May 2009 - Wellynews

Premier v Karori - 30/05/09 - L 3-1
- 31 May 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- Our Saturday trip away to Karori proved just why Wellington needs Artificial Grounds and fast. Unfortunately, this Karori Park is Wellington's latest pitch, and what a waste of money it's proving to be. I'm sure it's great during Summer, when Mums and Dads can happily stroll their Prams across the park to the cafe and playground, but it's not much chop when you need a snorkel to kick off and it's
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Fat Freddys release new album
- 29 May 2009
- Texture
- It’s been four years since Based On A True Story, but Fat Freddys Drop have FINALLY released their follow-up full-length album, Dr Boondigga & the Big BW. The boys have been meticulously crafting Dr Boondigga for over two years, slyly injecting new songs into live shows, to see what does and doesn't work.  What we’re left with is the cream of the crop, including lead single, 'Pu
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A question of affordability
- 29 May 2009
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
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Research Confirms Surge in Public Interest in Cricket
- 29 May 2009
- Cricket Wellington
- Independent research has confirmed record-breaking interest in the 2008-09 New Zealand summer of cricket.
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News for Sunday 31 May 2009
- 29 May 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Next SundaySt Mary's8.00 am Said Communion9.00 am Sung Communion10.30 am Worship with children's activities5.30 pm Evensong7.00 pm Vive informal evening service St Matthias10.00 am Communion Deconsecration serviceThank you to all who supported the special weekend of music, memories, thanksgiving and the deconsecration service at St Philip's last week. The support shown was particularly appre
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Get your *** on…
- 28 May 2009
- Texture
- Out Takes 2009: A Reel *** Film Festival is a showcase of local and international *** cinema that tours Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The festival brings together the best feature films, short films and documentaries that authentically reflect many *** communities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, takatāpui and intersex communities. The films often have strong *** character
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From Andrew’s desk
- 28 May 2009
- Karori Baptist Church
- This Sunday is the Global day of prayer. Many of us struggle with prayer. As John Hughes writes “Prayer is that part of the Christian journey that can be both wonderfully awesome and amazingly frustrating’ But today we invite you to unite with Christians all around the world as we join together to intercede for our world. As you do so you may like to reflect on this prayer offered
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Restoring our faith in humanity one step at a time
- 28 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- This morning-ish, I was juggling headphones, iPod, scarf, hat, satchel and extra bag on the bus, as well as trying to text, and unbeknownst to me, I managed to drop my phone on the bus. When I got into work, I had a message on my answerphone from my mum, saying that she'd got a call from someone who had my cellphone, and that I should call my number to arrange a pick-up. Right
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Weekly Report May 31
- 27 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone,Real Meat Pie Wainuiomata Bus Run this Sunday. Click here to get the details of the run and the pick-up points. The weather forecast is not too flash but the track is apparently in good condition, and the bush will give good cover from any wind. But Jillian reminds people to bring a change of socks, shoes, and gear to change into on the bus after the run. It should be an exciting morni
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Wellington VHF Group response to MED Scoping Study on “Digital Dividend”
- 27 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- The MED have invited response to their scoping paper concerning a future review of spectrum of interest to us. The decisions that will result from this process are seen as pivotal to the future of the amateur allocations of 50MHz-54MHz, and 614MHz-622MHz. read more
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Brief Outage
- 27 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- It was flagged that the website was unavailable for a period last evening. This was caused by an issue with our DNS services host (DiscountDomains). Apologies if anyone noticed the disruption!
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Box up your Books for the Book Fair
- 26 May 2009
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Downtown Community Ministry needs your books for Wellington’s big annual Book Fair. The Book Fair is held in September at the TSB Arena has a staggering number of books, DVDs, Vinyl records and CDs that are donated each year and then sold to people to reuse and enjoy. Coordinator David Cross says, “It’s a fantastic way of redistributing unused items to people who want them and it raises incredible funding for DCM’s work in the city”. But first Downtown Community Ministry needs to collect the thousands of books and other items needed for the fair. Wheelibins will be placed at churches and community centres throughout the city for people to drop off their books. For a list of these locations please see www.dcm.org.nz
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Storm in our coffee cups
- 26 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- Now, I'm not sure if you've noticed or not, but the weather lately has been somewhat less than pleasant. Unless you happen to be a wavewatcher or rather crazy surfer, that is, in which case there have been some rather spectacular things to see. If you're the kind who'd rather stay inside nice and warm, here's a fantastic video that Dave Frampton has made to show you what you're missing Storm i
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Prize giving 09
- 26 May 2009
- Wellington Veterans Cycling Club
- Check out the years Trophy Winners here:http://www.wvcc.org.nz/staticinfo/pdf/09trophies.pdf
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Flipper! Flippin’ Yeah
- 26 May 2009
- Texture
- Flipper, in their current incarnation of Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi, Steve DePace and Rachel Thoele, are making their way to the San Francisco Bath House on June 18th as part of a longtime coming and largely antipodean tour. Flipper formed in San Fransico back in 1979 and went on to become one of post-punk’s, no-wave’s and noise rock’s most significant bands. They even had a large impact on the grun
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Comedy Divas – 18 May, Embassy Theatre
- 26 May 2009
- Texture
- I have never been to the Comedy Divas evening, it is something that I have always intended to check-out, but have inevitably missed it every year. I think it’s the allure of a diverse range of comediennes and the promise of a goodie-bag for a reasonable buck, that gets me every time. Clearly a total win for a tight-arse that thinks stand-up comedy can be a bit of a gamble…
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Lifesaving defibrillator now at Ngaio Medical Centre
- 26 May 2009
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- People who have just had a heart attack in Ngaio Village are now a lot safer, thanks to a defibrillator kindly donated to the Medical Centre by Wellington North Rotary.
