli...
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Free tickets to Downstage (limited time, conditions apply)
- The Wellingtonista
- The lovely people at Downstage have offered Wellingtonista-readers the chance to see the new NZ play Finding Murdoch free next Monday or Tuesday.
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PHOTOS: Peter Baillie / The Moon Whispers
- Wellington Live Music
- ePeter Baillie, the esteemed master of Acoustic Lounge, took the stage on Wednesday for an entertaining slot. I've known Peter since I first moved to Wellington, and this is, incredibly, the first time I've seen him play. Peter has strong songs, and a very entertaining stage manner.
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REVIEW: The Children of Underground Lair
- Wellington Live Music
- Albert Williams was the first act of the night at Bodega on Wednesday. He started off humbly and then proceeded to absolute blow me away.
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A breath of fresh air
- WellUrban
- While the council's first moves after announcing their "carbon neutral" aspirations were dubious to the point of being counter-productive, here's one very tiny step in the right direction. Vector Energy is trialling urban micro-turbines, first in Waitakere and then in Wellington.
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It's Division 1
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Wellington Indoor Sports confirmed this afternoon that Zephyr Rovers had been promoted to Division 1 after their impressive pre-season performances including the narrow loss to Division 1 runners up Mercer. "It's come as a bit of a shock to be 23 years ahead of the team plan to be promoted to Division 1" said Rovers Manager Steve Hall "but that gives us a few years to consolidate before we become the best team in Wellington Indoor football".
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WRFU Under 18 Trialists Named
- Wellington Rugby Football Union
- The trail team for the WRFU Under 18 Representative Rugby team has been announced.
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Unbeaten Tawa And HOBM To Meet In Third Round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A third straight win this weekend for Hutt Old Boys Marist against Tawa at the Hutt Recreation ground will send them fir...
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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P2 Men Vs Hutt 23/06/07 Lost 2 - 5
- Upper Hutt Hockey Club
- Yet another game where we showed that we can match it with the best teams in the grade. The game started with us with most of the ball, however Hutt got the first goal of the game. We responded with a goal from Jason Eade to even it up at 1-1 in the 2nd half. Hutt then got a couple quick goals, due to us not marking well enough. Jason eade finished off the scoring with another goal from a good team attacking move. The game also included a strong first up appearance from Paul Gardiner filling in for an absent Chad at the back.
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R3 Woman Vs Toa 24/06/07 Won 10-2
- Upper Hutt Hockey Club
- R3 Women had a great game this week and came away with a 10 - 2 win vs Toa. Goals by Maree Houston 4, Lisa Richards, Sonja Jeffs, Debbie Woolcott, Dallas Smith, Chrissy Potaka Kelly, Sian Scannell. Lots of good passing by everyone and the wingers being in the right place at the right time made for a very exciting game!
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Adshel bus shelter Vote at Council in 1999
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Adshel bus shelters arrived in Wellington as a consequence of Mayor Blumsky and Councillors Foster,Gill, Gotlieb, Goulden, Hutchings,Johnston, Morrison, Parkin, Piper, Prendergast and Shaw voting for them.
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Rough Stuff
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Wellington Indoor Sports announced yesterday that Zephyr Rovers was one of the teams to watch when they described Rovers as one of eight teams that pop up in referee reports about teams. "I was flabbergasted" said Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall "we're a pretty clean team since Charlie and Chris left and whilst we've had the odd discussion with a referee, I can't recall it ever being abusive". Hall said he was even more perplexed when hearing that "that guy with the grey beard is your worst offender".
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How not to go carbon neutral
- WellUrban
- A couple of weeks ago, Wellington City Council decided that Wellington should aspire to become carbon neutral. Since then,a council-controlled organisation has started promoting cheap weekend parking; andthe Regional Council plans to increase bus and train fares by 10%.
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SubTxt07 launches this Friday
- Wellington City Libraries
- Our online competition for 13-17 year olds is happening again! And there's some great prizes too. You can register online from Friday night or at the Central Library launch party starting at 7pm - check out Beatrootz who will be performing live (more information)
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BAND REVIEW: Niko Ne Zna
- Wellington Live Music
- Isn't being totally detached from your everyday reality something that appeals to most? Listening to Niko Ne Zna allows for exactly that to happen.
