Archive / June 2009
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Post-Script on The LTCCP 2009 -2019
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- LTCCP 2009-2019 voting record on some big expenditure items in the worst recession in 100 years. For the record I was joined by Councillors Steph Cook, Leonie Gill and Helene Ritchie in opposing the continued switch of commercial rates onto the residents rates bill.
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Wellington's Forthcoming International Film Festival
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- The Wellington arm of the International Film Festival is just over two weeks away. The event kicks off with Jane Campion’s ‘Bright Star’, and festival goers are to be the first in the world to view the New Zealand born directors new efforts. The many and varied films on offer range from animation, to documentary and the ‘incredibly strange’; and from the up-and-coming, to the directors whom
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A loving farewell to one helluva cat
- CataBlog
- Today just after 1pm, we said a final goodbye to our wonderful, amazing, handsome hunk of Man-Cat, Ratty.
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Premier v Wests - 27/06/09 - W 3-0
- Island Bay United AFC
- To my delight, I'm able to use some words I haven't used in my reports for awhile:
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Dub Encounters Volume One
- The Wellingtonista
- As Wellingtonians, we love dub, right? [citation needed] Sometimes to a fault, even? [citation needed] Anyone else remember that famous review a few years back in Pavement magazine of some local outfit that read: More effing trumpet-dub from Wellington Anyway if its to your taste, there's some serious dub trickery coming down in the next couple of weeks... [the details after the
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Harbour Cities
- Eye of the Fish
- It was great to see the Dominion Post actually use some of its reporters to explore some of the local issues in the Weekend, with a two whole (almost) full pages on developments on the Wellington waterfront.
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A question of affordability and rates for wellington city / why we have failed with our ltccp 2009-2019
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- The following is taken from “IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND” BETWEEN WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Appellant AND WOOLWORTHS NEW ZEALND LIMITED AND OTHERS….
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Uni and her Ukulele – 20 June, Mighty Mighty
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- t was the allure of a pint-sized ukulele playing songstress from San Francisco and oil wrestling that pulled me into Mighty Mighty on Saturday night… but it turned out that wasn’t all on offer, as comedian Griffin Point and the Real Hot Bitches were also set to perform… giddy.
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Cuba Street Wellington - Street Robbery
- Wellington District Police
- Police are appealing for witnesses and any information concerning a Robbery that occurred between midnight and 3:20am on Thursday 26th June 2009 in Cuba Street, Wellington.
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Bonus point wins put Ories and Norths on top of Jubilee Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Bonus point wins have sent Oriental-Rongotai and Northern United to the top of a tight Jubilee Cup after the third round set of matches on Saturday.
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Planting bee on 20 June
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- We braved the rain and wind on Saturday 20 June to plant native trees and shrubs behind the Playcentre on Silverstream Road . We still have more plants to get in.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Womens B v Petone Pulse 14/6/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU women's B 3-1 Loss to Petone Pulse The Sunday morning early game proved a bit much for what can only be described as an unlucky game :( BNU women's B started strong with a load of shots on goal and some really great team work dominating the possession in the first 20 minutes. Petone started a player short but soon picked up the pace with some higher grade recruits. BNU had all the opportuni
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Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Push Play Outdoor Festival 2009 Registrations OPEN!
- Feeling Great - Events listings
- The Push Play Outdoor Festival is back for the 2nd year and we would love for you and your friends to be involved. If you weren't involved in the festival last year....here's your chance-We had over 2,000 Wellingtonians take part in our 38 events.
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Cathedral News July 2009
- Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul
- Last month’s Cathedral News included impressions of the Diocesan Visioning Day held in May. A five mark vision for the Diocese has emerged from that day. How does the Cathedral stack up against these five marks? Below is a summarised form of a presentation to be made at the Wellington Archdeaconry’s pre-Synod gathering on 4th July.
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Wellington Cathedral of St. Pauls, 45, Molesworth Street, Lambton, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Hold Still - 24 June, Film Archive
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- The new sound and video installation ‘Hold Still’ opened to much flurry and intrigue on Wednesday evening. The work which is situated in the Film Archive’s Mediagallery space is both poignant and charming; as artist Rachel Shearer does an extraordinary job at showcasing the work of amateur female film-makers during the 1930’s in New Zealand.
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From Mikes’ Desk …
- Karori Baptist Church
- Here’s something I read this week which I thought was pretty profound!
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Hatton Street, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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City Markets - 21 June, Chaffers Dock building, 1 Herd Street
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- Now this is more like it. The hustle and bustle of an inner-city marketplace; complete with some good-natured haggling, bottles of scrumptious wine, and more fresh produce than you can shake a telegraph cucumber at. The Wellington City Markets have certainly started life off on the right foot. It’s taken a group effort by various local businesses to get this new community venture off t
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Miss Moppett finally gets a home!