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2009 Trophies
- 25 May 2009
- Wellington Veterans Cycling Club
- WVCC 2009 Cups and Trophies Recipients Event Cup/Trophy 2009 recipient Championship Cups and Trophies 25th Anniversary 18km Time Trial 25th Anniversary Cup TT Handicap Winner Dian Bell Hill Climb Championship VRTTA Hill Climb Champ
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BNU Reserves vs North Wellington 23/5/09
- 25 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU reserves travelled to Alex Moore Park in Johnsonville on Saturday for the season's return fixture against North Wellington. We'd drawn 1-1 at Wakefield in the first game of the season and we were determined to do our best to better the result. We arrived for the 2:30 kickoff amidst a not so pleasant southerly storm, with BNU's own weatherman Rob Kerr predicting conditions to worsen. We started
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We still have plenty of kittens!
- 24 May 2009
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA are currently caring for over 150 kittens who are either ready for adoption or will be looking for new homes over the next 8 weeks. If you are thinking of adoption a kitten, then we may have the purrr-fect kitten for you - we have kittens of all colours and levels of fluffiness.
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BNU Div 16 - Bandana Boy leads Silky Skills
- 24 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- The voting for man of the match in BNU Div 16's game versus Petone is heating up. Four more votes were cast over the weekend seeing Bandana Boy race to a commanding 8-3 lead. It's not too late to cast your vote but voting closes some time this week so get clicking now.
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BNU Div 16 v Upper Hutt Slayers 23/5/2009
- 24 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU16 3 v UH Slayers 1 - John Lee cuts down Slayers The omens were not good for this fixture at the Velodrome on a wild Wellington Saturday. BNU were missing several key senior squad members through injury, plus influential, but crook, midfielder Karl Roberts. Although perfectly playable at the start, the pitch soon turned into the predictable swamp through the centre, hampering the home team’s at
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The French are talking about us
- 24 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- The internet is an amazing place. And BNU is an amazing club. And when these two collide beautiful things happen. Like this morning when I stumbled across this gem - in french and translated via Google: You probably wonder what happened to the football career of Nordine? I went to training with the idea that the first team from Brooklyn would be a much higher level than mine. Moreover they play i
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NZ Herald: Top teams too strong in prelims
- 24 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- The BNU Womens A team got a mention this morning on the NZ Herald's website: "In Wellington's only preliminary round match, Brooklyn-Northern United edged University 1-0 to book a first round meeting with Lower Hutt on June 14." Link to article here...
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Premier v Miramar- 23/05/09 - L 2-0
- 24 May 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- We all know how bad the weather was on the weekend. I watched a boat slip it's moorings, and mash itself against the rocks, while the owners tried futilely to hoist it out of the water, only to have to give up and let it sink.Still, we all got to play football, and wasn't it great to play in, or watch the game you were involved with?! Yeah Right!On Saturday, through injury I was forced to join the
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Karori Go for Gold Meet
- 24 May 2009
- Swimming Wellington
- Results now available.
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Residents Parking Update
- 24 May 2009
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The following is the update I requested from the WCC on their proposals to implement resident only vehicle parking in Kilbirnie. - 24 May 2009.
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Love jewellery…?!
