Archive / August 2009
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Weta Cave after a year
- The Sidestrip
- The sidestrip revisited the Weta Cave after a year Posted in Film and Entertainment, Travel and Places
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Safe Passage
- The Wellingtonista
- Today delivered a bright and cheerful blue-dappled day in the city but there were dark forces abroad.
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Sladden Park Duathlon – Chocolate Fish (#1)
- Mana Kayak Racing Club
- Eric Waterson and Simon Trotter raced around the 2×2km run course in 15:19 getting into the water with only a 20 second lead on the next two, one of which was 16 year old Jake Allen. Katherine Alan had put 30 seconds on Marianne Archer in the run to be first female into the water but Marianne has had a big winter training and it looked like Katherine would be hard pressed to hold that lead in her U2.
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WCC: Campaign Against Illegal Motorcycle Parking
- Scoot NZ
- Campaign Against Illegal Motorcycle Parking31.08.09 Free parking for motorcycles and scooters hasn’t stopped riders from illegally parking on inner-city footpaths and roads and we’re about to get tough on offenders. Over the past year we have provided extra on-road parking spaces for about 100 motorcycles and scooters in the inner city, bringing the number [...]
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Google Maps
- The Wellingtonista
- A couple of cool new features have arrived at Google Maps.
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New Years Kosher Deli Orders
- Beth El Wellington Jewish Community Centre
- Don’t forget to order your lamb, chicken and sweet challot for Rosh Hashanah from the Kosher Co-op phone 384 3136 or email us here
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Ngaio Reservoir Repeater Project making progress!
- Wellington VHF Group
- This from Peter ZL2VK: Last Saturday, 22nd August, a keen and hard working group assembled at our presidents work QTH and set about refurbishing an old repeater rack for use on the proposed Ngaio Reservoir 70 cm repeater.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Under 65B Team win Grade Final
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 29 August 2009: The true Stream spirit and pride were on show as the Under-65B Rugby team won 8-7 against the HIBS Under-65A Team in the Under-65 Grade Final. That special Stream character was needed as the team held out HIBs for 15 minutes while down to 12 players and then held a 1-point lead for the last 30 minutes of the game.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Working Bee at Belmont - 19 September
- Wellington VHF Group
- This from Peter ZL2VK: The Belmont "shack" has stood the ravages of time by unfortunately the door has suffered with considerable rust that makes it extremely difficult to open and close. The door frame has become quite distorted as a result of the corrosion. The current state of the Belmont Shack. read more
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2009 Hope Gibbons Team Time Trial
- This years Hope Gibbons Team Time Trial will be on Saturday 5th Sept. This competition has been hotly contested with often only seconds splitting the teams.
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Things Above, Things Below
- Karori Baptist Church
- Mike Enright 30th August 2009
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Hatton Street, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Senior Club Contacts 2009/2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Playing cricket this summer? Find your nearest club contact here
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Club Cricket Calendar 2009/10
- Cricket Wellington
- 2009/10 Club Cricket Wellington Calendar
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Digital ATV Strategy
- Wellington VHF Group
- At their meeting on 11 June 2009 the executive committee of Wellington VHF Group Inc commissioned a strategy for the development of digital ATV for the Group.
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Simla Crescent Station Upgrade
- Tranz Metro
- From 19 October Simlas Crescent station will close for approximately 3 months so it can be upgraded in preparation for the new Matangi trains.
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Wellington on a plate on the web
- The Wellingtonista
- We've been particularly lax in not covering Wellington on a Plate, in my case because I am drastically short of funds and if I wrote about it I'd just get sad that I can't eat every single thing on offer.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- I have to keep this brief as time is short.
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AGM 2009 Minutes
- Days Bay Residents Association
- Minutes of Days Bay Residents Association AGM Wed 26 August 2009 – Cobar Restaurant, 612 Marine Drive, Days Bay – opening 7.