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Petone Backpackers 0 - Karori Slapperz 1
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- Slapperz kitted up and warming up in familiar circular fashion, determined to maintain their league position. Backpackers are nowhere to be seen and as the clock ticks by suggestions of claiming all three points and retiring to the boozer are voiced, if only by Skid.
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Wellington team second at 6 Centre Meet
- Swimming Wellington
- The Wellington team finished a close second at the annual 6 Centre Meet held at Palmerston North on Sunday. The strong Hawke Bay-Poverty Bay team finished in top spot. Click here for results and points.
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Johnsonville Hit Hardham Cup Trouble As Avalon Find Their Form
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A Welcome return to form by Avalon and a second loss for Johnsonville marked the second round of Hardham Cup play. Whi...
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Eagles Soar High In Jubilee Cup While Norths Go On Another Rampage
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Old Boys Marist stamped their mark on the 2007 Jubilee Cup with an empathic 64-0 round two win over the Wests Roost...
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Mojo rising
- WellUrban
- Mojo already has six cafes in Wellington, and the cartel continues to expand. There's an outlet planned for the ground floor of the Watermark apartments, and according to the neighbours, there will soon be a Mojo in upper Cuba St.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A lovely email in from Pansy and Poppy
- CataBlog
- Pansy and Poppy came to us when their elderly owner died, and were adopted almost a year ago by a lovely family in (from memory) Palmerston North. They sent us a lovely email and some photos last week that I'd...
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Public Service 11 vs Upper Hutt 1
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- We racked up another good score, but the Public Service left Upper Hutt a little deflated as we pretty much let the Upper Hutt Slayers (UHS) off the hook. The final score will show a command performance by the BNU Public Service, winning 11 goals to one. But with a 7-1 half time lead, it should have been much, much greater.
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Wellington Sign Hobbs and Kirkpatrick
- Wellington Rugby Football Union
- Wellington has completed the signing of former New Zealand Schools and New Zealand U19 first five-eighth Michael Hobbs and current New Zealand U19 first five Daniel Kirkpatrick.
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Half Time Entertainment
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Chairman George Nash (pictured) today bemoaned the lack of half time entertainment at the Shed of Dreams. "We think Wellington Indoor Sports could be doing more to provide the crowds with entertainment at half time during our matches" said Nash.
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Building rumours 14: buildings everywhere!
- WellUrban
- There's just so much going on at the moment (not just apartments), this will have to be just a brief survey of all the building activity and proposals that I've come across.
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BNU Public Service 12 v. Petone Martians 1
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Hoooooo baby. Look this is gonna be a rather shambolic effort. We scored lots. I can't remember them in order so this will be a series of short goal descriptions. 12 in all. That's right, 12.
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Thursday night at the Forum
- Save Crossways campaign
- Last night the community gathered at a public forum organised by the Mt Victoria Residents Association to listen to invited speakers and discuss how to proceed with saving Crossways. We also took the opportunity to thank the Councillors, council officers and the St Andrews church for all their hard work to hammer out a compromise that will allow the community the time to fund-raise. The meeting passed a resolution that a joint committee be formed between the Save Crossways group and the Residents Association, which will be tasked with gathering nominations for a Crossways community trust, and reporting back to the community within three weeks. We'll post the full text of the resolution as soon as we can, and some details on how you can nominate people to the Trust.
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Don't forget - pubic forum tonight
- Save Crossways campaign
- There is a public forum tonight at Crossways, hosted by the Mt Victoria Residents Association, at 7:30pm. It's a chance to celebrate the fantastic achievement of saving Crossways, and to talk about what the future holds for our community house. See you there!
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MSP Out For Two From Two In Jubilee Competition
- Wellington Club Weekly
- If the opening round of the Jubilee Cup is an indicator, Wellington rugby fans can look forward to an exciting and evenl...
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Helston Park the Scene for Key Hardham Cup Clash
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Wellington Premier club rugby returns to Helston Park this weekend for the first time this season, with Johnsonville hos...
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GIGS: 20th - 27th June
- Wellington Live Music
- Here's a list of some of the gigs on from today til next Wednesday. Starting from next week I will post the gigs from Thursday -Wednesday on the Monday so you have time to decide!
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Soup's up!
- The Wellingtonista
- Apparently it is National Soup Week, and since we of course believe everything that marketing people tell us, we'd like to know where the best soup in Wellington can be found. Is it served in bread at Kapai? Whatever it is at The'Ho that Gemma from Texture obsesses over? Something from the ever-expanding Wishbone? Or is there really no better soup than Continental Cream'o Vegetable cup'o soup served in a mug under a duvet on a couch to fight off a hangover?
