January 2008 - Wellynews

No Match
- 31 Jan 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall said Rovers had a week off before the grading games started for the new season. "It will be a chance for a few players to recover from injury so we won't be doing any hard training this week" said Hall "we're mindful that even superb athletes like those in the Rovers squad need time out for other activities".
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Te Papa turns TEN
- 31 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Wholly schmolly, has it really been 10 years ... yes, it has! In my early days in Wellington it was a goal of my ex-wife and I to at least stay in Wellington for the opening of Te Papa .. and now, here we both are able to celebrate its 10th Birthday.
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Art-Stalker: Man on a mission
- 31 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Well, you'd really have to know your way around to guess today's piece just by the photo here. One of the things I've been enjoying is not having to wander too far from the apartment to find some amazing[ly weird] stuff around for you to look at.
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Defaults/Ground Transfers - 2 February 2008
- 31 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- We have the following ground transfers and defaults for Saturday 2 February Super 8s Section One: Petone-Riverside v Upper Hutt A now at Fraser 7A &nbsp
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To Rail or not to Rail
- 30 Jan 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- The Wellington urban class really wants light rail. And why wouldn’t they? Light rail is sexy transit…cruise smoothly, comfortably, and quickly to the local tiki bar; no more lurching starts and stops, no more endless waits behind four other buses boarding at the stop on Willis Street, no more fighting with cars for road space. And so there seems to be a grumbling undercurrent regarding the position of the Ngauranga-to-Airport strategic study report.
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Junior Coaching
- 30 Jan 2008
- Stop Out Sports Club
- 4pm, Sunday March 30th at the clubrooms, Director of Coaching, Simon Harrold will run a coaching coaches session focused on the coaches of the 11-and above grades.This induction evening is designed to upskill our volunteers before their season gets underway.
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Monty - 29 January 2008
- 29 Jan 2008
- CataBlog
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New Sponsor Bar!
- 29 Jan 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG is really pleased to announce a new sponsor bar for the 2008 season – Hope Bros on Dixon Street.
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Anybody got a "bench seat"?
- 29 Jan 2008
- Six O'clock Swill
- We're looking for a specific set piece for our February show. It would be great to get our hands on a 70's era car bench seat, but really any car bench seat would do the trick.If you have one to lend, please get a hold of me via my mobile number 021 124 1794.Cheers,Walter
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A New Farm for Ohariu
- 29 Jan 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- It has been confirmed that Meridian Energy plans to build a new wind farm in the Ohariu Valley, with 31 turbines across 4000 hectares. The proposed site is owned by 5 farmers, who banded together in 2002 to negotiate proposals with various energy companies. Talks had stalled over price issues in 2003, but recently an agreement has been reached. Having met with the community last night, it is unclear whether the project will face significant opposition from the local residents.
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Upcoming Events
- 28 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Forthcoming events Friday 1 February: State Wellington Blaze v State Northern Spirit - Twenty20, Karori Park, 1pm Saturday 2 February: State Wellington Blaze v State Northern Spirit - State League, Karori Park, 10.
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Firebirds Twenty20 hopes dashed
- 28 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- State Auckland Aces kept their chances of reaching the State Twenty20 final alive with a six-wicket victory over State Wellington Firebirds.
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2008 Trials Registration
- 28 Jan 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Register now for JP SMOG trials.
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Randal and Kennett Attack Again
- 28 Jan 2008
- Hutt Valley Mountain Bike Club
- As last year, John Randal and Simon Kennett won the 8hr Akatarawa Attack today. They spanned the 100sq.km map of rugged country which is riddled with logging tracks both old and new. Brother Jonathan with Andrew McLellan won the 4hr section.
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summer city
- 27 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- For some of the smallest Wellingtonistas the most important part of the council's Summer City festival has finished with the end of Fairy Trina's wildly popular run of Enchanted Tales on Saturday. And this evening marked the end of a series of pretty interesting evening Gardens Magic events with a gig by OdESSA. But fear not - there's still lots more excitement for everyone between now and the end of March when the festival wraps up.
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Club Cricket Roundup 26 January 2008
- 27 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Naenae On Top Against Easts In Club Cricket Naenae Old Boys will take a firm advantage into day two over Eastern Suburbs in their top-of-the-table Dominion Post Premier competition round eleven clash at the Petone Recreation Ground.