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Weekly Report Sunday 30
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneMarton Marathon and 1/2 this Saturday. Is anyone from the Clinic doing it?(Brian Hayes is doing it)
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D-Day for the Basin
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Today is likely to be a day of infamy for the Basin Reserve. The NZ Transport Agency is announcing the funding priorities for the Wellington region, and the Basin Reserve flyover is likely to remain as the number two priority, despite 89% of submitters being opposed to such a high priority for such a pointless project.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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AGM 2009 Minutes
- Days Bay Residents Association
- Minutes of Days Bay Residents Association AGM Wed 26 August 2009 – Cobar Restaurant, 612 Marine Drive, Days Bay – opening 7.
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Review: Whero's New Net
- The Wellingtonista
- Whero's New Net, by Albert Belz, is a play inspired by The New Net Goes Fishing, Witi Ihimaera's 1977 collection of short stories looking at the experiences of rural Maori moving to the cities.
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2009 agm
- Wellington Brass Band Inc.
- Start: 09/23/2009 - 19:30 End: 09/23/2009 - 21:30 The 2009 AGM will be held at the bandroom - 27 Collingwood St, Ngaio
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Guilty pleas in Lincoln case
- Wellington SPCA
- William Kain Campbell of Titahi Bay has today plead guilty to 7 charges relating to the theft of Lincoln, the elderly Ridgeback X dog he stole and used as dog fighting bait.
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Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The World's Greatest Melodies
- Wellington Brass Band Inc.
- Start: 09/09/2009 - 19:30 End: 09/09/2009 - 22:00 Featuring guest soloist - Trevor Bremner
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The World's Greatest Melodies
- Wellington Brass Band Inc.
- Start: 09/09/2009 - 19:30 End: 09/09/2009 - 22:00 Featuring guest soloist - Trevor Bremner
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Mad on Manners
- Eye of the Fish
- The subject of Manners Mall has not yet, it seems, gone away.
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Junior cricket registration
- Cricket Wellington
- Play Cricket this summer - ENROL NOW!
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Selected off peak services not operating Thursday 27 August
- Tranz Metro
- To allow our staff to attend an important staff meeting, selected off peak services will not be operating on Thursday 27 August.
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Newlands Community Centre
- Eye of the Fish
- Newlands suburban shopping centre is even worse than NaeNae by many standards: tantalising close to Wellington, the shopping centre (shown above) is worse than virtually anywhere else in the region: about 6 shops (Fush and Chups, Dairy, Emergency condom supplies, and off-license), some more closed down, with a large tarmac spin-out pad parking lot, and an architectural value quotient of precisely zero. I'm sure that there are many happy Newlanites / Newlandiers that love it precisely for its unpretensionness: however to me it is hell on earth (but with a nice view from some parts). However: all that has recently changed.
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Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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First XI Takes 2009 Title
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 22 August 2009: The First XV capped a fine season by taking the Wellington Division 1 title, beating Scots College 3-1 in the Final. Hamish Watson scored all three goals - his second hat-trick of the season. The team also won five of the six Traditionals this year including a first ever win over Palmerston North Boys' High School.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Buses replacing some trains - 5 & 6 September
- Tranz Metro
- Buses are replacing some trains for Saturday September 5 and Sunday September 6. Follow the link for details.
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Another reason to love Wellington
- The Wellingtonista
- We've always known that Wellington is a warm glowing lovefest of pinko liberal lefties.
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Orators Speak Out
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 21 August 2009: Up for grabs were Stream's oldest competitive trophies, the Meo Cup and the Gallagher Cup (first awarded in 1928).
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- Righto, back again with a quick run down of what's new in cinemas this weekend.
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Blood Flows at Stream
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 20 August 2009: More than 70 Streamers donated blood this morning when the NZ Blood Donor Service visited. Being in the age group (17-30) that most uses the blood collected, it was great to see so many boys donating. In fact, there were too many volunteers to be catered for in the time allowed.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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From Mike’s Desk
- Karori Baptist Church
- From Mike’s Desk … Isn’t it nice to feel a touch of spring in the air? There is something wonderfully enlivening about blue sky and sunshine after long weeks of gloomy grey, about the days getting longer and at least a little warmer, and about daffodils and friesias starting to appear.
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Reminder: Smarten your Snapper
- The Wellingtonista
- Here's just a quick reminder that the Smarten your Snapper competition closes in a week's time, on Thursday 27th August.
