April 2008 - Wellynews

Rovers Take Talented Ones
- 30 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Publicity shy Astronomically Talented were today edged out by Rovers at the Shed of Dreams, but by considerably less than they were thrashed in the first round.
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Monster May Book Sale at Vic Books
- 29 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- We know that we've mentioned their sales in the past, but we know that you like books, and discounts, and also free wine, and that is why we must let you know that once again, Vic Books is starting its sale of awesomeness.
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Netball Wellington Centre Representative Team trials 2008
- 29 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- The trial dates for the Netball Wellington Centre Reps teams have been announced.
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My Brilliant Divorce Begins
- 29 Apr 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
- With the first few days of rehearsal over, Ginette McDonald and Geraldine Brophy are getting into the swing of things. We now have a vague blocking of almost the entire show and Ginette is quickly memorising her lines, allowing her to truly dive into the rehearsals. A big task for a one woman show.
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Champion of Champions 2008
- 27 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Champion of Champions 2008 registrations are now being accepted. This prestigious District event is being held at Squash@Upper Hutt from Sept 4th to 6th, and is open to any player who wins their Grade or Division in a District tournament or their Club Championship Grade up until August 29th 2008.
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Prepare to whinge about the bus service on Wednesday
- 27 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- This just in from Metlink - Disruption to GO Wellington bus services - Wednesday 30 April 2008 On Wednesday 30 April bus services on all GO Wellington routes will be suspended between the hours of 10am and 2pm. “The suspension of services is to allow a scheduled union meeting for our people represented by the Wellington Tramways Union,” says Zane Fulljames, General Manager Southern Region.
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No Fairytale For Poneke In Fifth Round Points Fest
- 27 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There was no fairytale on the field for the Poneke RFC on their 125th anniversary, with their Premier team soundly beate...
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NZ Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Champs
- 26 Apr 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Waikanae Golf Club hosted the NZ Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championships during the week 21 – 25 April. Fine weather prevailed and wonderful golf was seen. The foursomes was won by Dana Kim and Penny Smith on the Tuesday.
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New World Record
- 25 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Brett and James from Howick Squash Club began play at 9.00am Saturday and finally finished at 10.55am Sunday morning - having completed 24 hours of squash. Throughout the day and night plenty of friends, family, members and supporters went to the Club to offer support. With the final hour counting down people packed in to watch them complete such a mammoth task and everyone there shared the emotions of their triumph.
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Courtenay loses some parks; gains a Park
- 25 Apr 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- The Courtenay Place Park seems more-or-less finished now, having recently unveiled the second and final stage of it’s development. A very minimal and very urban park, it’s strengths lies in the quality of the finish and detailing, as well as the enhancement of pedestrian flow within this highly-traffic area.
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SMOG Board News
- 24 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- There have been a couple of changes to the SMOG Board.
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Spotlight On Kilbirnie Park This Weekend
- 24 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Killbirnie Park will be the centre of attention all this ANZAC weekend as Poneke celebrate their 125th Jubilee.
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West-I's Wasted
- 23 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers today comprehensively wasted West-I's in a Division 2 clash at the Shed of Dreams.
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All Blacks v Ireland Preview
- 23 Apr 2008
- Wellington Rugby Football Union
- Wellington rugby fans will be welcoming the Irish rugby team to the capital for the first time in 16 years when the two nations meet at Westpac Stadium on June 7, kick off 7.35pm. Ireland were last in New Zealand in 2006 for a two test series, but this will also be the first time the men from the Emerald Isle have played Test Rugby in Wellington since 1992 at Athletic Park.
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General Meeting - April - Note Change of Venue
- 22 Apr 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- The April meeting of the Wellington VHF Group will be held at the Band Rotunda, Oriental Parade, Wellington, starting at 7:30pm. The Band Rotunda room is under the Fishermans Table restaurant, and the access id from the footpath to the right of the restaurant entrance, down the steps. (The change in venue is due to the usual meeting place at Tawa being used by the Council for a Disaster Recovery test programme). The meeting will cover the NZART Remits, and be followed by a “show-and-tell” session, and photos of the work that is going on up at Belmont.
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Wellington Sports Awards 2008
- 22 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Squash Wellington are proud to announce the following Squash nominations for this years Dominion Post Sports Awards.
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What do you expect on a Tuesday?
- 22 Apr 2008
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Match 4: SuperLeague
- 21 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG (63) Vs Maori Bank (57) SMOG started strongly in the fourth round of the Superleague competition, but struggled to gain composure throughout the game, letting Maori Bank close an eight point lead and take control.
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Good Muster for Maunganui
- 21 Apr 2008
- Wellington Orienteering Association
- A good field of rogainers headed into the mist-shrouded Akatarawa Forest on Sunday, starting in the Maungakotukutuku Valley. Gordon Balfour had set 47 control points right up to the 700-m Maunganui, second-highest point in the Aka's and as far out as the Rock Garden/Devils Staircase.
