June 2008 - Wellynews

Spanish Stroll
- 30 Jun 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephy Rovers Manager Steve Hall said he thought Rovers were more like the Spanish than the Germans after watching the Euro 2008 final this morning.
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Meal & Movie – SIG Swap
- 30 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- The next SIG, is planning for the Onslow College Adult Education Programme Ham Radio Classes. Due to the non-availability of our leader John ZL2HD on the original SIG date, it has been decided to swap the Meal & Movie and the SIG dates. The Ham Radio Classes planning SIG will now be 7:30pm 3 July at the QTH of David ZL2SX. The Meal & move will now be 6:00pm 10 July at the Reading Cinema, Courtney Place. Regards Brian ZL2BRF
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Belmont Off-Line
- 30 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- The Belmont repeater site has been shut down. The storm over the weekend of 28/29 June has broken the 11kV power line on the Belmont side of the gully. A small slip on the pylon access road and poor track conditions are hampering access. With another bout of bad weather approaching it may be several days before the slip can be cleared and the line is repaired. Anyone who is willing to help clear the slip should contact Peter ZL3TC on (04) 938 3386 or 021 185 0640. Services will be restored as soon as possible.
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24-Hour Liquor Ban for Wellington City
- 29 Jun 2008
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- Wellington City will be under a 24-hour liquor ban as of the 31st of July. Wellington City Council voted on an amendment to the Liquor Control bylaw, which is currently effective from 5pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 8am the following morning. That ban is situated upon the central city, Oriental Bay and Mt Victoria Lookout. When the amendment comes into effect, Aro Valley and Central park will be added to those liquor no-go zones.
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Premier v Kapiti - 28/06/08 - W 2-0
- 29 Jun 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- Last Saturday we faced Kapiti United, and found that the 1 hour trip away had been reduced to a trip to Whitby as Kapiti Council had closed all their grounds. Despite both teams essentially having an away game, we knew from our last encounter with them that it would be a hard fought game played for the full 90 minutes.
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Musical Chairs in the Hardham Cup
- 29 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In the Hardham Cup, Tawa held on to its top spot, beating southern neighbours Johnsonville 19-18 in a nailbiter at Lyndh...
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2008 SW 12 & Under Club League ends in nail biter
- 29 Jun 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- The 2008 SW 12 & under Club League finished with the closest contest on record with three teams separated by just 4 points when the league concluded at Cannons Creek last night. The Mana Black team prevailed with 558.5 points, just 1.5 points ahead of second placed Tawa, with Raumati 2.5 points further back in third.
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How wellington city council voted on setting the rates for 2008/2009
- 29 Jun 2008
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Voting at a meeting of full Council on 27/6/2008 to continue to shift the commercial rates onto the residential rates bill were the following councillors:
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Upper Hutt Upset Norths In Third Round Jubilee Cup Thriller
- 28 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Upper Hutt upset Northern United 24-18 at Porirua Park in a thrilling third round set of Jubilee Cup matches played arou...
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Upper Hutt Upset Norths In Third Round Jubilee Cup Thriller
- 28 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Upper Hutt upset Northern United 24-18 at Porirua Park in a thrilling third round set of Jubilee Cup matches played arou...
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Ballantyne Cup, 9k-2.6k handicap races, Strand Park
- 28 Jun 2008
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- The round-the-stopbanks races enjoyed conditions far better than forecast. Peter Stevens won the 1921 Ballantyne Memorial Cup after a delayed start (distracted by encouraging his daughter Julieta in the J-team race). Jeff Galt and Natham Bramley were second the third under handicap. Belinda Buck is the holder of the women's Shirley Barton Trophy for 2008, with Karen Jenkinson and returnee Barbara Tucker the runners-up.
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Results for 28th June
- 28 Jun 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG had some good results on Saturday, especially in the Senior grades. It was great to see a strong start to the new round. SMOG 1 and 2 played each other this week and the result was 64/35 to SMOG 1.