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Porcupine fish on Petone foreshore
- Te Papa's blog
- I had a call yesterday from Wellington's Dominion Post newspaper needing an expert to identify some fish found washed up on the Petone foreshore. Andrew Stewart, Te Papa's fishes collection manager, identified them as porcupine fish.
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Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekly Report Aug 20
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Results of Manawatu and the 5 Bridges Events These are posted on the respective websites. After a quick flick through the only ones I can see are Gordon Clarke 1.27.51 – 3rd in Age Group and Wendy Kale 2.32.30 – 12th in Age group in the Manawatu 1/2.
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Spring Retreat at Silverstream Retreat
- Watering Hole Ministries
- Dancing together The Foot bath Lots of fun was had by all who attended the Spring Retreat this year.
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A Fictional Donation
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 19 August 2009: Old Boy and local fiction author Pat Whitaker dropped into the school library today to donate copies of his six self-published books.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Womens B v Wainuiomata - 16/8/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Womens B Vs Wainuiomata - 3 all draw After a lovely summery weekend the clouds came over the Wainuiomata pitch.
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Olympic Reserves Playoff Showdown!
- Olympic Afc
- Come and support our boys in blue as Wellington Olympic Reserves battle in the last match of the season. A win here would see us gain promotion from Capital 1 to Champs Premier.
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August General Meeting - with an interesting guest speaker!
- Wellington VHF Group
- Wellington VHF Group are pleased to advise that the guest speaker for the August general meeting will be Squadron Leader Paul Drysdale, RNZAF.
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Felicity wants a loving adult home
- Wellington SPCA
- Felicity is a pretty cat with lots of personality.
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Road Race Champs
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stream's Road Race Team put in another strong peformance in the Wellington Secondary Schools' Road Race Championships held at the CIT Campus in Upper Hutt and run over 3 km (Year 9), 4 km (under-16) and 6 km (senior).
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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1185 Thank you’s!!
- Fair Trade City Wellington
- Thanks to all the 1185 people who signed our e-petition in support of our call for Wellington to be declared NZ’s first fair trade city. The petition is now closed but you can continue to support our campaign to Make Wellington Fair Trade. What next? Well, watch this space as we prepare to present the petition and continue to work to see more and more Wellington people going fair trade.
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Adventurous Volunteers needed for Animal Rescue Unit
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA's Animal Rescue Unit (ARU) is currently recruiting for volunteer Rescue Technicians. ARU specialises in the rescue of animals that are trapped on cliffs, high up in trees or in restricted spaces like under a house.
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Vacancy - Veterinary Surgeon
- Wellington SPCA
- Experienced Small Animal Veterinary Surgeon Do you want to make a real difference? Wellington SPCA animal hospital and care centre provides a seven-day-a-week service for abandoned, lost and neglected animals alongside private clients that generate income for our service.
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VHF-UHF-SHF Contest Rules
- Wellington VHF Group
- The management committee has authorised the Contest Rules to be hosted and maintained on the VHF Group website. The rules can now be found in On The Air, Contests. The current Rules took effect in June 2006.
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Not Man-Cat Monday, just a quick general update
- Cats Protection Wellington
- I'm thinking the monday/friday thing may be a bit sporadic and interspersed with general goings on at the shelter. Trying (not very succesfully) to focus on two cats a week does leave a lot out. So, tonight I'd like to introduce you to three lovely cats who have come to the shelter in the last week or so.
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Project Rugby
- Eye of the Fish
- Prodded into action by one of our many readers, who helpfully slipped us a set of the Resource Consent drawings, we've had a chance to look at the New World ("Project Rugby") scheme that is due to clog up the Basin Reserve even more.