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e-Petition for adequate street lighting
- 21 Apr 2008
- Hi everyone, I have launched an e-petition on the Wellington City Council Website to ask the WCC to install adequate street lighting on Middleton Road between Glenside (Churton Park) and Tawa.
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Wellington win tight encounter at Masterton
- 20 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- It was an exciting (but cold) weekend of excellent squash at the Masterton Squash Club. After the first round on Friday night BOP (15 matches) had a comfortable lead over WGTN (11 matches). During Saturday morning the younger players from Wellington managed some great wins evening up the scores at 20 matches each.
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Premier v Kapiti - 19/04/08 - W 4-2
- 20 Apr 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- A youthful Kapiti Coast United turned up to do battle against us on Saturday, coming off the back of a 2-1 loss at home to Miramar.After having drawn last week against Marist, the mood in the dressing room was one of determination.
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Autumn Series Race 6 Cancelled
- 19 Apr 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Race 6 of the Autumn Series, scheduled to be raced on 19 April 2008 has been abandoned to to unfavourable weather.
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The Congestion Pricing Roadmap
- 19 Apr 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- It seems that the roadmap to congestion pricing is itself congested: gridlocked by an array of obstacles and opinions. We have a $200k report/proposal, dense legal obstacles, technical challenges, a mayor that is “not even lukewarm”, and a public that is overwhelming against the issue. So what happens next? Nothing?
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Tulou, Fili Help Spark MSP To Thrilling Old Timers’ Day Win Over Norths
- 19 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Swindale Shield round four review: Vodafone Wellington Lions No. 8 Alex Tulou and Samoan international first five-eighth...
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Roberts Injured by centipede
- 19 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Pete Roberts was injured today in an outdoor match and will be out for weeks. "Apparently Pete was doing one of his step overs and tripped over a centipede" said Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall "reports directly from his team mates said he squealed like a pig for several minutes until the referee finally noticed him and got him to go and scream back in the changing rooms".
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A little challenge
- 18 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- The first person who can supply us with photographic evidence of any workmen in the city, operating heavy or noisy machinery, AND WEARING EAR PROTECTORS!! Will win a 1kg bag of Rahui Lodge Macadamia Nuts. But I'm not sure you'll find one.
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Club Old Timers Days
- 18 Apr 2008
- Wellington Rugby Football Union
- The details for Wellington Club Old Timers Days has been announced. Get along for a yarn with some old mates or even make some new ones. Check out the details for your clubs Old Timers Day below.
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Time for Strugglers To Sink Or Swim In Round Four
- 17 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The 2008 Swindale Shield is just three weeks old, but already the pressure is on the four winless teams to register wins...
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Cricket Wellington honours Top Performers
- 16 Apr 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- BLACKCAP and State Wellington Firebird Grant Elliott was named Men’s Cricketer of the Year at this evening’s 2008 Cricket Wellington Awards dinner held at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve.
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Life in the City
- 16 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- I know we all love trolley buses (and can't wait for the flash new three-axle jobbies to start ripping it up along Kent Terrace) but this must have been horrendous to be involved in at 5.15 yesterday afternoon. And deeply amusing for those of NOT involved, of course.
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Mana Indoor Centre up and running
- 16 Apr 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Mana Indoor Centre – Up and Running The new Mana Indoor Centre is now up and running and ready for business.
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Work Begins at Belmont
- 15 Apr 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- After the recent decision made around required maintenance of the Belmont Repeater site, work has begun in earnest. Some photos here for those interested.
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Super Champs 2008
- 15 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- All information relating to Super Champs 2008 can be found on the Seniors Page The Main change this year is that playing Teams will consist of 4 players and not 5 Entries will close in 2 months so please get your Teams organised as soon as.
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The Six O'clock Swill site has moved!
- 14 Apr 2008
- Six O'clock Swill
- Check out the new and improved http://sixoclockswill.com/. We'll keep this site around for a bit to make sure everyone makes the transition without loosing anything. Come on and join the party!
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Casey Glover smashes Cook Strait crossing record
- 14 Apr 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- April 13, 2008. In his first attempt, Casey Glover (21, SZR) crossed north to south in a time of just 4 hours 37 minutes and 56 seconds. He took more than 27 minutes off the previous quickest time and was a staggering 2 hours 11 minutes faster than the previous best north-south swim. Read more on the Stuff website.