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Rafael Toral and Birchville Cat Motel - Monday 30 June at Happy
- 28 Jun 2008
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- Portuguese improviser and influential experimental guitarist Rafael Toral has worked with bigwigs Sonic Youth, Jim O' Rourke, Evan Parker, John Zorn and Fennesz, and on Monday he's playing one show at Happy with Wellington's Birchville Cat Motel.
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Gaye Old Time
- 27 Jun 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers had three players shortly before kick off today against defending Division 1 Chapions Els Gaye.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- 27 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Yet another school holiday looms and Dreamworks' attempt to capture the animated audience (or rather 'the audience for animation') before Pixar's WALL·E emerges in September, is Kung Fu Panda starring the voice of Jack Black.
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‘B’ teams Out To Be Hardham Cup Spoilers
- 27 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Marist St. Pat's and Northern United ‘B' teams playing in the Hardham Cup can't be promoted to nex...
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Key Jubilee Cup Weekend For Winless Trio
- 27 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The playoffs are a month away, but the Jubilee Cup dreams of defending champions Hutt Old Boys Marist, Old Boys-Universi...
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The Thomas Oliver Band
- 26 Jun 2008
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- The Thomas Oliver Band's fusion of blues, folk, country and rock will be thickening the air of Bodega this Saturday the 28th of June. The band is made of Thomas Oliver on vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica and weissenborn, Steven Moodie on bass guitar and double bass, and Tom Scrase on drums, percussion and backing vocals.
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Josh Junior in the Hunt in Germany
- 26 Jun 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Josh Junior is currently competing in the Laser Division of Kiel Week in Germany. This is an ISAF grade 1 regatta for all Olympic classes. After scoring 6th and 8th in his first two races, Josh is currently placed 14th in a strong field of 150 sailors, many of...
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New motorcycle parking areas proposed in Wellington
- 26 Jun 2008
- Scoot NZ
- Wellington City Council have just released a set of new Traffic Resolutions for consideration, which includes several new motorcycle parking areas. It adds up to a total of 54 metres. WCC Traffic resolutions. “Information:Council has received numerous requests to increase the availability of motorcycle parking in the CBD. Currently demand for on street motorcycle parking space exceeds [...]
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SMOG 1 vs SMOG 2
- 25 Jun 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG 1 and 2 will be playing eachother on court one this week at 2.10pm. Please come along and watch the game, it promises to be a close game and will give you the chance to see the top talent that we have in the club.
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Cricket Wellington seeks Operations Manager
- 25 Jun 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington Operations Manager Full time position. Based in Wellington.
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Cricket Wellington - Women's Cricket Coordinator - vacancy
- 25 Jun 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington is currently recruiting a Women’s Cricket Coordinator for the 2008-09 season. This position will be part-time, fixed term, from August 2008 to April 2009. It is anticipated that the appointee will work approximately 20 hours per week.
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A brand new noodle
- 25 Jun 2008
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- Like ships passing in the night, my sister Lulu returned from London in 1993 just as I was departing on my own pilgrimage to the Old Country. Amongst a raft of useful advice, she insisted I eat at Wagamama - a stylish Japanese noodle shop in Covent Garden. And so I did. And having left Wellingtown just as laksa was making a break for it out of pokey Asian diners, I was wowed by Wagamama's sleek lines, its slick efficiency, and its mammoth bowls of clean, steaming noodles - at only a few bob a pop. It shone like a beacon out of the greasy sea of affordable London eateries. Now here we are with our own brand new Wagamama.
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Class details now available
- 24 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- Details of the Become a Radio Ham classes are now published. The classes are scheduled to run for 8 weeks on a Wednesday evening, 6:30-9:00 at Onlsow College in Johnsonville. The first series start on 30th July, and the summer series 22nd October. Costs are now confirmed at $55 per student, payable to the College. See the page callsigns and training for details.
