September 2008 - Wellynews

Anyone fluent in Squiggle?
- 30 Sep 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- The Eye of the Fish can see many stories, read many texts, and understand many things: but one language that fish don’t speak is Wildstyle.
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- art

Go Wellington, Go the Lions, Go for Free!
- 26 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- Friday, 26 September GO Wellington bus services have been restored to normal today, Friday, 26 September after the Tramways and M&C unions agreed to withdraw their notice of strike action and to return to the negotiating table. Further mediation is scheduled for next week.
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- transport

GO Wellington welcomes SuperGold
- 26 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- Friday, 26 September From 1 October, SuperGold card holders can take to the streets of Wellington and travel off-peak on the bus for free.
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- transport

Watch Bare - Now at Downstage Theatre
- 25 Sep 2008
- Downstage Theatre Blog
- "Once again the combination of great performances and dazzling writing makes for a thoroughly entertaining, gentle satire of 'our people today' that clearly stands the test of time. Go."Mary Anne Bourke (Theatreview) on BARE Love, sex, family, friendship, youth and bad movies at multiplexes - listen to our people talk!Directed by award-winning director Oliver Driver Toa Fraser's classic New Zealand comedy BARE is an hilarious matrix of urban poetry. Armed with the voice of the street, two actors riff on body image, films, takeaway food, graffiti and English literature. Downstage is proud to present this limited season (13 performances only!) of this new production of BARE that premiered at Silo Theatre in Auckland last year.
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- theatre

Go Wellington bus services resume Friday, 26 September
- 25 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- GO Wellington and the Tramways and M&C unions are returning to the negotiating table on Friday, 26 September. “The notice of strike action has been withdrawn, and as a result it is no longer necessary to suspend our services,” says Bruce Kenyon, GM GO Wellington. ”We now have the certainty we need to operate our services safely and reliably for our customers.”
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- transport

Crookshanks gets a home - Update
- 25 Sep 2008
- CataBlog
- And doesn't he look happy about it!...
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- blogs

Spring Festival at the Botanic Gardens
- 25 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Tulips, tours, art, "Crafty Fifi", the legendary Fairy Trina and more at this year's Spring Festival in the Botanic Gardens. Running from 28 September until 12 October. I can confirm that the recent (and typical for this time of year) gales have not denuded the tulip gardens & so weather permitting, Tulip Sunday on the first day of the Festival, should be a beautiful way to spend an hour or two communing with nature.
- Tagged as:
- events

Steakout
- 25 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Looking for a good steak in Wellington? A week or so ago this Wellingtonista was & after consulting my colleagues, I can report back on two of the finest steaks I have tasted in this city (yes, two).
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- restaurants-and-bars

In the Museum of Curious Intent
- 25 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- When Arlo Edwards approached an art dealer with his work at the age of eighteen, the dealer told him to "come back in 10 years, and then maybe we’ll look at your work". Not content with such a response, Arlo embarked on a somewhat unorthodox curatorial career, and has been putting on exhibitions when and wherever he could for more than a decade. Toi Pōneke Gallery is the next venue for one of his projects, an exhibition of work by 10 local established and emerging artists.
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- art
- events

EXCITING NEWS! A New Home, New Name for Crossways!
- 25 Sep 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- Following the sale of Crossways Community House in August, the doors will close forever to the community on 7 October 2008. The New Crossways Community Trust has taken out an 11 year lease on the first floor of a building at 6 Roxburgh Street and will officially begin operating as a community facility here on the 16 October. Mr Southworth, Chair of the Trust said "the battle to Save Crossways
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- crossways

Icon get no satisfaction
- 25 Sep 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- It has been announced by the Wellington City Council, that following on from the demise of the proposal for a Hilton Hotel, there will be an ideas competition for the end of the Outer T on Queens Wharf: currently home to an old tin shed, as I’m sure you all know. The Hilton-to-be, as you will recall, was vanquished by the continued badgering of the combined forces of Waterfront Watch and the Civic Trust (go Grey Power!), and no one much seems to have mourned its passing (blogged by Philip back in March). The Hilton’s Auckland architects have left town with their tails between their legs, probably destined never to want to return. While details for the competition for the replacement building have not been clarified yet, there’s one thing for sure: there’s going to be a call for it to be Iconic.
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- hilton
- waterfront