- 23 May 2009
- Texture
- Then why not learn to make it yourself…Wellington based jewellers Annie Collins and Vaune Mason are passionate about providing support to emerging jewellers and small object makers… so much so that they operate their own studio, Workspace Studios, on Abel Smith Street AND teach jewellery classes.  Yay!The classes are small, maximum eight, and are available for beginners right through to the m
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WTMC Calander
- 23 May 2009
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- WTMC Calendar – orders close 27 May We’re producing a professional-quality wall calendar that will cover the 18 months from July 2009-December 2010. It will feature winning and commended photos from the past two years’ photo competitions, in a standard wall calendar format. The calendar will make a great gift idea or a source of inspiration in your own home. The cost is $20 and orders
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Young Girls Football cancelled May 24th
- 23 May 2009
- Stop Out Sports Club
- The weather and the cancellation of all Women's football means we are postponing our small sided games for our 10-14year old girls. We will be in touch about the next opportunity in the coming weeks. Regards Brendan & Chris.
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RPNYC takes second in London regatta
- 23 May 2009
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- RPNYC took second place in an inaugural inter-club regatta hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC) in London on 16 and 17 May. The team - Matt Brien (helm), Nick Gillies (main), Tim Brien (jib) and Daryn McConnell (bow) - are London-based members of RPNYC who previously sailed...
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News for Sunday 17 May 2009
- 22 May 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- De-consecration Service for St Philip’s ChurchA service, to be conducted by Bishop Tom will be held on Sunday, 24 May at St Philip’s Church. On Saturday 23 May there will be an afternoon of “Music and Memories”. The service and Saturday event will hold many memories for both present and past Parishioners attending over the weekend. There will only be two services on Sunday 24—9.00 am at St Mary
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News for Sunday 24 May 2009
- 22 May 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Next Week - St Mary's 10.00 am Worship with children's activies7.00 pm Vive Celebration of Creativity Deconsecration Service for St Philip’s ChurchA service, to be conducted by Bishop Tom will be held today, 11.00 am at St Philip’s Church. his service will hold many memories for both present and past Parishioners attending over the weekend. Please keep these people in your prayers. A light lunch
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Xpressway To Yr Skull
- 22 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- X Way Vision is a video of live performances by artists from the Dunedin-based Xpressway record label. Performing artists include The Dead C, Alastair Galbraith, Plagal Grind, Chris Heazlewood & Greg Cairns, Shayne Carter, and Chug. Screening at the Film Archive, Wednesday 27 May at 7pm. Tickets $8/6 concession. read more
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Women are appealing
- 21 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington Women's Refuge and Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women's Refuge are looking for volunteers to collect money for the Women's Refuge Annual Appeal 2009.   Join a team of people who have fun collecting much needed money on the streets of Wellington. In just one hour you can play a huge part in protecting hundreds of women and children at risk of domestic violence in their own homes.  
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Kitchen Roof Leak
- 21 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- This was being fixed today! The buckets and basins we have had to use to catch the falling water during a deluge can now be re-deployed.
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May Membership Statistics
- 21 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- It is pleasing to note from the table below that our number of members has increased by 24 over the past month. . Category 21 April 14 May Men Full Playing 305 316 Women Full Playing 94 95 9 Hole Men 31 31 9 Hole Women 54 54 Intermediate 6 7 Junior 23 28 Junior: Primary 5 5 Country 49 49 Winter 1 2
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Car Park
- 21 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- We are expecting work on resealing the carpark to begin in the first week of June, ie after Queen’s Birthday which is 1 June. The contractor has advised that it may be possible to operate without entirely blocking off the area, so you may be able to park on the grass. We will keep you posted.
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Stanley B Furchild writes from his new home
- 21 May 2009
- Wellington SPCA
- I let The Man play with my toys too Hello lovely people at the SPCA in Newtown. Stanley here (previously Sparky). I haven’t been in touch for a while, so I thought I’d write to let you know how I’m getting on since I went home with The Lady and The Man who came and got me from Wellington SPCA. (I barked this to The Lady and she has translated). Things are going really, really wel
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BNU Div 16 v Petone 16/5/2009
- 20 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU 7 v Petone 0 Roberts 4 (1 pen), Pearce, Apthorp, Guan HT 2-0‘ave it. Man of the match - cast your vote (over on the right-hand panel) for either: Silky Skills Bandana Boy
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Waikanae Women’s Golf – May 2009
- 20 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- If anyone watched the Irish Open this weekend, 16 17 May, you might have thought they were playing in a New Zealand winter. Well rugged up they were and it is good to know they sometimes have to play in weather like ours has been for the last month. The mid week Women’s Club have had the last 3 Wednesdays cancelled due to some atrocious weather conditions and weekend play has not been much better.
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Weekly Report May 24
- 20 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneJust about the same material this week as last.