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Ten Mad Minutes and the Slapperz go Down
- 24 Jun 2008
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- An injury-plagued Slapperz journeyed to Petone Memorial 4 to take on the Armani's. With Steve-O and Barts on the sideline nursing aches and pains, we were all hoping for an injury free match. No luck there, I'm afraid, with Gazz limping off after just 1 minute with a nasty looking recurrence of his injury. Fortunately, Striker Barts gallantly came to the rescue and played the remaining 89 minutes up front.
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Eat Lessbanese
- 24 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- We've mentioned Habebie Restaurant before (well, actually I can't find a link, so maybe we didn't actually) but we have exciting news - it's BYO now (and may have been for a while now), but more importantly, from Monday-Thursday, all mains (except seafood) are $17.
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New developments re: the Cobham Park Indoor Courts
- 23 Jun 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Netball Wellington have advised that although everything was moving ahead towards the resource consent process for the development of the new indoor courts at Cobham Park, this is now being reviewed as part of the Council’s Annual Plan process. Andy Foster from the council has questioned the need for 12 courts. He is pushing to revisit the ’sites analysis’ with the idea of 8 courts at the Port (if the land can be obtained) and possibly covering some courts at Hataitai (amongst other possibilities).
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SW team dominates 6 Centre Meet
- 23 Jun 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- A strong SW team dominated the annual 6 Centre competition, which is contested by teams from HB-PB, Manawatu, Wanganui, Taranaki and Wellington (Wairarapa did not compete this year). The SW team won the cups for 11yrs and under, 12/13yrs, 14/15yrs, for relays and were overall winners.
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Results from Saturday
- 23 Jun 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- SMOG had some great performances for the last game of the round on Saturday. There were some extremely close games and even a draw as SMOG 4 tied with Karori 1.
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Premier v Marist - 21/06/08 - D 1-1
- 23 Jun 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- Match Report to follow.Go Sharks!
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New VHF Group Service for Members: Callsigns and Radio Examinations
- 23 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- The Wellington VHF Group is proud to announce a brand new service available to members: Callsign Services & Amateur Radio Training / Certification Services are now available.. For more information please check out our Study Guide which details not only the Callsign services now offered by Wellington VHF Group, but also some outstanding training material prepared by the branch and made available to anyone interested. read more
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knitted hot-dogs and bunny quilts
- 23 Jun 2008
- Texture
- Even though this winter hasn't been as harsh as Wellington winters of past, keeping warm still should be a number one priority. Sometimes, this means forgoing cocktails for tim-tams and movies under a soft, comforting quilted blanket (maybe with bunnies on it?), but if you are anything like me usually you can't keep still and are not very good at just relaxing- unless it's a terrible hangover. That's why I'm thinking of taking up knitting so movies, blankets and indulgent biscuits are a little justified. Maybe knitting and its sweet purity will even stop my drinking, either way today I found a new store that may inspire this possible new pastime of mine.
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Giant Pile of Rubble Terrorises Wellington City
- 22 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- What the hell's going on down Maginnity Street?! One by one, we can defeat this thing Wrecked cars! A massive pile of rubble! Rescue crews moving in! OMG, the big one has finally hit! And yet Petherick Tower is looking surprisingly undamaged... All is revealed after the jump.
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MSP, Norths and Poneke Unbeaten After Two Jubilee Cup rounds
- 22 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Decisive second round wins to Marist St. Pat's, Northern United and Poneke have seen these three sides remain as the...
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Tawa alone at the top Of Hardham Cup
- 22 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa claimed a place on its on at the top of the Hardham Cup after two rounds, beating Marist St Pat's B 32-15 at Ly...
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Webserver Blip
- 21 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- Hi Guys, Server had a brief loss of service today. I suspect there's something malicious at work here- a spammer or somesuch - but thanks to a headsup from a Group member the problem was quickly identified and services restored. We will be monitoring the situation going forward. Don't forget to check BlakJak Administrivia for updates regarding the condition of the server, if you're interested.