No GO Wellington Bus Services Thursday, 25 September - until further notice
- 24 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- Wednesday’s strike action taken by the Tramways and M&C Union created chaos for Wellington’s travelling public. Bus services scheduled to depart during periods of strike activity did not run. Widespread disruption was created for all travelers as bus services struggled to return to normal.
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- transport

ISAF's Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012 now published online
- 24 Sep 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012 are now available from the ISAF website.
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- boating

Escalating industrial strike action unacceptable
- 24 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- The Tramways Union advised GO Wellington on Monday, 22 September that it intended to take industrial strike action during the peak morning commuter period, between the hours of 7.30am to 8.30am, starting Wednesday, 24 September and continuing until further notice.
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- transport

The Welingtonista Bowling League 2008 table
- 24 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- So this year we have only four teams, which means that the league will play out over three action-packed weeks starting at 6.30pm tomorrow night.
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- bowling

School bus services affected by industrial action - Wednesday, 24 September
- 23 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- Industrial action by the Tramways Union on Wednesday, 24 September will affect school bus services to the following schools. The services are affected by industrial action affecting all GO Wellington bus services scheduled to depart between 7.30am and 8.30am from the Karori Terminus and the Wellington Railway Station.
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- karori
- transport

Bus services will be disrupted Wednesday, 24 September 7.30am-8.30am
- 23 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- There will be no GO Wellington bus services leaving from the Wellington Rail Station or from Karori Terminus between the hours of 7.30am and 8.30am on Wednesday, 24 September. This includes 23 school buses. The Tramways Union has advised GO Wellington that it intends to take strike action during this peak commuter period, and that this will continue until further notice.
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- karori
- transport

Twilight Golf
- 23 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Twilight Golf will start on Friday 31st October. Ron & Allan in the ProShop will be running the Twilight Golf again this year. Tee times from 4.15pm to 5.30pm. Individual competitions each night. Different divisions on handicap. Stableford, Closest to the Pin and Raffles. Entry each night only $8.00. Prize giving each night when final team gets in. Caterering and Bar Facilities open each night.
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- golf
- waikanae

Fleming to Spearhead Wellingtonâs State Twenty20 Campaign
- 23 Sep 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington and New Zealand cricket icon Stephen Fleming will play a full role in this summer’s State Wellington Firebirds’ Twenty20 campaign.
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- cricket

Summer Membership
- 22 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Summer membership now available. Runs for the duration of Daylight Savings. Only $440.00. See ProShop or Office to join.
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- golf
- waikanae

Umpire Selection
- 21 Sep 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Congratulations to smoggie Jacqui Stewart who has been appointed as umpire for the 2008 NZ secondary school champs, 7 – 10 October.
- Tagged as:
- netball

Get your skates on
- 21 Sep 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- Wellington has long had an ambivalent attitude to alternative means of transport unloved in other cities - we still have trolley buses (long absent from Auckland or Christchurch), we have a cable car (NZ’s and one of the world’s few commuter vertical transporters), and the cops here seem to turn a blind eye to youths driving scooters, sidewinders or skateboards.
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- transport

Winners at Prize-giving 2008
- 21 Sep 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Thanks to everyone for a fantastic night on Saturday – there were some fantastic costumes and a big thanks to Hope Bros for hosting us. Special congratulations to the following people, who won awards on the night:
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- netball