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Civil Defence in Wellington May 16 2009
- 20 May 2009
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- The following resolution was carried unanimously at this afternoon's meeting, attended by approximately 65 people:
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On the Waterfront
- 20 May 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- It’s all go down on the waterfront this week: the news keeps flying thick and fast, and we just can’t keep up with the flow! But we’ll try: here’s a catch-up.
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Ohtel Wellington - 15 May, 66 Oriental Parade
- 20 May 2009
- Texture
- Okay, so here’s a first for texture (I think). I’m reviewing a hotel. And guess what? It’s freakin’ cool baby. Ohtel is situated on the prime real estate of Wellington’s Oriental Parade. It’s a fairly compact building, with an understated yet stylish exterior. The theme throughout the hotel is 50’s urban chic.
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BNU Reserves v Upper Hutt City 16/5/2009
- 19 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Reserves 1 - Upper Hutt City 2 Wakefield park was in pretty good nick after all the rain during the week. The windy weather was threatening but held off until after our game. BNU fielded a good competitive team and dominated the beginning of the first half. We created chances and we're unluck not to score on several attacking pieces. Late in the first half Upper Hutt put on the pressure and we
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Hutt News showcases Steele
- 19 May 2009
- Stop Out Sports Club
- Local soccer up-and-comer Regan Steele is about to cross the Pacific for an annual $NZ60,000 scholarship in the US, but he'll be leaving his home club, Stop Out, at a time when victories are coming thick and fast. Just one year out of Hutt Valley High School, the 18-year-old central mid-fielder will study business at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and play in the Metro Atlantic League against other universities in the state.
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Lots of local artisan fare for aficionados
- 19 May 2009
- Texture
- The City Market to be located on Chaffer’s Dock Function Centre is a new weekly wine and food celebration, showcasing local artisan products and their producers. The project is being championed by award-winning chef Martin Bosley and Rachel Taulelei of local food company Yellow Brick Road. So, rest assured some fine names are being showcased: Harrington’s, Hardie Boys Ginger Beer, Daisy a Day, Emp
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BNU Thirds v University 16/5/2009
- 19 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Uni Scarfies 5-0 BNU Thirds - 16/5/09 Humiliating thrashing instead of a student bashing This season we’ve had more reshuffling at the back than Blanket man with a bout of piles – and for the third game on the bounce we had a new keeper between the sticks. This time Phil donning the gloves in the first half and Robert having a crack in the second half. Not that we’re using that as an excuse for lo
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Tonka needs a special home
- 18 May 2009
- Wellington SPCA
- Tonka was seized by Whangarei SPCA as a 9 month old puppy who had spent most of his life chained up and being regularly beaten. His owner pled guilty to ill treating him in October 2008 and the courts awarded him to Whangarei SPCA. He was named Tonka as he was obsessed with toys, probably because he had never had any, but this has eased with time and training. While in the care of Whangarei SPCA,
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570 community websites under threat
- 18 May 2009
- Wellington Scoop
- Council annual planning rounds are by their nature a stressful time for community groups, and this year is a classic. The latest round creates the prospect of losing the Wellington Community Net, a free website hosting and support service for community groups.
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3 Simple Steps To Save 570 Wellington Community Websites
- 18 May 2009
- Here at MiramarMike.co.nz we know that the Internet, and in particular the Web, can have a huge positive affect on the work community agencies perform every day. And so when we read over at Scoop that the Wellington Council is reviewing its support of Wellington Community Net (a free website hosting and support service for community groups) we know it will be a huge retrospective step that will hurt these agencies.
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Max Gimblett’s ‘white stone clear water’ at Page Blackie
- 18 May 2009
- Texture
- Max Gimblett is arguably one of New Zealand's most internationally successful living artists. He very recently showed at New York’s Guggenheim Museum and became the first New Zealand born painter to do so. Albeit, a naturalised American now, the Auckland-born Gimblett is back in New Zealand to open ‘white stone clear water’ tomorrow at the Page Blackie gallery here in Wellington.
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More tea, Martha?
- 18 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- So winter kinda sucks, and the economy sucks, and the government sucks, and everything pretty much sucks. Except oh wait, do you know what doesn't suck? Tea and cakes and good company! So as the first of a series of posts of Cheering Upness, we'd like to recommend that you book yourself and an adored friend in for High Tea at Martha's Pantry, a lovely little place at the top of Cuba Street that has oldschool tea cups and all kinds of girlie pretty stuff on display.
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June Feeling Great brochure
- 18 May 2009
- 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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Harbour Capital Flyer Distribution
- 18 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Help is required to distribute flyers on the Wellington water front on week day lunch times for the Harbour Capital events on 28 June 2009.