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CROSS TALKS
- 20 Jun 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- A series of fun and interesting social Friday evenings & Sunday afternoons run by experts in the field…. Green-style Vege-growing in your Urban GardenMore folks are looking to growing their own to feed a family when supermarket vegetable & fruit prices keep on climbing. Sustainable living is the trend. Gardening is a great stress-reliever. Find out how to start and manage a highly productive,
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Are you taking the piss?
- 20 Jun 2008
- Texture
- If there was ever a game more designed to have the piss taken out of it (Apart from cricket), I’d really like to know.  Rugby is the domain of rather large, testosterone fuelled beast-men, who like to beat the be-Jesus out of each other by aggressively hugging their opponents.  Throw in 44 pairs of shorty shorts, a bit of a dance for our boys beforehand, some rather absurd commentary, and piss take-ability reaches Chernobyl-like proportions. But let’s blow this mama over the top by bringing in a master-piss taker.  Jed Thian (Aka the Jedi) will have rugby-lovers and haters busting their guts in unison, as he delivers the Alternative Rugby Commentary for the 2008 season.  Jedi started dropping his rugby piss-bombs in 2005, with the evening growing each passing year to become an entertainment spectacle of Jonah Lomu-sized measurements. The basic premise involves the live screening of an All Blacks game at the Loaded Hog.  Only, instead of Mr’s Nisbitt and Mexted calling the action, you get Jed, the commentary colossus, calling the play by play from his own, rather demented and funny perspective.  It’s no holds barred, so if you are easily offended, with little in the way of a sense of humour or the ability to fake it - stay at home. For the rest of you fun and fabulous people, the next game kicks off at 7.30 on Saturday night, when the limey fruits (The English) take on the Polynesian plunderers (The AB’s).  Or you can listen to it streaming live at www.arcrugby.co.nz.  Jedi will be ready and waiting. -Darren
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It's Film Festival time
- 20 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Last night a select group of over 500 people at the Paramount were treated to the launch of this year's Wellington Film Festival programme.
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7 Point 5 Degrees And Back
- 20 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- It's 7.5° and back, a collaborative project by Gonzalez and Wellington artist Alannah Gunter. In Linz, Austria passers-by watch a monitor inside a canal-tube (above) and are in turn watched by a webcam. Placed at 7.5° to the earth, the camera-tube is a virtual tunnel through the earth to Wellington where the live image screens nightly at the Film Archive Loading Bay. A similar camera-tube is installed in Abel Smith street; what it sees is what the Linz passers-by will see.
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Spotting ‘little spots’
- 20 Jun 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- With a special two-for-one offer on its unique Nocturnal Tours this winter, Wellington's award-winning Karori Sanctuary is definately the place to head for a night out with a difference. And there's even a chance you will spot a 'little spot' - New Zealand's smallest kiwi species!
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Key Polo Ground clash In Jubilee Cup
- 20 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- An epic encounter between Oriental Rongotai and Northern United at the Polo ground is predicted in round two of the Jubi...
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Heroic Effort Sees Rovers Through
- 20 Jun 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers were reduced to four men for the fixture today at the Shed of Dreams before picking up a passer by and putting him straight into the midfield. "We got Joe from Els Gaye to play for us and he did pretty well considering he always waers jeans when he plays" said Rovers Manager Steve Hall.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- 19 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- When times are quiet in the cinema business (as they have been all year) owners respond by opening more and more films and hoping something will stick. This week sees the Penthouse open yet another contemporary British comedy-drama, funded by the UK Film Council using National Lottery funds (much like Happy-Go-Lucky and Brick Lane which are still screening), Grow Your Own.
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Top Start For Tawa In Hardham Cup
- 19 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Tawa's terrific start to the second round was the talk of the Hardham Cup last weekend, with a convincing 48-12 firs...