Branch Meeting Thursday 25 September: National Train Control VHF Radio Communications
- 20 Sep 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- The ONTRACK National Train Control Centre at the Wellington Railway Station communicates with the locomotive drivers out on the track using a VHF radio network. This month we are fortunate to have John Skilton, Manager Signals and Telecommunications Engineering at ONTRACK, and Stu Lusty from Kordia, coming to speak to us about the upgrade of this train control VHF radio system and the new technologies that are being employed. Members and guests are welcome to come along to what should be an interesting and informative evening.
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- trains

Spring Cleaning
- 20 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- What:Envirotainment Where:Oriental Parade (Freyberg Pool/Mural end) When: 2.30 till 4.00pm
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- conservation
- events
- oriental-bay

Wellington Racing Club Revamps Cup & Appeals Grading Decision (PDF)
- 19 Sep 2008
- Wellington Racing Club
- The Wellington Racing Club is to reduce the distance of the iconic Wellington Cup in January, from 3,200 metres (two miles), to 2,400 metres the distance it was run for 50 years up to the early 1940s
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- sport

2008 Squash Wellington Awards Night
- 19 Sep 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Details about this great event are linked below....
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- events
- squash

Disruption to GO Wellington bus services - 22 September 2008
- 18 Sep 2008
- Go Wellington
- On Monday, 22 September, the Wellington Tramways Union will conduct a stop work meeting between the hours of 10.30am and 2pm to ratify a new Collective Employment Agreement. As a result, all GO Wellington services will be unavailable on Monday, 22 September between the hours of 10am and 2pm.
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- transport

Here’s looking at you (in the dark)
- 18 Sep 2008
- Te Papa's blog
- Bioluminescence is common among squid - it is estimated that two-thirds of all squid genera contain bioluminescent species.
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- blogs
- te-papa

Building a 100 Watt 2M Linear Amplifier Kit
- 18 Sep 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- A little while ago I picked up a Dick Smith Electronics (DSE) 100 Watt 2m Linear Amplifier kit. The kit featured in the March 1986 edition of Electronics Australia. DSE stopped producing these kits in the 90s, and fortunately while this kit had been opened it was still largely complete. read more
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- amateur-radio

Netball Scholarships
- 18 Sep 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Please find attached flyers advertising the Netball Scholarships that the region has available through WelTec and Victoria University. we are very appreciative that thee valued educational institutions work in partnership with us to provide thee scholarships and we would love to see our netballers in the region applying for them.
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- netball
- victoria-university

Civic Trust Award Winners
- 18 Sep 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- In the line of an old Abba song, The Winner takes it All, and so it was in the 2008 Wellington Civic Trust awards last night. A friendly Fish-monger sends in this report from the ceremony in Te Papa: The evening started off promptly, no time for drinkies (or Studio Pacific - who missed out on the news they had won the first prize of the evening by a good 5 minutes!), before leaping straight into the Awards ceremonies. First up was the award for best building in Wellington (constructed in the last 3 years).
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- architecture

SW Registrations Due
- 17 Sep 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Registrations for the period 1 October 2008 to 31 December 2008 must be paid by 7 January 2009.
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- swimming

The Future of Crossways Community Creche
- 15 Sep 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- The sale of the Crossways House has left Mt Victoria families desperately worried about the future of their community crèche. Families in Mt Victoria are calling on the Wellington City Council to help the long standing community crèche continue in new premises. Crossways Creche is one of the city's oldest running creches and has served Mt Victoria and surrounding suburbs on a non-profit,
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- crossways

NZC Junior Cricket Policy
- 15 Sep 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- NZC Junior Cricket Policy NZ Cricket has drafted a document entitled “Game On!” The document records NZC’s suggestions and comments around the playing and delivery of cricket, with a particular focus on the junior and youth ages, but right through to adult cricket.
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- cricket

Junior Club Registrations Now Open
- 15 Sep 2008
- Cricket Wellington
- The cricket season is just around the corner! Registrations are now open, so contact your local club and enjoy what should be an Action Packed Summer of Cricket.
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- cricket

Calling for Recipes
- 14 Sep 2008
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- Enter your favourite recipe to be in to win GREAT PRIZES! Winning entries will be published in a Netball Wellington Region Cookbook which will be on sale next year.
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- netball
- wcn-hosted