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Women's First Team v. Wellington United
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- In honour of the fabulous quiz night held by the masters team at Bar Edward on the Saturday preceding our game, the following match report will be written in the format of just that... a quiz. So without further ado hands on buzzerss here we...
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Wellington City Council keeps switching business rates onto your rates bill.
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- oday, in the closing stage of the Draft Annual Plan, Jack Ruben and Bryan Pepperell moved an amendment to stop switching the rates from business onto the residents' rates bill. Those voting for the Ruben / Pepperell amendment were:
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BNU v. Lower Hutt, 0-3
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Without a doubt this was a clash eagerly anticipated by all the BNU players. Come 2:30pm Saturday we would be playing on what was tipped to be the pitch of the season and the surface was the topic of conversation early in the week leading up to the game. But like many fields in the capital, it couldnâÂÂt cope with the consistent rain and Karori number 1 was underwater.
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Fantastic news!
- Save Crossways campaign
- At today's Strategy & Policy Committee meeting, the Council voted to give Crossways a 12 month reprieve by providing some interim funding to St Andrews. This will allow enough time for the community to form a trust, put together a plan to re-invent Crossways for the 21st Century, and conduct some serious fund-raising. It's not the three years we asked for, but it's fair, reasonable, and - most of all - achievable. It's a fantastic outcome! Our heart-felt thanks go to St Andrews for their flexibility and genuine commitment to finding a workable compromise, and to the Council who have allowed the community the time to re-invent our community house. We'll post more information about what needs to happen next as soon as we can.
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Second Half Blitz
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers were slow out of the blocks today at the Shed of Dreams and soon found themselves down 3 - 0 to old rivals Solnet. "We started of on half a tank of gas but fortunately picked up momentum to get back in it 5 - 5 at half time" said Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall.
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P2 Women Vs Kapiti - 17/06/07
- Upper Hutt Hockey Club
- P2 Women had a hard fought game vs Kapiti. Possession was fairly even with Kapiti eventually coming out the winners 3-1. Kat Bealing scored Upper Hutts goal with a fantastic reverse shot in the second half. Unfortunately we were unable to convert several other scoring opportunities, but did however manage to keep Kapiti scoreless in the second half. A great effort with no subs!!
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Tag team
- WellUrban
- We've already had a few discussions here on WellUrban about graffiti, and while I've tended to be sceptical of anti-graffiti "flying squads" while singing the praises of street art in Waitangi Park and Ghuznee Street's "Graffiti Alley", a lot of other people see all graffiti as mindless vandalism.
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P2 Men Vs Naenae 16/06/07
- Upper Hutt Hockey Club
- The mens team, minus their star centre who was away on pre-conjugal duties, faced a Naenae team that had earlier in the season handed them a 10 goal drubbing. The game was played at a good pace, with both sides having shots on goal during the early stages of the game.
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Cable Car Challenge - Wellington's Dragons Den
- Cable Car Challenge
- Got a big idea, or a business concept you're working through? Enter it into the Cable Car Challenge and you could win NZ$50,000 including $30,000 of seed capital. That's a sweet prize. It's only for people living in the Wellington region.
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Wellington Cable Car, Salamanca Road, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Slapperz put 4 past Wellington United
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- The Slapperz faced Wellington United in round 11, a team whom we beat 4-2 in the first round in a scrappy performance. The return leg proved to be a much better performance by the Slapperz as they put Wellington to the sword, comfortably coming away with a 4-0 win.
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REVIEW: The Aviators
- Mighty Mighty on Saturday was thick with 'funk, crunk and grime' courtesy of The Aviators. The funk is obvious - these boys are so full of it you could imagine them dancing themselves off the edge of the building and on the way down too, where they would get up and just keep on dancing.
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Rock the vote Wellington / Election 2007
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- In 2004 Bryan Robert Pepperell received 18,115 votes and came second in the Wellington City Council mayoral race. Bryan is the clear contender standing again for the people. Ask your friends to support him in this 2007 October election.
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Shock First Round Hardham Cup Loss For Johnsonville
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Johnsonville's shock 23-13 loss to Premier Two side Poneke was the talking point of the opening Hardham Cup round. I...