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SMOGGIES in Cook Strait, U21 and U19 teams
- 14 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG would like to congratulate the following smoggies who have made it in rep teams: Cook Strait team: Jaimee Sorenson, Rose Paino, Beks Jury, Georgia McLaren U19: Sanita To’o, Lizzie White U21: Jaimee Sorenson, Rose Paino, Beks Jury, Georgia McLaren, Brooke Cutting See the two attached media releases for full details. U21 and U19 teams, Cook Strait Team
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Match 3: Regional Super League
- 14 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG (82) vs Norths(45) SMOG lead from the start on Friday night, displaying great patience and determination on court. SMOG delivered a full team effort, using great options on attack and dogged defence from the shooting circle. Norths couldn’t find their rhythm and SMOG snapped up any loose ball on offer. SMOG are definitely finding their feet in the Superleague competition but remain focused, as they are yet to meet Naenae and PIC, who will be their toughest challengers.
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Holy Smoke!
- 14 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- The historic St Peters church, on the corner of Willis & Ghuznee St, is currently on fire. There are seven fire appliances and one ambulance attending the fire, and just now they seem to have stopped the smoke belching out of the doors and windows. More updates & photos as they come to hand... read more
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Photos: Fire at St Peter's Church
- 14 Apr 2008
- David St George Photography.
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Apartment survey
- 14 Apr 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- Wellington City Council has launched a survey to find out who is living in the inner city, asking questions such as how long inhabitants have been there, how big their apartments are, and if / where they park their car.
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2008 SW Achievers Squad
- 14 Apr 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- The Achievers Squad is for Sw swimmers aged between 13 to 15 years who achieve set qualifying standards. This year the team will fly to Hamilton to compete at the Hamilton Winter Meet over the weeekend of 11-13 July.
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Maadi Cup 2008
- 13 Apr 2008
- Wellington Rowing Club
- The season has ended for the Club's secondary school rowers, with the Maadi Cup held at Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel from 31 March to 5 April. The best result for the club was a fifth placing in the A final for Onslow College in the Boys Under 16 8+.
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Stalemate At Porirua As Hutt Go Top
- 12 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hutt Old Boys Marist and Old Boys-University are the two unbeaten teams in the Swindale Shield after previously unbeaten...
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Welcome to Downstage's Updated Forum!
- 12 Apr 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
- Like to leave your opinion about Downstage Theatre? Or a particular show? Have a look at our discussion forum at http://downstage.freeforums.org/ We would like to encourage you to leave us your opinion. Register today to take part in the discussion! We are happy about all useful comments that help us to improve our theatre and present you shows and a place you enjoy.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- 11 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- First up, Lars and the Real Girl is delightfully odd indie starring Ryan Gosling as a lonely and damaged young man who finds love on the Internet. With a doll named Bianca. Paramount, Penthouse. Also at the Paramount, just for Wahine Week is a documentary about the disaster called The Wahine Disaster.
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Dance Away Smith
- 11 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Former Rovers player Charlie Smith set the dance floor alight when he hit the Loaded Hog on Friday night. "I recall seeing Charlie on the dance floor at Mollies once, it was a sight you couldn't forget even when you wanted to" said Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall 'and he certainly was treating the Loaded Hog clientele to his own brand of feet shuffling".
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Newtown at night with the Newtownista
- 10 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- About half the Wellingtonista now call Newtown home, so we thought it was about time we did some exploring of the area. Therefore, on this coming Saturday, we're going to be doing a Newtownista Pub Crawl, and you should come with us!
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Plenty At Stake At The Polo Ground In Round Three
- 10 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This week's Club Weekly feature match comes from the Polo Ground, where home team Oriental-Rongotai host 2005 Swinda...
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Sisters act Johnsonville style for local pilgrims
- 10 Apr 2008
- Welcom
- There was audience enthusiasm as never before in Johnsonville last month when the religious sisters put on a concert for local World Youth Day pilgrims. Even before the final rehearsal enthusiastic fans were queuing at Ss Peter and Paul church for the March 14 concert.
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Waikanae monsta WYD garage sale
- 10 Apr 2008
- Welcom
- The sun shone, the people rolled in and there was something for everyone at the Kapiti WYD garage sale. The sausages were superb, the cakes simply delicious, the deals were spectacular and the pilgrims were very happy to have their fundraising efforts boosted by $2500.
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Newtown Festival and World Youth Day
- 10 Apr 2008
- Welcom
- Items included the 2008 WYD Song, a medieval weaponry display and more music. We also had a craft stall in the main street selling jewellery, cards and artwork by pilgrims.
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Match 2: Regional Super League
- 10 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG (59) vs Kapiti (43) SMOG continued to build momentum throughout their second game of the super league competition, at the TSB Arena. The game was closely contested in the first half, with both teams putting pressure on the flow through court.
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Downstage picks best Fringe shows
- 9 Apr 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
- BOOM! After the biggest Fringe Festival in its 19-year history three highly successful shows return for a very limited season from 6 - 10 May to Downstage.