- CataBlog
- In just about the best news ever, our fabulous Miss Moppett has finally found the people worthy of becoming her devoted slaves and has a new home! It's been 3 and a half years since she first came to us...
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Local groundsmen benefit from specialist visit
- Cricket Wellington
- It might be the middle of winter but a group of Wellington groundsmen spent an afternoon recently discussing the preparation and maintenance of cricket wickets throughout the region.
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News for Sunday 28 June 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Today READINGS 1 Corinthians 15: 3 - 8Matthew 16: 13 -16 COLLECT God of mercy, you have blessed us beyond our wildest dreams; you have set before us promises and perils beyond our understanding; help us to struggle and pray that the perils may be averted and your promises fulfilled. Amen. Next Sunday ST MARY’S8.00 am Said Communion9.00 am Sung Communion10.30 am Worship with Children’s activi
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Bare Foodbank in desperate need
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Wellington food banks are in higher demand, but are unable to meet the increase. Downtown Community Ministry Outreach worker David Manuel says, “Just from the statistics of April and June 2009 in comparison to last year’s April and June there has been a 33% increase of people using the food bank.”
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Dunne: Auckland supercity makes it inevitable for Wellington – 25 June 2009
- Peter Dunn - MP for Ohariu
- UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP, Peter Dunne, says the establishment of an Auckland supercity makes it inevitable and necessary that Wellington would go down a similar path. Addressing the Wellington Federation of Progressive Associations annual meeting this evening, Mr Dunne said years of regional infighting and a lack of cohesion meant Auckland had consistently failed to pull its weight.
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Marathon effort for man dressed as a dog
- Wellington SPCA
- Andrew in his costume training for Sunday's marathon Wellington SPCA is pleased to have been selected as the charity of choice of Andrew Smith. Andrew is running the marathon in Wellington this weekend dressed as a dog. His fundraising efforts have already raised almost $600 to help us care for Wellington’s homeless, abused, neglected and unwanted animals.
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It’s Swonderful!
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- Swonderful is having a re-launch party tonight to celebrate their new downtown Wellington location AND to showcase a new collection of nostalgic-watercolour paintings by local artist Sally Shand! Woohoo! Swonderful is a cute little boutique store that is the brainchild of mother and daughter super-duo Frances and Virginia McMullen. Originally based in Brooklyn, the duo decided to make the m
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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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5% Monthly and Quarterly Ticket discounts and 2 free rides home
- Tranz Metro
- It hasn’t exactly been a great start to the winter, and as you may have already noticed some of our carriages are currently without heating. To say thank you for your patience we’d like to offer you a free trip home.
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Motel and Matterhorn rank amongst best in the world
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- If you are looking for the best bars in the world then you don’t have to go very far. That’s because Australian Bartender Magazine has named Wellington's Matterhorn and Motel bar, amongst the top twenty drinking establishments in the Asia-Pacific region for 2009. This is the third time that the Australian Bartender Mag has conducted their annual survey of the world’s finest nightspots.
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Pollinating the arts in Thorndon
- Wellington Scoop
- A Thorndon writers’ residency, composers’ residency and artists’ residency all within five minutes walk of each other have been making art with a capital A-R-T, The initials stand for Art Residencies Thorndon .
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Mighty Civic – 17 June, Film Archive
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- The 1988 film was an hour of pure nostalgia, delight, sorrow and amusement. Everyone is familiar with the mighty Auckland Civic Theatre, but not many (including myself) are familiar with its back-story and sprawling history. Until, that is last Wednesday.
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Flipper - 18 June, San Francisco Bath House
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- The night kicked off to a later than expected start, which gave punters enough time to fortify themselves with countless jugs in preparation for the grungy rock n' roll onslaught to come.
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Roosters from Saturday night’s Rugby
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA is currently caring for three roosters that were taken to Saturday night’s Rugby game as mascots by French supporters.
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Matariki Celebrations at Te Papa
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- We’re currently staring at the starry eyed eve of the Maori New Year, or Matariki. For those of you whom are not too familiar with this celestial celebration, Matariki is the name of a small cluster of stars known as the Seven Sisters in the Taurus constellation.
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Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Wellingtonista visits Snapper
- The Wellingtonista
- Some of us at the Wellingtonista are rather fond of the old Snapper card. We worked through its teething troubles and are now happily tagging on and off as we bus about the city. So when Miki Szikszai, CEO of Snapper, asked us if we'd like to visit Snapper HQ and learn a bit about what's new in the world of the magical talking fish box, we (well, Alan and I) jumped at the chance.