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A Photo Day in the Life
- CataBlog
- Well, it's been a good Sunday. 2 cats homed, 2 new very enthusiastic new members who are keen to help out with fostering, and two people in with donations of food etc for us. First off, our dear Sooty finally...
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Mo' hotels
- WellUrban
- No-one builds plain old "hotels" any more: they're always "boutique hotels". The cutely-named Ohtel opposite Waitangi Park sounds like it will be exactly that, however.
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Tulou Provides Pot Of Gold For MSP In Jubilee Cup Opener
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Marist St. Pat's No. 8 Alex Tulou provided the pot of gold in his side's upset 12-10 come-from-behind win over c...
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Exhibition: Cameo Appearance
- The Wellingtonista
- The exhibition Cameo Appearance at Mary Newton Gallery brings together eight artists working in the area of the portrait - Tony Bond, Gavin Hurley, Anna-Marie O'Brien, Gary Freemantle, Tanja Nola, Octavia Cook, Areta Wilkinson and David Cauchi.
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BNU Newsletter
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Last week was a good week for BNU with all but three teams winning their games. The honourable mention goes to the Public Service and Women's A - the teams with the best attacks and the best defences in their league. Keep up the good work!
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Boxall Steps Up
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Steve Boxall today confirmed he was stepping up his commitment to Rovers as he realised he needed a better "football work balance".
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In the pale grey light of a chilly June
- Wellington City Libraries
- Our new mysteries feature environmental activists, dramatic shoot-outs, world-weary PIs, lurking danger, an ancient mummy and horror that hides in quiet, rustic settings.
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Quick questions
- WellUrban
- Is it better to have a supermarket in Mt Cook, so that the locals can do their shopping on foot rather than taking a taxi from Thorndon via the bypass, or a swimming pool? Would replacing Crossways with 3-4 storeys of apartments, and creating a new set of community facilities on the ground floor, be a possible compromise that would keep Mt Vic residents happy?
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Film Festival Sneak Peak
- The Wellingtonista
- some of you will be like me and saving your pennies up for the 36th Wellington Film Festival. It hits town on July 20th and runs till August 4th. If the early line up announcement of some globally anticipated films is anything to go by it's going to be yet another great see festival.
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It's goodbye Top 10, and hello Top Gun
- Swimming Wellington
- Introducing the new SW | Top Gun meets - to be held in two age divisions. The meets are open to all SW swimmers who have achieved at least one national meet qualifying standard over the previous twelve months.
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Hardham Cup Unfamiliar Territory For Avalon
- Wellington Club Weekly
- After a steady run of Jubilee Cup appearances in recent years, the forthcoming Hardham Cup will be unfamiliar territory ...
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Norths Hot Favourites For Jubilee Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- As far as favouritism goes, Northern United is about as hot as can be for the 2007 Jubilee Cup kicking off across Wellin...
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REVIEW: Ginger Brown
- Picture a world of 60's psychedelia fused with dixie, 50's rock n roll, carnival, layered over with modern rock, this is the enchanting, quirky world of Ginger Brown.
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REVIEW: Katchafire
- Katchafire left The San Francisco Bathhouse well and truly smoking last weekend. Their extreme energy was matched by the crowd's intense respect for New Zealand's hottest roots reggae band.
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REVIEW: Adi Dick
- Will the waves of beautiful music ever calm in Wellington. The San Francisco Bathhouse was cooking up a storm with the launch of Adi Dick's stunning debut album Our Place. Receiving a very snug embrace, the crowd were united in their appreciation.
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I play tonight
- Now for some shameless self promotion. Remember if you send me your gigs I will promote thme too, I just don't have time to go and look on everyone's myspace site or email everyone to ask.
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GIGS: Ritalin, Tommy Pickett and more
- Wellington Live Music
- THURSDAY 14TH JUNE-Happy 8pm $5Charlette Hannah, Fanuc Man, Jeremy Brick, The Ramps-Bodega 9pm KohaMatthew Pixie Pickering, Dave KemptonFRIDAY 15TH JUNE- Old Studio 9 (All Ages)Ritalin, Not Quite Right, Whispers for Warning, The Lucky StrikesSATURDAY 16TH JUNE-Mighty MightyThe Aviators CD release party-SubnineThe Offbeats, Skaface Claw, Freddy Fudd Pucker and moreSUNDAY 17TH JUNE-BodegaRikki Doolan, Matt Holliman, Shaun K AndersonMONDAY 18TH JUNE-Southern Cross'Acoustic Pioneer'Tommy Pickett
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Women's First Team v. University
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- The mighty women's first team played at Anderson Park on a chilly Sunday morning when most reasonable people were sensibly nursing their hangovers from the night before. Admittedly, an early kick off does have some advantages and their rewards were reaped all afternoon at the Southern Cross. Anyhow, onto the football.