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Rata-Phooey
- 9 Apr 2008
- CataBlog
- Last night the Great White (and silver tabby) Hunter decided to present me with his latest prey - an enormous rat! Those of you who also live with the hunter/gatherer type will know that sinking feeling that occurs when the...
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Demolished
- 9 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers today paid the price for not following the Manager Steve Hall's pre-game instructions. "Firstly it's a bit difficult when two team members don't turn up before the match has started" said Hall "and the others disregard what we talked about before the game".
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Mystery Virus
- 8 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Eddie Hussey will not be available to play for Rovers this week after being struck down by a mystery virus. "That's a strange way to describe Guinness" said Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall.
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Marilyn: Forever Blonde extends due to popular demand
- 7 Apr 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
- We've got some great news for you! Due to the popularity of the play the Wellington season of Marilyn: Forever Blonde has been extended at Downstage.
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Kapiti Open 2008
- 7 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- The Kapiti Squash Club held its annual Rightcars Kapiti Open Squash tournament over the weekend with a full field of entries. Players from the Kapiti region were joined by a strong contingent from Masterton, including the womens top seed Gerry Brooking, players from Marlborough and Christchurch, as well as several Wellington clubs. Womens second seed, Emma Millar of the Kapiti Squash Club took out the Womens Open title with a dominant performance over Masterton's Gerry Brooking.
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Giant tui takes to the streets
- 7 Apr 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- Wellingtonians be warned… those troublemaking tui are at it again! This time, however, it’s not the sound of singing practice that will be ringing in our ears, but the sound of tin-rattling.
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Catch of the day
- 6 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Piscivores rejoice! A couple of local fishing boats have started to dock at Chaffers Marina on Sundays and are selling their wares direct to the public, and it will make a nice complement to the meat & veg at Waitangi Park market.
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Petone and Wainui Run Hot In The Rain
- 6 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Multiple Swindale Shield champions Petone and new team on the block Wainuiomata surfaced as the big winners in an extrem...
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Bikers Orienteer the Riverbank
- 5 Apr 2008
- Wellington Orienteering Association
- Though rain discouraged attendance, OHV's first MTBO beginner event explored the tracks on the riverbank between Melling and Kennedy-Good bridges. Hard to believe this was out first promo in 8 years, and lots of you said you had friends or family that would be interested.
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Island Bay 2 - Karori Slapperz 1
- 5 Apr 2008
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- It wasn't raining cats and dogs because it never does and it wasn�t raining men either, hallelujah! Good thing too, imagine the mess.
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Island Bay 2 - Karori Slapperz 1
- 5 Apr 2008
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- It wasn't raining cats and dogs because it never does and it wasn�t raining men either, hallelujah! Good thing too, imagine the mess.
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It's how we're drinking
- 4 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Good to see the local hostelries promoting responsible drinking: tonight, Blend are not only offering $5 Jägerbomb tickets, but are hosting a "New Zealand Jägerbomb record attempt" at 9pm. I really don't envy the street cleaners who'll have to deal with Wakefield St tomorrow morning.
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2008-9 SNZ Age Group Development Squads announced
- 4 Apr 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Congratulations to the SW swimmers named in the SNZ development squads for 2008/09.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- 4 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- After last week's pathetic attempt at weather forecasting, I will refrain from suggesting anything other than there are three new films at the movies this week.
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Over Powered
- 4 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers today gave Datatorque a lesson in pressure football as they converted a slender 3 - 1 half time lead into a convincing 8 - 1 win.
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MSP And Tawa Vie For Opening Wins In Round Two
- 3 Apr 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In case you missed last weekend's Gala Day make sure to follow your favourite team throughout the remainder of the S...
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Squash Coach Wanted
- 3 Apr 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Mitchell Park has been successful in applying for funding for their Junior Program, and are now in a position to employ a second coach to assist Gary Nelson.
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Sky TV Cablers needed
- 3 Apr 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- The Sky Television Netball crew will be in Wellington for this Saturday’s Pulse game and need 4 fit young individuals to run/feed camera cables during a game.
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Bus Etiquette question
- 3 Apr 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- What, exactly, is the correct response to take when you're on the bus with a phantom farter?
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Crank It Up
- 3 Apr 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall (pictured) has asked his Rovers team mates to crank up their performance a notch for their fixture against Datatorque tomorrow at the Shed of Dreams. "We have a few players out tomorrow and we've had to resort to playing another Scotsman in Jamie Johnston" said Rovers Manager Steve Hall "fortunately the lad is quite quick and has a useful shot on him so he is not our usual sort of ring in".
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Chew on this
- 1 Apr 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- Chews Lane is open, today, at last. The development, under wraps (of sorts) for the last couple of years, has been opened back up to public view, at least on the ground floor. The historic Lane itself has been re-opened, and businesses are poised to open their doors.
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