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Premier v Miramar- 16/05/09 - L 4-0 Cup
- 18 May 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- Well, we could have drawn Eastborne in the third round of the Illustrious Chatham Cup (Western Suburbs bet the unlucky chaps 10-0) but no, we somehow drew Miramar Rangers.As I've said before Miramar have won it all at some stage or other, and currently sit on top (now joint after a horror 3-3 draw with bottom placed Palmerston North Marist - but they had just lost their coach) of the Central Leagu
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Womens B v North Wellington 17/5/2009
- 17 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU lose at a blustery Wakefield (BNU 0 – North Wellington 3) Oh dear… BNU ladies’ second team were runners up this weekend, coming off a blustery pitch on the wrong end of a 3-0 score line. But, in our defence, we were playing against the most experienced team in the division and they are definitely the team to beat (maybe next time???). So, where did it all go wrong? Apparently North Wellingto
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Blood Wedding + Newlyweds = Free
- 17 May 2009
- Texture
- Ah-ha! The epically thrilling, tragic love story Blood Wedding is free next Tuesday for newlyweds… or anyone else game enough to don a wedding dress or tuxedo…Tickets to this special performance will be allocated on first-come, first-served basis through Circa Theatre’s box office to anyone in a wedding dress or a tuxedo or who can present their Marriage Certificate dated from the 26th of May 2008
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Moore Wilson's Winter Series - Notice of Race
- 17 May 2009
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The Notice of Race and Entry form for the Moore Wilson's Winter Series 2009 are now posted - here. (http://www.rpnyc.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=422 Itemid=286)
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Edwards and Wilson Take 6th Safari, 17 May 09
- 17 May 2009
- Bill Edwards and Tim Wilson took advantage of the absence of last year's winners to regain their 6-hour Safari title, in spite of a determined challenge from Australian rogaine guru David Rowlands with local orienteer Jamie Stewart, and two other teams with world championship credentials. The two teams were equal on points until a check revealed some controls overlooked.
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Go and Tell… Our Father
- 16 May 2009
- Karori Baptist Church
- Mike Enright 17th May 2009
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Wellington Batucada want YOU
- 15 May 2009
- Texture
- Remember the Cuba Street Carnival? What about those fantastic, drum beating, fish-headed guy’s who took the illuminated night parade by storm? Well they want YOU. Wellington’s Batucada – our very own community-based Samba percussionists – are on the lookout for new talent.
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CTCSS 2009 Update and Recommendations
- 15 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- Following on from the 2007 VHF Forum, a paper was published in Q-Bit and on the www.vhf.org.nz website. A number of comments were received and these made up the basis of that paper and was published in June 2008. At Convention in 2009, John ZL2HD outlined the ideas in the paper and outlined the following recommendeations. The CTCSS Reccomendations is an informal document that those considering
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June Main Meeting
- 15 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- John ZL4JY will be speaking on digital mobile radio. This is an excIting talk on some of the modern digital standards in use in the mobile radio area, including P.25, Tetra and D-Star. John promises lots of information, demonstrations and comments on the past, current and future!
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Nelson Race Abandoned
- 15 May 2009
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- The rescheduled Nelson race, due to start at 0800 hours Friday 15th, was abandonned because of an inclement weather forecast. The Metservice forecast had been consistent for a number of days in its prediction of high winds and a very rough sea, so the RC made the call to abandon at 10am on Thursday.
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Blood Wedding – 9 May, Circa Theatre
- 15 May 2009
- Texture
- Knives, pistols, gang warfare, love, betrayal, revenge, murder… yip… Blood Wedding is a powerfully gripping and passionate piece of theatre that keeps you captivated right to the last minute.
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Te Raekaihau Point Development Plans
- 15 May 2009
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The Council have released its initial plans for development of Te Raekaihau Point. This the headland is where they had intended to build the Marine Education Centre between Lyall Bay and Princess Bay.
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Weekly Report May 17
- 14 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneThree Peaks this Sunday; Harbour Capital Volunteers; Timetrial June 07; Bus trip May 31; Dam Busters May 25; Spirit of the Marathon; Website crisis; Welcome back our treasurer; Articles; Dorne Cup June 13; Child minding;
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From Mike’s Desk …
- 14 May 2009
- Karori Baptist Church
- I’ve been really enjoying visiting KBC home groups over the last few weeks. It’s been great to see various groups “in operation”, and to experience the life and love and diversity of these groups. I’ve been reminded how important small groups are in the life of a church community. It’s through these groups that so much of the reality of Christian community is
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Intersection of Impending Death
- 14 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- So, the John St/Riddiford St/Adelaide Rd intersection has undergone a bit of a lights phasing tweak. It took this particular Wellingtonista by surprise when, last week, I confidently started to cross John St as the lights turned to red, only to discover that instead of my little green man, I was now the target for traffic coming down from Adelaide Rd.