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The new Espressoholic is pretty fancy…
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- The new Espressoholic has finally opened on Cuba Street… four and half months after they were rudely kicked out of their former premises; three months of backbreaking renovations; one month of potential-opening-slash-staff-wanted-posters… and boy does it look spiffy!
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Nocturnal Sunshine
- The Wellingtonista
- Well today there is time to squeeze the out the last of solstice by squeezing out a quick post to mark the occasion. Mid-winter is officially here with the end of the shortest day, the end of the growing power of cold and darkness and the start of the growth of warmth and light. While there is plenty to celebrate about mid-winter (mulled wine, boots, hats and scarves spring to mind) t
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Premier v Stop Out - 20/06/09 - W 2-1
- Island Bay United AFC
- Barely two weeks ago, I was hurling criticism at Island Bay's Prem's as I played through a horrible game against Tawa. In the last week however, I've seen us jump the table to third (Stop Out and Karori still have games in hand over us), played in two memorable victories, and seen our team transform remarkably, from a bunch of guys with talent, to a team with heart.Admittedly, the first win was ag
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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School Holiday Cricket Programme
- Wellington Collegians Cricket Club
- For details for a holiday programme run by Cricket Wellington please see below. Please contact them by following the link or ring them direct for details.
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Blunder over the wires means weekend trolley buses will not resume. Why am I not surprised?
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- Weekend trolley bus operations will not resume, despite Wellington ratepayers and taxpayers paying $9 million a year to run these expensive buses seven days a week from first bus to last.
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Terrible design
- Eye of the Fish
- I’d heard about these things being installed at Auckland Airport, and I just thought that was typical Jafa bad design in that godawful domestic airport of theirs, but knock me down with a wet kipper: we’ve now got them here in Wellington as well.
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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BNU Div 16 v North Wellington 20/6/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- North Wellington 1 v BNU16 2 Striker nails North Wellington BNU’s very own media star Angus Deacon and creator of Striker, the new Team Wellington mascot, morphed into his own creation at Alex Moore Park.
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Travelling In Style
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- Wellington’s Airport Flyer service has been given a $4 million facelift, and we think it’s money well spent. The Airport Flyer fleet now has nine new NZ-built buses, featuring leather coach-style seats, extra leg-room and air-conditioning. Of course, the new [...]
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Now We’re Flying!
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- We’ve had a busy week here at Snapper, rolling out the ability to pay for your bus fare by Snapper on Valley Flyer and Airport Flyer buses. The first Snapper-enabled bus left the Waterloo depot in the early hours of last Sunday morning and by lunchtime every Valley Flyer bus had been fitted out with Snapper equipment.
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Exposure Issue Six - Out Now!
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- Wellington's coolest little magazine has a new edition out. Exposure Lifestyles is now up to issue six, and is still going strong since its under-the-radar conception in 2005. The latest Exposure Lifestyles includes interviews with prominent music journalist (For National Radio & the Listener) Nick Bollinger; feature film-maker Gaylene Preston; Upper Hutt Posse’s Teremoana Rapley; Actres
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Fluid during race
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Rebecca Kendall: I have been training for, and am incredibly excited about the Harbour CIty Marathon in a couple of weeks but wanted some advise (as it will be my first one) on nutrition during race. Is it advisable to have extra gels or drinks available at the aid stations or is the energy drink provided sufficient?Would appreciate your help...
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Desperation for beds prompts overflowing Night Shelter
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Demand for beds at Wellington’s Night Shelter is exceeding supply as record numbers of people seek emergency accommodation. In May the Shelter saw more than double the occupancy rates from the same time last year and already June look to exceed these numbers.
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Gymnasium Partnership Project Expressions of Interest Open
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Are you a community organisation looking for more space? Do you want to be part of a sport and recreation umbrella group? BNU would like to partner with suitable community organisations to: * develop the club’s central Wellington gymnasium into a community recreation facility, and * establish an umbrella organisation to manage this asset and provide administrative, financial, and sport development services.
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News for Sunday 21 June 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Until further notice we will be administering the communion cup by Intinction only. See Bishop Tom’s letter below. If you think you have flu like symptoms or have been in contact with someone with flu please request grape juice which is served in an individual cup.
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Snapper, re-visited
- The Wellingtonista
- It's been a long time since we've mentioned Snapper in these pages. In the meantime it's become so much of an everyday part of life in Wellington now that it hardly seems worth mentioning anymore. Or is it? Recently we got an email from Snapper asking us if we'd like to come and see what they're up to. It seems they've had a few other things on the go as well as the recent Valley Flyer conversion
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Weekly Report Sunday June 21
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneOK – so I lied last week. The weather turned out quite good for getting out and about. One of my group said it was ‘perfect running weather’ which was perhaps pushing it a bit, but it was not too bad. Then came the rest of the week and we are not looking too flash for the weekend. BUT – to repeat what I said last week
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The Raft – 12 June, Downstage Theatre
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- The Downstage Theatre was almost unrecognisable as I took my seat in the light-dimmed room to watch The Raft. Laid out before me was an impressive cross-section of a bach, complete with wood-panelled floors and walls. There were thin branches of dead bracken hanging from the ceiling and a cute pot-belly stove tucked in a corner. This clever set-design, along with intelligent lighting and sound, set the scene for an incredibly moving piece of theatre that I cannot recommend highly enough.