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Ohtel by the Park
- 27 Jan 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- Wellington’s buildings continue to surprise and delight me, relative newcomer as I am to this small, perfectly-formed city. It’s not a place that you could say has great traditions of anything in particular - it has demolished most, but not all of its Victorian heritage, has a fine collection of post-modern eighties buildings that have firmly gone out of style, with the remaining collection being eclectic at best, and motley at worst.
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Trial dates for 2008
- 25 Jan 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Book these dates & times in your diary now.
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Firebirds remain in the hunt
- 25 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Jeetan Patel claimed three wickets as State Wellington Firebirds defeated Canterbury Wizards to remain in the hunt for a place in the State Twenty20 final. Patel scored a Twenty20 career best of three for 17 to limit the visitors to 114 at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve.
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Return of the native
- 24 Jan 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- An elusive Wellingtonian has made a surprise re-appearance after an absence of nearly 30 years. Once widespread throughout the Region, the Wellington green gecko has been in gradual decline for many years due to habitat loss and predation.
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Cricket Wellington Super 6's
- 24 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington Super 6's Cricket Wellington is bringing the bash and smash of 6 a-side cricket to Karori Park this summer with the establishment of the 'Cricket Wellington Super 6's'. The tournament will be played on Sunday 17 February and we are currently accepting entries.
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Ground Transfers and Defaults for this weekend
- 24 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Ground Transfers and defaults 26 Jan 2006(1).
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Volunteers wanted for the 2008 2 Handed Round North Island Race coming to Wellington
- 24 Jan 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The 2008 2 Handed Round North Island Race is coming to Wellington at the end of February. RPNYC will be hosting the sailors once again.
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Secondary Schools Girls Tournament 21 - 24 January 2008
- 23 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Results from the Secondary School Girls Tournament being played at Karori Park from Monday 21 –Thursday 24 January are as follows: Day One Wellington v Auckland Elite Wellington all out for 120 in 32 over’s ( R Moffitt 35, L Matthews 3/26 off 5 over’s) LOST TO Auckland Elite
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Firebirds top order soar
- 23 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- A solid showing from the State Wellington Firebirds top order ensured they completed a seven-wicket Twenty20 victory over State Otago Volts inside 17 overs.
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SW age group records fall at Champs
- 22 Jan 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- A total of eight SW age group records fell at the SW Long Course that finished at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Cetnre in Kilbirnie last night.
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Inspirationaltv special report: Wellington's new green cabs
- 22 Jan 2008
- Inspirationaltv - Wellington video blog
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When The Heat Dies Down
- 21 Jan 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall confessed this afternoon the last placing of Wellington Phoenix had taken the heat of him as he was now only the second most unsuccessful manager in town.
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A Notice to Competitors has been posted
- 21 Jan 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
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Stags charge downs Firebirds
- 20 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Jamie How carried his bat for an unbeaten 78 as State Central Stags cruised to a State Twenty20 victory over Wellington Firebirds in the capital. The Stags were again dominant in the second win in three days, scoring a 62-run victory after their top order flourished.
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Random Art Story, Two
- 20 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Next in our series of overlooked Wellington public art is this beauty here to the right. If you've not seen it before I'd be extremely surprised, because it's plonked pretty much squarely opposite the Lido, somewhere seeming to always be awash with punters tipping the usual variety of liquids and solids into themselves.
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Lucie-Smith enters title race
- 20 Jan 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Samantha Lucie-Smith grabbed a pair of Open titles during the second session of finals at the 2008 SW Long Course Championships in Kilbirnie tonight. Matt Woodrow, Jarrod Brown, Steven Kent, Tash Hind and Gareth Kean gained additional titles, while Jason Eason, Ivana Giacom and Sally Green recorded their first wins of the meet.
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Library hours - temporary changes
- 19 Jan 2008
- Wellington City Libraries
- All our libraries will be closed for Wellington Anniversary Day on Monday 21 January 2008. Libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday 22 January.
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Defaults - 19 January 2008
- 18 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Defaults for Saturday 19 January 2008 Super 8s Section Two: University B default to Collegians B Hutt Valley 2B Section Two: Stokes Valley default to Eastbourne Wellington 2C: Sri Lankan Sports default to Easts Tigers Wellington 1A: Collegians Axemen defaull to University The BiLevels
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Hind and Woodrow win distance events
- 18 Jan 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Tash Hind (18, Capital) and Matt Woodrow (20, SwimZone Racing) secured the first championship medals of the 2008 Swimming Wellington Long Course Championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre tonight.