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Results of the Brass Monkeys Contest - 1-2 August 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- Band Frequency Callsign Locator Points 2 m (144 MHz) ZL1TPH RF73ij 50 23 cm (1296 MHz) ZL1TPH RF73ij 353 3 cm (10.3 GHz) ZL1TPH RF73hb 228 TOTAL SCORES ZL1TPH RF73ij 403 ZL1TPH RF73hb 228 BEST DX 2 m ZL1TPH-ZL2IP 298 km 23 cm ZL1TPH-ZL2IP 298 km 3 cm ZL1TBG-ZL1TPH 60 km 6 STATIONS ACTIVE: ZL1AKW, ZL1AVZ, ZL1TBG, ZL1TPH, ZL2ALW, ZL2IP THE NEXT CONTEST read more
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First XV Battles but Loses Final
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 17 August 2009: Last night saw a disappointing end to a roller coaster season for the First XV as they fought hard in the Premier 1 Final, eventually losing 43-7 to Wellington College.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Kilbirnie Town Centre - Summary of Submissions and Feedback.
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- This is a summary of the submissions received by the council on residents thoughts regarding the development of Kilbirnie's town centre. Click here to read the full reportIn brief, 35% of submissions were from Kilbirnie residents, 16% from Lyall Bay and 8% from Hataitai.The following themes are what they consider to be the top issues that need to be addressed now or in the future.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Partial closure of Petone Station platforms - 30 August to mid October
- Tranz Metro
- We’re getting the Petone platform ready for the arrival of the new ‘Matangi’ trains in 2010. From 30 August to mid October, half of each platform will be closed. So if you’re travelling to or from Petone Station make sure you travel in the front 4 carriages of the train, or if you’re on the Wairarapa service use the front 3 carriages.
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Trip Statistics - May to July, 2007 to 2009
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- If you're one of the wonderful people who has organised a club trip over the last few years, you may have noticed that someone often nags you afterwards to find out how it went.
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He’s the Man
- Karori Baptist Church
- Colossians 1:15-23 Mike Enright August 16th 2009
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Buses replacing trains - Wairarapa line 22 &23 August
- Tranz Metro
- Buses are replacing trains on the Wairarapa line on Saturday and Sunday 22 & 23 August. All services on Saturday are replaced by buses as are Sunday morning services. Sunday evening services will operate as usual.
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Update from Gotham
- Wellington SPCA
- Gotham Hello to all at the SPCA in Newtown Gotham here (a.
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Mass of the Assumption at Our Lady of Grace
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 14 August 2009: Seven hundred boys proudly walked behind their House banners over the kilometre from school to our parish church, Our Lady of Grace Heretaunga, for this year's Mass of the Assumption. The Mass was officiated by Father Greally and three Marist priests who had taught at Stream in past years: Fathers Delaney, Quinn and Milne. Members of the Parish also attended.
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Stream Shine at Pacifically Wellington
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stream's Samoan Group performed with passion and pride in front of thousands at the TSB Arena in Wellington as part of Pacifically Wellington. With ten other schools performing during the evening it was a stunning extrazaganza. Watch them on Youtube More pictures below or by clicking Read more ...
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Monument Mondrian
- Eye of the Fish
- Today however, all was revealed. Closed my eyes for a second, took my mind off the ball, and with a start I find that the wraps have come off the Monument apartments in a most alluring manner. So: Architecture + and Stratum / CAS have done it again: completed a major new apartment building in the middle of a nasty recession.
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Blenheim Tournament
- Wgtn U-13 Hatch Cup Team 2009 Blog
- Last weekend we went to Blenheim to play in a mini tournament against Marlborough, Nelson and Canterbury. Our first 2 games against Marlborough and Nelson went well with good team work and 11-0 and 6-0 wins. Our coaches Nigel and Subs were reasonably happy, but we did miss a few opportunities. Our game against Canterbury was to be our big match of the weekend. Unfortunately, half our team were struggling with food poisoning and sickness so we performed well below our best, losing 6-1.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- The big noise this week is being made by Neill Blomkamp's District 9 which you can see at Readings, Empire, Embassy and Sky City Queensgate.
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Junior rep success
- Harbour City Hockey Club
- A huge congratulations to all the players who trialled for both the U11 and U13 teams - Harbour City was well represented and the players all worked hard at the trials - particularly as the trials were at such an unsociable time on a Sunday morning! Thanks also to all the parents who got their children there on time and ready to play.