Opening Day Race, 13th September
- 13 Sep 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Saturday 13th September was fabulous start to the 126th Season, with 37 boats on the water for the Opening Day Race in a sunny 10kt northerly.
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- boating

Teenage kaka go on the rampage
- 12 Sep 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- Spring has arrived early in Wellington. But whilst most native bird species at the city’s world-renowned Karori Sanctuary are busy building their nests, a gang of teenage kaka have other ideas...
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- karori-sanctuary
- karori

Weather Station Running Again
- 12 Sep 2008
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The Pt Jerningham weather station is running again, just in time for the sailing season.
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- boating

Energy Saving Lightbulbs: Will they help or hinder radio hams?
- 12 Sep 2008
- Wellington VHF Group
- An interesting point for consideration in Amateur circles; perhaps more in the HF space but definately a subject to be wary of. George Boorer ZL3PN was recently featured in the Otago Daily Times commenting on his experiences with an energy saving lightbulb. What do you think? Is Halogen the answer? Should incandescent bulbs be retained on sale (perhaps more expensively) as a useful alternative for some situations? Or do the energy savers need a complete rethink? Mark Foster ZL1VMF is interested in your thoughts. Please use the Contact Us link to send him your feedback. Also vote on the Poll he has on his site and then keep an eye on it for what others think.... read more
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- amateur-radio

Women’s Club Championship Results
- 12 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The Waikanae Women’s Club Championship Finals were played today, Friday 12th September. Results: Silver Winner: Jill Bolland - Runner-up: Shirley Parkinson Bronze Winner: Janet Rosedale - Runner-up: Jane McLaren Bronze 2 Winner: Debbie Turner - Runner-up: Maureen Creasy
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- golf
- waikanae

THIS WEEKENDS EVENT!
- 11 Sep 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- ALL BLACK TRI NATIONS RUGBY LIVE on the big screen Watch the resurgent All Blacks in the thrilling Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Series decider at Brisbane. Saturday 13 September: 9.30pm - Entry by Koha - Scrumptious food, BYO for shared bar For info or to book phone Bill 385 6090 or email us. Crossways Community House, 46 Brougham Street, Mt Vic - a fundraiser by the New Crossways Community Trust for
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- lobby-groups
- crossways

Shaping Adelaide
- 11 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- The Wellington City Council is seeking public input on how to guide the future growth and change of the Adelaide Rd area.
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- newtown
- wellington-city-council

Stolen. Black Yamaha Jog.
- 11 Sep 2008
- Scoot NZ
- Stolen. Black Yamaha Jog scooter 37YTK.Taken from Austin Street, near corner with Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria,Wellington sometime around September 1st to 5th. Distinguishing features:All down the left [95% sure it is the left] side are scratches.It has acracked orange front indicator light cover on the left side.And the brake lever on the left side is also [...]
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- motorcycling

National Women’s Under 19 Championships
- 10 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The National Women’s Under 19 Championships was played at the Waikanae Golf Course last weekend. The Club hosted the field of 73 who had come from all over New Zealand and also included 3 participants from Australia. The 54 hole event was played in cool conditions each day, and low scores were a rarity.
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- golf

Liberation Theology Takes Root In Newtown
- 10 Sep 2008
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Members of St Annes Parish and Newtown Residents are working together with the objective of starting a market to enable people on low incomes to access affordable quality food. If you have an interest in this project your help would be appreciated.If you are interested in joining this group you can contact http://newtowncommunity.aforumfree.com.
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- newtown

Apologies to all readers from Highbury
- 8 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Sources admit there was a "balls up".
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- aro-valley

International Retirement
- 7 Sep 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Manager Steve Hall declared his international retirement today after failing to be called up for the New Zealand team to play New Caledonia. "Fortunately I'm still able to consider representative honours as I played today in the Town versus Country at North Wellington club" said Hall "and you'll find my name on the card for the second team on the same day although I never got on the field, in fact I never even put my kit on".
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- soccer