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Night Race, Friday 20 June
- 18 Jun 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Night Race 2 is scheduled for this Friday, 20th June. With the moon just two days past full and a fine northerly forecast we intend to send the fleet on an around the harbour course.
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Young and Hungry opens this week!
- 17 Jun 2008
- Texture
- This Friday the Young and Hungry festival of new works opens at BATS. Young & Hungry started life in 1994 at BATS as a series of one act plays designed to give young people, aged between 15-25 years, the opportunity to partake in a professional theatre environment under the direction of professional theatre practitioners.
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Phil Griffiths
- 17 Jun 2008
- Go Wellington
- It is with deep regret that staff and management of GO Wellington, and NZ Bus, learned of the death today of Phil Griffiths, the Secretary of the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Tramways and Public Passenger Transport Authorities Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers.
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Draft 2008-09 Programme for Discussion
- 16 Jun 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The Sailing Committee has published a draft programme for the 2008-09 Sailing Season and seeks feedback from sailing members.
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Pelorus Trust Wellington Squash Series
- 16 Jun 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Results of the Wellington District Junior Age Group Champs @ Thorndon Club 13 -15 June
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Poneke Big Winners in First Round
- 15 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jubilee Cup 14 June: Multiple Jubilee Cup finalists Poneke emerged as the significant winners at the conclusion of first...
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Roosters crow while J’ville weeps
- 15 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hardham Cup 14 June: The Wests Roosters and Tawa were the two biggest winners coming out of the first round of the Hardh...
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Fashionable Princesses
- 15 Jun 2008
- Texture
- With Wellington now having its own Paper Bag Princess, there is even less reason to visit Auckland. The second hand clothing store has been hiding down in the corner of Left Bank Arcade for a while now, and rumour on the street is that more and more people are discovering its goodness.
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Wellington VHF Group celebrate the Anniversary of Amateur License Amalgamation
- 15 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- Yes, another year has come and gone. It is four years since the Limited and General Licences were amalgamated at 0000 NZST on Thursday the 17th of June 2004. Please join Branch 74 in celebrating the anniversary, by checking in as above. Thanks must go to Fred Johnson, the NZART ALO at the time and the current Advisor to the Wellington VHF Group, who bought this significant improvement in Amateur licence conditions. read more
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Belmont Tower Re-Erected
- 15 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- The Belmont tower was re-erected by the contractors, United Group Ltd, on Tuesday 10 June. As can be seen in the photographs it once again stands resplendent. From an initial inspection the contractor's work looks well done. read more
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Speaker: 26 June 2008 Meeting
- 15 Jun 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) are essential safety equipment that can save your life if you get into trouble at sea or on land. When a beacon is activated, Maritime NZ's Rescue Co-ordination Centre receives the satellite information, finds and locates the beacon, and co-ordinates a rescue mission. This month we are very fortunate to have Rodney Bracefield from the Maritime New Zealand Rescue Co-ordination Centre coming to speak to us about EPIRBs and how the related systems work. This promises to be a fascinating evening.
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Living in the Kingdom
- 14 Jun 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- 15th June 10.30am Three people share what it means for them to follow Jesus
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Red Alert For Jubilee Cup
- 14 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- An enthralling Swindale Shield finished on Saturday, which saw Marist St. Pat's rise above the rest in a close race ...
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Living in the Kingdom
- 14 Jun 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- 15th June 9am Three people share what it means for them to follow Jesus
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Premier v Lower Hutt
- 14 Jun 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- The start of the second round meant we played Lower Hutt out at Fraser Park, in what we hoped was going to be a continuation of our winning ways and the start of us winning away from home, which we had failed to do in the first round, coming away with three draws and a loss.
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Results from Saturday
- 14 Jun 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Overall, SMOG had a good weekend, coming away with some important wins. It seemed to be a weekend with a few SMOG teams playing their equal numbers from Wellington East, with mixed results.