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Junior Academy & Team Wellington Registration for 2008
- 17 Jan 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Squash Wellington's, Coach Development Manager, Nick Mita is calling for expressions of Interest & Registration for the Junior Academy & Team Wellington Junior & Senior squads for the 2008 season. To register go to www.squashwellington.org.nz / Tournaments, enter the Keyword in Event section & complete all details as required on posters, linked below. Registration for all squads close on Tuesday 19th February. To be considered all interested Players MUST be registered. Click Here….For Junior Academy Details Click Here….For Team Wellington Details
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Otaki Summer Open
- 17 Jan 2008
- Squash Wellington
- The Otaki Summer Open starts in January on Friday 25th through to Sunday 27th. Entry fee, $25.00,includes Dinner Saturday Night & Entertainment with a 70,s Theme. Enjoy Otaki Squash,Tennis, Swimming. Free Camping Available as well. Entries will now close at 5pm Monday 21st January . For any Details other than Entry contact. TC,Terama Broughton - Winterburn Ph: 06 364 0334, Mob: 0274 624 697 To enter go online at, www.squashwellington.org.nz / Tournaments
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Knights take Twenty20 opener
- 17 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- James Marshall steered his State Northern Knights side to victory over Wellington Firebirds in the opening State Twenty20 match of the season at Hamilton’s Seddon Park.
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Rovers Crash Out
- 17 Jan 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Chairmen George Nash said it was a sad day for the club after Rovers failed to make the top eight after a 9 - 4 loss to Mercer was followed by a win to Whites. "We looked safe with two weeks to go but we lost three on the trot so we have no excuses". Nash said the club would not be making any rash decisions with regard to the future of Manager Steve Hall. "We don't want to be hasty over our next move" said Nash "so we'll probably sack him tomorrow when we've had a chance to sleep on it".
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Are we a modern city?
- 16 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Case in point ... why do we not have broadband access to everyone in the (wider) city?
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2008 season kicks off
- 16 Jan 2008
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- The 2008 season for BNU teams will be beginning in the next few weeks.
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Auditions for February Swillage
- 16 Jan 2008
- Six O'clock Swill
- The Six O'clock Swill is happy to announce auditions for its February installment. Send us an email or give us a ring if you are interested in being considered for any of the following:
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- 16 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- After a few weeks off listing new releases I’m returning to record a typically eccentric mix of blockbuster and art-house for you to while away those long, balmy summer evenings.
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Ground Effect Grubber Fest
- 14 Jan 2008
- T3 Track Blog
- 3 has been neglected for way too long, but now it's all go again. Go, go go! Motivation was supplied by Ground Effect, in the form of a stylie cycling top as a spot prize. Lucky Carl was the winner of the top (see photo). But everyone was just stoked to be making such good progress. That's the thing about difficult tracks, they don't take muck digging (not like Lazy Fern, the easy highway that seemed to take an eternity to build). Yep, T3 is ripping along. Another few sessions and it should be rideable all the way to the top of Trickle Falls.
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The hundredth kaka
- 14 Jan 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- Kaka were extinct in Wellington for over 100 years until six captive-reared birds were released into the award-winning wildlife sanctuary in 2002. Since then several more captive-reared birds have been released, but the population has naturally increased at least ten-fold, and the birds are becoming an increasingly common sight in local parks and gardens.
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These are the fixtures of your neighbourhood
- 13 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- One of the things about living in a great city like Wellington is that there are a hell of a lot of things to take for granted. I mention this because while listening to Don McGlashan in Civic Square the other day he mentioned that Auckland doesn't really have any civic art. I'm not sure that's entirely true... But, in the spirit of parochial one-upmanship I thought I'd bring you some of Wellington's oft-overlooked art and sculpture.
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Wizard Burtt downs Firebirds
- 13 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Bowler Leighton Burtt and batsmen Michael Papps and Johann Myburgh were instrumental in State Canterbury Wizards’ victory over Wellington Firebirds at QEII Park.
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Muddled morepork
- 11 Jan 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- We've all heard of 'Night Owls' but this morepork at Karori Sanctuary was caught on camera at 1pm on a Friday afternoon!
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Cricket Wellington Representative Roundup - 10 January 2008
- 10 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Congratulations to Harry Boam and Fraser Colson for making the New Zealand U19 team to contest the ICC World U19 championships in Malaysia next month.
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Defaults and Ground Transfers for Saturday 12 January
- 10 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- The following are defaults and ground transfers for Saturday 12 January.
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Rovers Fail To Fire
- 9 Jan 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers proved no match for El Gayes in the first match of 2008 going down 9 - 4 at the Shed of Dreams.