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Snapper Feeders and USBs
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- Some customers who tried to install or use their Snapper Feeder or Snapper USB may have experienced some problems recently. We had an Active X issue with our website which has now been fixed.
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It’s official: the OPT is to be demolished and replaced with something bigger
- Wellington Scoop
- It takes a judge to tell us that one of the city’s landmark buildings is to be demolished. Others involved have used less specific words. But in the Environment Court decision about the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Judge C J Thompson uses strikingly plain language:
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Fly My Pretties - 13 June, St James Theatre
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- The 20th century had Sir Howard, Dame Kiri, John Rowles, the Finn brothers, Dobbo, and those loveable larrikins from Shihad. You can now add Fly My Pretties to that list. The first iconic, kiwi music-act, of the 21st century. I have no problem saying this because I saw it with my own eyes. The most talent-packed stage anybody could ever wish for, all working as a team to produce one stunning show that almost reeked of quintessential Kiwiana.
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Lifetime ban on pet ownership by courts applauded
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA is welcoming the decision by Judge Walker today to place a life time ban on owning a ‘companion animal’ on Mr Lindsay Ward of Tio Tio Road, Strathmore. Lindsay Ward today pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, one charge of ill-treatment of an animal.
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Symphonic Brass
- Wellington Brass Band Inc.
- Orchestral favourites by Wellington's premier heavy-metal band. Start: 06/24/2009 - 19:30 End: 06/24/2009 - 22:00.
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Thorndon Tavern : Thai Takeaway
- Eye of the Fish
- Thorndon’s quite the place to be you know. But there is an eyesore that is troubling the residents, above and beyond such other eyesores such as the American Embassy, the abortion of a supermarket carpark, the ugly lumpy tower of the Police Association, the row of non-descript office towers etc: yes, its the Thorndon Tavern.
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July Feeling Great brochure
- Feeling Great - Events listings
- The Feeling Great monthly brochure is Wellington's guide to recreation and events. So get planning with your friends and family and make the most of what's on offer in Wellington this month.
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Slope 2009 – 12 June, Manky Chops Gallery
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- I recall the first time I spotted the haunting portraits of Wellington-based artist, Brad Williams / Slope. It was a couple of years ago at the opening of an Affordable Art Show and they were causing quite the fuss. Since then I have noticed his distinctive works adorning the walls of many Wellington galleries, cafes and bars. So I was uber-stoked when I learnt he was exhibiting at Manky Chops this month.
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Local Jewellery Sale this Weekend
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- Fancy a piece of excitingly-fresh, locally-made jewellery?! Then why not head to the Paramount Theatre this Saturday and check out Winter Jewels.Winter Jewels is a sale of unique, contemporary jewellery that has been organised by those clever women down at Workplace Studios. But it’s not just a cash-transaction, oh no, you will have the chance to chat to Wellington’s finest jewellers, whilst
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Whare 'nuff
- The Wellingtonista
- This Thursday the 18th of June, Deidre Brown's "Maori Architecture: from Fale to Wharenui and Beyond" will be launched at the School of Architecture in Vivian St.
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Frank Kitts Park, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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6 June 2009 - Navigation and Radio SAREX
- Wellington VHF Group
- Operating from the Te Marae o Tane Information Centre at the Otari-Wilton’s Bush Reserve this evening event provided training for Land SAR Wellington in navigation and communications. The venue was kindly made available by the Wellington City Council. read more
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Premier v Lower Hutt - 13/06/09 - W 3-2
- Island Bay United AFC
- Firstly, on behalf of the Premier Team and it's Management, we express our sincerest and deepest condolences to Jamie Milne and his family, as they farewell his father.Bruce lost his battle with Cancer early on Saturday morning.About the game:What can I say? A week after receiving a mauling at the hands of Tawa, and we were a completely different team. Sure, we still conceded our standard early so
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Half Price? Now That's a Sale!
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- What’s almost as good as gold these days? 50% off, that’s what. Good as Gold, those soft-hearted sweeties, are offering 50% off a very select range of some of their most stylin’ T-Shirts. Tee’s that once came off the rack for up to 119 bucks are now being kicked out the door for something close to chump change. The average price for this selection is around $50, with many going f
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News for Sunday 14 June 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Single and bringing up kids? Missing your Friday night out with friends? Join others in a similar situation, Friday 19 June, 5.30-7.30 pm, St Mary’s Early Childhood Centre
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Marine Centre now planned for old quarry
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- A $28 million marine education centre is being proposed for an old quarry site across the road from Wellington's southern coastline.