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See Ginette on Wotzon.comTV
- 13 Jun 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
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Black Friday
- 13 Jun 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall (pictured) today advised the entire Rovers squad to lie low for twenty four hours to ensure that there were no mishaps to the squad resulting from Black Friday bad luck.
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Exciting Hardham Cup In Store
- 13 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hardham Cup promises to be an exciting competition this year, with the addition of two Senior One Clubs from the jus...
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The Nomad returns with a new album
- 13 Jun 2008
- Texture
- It’s been ten years since the Nomad released his debut (Original) album, Movement. Now, Wellingtons own roving beat-master reminds us that things are just cranking up, with a brand new album dropping on the 16th of June.
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It ain't easy being Green (Cabs)
- 12 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Our favourite cab company has expanded to Auckland and Christchurch and are doing pretty well in both. But it's not all expansion and increasing profits. Recently the eco-friendly cab company has had to defend itself against statements from the head of the Taxi Federation. Then they had to fend off claims from other taxi companies (Combined in this case) that they were also "green".
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Stunning Start
- 11 Jun 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers opened their Division 1 campaign with a thrashing of Don Logan FC at the Shed of Dreams this afternoon. "I think it is stunning that with so many players out we can still field a strong team and beat a team that has previously given us a lesson or two" said Hall "we took them to the cleaners in the first spell and it was amazing to be 7 - 0 up at half time, even though Pete Roberts (pictured) had a gammy leg".
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RE: CALL Gray Nicol performs Duck Calling
- 11 Jun 2008
- Texture
- After 30 years in obscurity, New Zealand video artist Gray Nicol has agreed to re-stage his witty and provocative 1978 performance piece Duck Calling, in what promises to be an audacious and wacky one-off spectacle of an event at the New Zealand Film Archive Mediatheatre on Thursday 13 June, from 7 - 8pm.
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Mill Creek Wind Farm
- 11 Jun 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- Mill Creek wind farm is the proposal to build a new wind farm in the Ohariu Valley north west of Wellington, and it borders the other major wind farm project: West Wind, also by Meridian Energy. A self-appointed group of selfish Makara Residents, the “Makara Guardians” led by local Makara resident Jenny Jorgenson tried their hardest to get the West Wind stopped - thankfully they were tossed out in the Environment court. A similar group is also fighting the proposed Mill Creek giant wind turbines, and they’re just as selfish too.
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Mayor & tourism chiefs launch
- 11 Jun 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- Wellington’s tourism community was out in force today to celebrate the unveiling of detailed plans for the capital’s newest attraction – the state-of-the-art visitor & education centre at Karori Sanctuary.
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WDBBA - Youth Camp 'El Rancho', Waikanae
- 11 Jun 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- I’ve been to 4 band camps so far and this one was just as enjoyable.
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WDBBA - Youth Camp 'El Rancho', Waikanae
- 11 Jun 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- I’ve been to 4 band camps so far and this one was just as enjoyable.
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From Mike’s Desk
- 10 Jun 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- I am delighted to commend “Making Sense”, the upcoming series of public forums being held at Karori Baptist Church, which will explore the implications for faith of contemporary views of science.
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Downstage dares to be different. And we appreciate your input!
- 10 Jun 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
- Opening its doors twice a year to proposals from NZ theatre-makers, independent producers and arts and cultural organisations, Downstage will encourage producing partnerships between a variety of artists and cultures and encourage new collaborations across artform practice, as well as source new season scripts and productions from NZ and overseas, and call for fresh interpretations of extant works.
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Kapiti Cycling Club Winter Series
- 9 Jun 2008
- Howdy all. Just a quick reminder about the Kapiti Cycling Club's Winter series of racing that starts this Saturday afternoon in Te Horo. 42km of glorious
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MTBO Series Begins
- 8 Jun 2008
- Wellington Orienteering Association
- The southerly front that brought snow to the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges fortunately went through in the night leaving a cold but clear day for the start of this year's MTBO series. Andrew McLellan and Hilary Miller took the lead in the open classes, but younger riders also enjoyed Magnus Bengtsson's riverbank courses.
