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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Blunder over the wires means weekend trolley buses will not resume. Why am I not surprised?
- Poneke
- 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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Now We’re Flying!
- Snapper card
- 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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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Travelling In Style
- Snapper card
- 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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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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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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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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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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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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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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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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Snapper Feeders and USBs
- Snapper card
- 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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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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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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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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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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Tawa, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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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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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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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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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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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wider & safer footpath in the Bay
- Days Bay Residents Association
- Lots of action with recent roadworks in the Bay.
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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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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
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- 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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Womens B v Kapiti 31/5/2009
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- 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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Wellington School of Cricket launches new Cricket Graduation Programme
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- The WSC is launching its exciting new Graduation Programme on June 4 at the WSC Seminar Room at Westpac Stadium
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A diamond in the rough
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- 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
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- 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
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- Hi Everyone Last Sunday and This Sunday (Timetrials) What a day last Sunday! Beanies, gloves, tights, and jackets.
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Premier v Kapiti Coast - 01/06/09 - D 1-1
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- 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.
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- 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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Bus Run last Sunday
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- 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
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- 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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David Andrews ZL2SX honoured by NZART
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- 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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Bus Run last Sunday
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- Well! What looked like was going to be a possible disastrous bus run turned out GREAT!
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