C Grade Super Champs at Mitchell Park
- 7 Sep 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Welcome to all Players, Coaches & Managers participating in this years National Super Champ C Grade Finals at Mitchell Park.
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- squash

Lucie-Smith, Gatfield take out top swimmer awards
- 7 Sep 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Karori’s Samantha Lucie-Smith and SwimZone Racing’s John Gatfield took out the open age group swimmer of the meet titles at the SW Short Course Championships which concluded at Kibirnie tonight.
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- karori
- swimming

Capital clear away to take SC team honours
- 7 Sep 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Capital Swim Club comfortably secured overall team honours at the 2008 SW SC Champs, winning the overall and 12 & under classifications. SwimZone Racing and Karori Pirates took 2nd and 3rd respectively in both divisions. Capital also achieved the best average points per swimmer with Porirua Swimming Club 2nd and Levin Swimming Club in 3rd place.
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- karori
- porirua
- swimming

Champion of Champions 2008 - The Winners
- 7 Sep 2008
- Squash Wellington
- This prestigious District event was held at Squash@UpperHutt this weekend The Winners of each Grade contested were....
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- squash

Two Pensions?
- 7 Sep 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- In the heart of Wellington’s old Chinatown, namely the narrow low-scale neighbourhood of Haining St, there is one of the few trees that are growing in Te Aro, nestling happily in the lee of an also fairly non-descript warehouse building. Until fairly recently the site was the home of a film unit, a student flat, and parking for assorted businesses, until it was sold and resold and eventually ended up in the hands of the property spruikers known as Rich Mastery: organizers of ‘property seminars’ - otherwise known as a way to “get rich quick”.
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- architecture

Summer Membership
- 5 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Summer Memberships are now available. Summer Memberships are for the period 28 September 2008 to 9 April 2009. Full playing rate is $440.00. That is less than $75.00 per month. Contact the Golf Club or the ProShop to join.
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- golf
- waikanae

Holden Scramble
- 4 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The Holden Scramble will be held at the Waikanae Golf Club on Friday 3rd of October. Shotgun start at 11.00am Teams of 3. Enter at the ProShop.
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- golf
- waikanae

Hataitai Swimming Club - 1971 to 2008
- 4 Sep 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- The early 1970s proved a critical period for the club. The clubrooms were not being fully utilised but of course still had to be maintained to health regulation standards. Membership had declined. There was little supervision of the use of the clubrooms at weekends. The public were using the rooms without making any contribution to the upkeep costs. Learn to swim classes at the beach were spasmodic and were becoming less popular. Lessons ceased altogether at Hataitai Beach in 1972 after 61 years.
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- hataitai
- local-history
- swimming

An important message for Johnsonville line passengers.
- 4 Sep 2008
- Tranz Metro
- Due to track construction work, trains will be replaced by buses after 8pm Sunday to Thursday nights from September 7 to early December.
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- johnsonville
- trains

National Women’s U19 Championships
- 4 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The National Women’s Under 19 Championships are being played at the Waikanae Golf Club on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th of September. Top quality golf will be able to be watched each day. Come along and support the competitors. Tee times from 7.30am each day. One round each day. The Course will be open for members and visitors to play from 11.40am each day on both the 1st and 10th tees. Members should book via the internet booking system.
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- golf

The Tranzmetro Delays feed is back
- 4 Sep 2008
- Tranzmetro's delays feed is working again. Lovely and simple.
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- trains

Electro Oh How We Love You
- 4 Sep 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- Some of us have missed out on Peaches tickets AND found ourselves too skint for Bill Bailey at the St James tonight. Le Sigh. Le Big Sigh. Fortunately solace can be found at Mighty Mighty tonight in the arms of some sweet, sweet electro. NZ based producers, DJs and live performance will be on hand to pound away that pain.
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- events
- music