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Ocean Shores Country Club Visit
- 13 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Thanks to the efforts of our President, Bill Bruce, Waikanae Golf Club established last year a sister club relationship with the Ocean Shores Country Club in northern New South Wales. The outcome of this initiative is that we are hosting a group from that club next week on the occasion of the 4 day Kapiti Classic, a veterans’, match play tournament open to men and women and played over 4 days at
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Where's Gucci?
- 13 May 2009
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- On April 24th, Deb, Brent, Tom and Alex departed Wellington on Gucci for a Pacific cruise, first stop Tahiti.
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Dunne calls public meeting on Wellington Civil Defence woes
- 13 May 2009
- Peter Dunn - MP for Ohariu
- UnitedFuture leader and Ohariu MP Peter Dunne has called a public meeting for this Saturday to get to the bottom of Wellington’s Civil Defence woes. “We really need Wellington City Council to front up and talk to the people about the current and future state of Wellington’s civil defence preparedness,” Mr Dunne said.
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War Memorial Park
- 12 May 2009
- Mt Cook mobilised
- MCM representatives met with the Hon Chris Finlayson, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage about the War Memorial Park project on 15 April.
- Accepted from Moot Cook mobilised 60 months ago by feedreader
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Coping With The Pain
- 12 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- COPING WITH THE PAINYou have got 5k to go and the easy chatter and camaraderie of the people around when you first started has long since gone. You are now running tired, alone and on empty and wondering how you can possibly last it to the finish.
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Amateur Radio Study Guide Updated
- 12 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- Fred ZL2AMJ has updated his Amateur Radio Study Guide and this has now been published. Please let the webmaster know if you notice any problems with the update - otherwise, enjoy!
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War Memorial Park
- 12 May 2009
- Mt Cook mobilised
- MCM representatives met with the Hon Chris Finlayson, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage about the War Memorial Park project on 15 April. We discussed MCM’s concerns and listened to the Minister’s views.
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Coping With The Pain by Rob Julian
- 12 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
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The Pelorus Trust Wellington Open
- 12 May 2009
- Squash Wellington
- Entries for this year's Wellington Squash Open are now being accepted Sponsored by the Pelorus Trust in association with Thump Sports, this years event is bigger and brighter than ever. Total Prize pool for 2009 is $10,500.00.
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Marine in the Island
- 12 May 2009
- The Sidestrip
- Mother’s day open day for Island Bay Marine Centre in Wellington.
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BNU Div 16 09/05/2009
- 11 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Olympic 2 - 4 BNU16 BNU took their recent upturn in form into a much tougher game against Olympic at Miramar, coming out victorious by 4-2, in an excellent performance.The win was especially sweet as the team had to battle against a string of poor refereeing decisions and a series of callous challenges on players in promising attacking situations. To their credit BNU by and large (maybe with the e
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BNU Womens 2nd Team 08/05/2009
- 11 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Why, oh why did BNU lose to Naenae…? (Naenae 4 – BNU 0) It had to happen one day… and BNU ladies’ second team came crashing down to earth this week with a 4-0 drubbing from Naenae – urgh. Things were against us from the beginning when we had to don our white away kit to prevent confusion. Apparently we decided to do this to stop us accidentally passing the ball to the wrong team. But truth be t
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BNU Thirds v Wainuiomata 09/5/09
- 11 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Thirds 2-1 Wainui - Back into the fray at Titahi BayGiven the prolonged absence of our regular keeper, the gaffer organised for a replacement for this weeks game against Wainui’s 2nd team. Not only is Tony a experienced keeper whose dominating performance helped organise the back four as well see him pull off a number of important saves; more importantly it adds another Crystal Palace fan to t
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Ukulele's on Fire
- 11 May 2009
- Texture
- It’s time for witty banter, sparkling harmonies and blazing… Uke riffs? Yes, the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is back, just in time to heat-up the Michael Fowler Centre with a very special, one-off winter extravaganza. Age Pryor and his merry band of mischief-makers will be breaking out the Uke’s on Saturday the 27th of June – to blast the MFC with their storming brand of musical may
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Softrocks Rule! OK
- 11 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- The Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting on Thursday 7th May saw a group of Softrock kit owners, and others interested in SMD construction, work on assembly and testing of their kits.Richard ZL2TCU inspecting his handywork. Image courtesy Dick Greenbank ZL2TGQ Several items of high-performance test equipment were on hand to check the functioning of the finished articles. Although some of the kits
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Four Wellingtonians make NZ Under 19 World Cup squad
- 11 May 2009
- Cricket Wellington
- NZ Cricket has announced a group of 27 players, including 4 Wellingtonians - Boam, Blundell, Gajanayaka and Wright - to prepare for the 2010 Under 19 World Cup.