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Iceberg hits Welllington
- The Sidestrip
- A fake 'iceberg' in Wellington's Oriental Bay the other day was made by special effects wizards Weta for a Climate change stunt. The object, which appears to be made of polystyrene or a similar material, is between the Carter Fountain and the Overseas Passenger Terminal.
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Bus Lanes
- Scoot NZ
- As of Feb 27th 2005 motorcyclists in New Zealand are permitted to use all bus lanes. However this does not apply to “Bus Only” sections of road as designated by the local council.Wellington The following are Bus Only sections of road (not available to motorcyclists): Lambton Quay from Panama St to Hunter St,Hunter St to Customhouse Quay,Customhouse [...]
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Puppy & Kitty in the Window
- Wellington SPCA
- There will be puppies in the window of Starfish on Willis Street and Kitties in the window of Woodstock Florist this Friday lunchtime.
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Ross Gillett appointed to the Board of Bowls Wellington
- Tawa Bowling Club
- Congratulations go to Tawa's Ross Gillett for his appointment to the Board of Bowls Wellington.
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A belated and shamefully unremarked 60th birthday greeting to Wellington’s darkest secret, its trolley buses
- Poneke
- The 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin making the first Moon landing reminded me I’d completely overlooked another anniversary as close to my heart as that long ago great leap for mankind.
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Wellington Trains Get Smoked Out
- Auckland Trains
- Just when things couldn’t get any worse for Wellington KiwiRail commuters, the Dominion Post reports today that passengers are now having to put up with smoke and stench from overheating brakes.
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Lower Hutt Police Investigate Arsons
- Wellington District Police
- Lower Hutt Police are investigating three arson attacks in the past week. On Friday 7 August a fire...
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September opening date announced for second Petone Park n' Ride
- Petone Herald
- Good progress on the Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project has meant the New Zealand Transport Agency has been able to open one of the two Park n' Ride (Mackenzie Avenue) Bridge lanes.
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The Dowse interchange warmly received in Western Hills
- Petone Herald
- Western Hills community groups say they are happy with the Dowse interchange project and are looking forward to the project's completion. The SH2 Dowse to Petone Upgrade project has been completed ahead of schedule after another stage of the Korokoro intersection's construction was reached.
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Eyes Wide Open for Climate change
- The Sidestrip
- Today, August 12th at 1pm, hundreds of New Zealanders paused for five minutes with woolly hats over their eyes. We then lifted our hats together, showing that we will not have the wool pulled over our eyes about the possibilities for real action on climate change.
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Weekly Report August 16
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Two Messages from Webmaster Stan Booking cinema seats and dinner for Casablanca (Mon 14 Sept) is now open.
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Karori Adopt-a-Pet day this Saturday
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA is coming to Karori this Saturday (15 August) and bringing along a special group of kittens, cats, dogs and puppies currently looking for new homes.
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Review: Le Sud
- The Wellingtonista
- If you've visited Akaroa, you'll know how the li'l Canterbury village prides itself on its Frenchness. See, it was founded by the French. Dave Armstrong's new play "Le Sud" takes the idea of the French in Aotearoa a few steps further.
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Police Investigate Suspicious Fire in Whitby
- Wellington District Police
- Porirua Police are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred at Whitby Seafoods fish and chip...
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The Ability to Endure the Human Spirit
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Melissa Moon Fundraising Motivational Presentation ‘The ability to endure the human spirit’ Two Times World champion mountain runner and NZ Sports Women of the year, Melissa brings to you an exciting presentation about her experiences as an international athlete, and what she believes are the key elements for success.
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The WMC Running/Walking Philosophy
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Let's assume that this recent poll, shown on the home page for the last 7 weeks, with 40 votes is a good enough sample to represent the running and walking philosophy of the WMC, or more correctly, users of the WMC site.
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Grafitti Knitter on the loose!!!
- The Sidestrip
- Grafitti Knitters in Wellington.
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Tertiary Games
- Victoria University Rowing Club
- Friday 7 August saw the Victoria Rowing Club travel up to the cosmopolitan Mecca of Hamilton, to take part in the much-anticipated Tertiary Rowing Games.