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NEWS RELEASE Agreement on Sports Centre Environment Court appeal - 13 June 2009
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The remaining appellant to the Environment Court concerning the grantingof resource consent to construct and operate the Indoor Community SportsCentre on Cobham Park, Kilbirnie, Mike Mellor, has reached agreementwith the Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency on measures toaddress the concerns raised in his appeal..
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ASB Sports Centre, Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Capture Matariki – Ka hao a Matariki
- Te Papa's blog
- In partnership with TelstraClear and NZ Post, this year’s Matariki festivities include a unique photography event utilising the existing OurSpace infrastructure as well as the newly developed OurSpace TelstraClear Screen, scheduled for installation on the front exterior of the building in the coming month.
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SAR HQ Training - IMAN for AREC
- Wellington VHF Group
- IMAN is the incident management software that LandSAR Wellington uses for search operations. It is the alternative to paper based systems and works on both stand alone and networked computers. read more
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Ryder out for the remainder of the Twenty20 World Cup
- Cricket Wellington
- New Zealand Cricket has confirmed that Aaron Redmond will replace Jesse Ryder in the BLACKCAPS squad for the remainder of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in England.
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NZ Emerging Players squad named for Australian tournament
- Cricket Wellington
- New Zealand Cricket has announced the New Zealand Emerging Players squad to play in a quadrangular tournament in Australia in July.
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Flying In The Valley
- Snapper card
- There’s been a sea of red down at the Westfield Queensgate Mall in Lower Hutt this week as a team of Snapper Hosts have been working non-stop on the Valley Flyer swap-out programme. Valley Flyer’s “Go Rider” card is being replaced with Snapper and will go live on Sunday 14 June on all Valley Flyer and [...]
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Event Calendar for Wellington VHF Group events...
- Wellington VHF Group
- We now have a Google Calendar tracking Events @ The Wellington VHF Group. This has great potential - keep an eye on it for upcoming events and for those who use Gmail (etc) already, you can integrate this into your own Google view.
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SOHOMO Presents Vogue Ball at San Fran
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- Everyone’s favourite club night SOHOMO is back with theme ‘Vogue Ball’ at San Fran Saturday the 27th of June. The night sure promises to be a good one as Brand New Math from Auckland are offering support.
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Ryder remains under observation
- Cricket Wellington
- BLACKCAPS and Firebirds opening batsman Jesse Ryder has remained under observation in hospital in London today [Wed 6 June UK]
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OPT all GO for APT
- Eye of the Fish
- In case you haven’t seen the news, a small item from the Council website today says: Mayor Welcomes Overseas Terminal Decision
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BNU Gymnasium Development
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Over the last few months the Committee has been looking at options for the gymnasium development. This investigation has shown that a partnership with other organisations is the most viable way of developing the building and can offer the club a number of other benefits as well. In short, the idea is to establish a partnership for the use and management of the gym so that we will continue to have the use of the facility in the long term.
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Ten new townhouses for Chelmsford Street?
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- There could soon be 10 townhouses at the bottom of Chelmsford Street. Last year, the old villa at 4 Chelmsford Street was demolished. The developers have now been granted resource consent to erect ten townhouses. The site for 10 townhouses?
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Wellington Ukulele Orchestra
- The Sidestrip
- A heartbreaking video to the title track from the Heartache EP, by the Wellington International Ukulele.
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Shedding Dreads for the Night Shelter
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Like the line from the song, Tyler Ennis is getting a haircut and hopefully getting a real job. But this is a haircut with a difference. He plans to stand in lower Cuba Mall and charge passers by $20 to cut off a lock of hair. It all happens Saturday 20th June at midday outside Custom Printed Clothing. All the money raised will go to the Wellington Night Shelter.
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World Record Attempt - The Most Rugby Tackles in one hour
- Feeling Great - Events listings
- Come along for a world record attempt at the most rugby tackles in one hour! Wellington Rugby Club vs Poneke. Come and support your club. Under 85kg Restricted teams. Who will achieve the most tackles in 1 hour?
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6 Centre Team named
- Swimming Wellington
- The Wellington representative team at the 6 Centre meet has been announced. Swimming Congratulates all swimmers involved. The Team Manager will be Lisa Lee and assisting her will be Pauline Ryan. The team is listed below.