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Happy New Year past, present, and future swillers!
- 9 Jan 2008
- Six O'clock Swill
- Last year's Six O'clock Swills were rockin! Thanks everyone who hasbeen apart of the Swill so far for your great work.
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Styris guides Aces to victory
- 9 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Scott Styris plundered 94 from 75 balls to lead State Auckland Aces to a five-wicket victory over State Wellington Firebirds at Eden Park. The Aces returned to winning ways in the State Shield after a century stand between Styris and Gareth Hopkins (79).
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Courtenay Park at last
- 8 Jan 2008
- WellUrban
- After much controversy and delay, work on Courtenay Place Park is finally underway. There have been a few changes since the earlier plans, including the addition of lightboxes (to display artwork) along the northern side, and the omission for now of any extension to the old toilet block since Ferg pulled out of the wine bar concept.
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Cricket Wellington and Rutherford & Bond cement a Winning Partnership
- 7 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington and Rutherford & Bond Toyota are pleased to announce that they have entered into a new long term commercial relationship. CEO of Rutherford & Bond, Hunter Mitchell, says that the company is proud to actively support one of Wellington’s favourite sports.
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Wellingtonista Radio Show
- 7 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Just a wee heads up: I'll be presenting the very first Wellingtonista Radio Show on The VBC tonight. The VBC is the student owned and operated/community LPFM radio station broadcasting on 88.3FM, based at the Kelburn Campus of Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand.
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SwimZone Racing Qualifying Meet
- 7 Jan 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Saturday 28 January 2008, Naenae Pool. Flyer now on site.
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Troublesome tui
- 7 Jan 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- While residents of Christchurch and Auckland are lying awake at night listening to the boy racers tearing up the tarseal, they might want to spare a thought for the poor Wellingtonians, who are suffering from an altogether different disturbance this summer. Troublesome tui!
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Tui hooligans
- 7 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- The recent flap (no pun intended) over noisy tui may seem like a typical silly season non-story, but believe me, it's a real problem.
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A Win for Reckless in Akaroa
- 7 Jan 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Dave McKenzie's Reckless took line honours in the Wellington - Akaroa Race, which started on December 27th.
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Hearts seal State League double
- 6 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- State Auckland Hearts completed their second win of the weekend over State Wellington Blaze at Barton Oval. Captain Ingrid Cronin-Knight and opener Ros Kember contributed 83 and 57 respectively to their side’s 235 for eight batting first.
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Record stand seals Knights win
- 6 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Daniel Flynn and BJ Watling record centuries to set up a comfortable win for the State Northern Knights over State Wellington Firebirds at Whangarei’s Cobham Oval.
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Elliott unbeaten in Firebirds win
- 5 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Grant Elliott’s unbeaten 91 helped secure a six-wicket win for State Wellington Firebirds over State Otago Volts at Alexandra’s Molyneux Park. Volts’ Greg Todd top-scored in the match with 95 to guide the hosts to 226 for eight, enjoying a stand of 80 with Neil Broom (42).
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Mixed Results for Wellington Representative Teams over Christmas
- 5 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Xmas–New Year Period Brings Mixed Results For Wellington Rep Teams There were mixed fortunes for the three Cricket Wellington representative teams in action over the Christmas–New Year holiday period, with the State Wellington Firebirds, State Wellington Blaze and the Wellington U19s al
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Wellington Provinical A Team 2007/08
- 5 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Provincial A Team 2007/08 Named The Provincial A Team for 2007/08 has been named. The team is as follows: J Dean L Chrisp A Newdick S Murdoch BJ Crook (C) S Allen R Karaitiana K Lennon L Edwards J Sewell N Strom M Cornish One player is to be added.
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State League: Venue change
- 5 Jan 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- The State Wellington Blaze fixtures this weekend versus State Auckland Hearts have been transferred to Barton Oval Trentham Memorial Park. Both games, on Saturday 5 January and Sunday 6 January 2008, commence at 10.30am.
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Photos of the December Swill
- 2 Jan 2008
- Six O'clock Swill
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Coffee in Newtown?
- 1 Jan 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Can anybody help me locate a decent coffee in Newtown during these interminable public holidays? Peoples’ is shut until Monday, as is the café at the Med. The only option I have located thus far is Eva Dixon’s at the Zoo (which was a lovely walk in the sun) but resulted in a small latté in a large takeaway cup topped by prodigious amounts of froth, cost me $5.20 including the surcharge, and tasted like filth. So, tomorrow I need a better option. Any ideas?
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