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Premier v Miramar - 08/08/09 - L 3-1
- Island Bay United AFC
- Saturday's game against Miramar was a game played for pride more than anything else, as our Capital One side had to win (and well) to give them any chance of remaining in the league that they had played so well last season to be promoted into.
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Slade kicks MSP to 21-16 Jubilee Cup final victory over Norths
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Marist St. Pat's are the 2009 Jubilee Cup champions, beating Northern United 21-16 in the final at Westpac Stadium o...
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OBU win Hardham Cup with second half scoring blitz
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A second half try scoring extravaganza sealed the 2009 Hardham Cup title for Old Boys-University in the Premier 2 final ...
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First XV Finals Bound
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 8 August 2009: For the first time in five years, the First XV Rugby team are headed for the Premier 1 Finals to be held 6.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Two cats in one
- CataBlog
- Our lovely girl came from us as a stray from Hamilton Rd in Haitaitai - hence the name. Originally we thought her a boy, but a vet check has proved otherwise, so "Lady" has been appended to the original name.
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Olympic down Western Suburbs
- Olympic Afc
- In the last home game in the Central League for 2009, Wellington Olympic kept their title hopes alive by beating Wests 3-1 in what shaped up to be a great day at Newtown Park.
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Have your say on Kilbirnie’s Future
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Do you want to help develop a plan for the future of the town centre? If so, attend the public sessions of Council’s Kilbirnie town centre plan workshops.
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Wellington special ride Sunday 9th August
- Scoot NZ
- Meet outside Deluxe Cafe (Wellington Motorcycles, Kent Terrace) at 10:15am. Leave at 10:30am to ride to Caffe L’affare in College St for the Maranui Cafe fundraiser, then a ride around the bays via Maranui Cafe. Jess 021 10 595 10 Posted in Rides & Tours Tagged: Events, Wellington
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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3 day CraftWeekend
- The Wellingtonista
- Saturday pick for Craftyness is The Island Bay Craft Village. It's showcasing a gorgeous range of bags, jewellery, chocolate, cupcakes, clothes, photos, toys, brooches, scarfs, pottery, ceramics and more.
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88 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington
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Maranui Surf Life Saving Club and Cafe Update
- Maranui Surf Life Saving Club
- With the devastating fire that gutted Maranui Surf Lifesaving Club and Cafe in the early hours of Saturday, some good had to come. First of all, the Maranui family would like to say how blown away we have all been with the extraordinary support the community has shown in what does feel like a wake of sorts. The building itself will all-but certainly be rebuilt, and we will be updating any developments here as soon as they come to light, but it is the irreplaceable things that are the saddest loss.
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Maranui Surf Life Saving Club, 107, Lyall Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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BNU Div 16 v North Wellington Stella - 8/8/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- North Wellington Stella 3 v BNU16 5 Brooklyn Down Stella North Wellington Stella were reassuringly uncompromising as per usual, but were finally downed by BNU at Discovery Park.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- I thought I'd come out of hiding for a moment to trumpet the first Wellington feature film to get a decent release in ages, Separation City.
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Wellington School of Cricket to join forces with Indian counterparts
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington School of Cricket will soon be enjoying the benefits of a partnership with the St John's Sports Coaching Foundation.
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New Zealand National Records
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- by Bill Childs The times, distances and names quoted in this Issue is from the annual report of Athletics New Zealand. It will be noted that no existing record has yet achieved an age-grading equal to one hundred percent when measured by the 1974 standards.
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Wellington club rugby finals 2009 previews
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Update 9am Friday: Teams are now published. To view the four starting XV's for Sunday please see Games & Results acr...
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Mass in Te Reo Maori
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 5 August 2009: Our first Maori Mass of the year was held today, with the theme "Love one another".
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Portofino
- Eye of the Fish
- The opening of the new restaurant Portofino in the base of the Meridian building will add nicely to the ambience of the Kumutoto area, making a triumverate of eateries / drinkeries that is a little Wellington all in itself.