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BNU Thirds v Lower Hutt Ancient Ones - 6/6/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Thirds 0-1 Lower Hutt Ancient Ones - 06/6/09 "…all we want is a decent referee…a decent referee…a decent referee" Supporting the BNU Brazilians (or Thirds as we call ourselves to avoid slander lawsuits from the Brazilian FA) is fast becoming on a par with supporting the Phoenix. We only have one player who can score goals, a terrible home record and no hope of winning any silverware; the othe
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Womens B v Wanuiomata 7/6/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- 3-1 Victory for BNU Womens B Vs Wainuiomata The Sunday match looked to be another wintery experience but the trip over the hill showed the gods were smiling over Wainuiomata as the clouds cleared just in time for kick off. BNU was due a win and were quietly confident over a new Wainuiomata side still finding their feet.
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BNU Div 16 v Wellington United 6/6/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU16 2 v Wellington Utd Legends 0 St John to the rescue! As dusk approached on MacAlister 2, two teams were still seen battling it out in an excellent game that would not have not looked out of place a dozen grades higher. Sadly, one Legends player missed the concluding 30 minutes of the encounter, after suffering a nasty shoulder dislocation. We agreed to leave him prone on the field of play, co
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Weekly Report June 14
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone, It’s all a cunning plan For the last three Sundays the weather has been deadful. Serious southerlies, hammering hail, swirling snow, and ruthless rain. And it would appear that we are to have the same weather this coming Sunday. BUT – it has all been carefully orchestrated by the HarbourCapital Committee. If we get all this ghastly weather out of the way now, there will be none left
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Winter at the Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- The Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve is a picture of splendour in winter as these photographs show
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A quiet night in the suburbs
- The Wellingtonista
- Spotted at the Railway Station is this hilarious anti-graffiti ad: Find out what this nice young suburban couple are up to after the jump. Hey, let's use our first-year media studies skills to analyse the poster! So there they are, a nice young suburban couple relaxing out on their deck. She's got a glass of white wine, he's got his hand down his pants, and you just know there's a barbecue a
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Police Appeal for Witnesses - Car and Cyclist Collision
- Wellington District Police
- A car has collided with a person cycling on Wakefield Street, Wellington yesterday, 8 June. The collision occurred by Chaffers New World at 1.20pm.
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Police appeal for witnesses to Lyall Bay bus incident
- Wellington District Police
- Wellington Police are seeking witnesses to an attempted robbery that occurred at Lyall Bay on Friday 5 June 2009.
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The arguments which have been ignored - against reopening Manners St to traffic
- Wellington Scoop
- The battle to save the Manners Mall took place over three days in February. But less than four months later it was lost - when city councillors voted at a meeting this week to reopen the street to buses.
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A week of it
- The Wellingtonista
- What a week to look forward to! Tuesday 9th: Pecha Kucha at the OPT from 6:30pm. We love these nights, and this time they've got writers, artists, cartoonists and landscape architects (among others) in the line-up. Those with a practical interest in street art might have to rush there from the At Large planning meeting at Manky Chops, which starts at 5:30. Wednesday 10th: Artist Matt Hunt (aka Ace
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Did someone say paint party? With Tiki?!
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- It sounds like one hell of an awesome dream-sequence. Tiki Tane + stonking DnB + tons of fluro-colored paint. Well welcome to the real world Neo, because this party to end parties is actually happening. Shed 6 on Wellingtons waterfront will play host to New Zealand’s first ever, Illuminated Paint Party - featuring former Salmonella Dub front man (and all-round kiwi
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Big Freeze Video
- The Wellingtonista
- Video of last week's 'Big Freeze' (previously blogged about by Sue here). Courtesy: The Sidestrip
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Have you been up Bell’s Track lately?
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- The Bell’s Track Working Group needs volunteers to help plant native trees up Bell’s Track during the winter.
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WMC Time Trial 07 June 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- It was a rather chilly day, but at least it didn't rain too much and it went something like this....
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Premier v Tawa - 06/06/09 - L 8-1
- Island Bay United AFC
- To the Spectators who were there to support our men's first team on Saturday against Tawa. - We apologise profusely for being on the receiving end of such a thrashing. We have NO excuse for being destroyed, at home, in the manner you witnessed.To my teammates - to those who played, and those who could not - Breathe In......Now, Breathe out!Feel the pain and anguish of what was a massive defeat. D
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Karaoke: ur doin it rong
- The Wellingtonista
- Is it just me, or is there something odd about this poster outside the new "Newkor" Karaoke restaurant in Dixon St? That singer looks somewhat ... uncomfortable. Perhaps it's something to do with the item on the menu that's described only as "WARNING! Extreeeemley! Hot and Spicychicken" [very sic]. In other news, the re-opening of Happy on Friday night was a happy occasion ind
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Othello Polynesia - 2 June, Downstage Theatre
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- It was too often a case of missed opportunities and uneven performances for the opening night of Othello Polynesia. Not to say that there weren’t any highlights amongst this modern retelling of an ancient story. But when you’re taking more interest in the funnier parts of such a classic drama, it’s obvious something’s a bit lacking in terms of the production and its respective players.