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Capital Premier match reports
- 11 May 2009
- Stop Out Sports Club
- 1st team match reports are online.Interesting reading from our coaching staff
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BNU Womens 2nd Team 10/05/2009
- 11 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Why, oh why did BNU lose to Naenae…? (Naenae 4 – BNU 0) It had to happen one day… and BNU ladies’ second team came crashing down to earth this week with a 4-0 drubbing from Naenae – urgh. Things were against us from the beginning when we had to don our white away kit to prevent confusion. Apparently we decided to do this to stop us accidentally passing the ball to the wrong team. But truth be to
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Weeding in Silverstream Road
- 11 May 2009
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Ngaio Progressive Association members planned to weed the the area behind the Playcentre on Silverstream Road on 6 June from 10:00 am. However, the event was cancelled. We will plant shrubs there during July or August.
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Deerhunter to Stalk out SFBH
- 10 May 2009
- Texture
- Strangenews, Gaelsburg, cheeseontoast.co.nz and utr.co.nz present Atlanta’s Deerhunter at San Francisco Bathhouse on Tuesday, 16th of June. Part ambient, part art rock, the four-piece will be pausing briefly in New Zealand as part of their substantial world tour. They have toured with some insistent and lurid bands over recent years, including Nine Inch Nails, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and
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Premier v Naenae - 09/05/09 - W 2-0
- 10 May 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- A hearty welcome back to Naenae, whom we hadn't played against in top flight football for a number of years.This of course creates the issue of not knowing how they play, who was dangerous, and how we could bet them. Coaches problems really. The weather had been horrible all week, but on Saturday Wakefield Park was bathed in sunshine, and still (Yes, you read it - Still!!)Our guys turned up to pla
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Bus Run 31st May 2009
- 9 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Then next 'bus run' from the club is Sunday 31st May. Even though it is Queens Birthday weekend, the REAL MEAT PIE shop is opening for us, so if you're going to be away, chat up your mates if you want them to get you a great tasting pie.
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Club K Gallery
- 9 May 2009
- Squash Wellington
- Club K have made a really interesting gallery area at Club Kelburn, with a history of squash rackets, a history of squash, and a history of the club, with a refurbished foyer area, which has come up really well.
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News for Sunday 10 May 2009
- 8 May 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- This SundayREADINGSIsaiah 30: 15-21John 14:1-14 COLLECT God, whose work is never done, look on us with Philip and all the countless millions who have served you, and who serve you still. Amen. God, whose work is never done, look on us with Philip and all the countless millions who have served you, and who serve you still. Amen. Next Sunday ST MARY’S 8.00 am Said Communion9.00 am Sung Communion1
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Matt and Kim tonight!
- 7 May 2009
- Texture
- Brooklyn-based noisemakers Matt and Kim are a charming, dorky, chaotic, euphoric two piece with Kim on drums and Matt on keys. Their 2006 debut and recent release Grand are both full to the brim of their own blend of spontanious punk on a fistfull of happy pills which really shines live. More like an out of control house parties than concerts, their shows are an exhilarating, rambunctious affair,
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It's funny season in the City
- 7 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- It's Comedy festival time in the Capital. Personally I think the timing is always quite impeccable as winter has just hit and with it comes the winter blues. There are loads of amazing local acts and also some brilliant internationals.
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Top 3 things to look forward to in Winter
- 7 May 2009
- Texture
- Feeling a little chilly?  Wrapped up in several layers of clothing but still got a bad case of the shivers?  Well it's only going to get worse, because winter is getting closer and closer... The best way to avoid the cold is to meet it head on - get yourself moving and out amongst it.  You can sit at home, annoying your cat & feeling sorry for yourself, or you can check out some
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From Mike’s Desk …
- 7 May 2009
- Karori Baptist Church
- Every once in a while, I read something I’ve written previously, and think, “That was actually quite profound!” It happened this week - when I read what I had written in the first KBC newsletter of the year, in my first week back at work after being on holiday. Here’s some of what I wrote then: I’ve decided that I’m not very fond of this time of the year!
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Weekly Report May 10 Mothers' Day
- 6 May 2009
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Rotorua Marathon The results are posted on Coolrunnings website. I started trawling through them but there are 2043 of them so I gave up. But I did notice that Gordie came in in 3 28 20 and the members of my pack did themselves proud. Dave Parle 3 22 29David Green 3 47 36Mo Bhikha 4 25 10Dave Keegan 4 43 36Kathy Clark 5 08 03 Carole Douce 5 13 38 (and 6th in her age group) and Ann Ste
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New Appointment
- 6 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- We are pleased to announce an addition to our Green-keeper staffing. He is Tony Deverill, formerly of Otaki Golf Club, who has had experience as a nurseryman and a green-keeper. Tony began duties last Monday. We are in the process of seeking to fill the Assistant Course Superintendent vacated by Andy and hope to make an announcement soon.