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From Pong to Oblivion, Arm-ball to Zooter
- Wellington City Libraries
- Is it running, surfing, swimming, football or the Rugby World Cup that excites you? Or perhaps in these wintry days you just want to learn about "the 50 greatest games of all time". There's something for (almost) everyone in the Sport recent picks.
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Pruning With The Stars! Sunday 17 June
- The Wellingtonista
- This weekend sees the Annual Rose Pruning Demonstration at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden in the Botanic Gardens. Want to bone up on proper garden maintenance? This is your chance! The Wellington City Council has laid on the roses, and the experts.
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New Foundation Coordinator appointed
- Wellington Health Foundation
- Ms Shona Brunton has been appointed at the Foundation’s Coordinator. In her position Shona is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Foundation and for coordinating fundraising projects.
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3 points is 3 points
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- The Slapperz made the trek out to the valley to play Lower Hutt Sangam... It was a team whom we had some fiery matches with last year and more of the same was expected. However the game was played in good spirits and was expertly controlled by Fitz.
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BNU Public Service 9 - {Porirua} City 1
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Woo hoo. An excellent win on the weekend. A comprehensive thrashing of a team that probably should have done better but was beaten down by a Public Service that is starting to come into its own once again. An offence that has now realised 20 goals in its last three games and a defence that has given up only five goals in the ten matches played this season, suggest that this team is only getting better.
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Let's Go - McIntosh In Charge
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers are without Manager Steve Hall and Chairman George Nash for their first up grading game tomorrow at the Shed of Dreams. "We've only got five starting players and have nominated Col as Manager for the day" said Hall "but we're still thinking the boys will put up a reasonable display providing they find someone to fill the difficult goalkeeper role".
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Sorry, been a bit out of sorts
- CataBlog
- And not really up to blogging over the last couple of weeks. Truth to tell, not been a great deal to report. However this weekend (or at least yesterday) our Lucky lad got a new home! Fingers crossed he'll settle...
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Carnage At The Cage As Norths Lift Swindale Shield In Style
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Congratulations to Northern United, winners of the 2007 Swindale Shield. Norths wrote another chapter in its rapidly e...
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Toytown
- WellUrban
- I've been wondering when the houses relocated for the bypass would be re-inhabited, thus bringing some life back to a ravaged district. Surely it wouldn't be long before they were snapped up? But no: Karo Drive and Tonks Grove are going to look like toytown for quite some time to come.It turns out that under the Public Works Act, Transit has to look for the original owners or their descendants, and then offer the properties to them at market prices.
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A week in the capital's politics
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Thinking there was political capital to be made in riding climate change Mayor Prendergast attempted to change the window dressing on her watch in the run up to the October election.
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TSW Swim School to close
- Swimming Wellington
- TSW Swim School, located at the old Boys and Girls Institute pool in Tasman Street has been given advance notice, by owners Foodstuffs (Wellington) of the building's demolition, likely to take place in early 2008.
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Dorne Cup, Trentham Memorial Park
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- About 140 Scottish members ran in the Dorne Cup races today. In the senior men's race, Terefe Ejigu was first, ahead of Ben Ashkettle (former Scottish member now living in Victoria) and Rees Buck. This was the Scottish men's team's 10th win of the Dorne Cup in a row. Wellington Harriers took out top places in the women's race, led in by Alice Mason. Top Scottish performer was Natalie Smith in 9th.
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Changes to pastoral appointments in Wellington West
- Welcom
- The future of Karori, Wadestown and the Cathedral parishes from 1 July. Parishioners in the Wellington West Pastoral Area will be informed of decisions about the future of the area’s three parishes with the departure from Karori of Fr Tom O’Brien on 1 July. This is the essence of the changes.
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Catholics return home in the north
- Welcom
- St Josephs Parish, Upper Hutt, celebrated the first two years of its Catholics Returning Home programme last month in which parishioners have accompanied 25 Catholics on their return to the Church. The CRH team put on afternoon tea on 20 May in the foyer of the church and invited all who had been involved with the programme in the Northern Hutt Valley Pastoral Area to meet those on the journey back to their faith roots.