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This is Experimental: Australian Film Art
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- A three-day festival takes flight from the 11-13 June at the Film Archive called This is Experimental: Australian Film Art. It features Sally Golding, Joel Stern and Dirk de Bruyn who are at the forefront of experimental Australian film. The opening on Thursday begins with Isolationist Eye Openers: Historic Australian Film Art 1962-1998. Created by Brisbane-based arts collective OtherFilm, v
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Freedom to act
- Te Papa's blog
- The other night we hung the two McCahons we bought last year – Scared and Mondrian’s last chrysanthemum. They’ve gone up in Toi Te Papa.
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Cold Train
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington's Tranz Metro trains have lately been known for certain carriages with broken heating. It's horrible enough being (relatively) young and only faced with a 30-minute chilly commute. I wouldn't want to be a Paraparam gran making the hour-long trip to Wellington in an unheated carriage. But it seems that while the carriages are slowly being fixed, Trans Metro are also paying attention to,
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News for Sunday 7 June 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Today READINGSRomans 8:12-17John 3:1-17 COLLECT God of unchangeable power, you have revealed yourself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; keep us firm in this faith that we may praise and bless your holy name; for you are one God now and for ever. Amen. God of unchangeable power, you have revealed yourself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit; keep us firm in this faith that we may prais
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Rainey Collins Launch Free First Home Buyers Seminars
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- Rainey Collins Lawyers have announced the launch of their new “FREE First Home Buyers Seminars” initiative.
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Coast care – film Wed 17 Jun
- Days Bay Residents Association
- Local volunteers continue to try and rebuild the dunes north of the wharf.
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Manners closes, but what will open?
- Eye of the Fish
- If you have read the Dominion Post article on Manners, you will know that the plans to un-mall Manners Mall have just been passed. If you have read the Dominion Post article, you will also not know the full story. Whether due to the breaking nature of the announcement, or somewhat slanted journalistic intent, the dom doesn’t make mention of the news that the lower end of Cuba St down to Wakefield will be redeveloped as a pedestrian-oriented public space.
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Head Rush - A Spontaneous Exhibition
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- There is nothing like a mad-organising-dash to get the adrenaline going and that is exactly what happened when Toi Poneke Gallery found itself empty for two weeks and announced a spontaneous exhibition. Yikes. The exhibition will showcase the works of over twenty resident artists and will capture numerous disciplines including paintings, photography, screen prints, design, film, jewellery and fab
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Buses to go through Manners Mall
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Hi – I’m sorry to say we lost this battle today. Those voting against opening Manners mall to buses were: Councillors Bryan Pepperell, Leonie Gill, Hayley Wain and Jo Coughlan Special thanks to the Facebook Group Save Manners Mall and WGTN LOVE MANNERS MALL (Maria)
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You’re Soaking It In – 3 June, Film Archive
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- Nineties television’s Philip Alpers voice was comforting, soothing and somewhat disturbing. The various attempts at one-liners and puns were cringe-worthy, but made for a good slice of nostalgia. You’re Soaking it In was a documentary made for TV1 back in 1994 and was a large piece of nostalgia in itself as it traced New Zealand’s TV advertising right back to the un-politically correct days on the 1960s.
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Coast care – film Wed 17 Jun
- Days Bay Residents Association
- Local volunteers continue to try and rebuild the dunes north of the wharf.
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Wider & safer footpath in the Bay
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- Lots of action with recent roadworks in the Bay.