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She’s a total blam blam
- 8 Jun 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- Wellington’s apartment / property market continues on at (almost) full pace. And what better way to show your confidence than to demolish your existing building? In the past fortnight two of Wellington’s apartment projects have made a bold start by demolishing the existing building, which is a fairly confident way of saying that the new building is going to go ahead.
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2008 SW 6 Centre Meet team announced
- 8 Jun 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Congratulations to those SW swimmers who have been named in the 2008 6 Centre team. 2008 SW 6 Centre team (rev)
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Khandallah Arts Theatre Newsletter
- 7 Jun 2008
- KAT Theatre
- Jo Bean is directing the second major production for the year with The Miracle Worker. The play tells the true story of Annie Sullivan and deaf, blind and unable to speak Helen Keller. Two houses have already been presold for Friday 18 July and Thursday 24 July. You will need to book early
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Classy MSP Capture Tenth Swindale Shield
- 7 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Congratulations to Marist St. Pat's, 2008 Swindale Shield champions. MSP were all class in beating upper Hutt 41-0 i...
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Children - Loss leaders or assets in the life of the church
- 7 Jun 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- Andrew Bollen 8th June 2008
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The cathedral 160 years ago
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- Even before the diocese was established, there were the beginnings of the Catholic community in Wellington bringing together Catholic immigrant families. Bishop Pompallier celebrated the first Mass in Wellington on Christmas Day, 1840.
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God gave us a gift in Sr Jean-Marie
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- Godâs gift arrived in the Wellington Archdiocese when Sister Jean-Marie McErlane decided she would give her considerable talents as teacher to establish and lead some of the Brigidine schools.
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Swindale Shield Beckons for MSP in Last Round
- 6 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A glance back over the last five Swindale Shields suggests Marist St. Pat's should comfortably capture their 10th fi...
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Manky Chops - the new gallery of underground art all-stars
- 6 Jun 2008
- Texture
- There’s a new gallery on Cuba Street which you should feel free to call manky. Manky Chops that is.
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Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- Sr John Bosco taught in Catholic primary schools in Hataitai, Naenae, Upper Hutt, Reefton, Westport and Kilbirnie and later at Hato Paora College, Feilding.
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Miriama Te Ahipuia Kahu RIP
- 6 Jun 2008
- Welcom
- Miriama was involved in setting up Te Kohanga Reo in Kaikoura, and in the construction of Takahanga Marae, and she established Te Tai o Marokura Health and Social Service and Ariama Cultural Retreat Centre.
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From Mike’s Desk …
- 5 Jun 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- Elections are very much in the news at the moment. We are of course counting down to our own General Election later in the year, and watching the various parties and politicians manoeuvring to get themselves into the best position to have success.
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books, books, books....
- 5 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Collections for Downtown Community Ministry's annual Book Fair Fundraiser are underway. I love the book fair, because you name a book and you'll most probably find it there. Plus you get to go shopping and know that all you money is going to a good cause - like addressing homelessness in Wellington. Scattered around town are wheelie bins for people to donate their unwanted books.
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July 2008 Holiday Programmes
- 5 Jun 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington School of Cricket is now taking enrolments for July 2008 School Holiday Programme and Intermediate Cricket Clinic.School Holiday ProgrammeTime: 9.
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Winter Series Starts This Sunday
- 5 Jun 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The Moore Wilson's Combined Clubs Winter Series starts this Sunday 8th June. Important: The scheduled time for the first warning signal is 1210 hours (not 1315 as published in the Almanac). The start will be on the water in the vicinity of Somes Island or Ward Island, so be sure to...