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Nominations for Directors to the Cricket Wellington Board
- Cricket Wellington
- The AGM of Cricket Wellington will be held on the 14th of October and nominations for the position of Director are now open
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Dog and puppy fosterers needed
- Wellington SPCA
- Could you open your home and your heart to provide short term care for a dog or puppies? Fostering dogs or puppies is hard work but is also extremely rewarding.
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What's on this weekend !!
- Stop Out Sports Club
- Followers of our senior teams will be on the road this weekend, our Premiers are at Waterside, Archie's seconds out at Crawford and Peter's thirds are at Delaney.
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Weekly Report August 9
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Business from the Committee Meeting on Monday night- Film Evening Mon Sept 14 Who said ‘Play it again Sam’? If you think it was Humphrey Bogart in “Casblanca” you are wrong. He never said it.
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An Apology from KiwiRail
- Tranz Metro
- The events of Monday last week on the Wellington rail network prompted many of you to send us a message. You told us in no uncertain terms you were frustrated - both with the network and the way we are running it. This letter is a reply - to all those who wrote to us and to those who just wished they had. A letter won't make the trains run on time but it is a way of letting you know that we are listening and doing something.
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Capital Football - Alcohol Consumption on Match Sidelines
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Capital Football have asked us to post this on our website - please take a moment to have a read of it: To all senior clubs, Please see the letter attached to this email.
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Fence action
- The Wellingtonista
- Right now you can check out the start of the Outdoor Knit fence action on the cnr of Vivian and Bute Streets As lovely as 3 hearts are, that fence is still pretty ugly.
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1 Bute Street, Wellington
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Watermarked
- Eye of the Fish
- Massive front page news on the Dompost today, that the Watermark project has stalled / stopped / been reborn as a new project. All in the one day. Someone has been busy.
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Level II Coaching Courses offer fantastic financial gain
- Cricket Wellington
- Get a Level II coaching qualification and open up handsome financial and travel opportunities.
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Snapper and Integrated Ticketing
- Snapper card
- We had some interesting comments from our followers on Twitter regarding our recent statements on Integrated Ticketing. We do provide Integrated Ticketing today, and here we set the record straight.
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March against Night Class cuts
- The Wellingtonista
- In the 2009 Budget, the National Government announced an 80% cut in the funding provided to schools throughout New Zealand to run night classes or Adult Community Education (ACE).
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Fishing the Basin
- Eye of the Fish
- The Wellington Civic Trust is holding a Seminar this coming weekend on “Round About the Basin“, with a grand line-up of speakers and presentations so that everyone can have their say. The question still remains: “is anyone in power actually going to be listening?” - to which almost certainly the answer will be “lip service only.” It’s great that the Civic Trust takes it on itself to do these kind of things, although really it should be the job of the Council to talk to the people and gauge their views, and just occasionally take on their recommendations.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Pohutukawa flowering – is it Christmas already?
- Te Papa's blog
- No, it is not Christmas already. (Fortunately the year hasn’t passed by that quickly.) But this pohutukawa on Wellington’s waterfront, opposite Frank Kitts Park, seems to think so. It has been spluttering into flower over the last few weeks.
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Premier v Karori - 01/08/09 - L 2-0
- Island Bay United AFC
- If I'd written this on Saturday evening it would have been full of references to Refereeing, Licenses found in Weetbix Boxes, Underhand Tactics, ecetera, so we can all be thankful that I took a step back and waited for the aftertaste to come through.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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The writing's on the wall...
- CataBlog
- ... and the couches, the walls, the cages and the chairs. Cos us cat nutters really do care.
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Smarten yer Snapper
- The Wellingtonista
- Craft 2.0 are running the Smarten Your Snapper competition. All you need to do is make some sort of nifty cover, holder, or cosy for your Snapper card (or Snapper USB) and enter it into the competition for a chance to win a new Snapper card pre-loaded with $100. In addition, you'll win a table at the next Craft2.0 at the Dowse, giving you a place to market your creation.
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Weekend fire guts Maranui surf lifesaving club
- Wellington Scoop
- A weekend fire has severely damaged the Maranui surf livesaving club's building at Lyall Bay.
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Why’s this a part of the Gospel?
- Karori Baptist Church
- Mike Enright 2nd August 2009
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Hatton Street, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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