Hataitai Swimming Club - 1940 to 1970
- 3 Sep 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- The Second World War robbed the Hataitai Bathing Club of young men and women. However the club continued to operate a learn to swim programme. Community social activity began to flourish after the cessation of hostilities in 1945. The energy of comradeship and togetherness learned during the previous six years greatly assisted the rejuvenation of clubs such as the Hataitai Bathing Club.
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- hataitai
- local-history
- swimming

Melbourne Cup Day
- 3 Sep 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The Annual Melbourne Cup golf and racing day will be held again this year on the first Tuesday of November. (4th). Get your teams ready now. Teams of 3 competing in the same format as the Holden Scramble. Great prizes, as always. All day bar-b-que free for players. Best dressed - men and women. After golf activities in the clubhouse, with big screen views of the big race.
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- golf
- waikanae

FNZ Soundly Beaten
- 3 Sep 2008
- Zephyr Rovers FC
- Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall said that Zephyr Rovers had had no problems disposing of lower league opposition today at the Shed of Dreams, despite George Nash (pictured) being full of the flu. "We were five goals to nil up when I decided to have a run in the outfield""said Hall "but when it got back to 5 - 2 I scurried back into the goals for fear of them getting back in it". Hall said Rovers stabilised after his return to goal and Rovers went on to score another four goals unanswered. "I actually had a clean sheet when I was in goal but the stand ins let a couple in" said Hall "and the distribution went from excellent to very poor, which explains why I couldn't buy a goal in the outfield". Hall said the fear was the teams Rovers were playing were not close to the standard of Division 1 so the Rover would have to lift their game several notches if another Div 1 campaign was to be contemplated. "We still need to strengthen the squad" said Hall "unless we end up in Div 2 where we'd be ok".Final: Rovers 9 FNZ 2Zephyr Rovers FC
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- soccer

DBRA AGM Minutes – 20 Aug 2008
- 3 Sep 2008
- Days Bay Residents Association
- Minutes of Days Bay Residents Association AGM Wed 20 August 2008 – Chocolate Dayz Cafe, 614 Marine Drive, Days Bay – opening 7.
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No Contingency Plans for Creche
- 2 Sep 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- In response to a request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, the Wellington City Council has confirmed that there are no contingency plans to relocate the Crossways Creche:“There are no contingency plans drawn up regarding relocating the Crossways Community Creche to the Bandoliers site. A report regarding the possibility of permitting creche activities on the Town Belt is due to be presented to the Strategy and Policy Committee in late September/early October for decision by Councillors.”The Council’s own estimates show that an investment of around $380,000 will be required to bring the Bandoliers building up to the required standard for an early childhood educational facility. As the work is extensive - new retaining walls, paths, fences, DDT removal, toilets, storage facilities and much more - it seems likely that many months of effort will be required. However no plan for either conducting the work or to manage the disruption to the creche exists.This is clearly unsatisfactory. Council officers were opposed to the retention of Crossways by the community, and at all stages in the process made recommendations that no Council resources be put into the retention of our community house. These same staff members have had nearly 18 months in which to plan for alternatives, yet it appears that they have done absolutely nothing to ensure our community creche can continue operating once Crossways is sold.Families with children at the creche should feel justifiable outrage at how they have been abandoned by Council officers.
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- crossways

Public meeting highlighted importance of community
- 1 Sep 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- The Crossways Community Trust reported back to Mt Victoria residents at a very well attended public meeting on Thursday 21 August following the sale of Crossways by the Presbyterian Church. Trust Chair Bill Southworth gave a compelling annual report, detailing the huge amount of time and effort that had gone into the Crossways campaign, singling out some key contributors, and providing a
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- lobby-groups
- crossways

Wairarapa Vets Funride Entry now online
- 1 Sep 2008
- Wellington Veterans Cycling Club
- You can now enter online for the WVCC 80 and 64km Fun rides (Wairarapa Cycle Challenge) held in Featherston on October the 5th 2008.
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- cycling
- wairarapa

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