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Party with a conscious this Saturday at Bodega!
- 4 Jun 2008
- Texture
- The MDN Charity Gig, at the Bodega this Saturday, is aiming to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease. It all started when Wellington's Duncan Bayly was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease- a debilitating neurological condition that affects nerves that control voluntary muscles. He has been told he has five years to live. So, he decided to do something for his fellow sufferers, he gathered friends from all over the world to cycle from Vondelpark (Amsterdam) to Victoria Park (London) to raise funds for MND research. This gig at Bodega is for those on this side of the world who want to help out.
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Harp Shooters Shot Down
- 4 Jun 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- The late arrival of Mystery Matt Cantwell at half time did not dent the enthusiasm of the Rovers team as they took on the Harp Shooters in the Shed of Dreams today.
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Nominations called for Stephen Sargent Memorial Trophy
- 4 Jun 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Established in 2008, the Stephen Sargent Memorial Trophy commemorates the life of Stephen Sargent (1972-2007), graduate of the sailing academy, member of the RPNYC and crew aboard Ladymink and Illusions.
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FutsAllwhites (New Zealand National Futsal Team) looking forward to OFC Futsal Championship
- 3 Jun 2008
- Capital Futsal
- The New Zealand national Futsal team, the FutsAllwhites, is looking forward to the upcoming OFC Championship which kicks-off in Suva, Fiji on 8 June. Recently appointed NZ coach Erkin Osman has been working extra hard preparing his squad for a busy schedule which involves six games in seven days.
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The Great Escape - Karori Slapperz 3 - Naenae 3
- 3 Jun 2008
- Karori Slapperz AFC
- On a Saturday that everyone assumed the games would be cancelled the mighty Karori Slapperz were transferred to Adventure Park in Whitby. After a mission for some of the fellas to find the park we assembled out the front of the changing rooms on what was actually a fine day for a game of football, sunny with a light southerly breeze. The team managed to pick itself due to injuries and absences.
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The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization: Part One
- 3 Jun 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- This looks really good: You can see some more of John's work on some of those big display units at the new park on the western end of Courtenay Place (Courtenay West Park?).
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- events

Black Knight sponsor 6 Junior Tournaments
- 3 Jun 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Squash Wellington are pleased to announce that Sportco, suppliers of Black Knight are sponsoring this years Super 6 Junior Tournaments. The tournaments, 3 in the Wellington region & 3 in the Nelson / Marlborough region carry a total prize value of $12,000.00.
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car go boom.
- 2 Jun 2008
- In case any of you are interested, some nutter stuffed a rag into the petrol tank of a car on manners mall last night, and promptly lit it. On hearing the explosion I ran downstairs with my camera...
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- cuba-street

World Environment Day (And a free concert!)
- 2 Jun 2008
- Texture
- This Thursday, little ol’Wellington has the distinction of hosting World Environment Day (WED) Awarded to New Zealand by the United Nations, the day is dedicated to raising awareness of increasing environmental problems around the globe – with this year highlighting the destructive force of high carbon emissions.
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Host a student with EF Foundation
- 2 Jun 2008
- EF Foundation has exciting opportunities for families to work with us as a volunteer host family for one of our international high school students. The students are aged between 15 and 18. They'll be arriving in NZ in July and they're here for a year. We've got students from Brazil, Germany, Japan, just to name a few countries. We'd love to hear from anyone who's interested, even if they're only able to host for the first couple of months as an arrival family. For more details, or to apply, contact Alyson on 0800 259 433.
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Part-time job at Club Kelburn
- 2 Jun 2008
- Squash Wellington
- I have a part time position for about 12-14 hours a week, over 3 shifts. If you know anybody, give me a yell. Rob.
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MSP In Line For Swindale Shield as Students Stumble Against Petone
- 1 Jun 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Marist St. Pat's have emerged as the likely winners of the 2008 Swindale shield next week, after their bonus point v...
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