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Wellington School of Cricket launches new Cricket Graduation Programme
- Cricket Wellington
- The WSC is launching its exciting new Graduation Programme on June 4 at the WSC Seminar Room at Westpac Stadium
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Womens B v Kapiti 31/5/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- A cold, wet, muddy and steamy draw (BNU 1 – Kapiti 1) You can’t beat Wellington on a good day… and with hail stones the size of marbles, hundred-mile-an-hour gales and a wind chill factor of about minus 20, the BNU girls took to the pitch at Happy Valley. These were perfect conditions for some slip-sliding muddy tackles and desperate attempts to send a wet, brown ball in the vague direction of th
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BNU16 v Naenae Nighthawkes 30/5/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Naenae Nighthawks 1 v BNU16 2 Last gasp victory at Naenae Centre-back Mike Bransfield atoned for last week’s unfortunate OG by grabbing a dramatic winner for BNU with seconds remaining on the clock at Seddon Street. His deft near post finish, from a pinpoint Carl Roberts corner, earned a deserved victory for Brooklyn in a tightly fought contest. Naenae played their part in an open, keenly conteste
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BNU Thirds v Petone Armani’s - 30/5/09
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Thirds 1 - Petone 8 Rearguard in tatters following a designer spanking Following on from last weeks encouraging result (match postponed) we went into the game against the top team full of enthusiasm. Despite fielding a weakened team due to missing a few players because of the long weekend, we competed well for the first 5 minutes before experiencing first hand why the Armani’s are top - their
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A diamond in the rough
- The Wellingtonista
- What are you doing on Saturday? How about you go on a treasure hunt to find me* yourself a diamond ring? iChild on twitter explains it: So, what's this all about then?? Story goes, guy bought ring for girl, girl didn't want ring. Guy couldn't give it to another, and doesn't want to sell it. Guy also happens to be the guy behind Donoogle.com ...Guy decides that rather than just having this ri
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the big freeze
- The Wellingtonista
- this Friday June 5 is World Environment Day And in our fairy capital city, and in other spots around the coutry hundreds of people will “freeze” together to show united action for climate change. The Freeze is set to kick off at 1pm for just 5 minutes right now the location is all secret squirrel, but stay tuned Nick Potter, Personal Assistant to Mr Freeze and lead co-ordinator of a te
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Weekly Report June 7
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Last Sunday and This Sunday (Timetrials) What a day last Sunday! Beanies, gloves, tights, and jackets.
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AGM 7pm 30th June 2009 Brooklyn Resource Centre
- Brooklyn Residents' Association
- We are approaching our Annual General Meeting at the end of the month and I cordially invite you to come along. In fact, it would be fantastic if you could. While we are looking for more volunteers, we will not be press ganging anyone onto the committee if they do not want to join. We will have some of our Council officials there to get their opinions on where they see Wellington is at and is heading, and we should have time to have an overview on a number of the topical issues in front of us at present.
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Collapsing Cities - 29 May, Bodega
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- For as long as I’ve known the Auckland-based Collapsing Cities there has always been a degree of hype. I guess this was largely due to their bNet domination with the singles Seriously, Or So I Said Last Weekend and Fear Of Opening My Mouth and the successive release of their well-received debut album Elixir Always.
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Premier v Kapiti Coast - 01/06/09 - D 1-1
- Island Bay United AFC
- On the Queens Birthday, while she was sipping high tea and giggling at a re-run of Coronation Street, we were freezing our bits off chasing a few bits of stitched together leather around a paddock.Wakefield Number 1 looked like it had been used by the NZ Army for Tank Wars, so the match was transfered all the way over to Brooklyn's home ground, Wakefield Number 2. Ahhhhhh, much better............;
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Love Treasure Hunts!
- Saturday the 6th of June there is going to be a treasure hunt in Wellington. What kind of treasure are we hunting... why that would be diamonds! Diamonds in the form of a ring.
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Snapper welcomes 8 new Merchants.
- Snapper card
- We are happy to announce 8 new Reload and Acceptor Merchants that have come on-board in the past week strengthening our network in the suburbs: Bay Foodkmarket, Island bay; Bay Discount Tobacconist, Kilbirnie; Molesworth Goods, Thorndon; Anitas Bookshop, Featherston St Adding to the Subway Launch the following sites will be using Snapper for its queue busting abilities: Subway Featherston St,
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Cathedral News June 2009
- Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul
- May has been a busy and exciting month for our Cathedral. As well as our usual full life of worship, we have been host to this Church’s provincial 2009 Hermeneutics Hui – an initiative in our Anglican Communion to spend time together exploring the ways we approach scripture.
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Bus Run last Sunday
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Well! What looked like was going to be a possible disastrous bus run turned out GREAT! The only real rain we got was getting off the but at the top of the Wainui hill. Once we were into the bush we were out of the wind, and although the track was wet there were less puddles and mud than I was expecting. We had a few light snow flurries along the ridge, which was magic, the odd hail which was n
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Time Trials this Sunday, 7th June
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- 10k, 15k, 1/2 marathon and 3/4 marathon time trials are on this Sunday. We could still do with another one or two volunteers, please either email me before 3pm Saturday or make yourself known to me on Sunday morning.
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Bus Run last Sunday
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Well! What looked like was going to be a possible disastrous bus run turned out GREAT!
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David Andrews ZL2SX honoured by NZART
- Wellington VHF Group
- David ZL2SX was made HONOURABLE LIFE MEMBER of NZART at a presentation at the annual conference held at Hastings. In presenting the citation Stuart Watchman ZL2TW, Acting President of NZART, commented on David’s outstanding service to the association over a period of more than 30 years, and said that the award was in recognition of his meritorious service to all Amateurs. Some highlights of David’
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