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6 Centre team announced
- Swimming Wellington
- SW selectors have named the following team to represent the Region at the annual 6 Centre meet, to be held in Palmerston North.
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Under 15 girls team for National Tournament
- Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected to represent Wellington at the National Tournament in Nelson from 9-14 July 2007
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Teams on duty at Brewery 9 June
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Remember, JPSMOG teams 2, 9 and 16 are on duty at the Brewery bar this Saturday, 9 June. Duty starts at 6.30pm with the $50 bar tab for team of the week drawn at 7pm. You must have at least 5 team members (players and hangers-on) present to be in to win!
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Crafting at Pataka
- The Wellingtonista
- CRAFTING is a part of THE BIG LOOK-SEE at Pataka this weekend, which is an open day event for galleries and museums in the region.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Neutral aspirations
- WellUrban
- Thanks to ShoppingFix for pointing out that at tonight's Strategy & Policy meeting, Wellington City Council will consider becoming carbon neutral. At first I thought that this just referred to the council's own operations, but on reading the report it turns out that they also intend for the whole city of Wellington to become carbon neutral.
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Guardians Will Not Appeal Wind Farm Decision
- {Makara} Guardians Inc advises today that it will not appeal the decision of the Environment Court to allow Project West Wind to proceed The Environment Court issued its decision within a few days of the Minister for the Environment calling in the Chief Environment Court judge to explain the Court's delay.
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Makara, Wellington
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Wellington sports awards
- Congratulations to all the winners at the Radio Sports Wellington Sports Awards and especially our Wellington Hockey Group.
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Swindale Shield To Be Decided In Final Round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This weekend's final Swindale Shield round is set to go down to the wire, with Northern United and Poneke both chasi...
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Work underway to develop community health services
- Capital & Coast District Health Board
- A process looking at developing ways to deliver community health services in the Capital & Coast District Health Board area is now underway, with the aim of being prepared for an increase in demand as our population ages.
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Hall Makes Surprise Return
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- The absence of Steve Boxall on a trip to the mainland has seen the surprise return of Zephyr Rovers manager Steve Hall (pictured) for the third/fourth play off tomorrow. "I'm carrying a bit of an injury to be honest" said Hall "so I'll probably start myself on the bench and not come on until I'm needed".
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Hamish McKay Gallery reopens
- The Wellingtonista
- (via White Fungus News...) The new Hamish McKay Gallery is now open at Level one, 39 Ghuznee Street.
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Reinstallment of Protoplasm
- Wellington Sculpture Trust
- Protoplasm is back in its original form. The temporary blue disks were replaced with the original green by the sculptor late last week. Go and visit the site on the corner of Lambton Quay, Hunter and Featherston Streets to see it dancing in the wind again.
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Fear and Loathing
- WellUrban
- The Dominion Post have followed up their lists of the best and worst buildings in Wellington (selected by the Architectural Centre) by telling us what "we" like and "loathe". It's not clear from the article exactly who "we" are: it seems to be a combination of reader's letters in response to the other lists, random vox pops, pupils from Upper Hutt College, and Russell Walden.
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New Visitor & Education Centre gets the green light
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- On 5 June 2007, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the Sanctuary has been granted $6.5 million dollars from the Significant Community-Based Projects Fund towards our Visitor and Education Centre project.
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Poneke Close To Within Three Points Of Norths
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Next week's final Swindale Shield round is set up to be a thriller after Northern United were almost upset by Aval...
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Chinese Garden needs to be in the right place in Wellington!
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Nearly everyone supports a Chinese garden in Wellington(in fact for over ten years) but not on Frank Kitts Park...
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Slapperz 4 - Magpies 0
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- Contrary to forecasts of squawly showers and near-freezing southerly gales, the afternoon remains fine and conducive to entertaining football. It is to be the Slapperz first opportunity to sample the pleasures of a newly laid, impeccable looking Karori Park turf.
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Report on 2 June 2007 activity day
- ZL6QH Quartz Hill User Group
- The day turned out better than anticipated - no rain and only a stiff breeze. Consequently our plans to carry out 'mould busting' inside the building were cancelled and most of the team headed outside to take advantage of the fine weather.
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