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AGM Deadlines
- 6 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Please note that our AGM will be held Thursday 18 June at 7.30pm in the Clubrooms. The following deadlines apply: 4 June Notices of Motion 11 June Nominations for following positions: · President · Club Captain · Vice Club Captain · Board vacancies
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Ron Olivecrona
- 6 May 2009
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Congratulations to Ron, our resident Pro Shop manager, who has been selected in a 12 man team to represent New Zealand next week in Australia. The trip consists of participation in the Australian Senior Championships followed by a Ryder Cup style match against Australia at Sanctuary Cove on 19 and 20 May. We wish you well, Ron.
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A thing at Spacething
- 6 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- There's an exhibition opening on at Newtown's Spacething tonight (Thu 7 May), featuring new artwork from Helen McVey and Tania Price. There will also be live music from (the excellently named) Public Toilet ltd, Chris Palmer and Dan Beban, as well as casual rock cocktail poetry by Eliot White. Starts at 6pm. 171 Adelaide Road.
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The Ultimate Throw In
- 5 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- {youtube}bb5Vx1BsHmQ{/youtube} Thanks Jim.
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May Meeting – Thursday 28th, 7:30pm, Tawa Community Centre
- 5 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- Preparing for KiwiSAT The KiwiSAT project is progressing closer to a possible launch. Come along and hear how to prepare your station for when N.Z.’s own satellite goes into service. Terry ZL2BAC, our KiwiSAT rep, will outline and discuss what is required, including, A brief overview of the current status of the KiwiSAT project Spacecraft capabilities, systems, and frequencies The probable orbit m
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BNU Thirds v North Wellington 02/5/09
- 5 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Mmm – consistency is usually considered a good thing, but 2 consecutive matches conceding 5 goals is possibly not ideal.
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Monet: No need for Money
- 5 May 2009
- Texture
- Monet and the Impressionists is free of charge for Wellington City residents and rate payers on Thursday 7th May!Wellington City Council has wrangled this whack free-entry-offer as part of its sponsorship arrangement with Te Papa. The Monet and the Impressionists exhibition has been showing at Te Papa since the 14th February and is the largest collection of Impressionist paintings to ever co
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BNU Thirds v Marist 02/5/09
- 5 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Marist 5-2 BNU Thirds All wrong at Cobham Mmm – consistency is usually considered a good thing, but 2 consecutive matches conceding 5 goals is possibly not ideal. This, in stark contrast to last week, was a defeat brought almost entirely upon ourselves. It all started with an unlucky deflection from our emergency stand-in keeper, the ball coming off Mick and then the post to land right in front of
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Splash into the Season 2009 Results
- 5 May 2009
- Swimming Wellington
- Results file for ‘Splash into the Season 2009′ Meet.
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Barbara Grieve Joins Creative HQ Team
- 5 May 2009
- Creative HQ Business Incubator
- Welcome to Barbara Grieve who starts at Creative HQ as our third dedicated strategist. Barbara brings a fantastic set of capabilities and a wealth of experience to Creative HQ.
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Nairnville Park’s new artificial sports turf
- 5 May 2009
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Nairnville Park’s new $900,000 artificial sports surface opened on 4 April. It will mainly be used for rugby and football, though it can be used for other sports.
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Premier v Upper Hutt - 02/05/09 - W 2-1
- 4 May 2009
- Island Bay United AFC
- On Saturday, 3rd (Us) played 4th (Upper Hutt) and 1st (Tawa) played 2nd (Stop Out) so we knew it was possibly a good chance to get our noses clear in front, providing we focused our attention of defeating an always strong Upper Hutt team.It did not start well.It wasn't that we were lethargic, which we weren't. It wasn't that we weren't well prepared, which we were. It just seems to be that we can'
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A book sale worth walking up a hill for
- 4 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- It's sale time at Vic Books again, both at the Kelburn Campus and the Pipitea store by the train station. The sale runs from Monday May 11-Thursday May 28, and if you're clever you'll figure out a way to get to the sneak preview with wine and nibbles at the Kelburn shop, from 3pm, Thursday May 7th. ‘Tis the season of twisted umbrellas, so it's time to stock up on books which will keep
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Piermont
- 4 May 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- The scaffold has come down and the last of the glass balustrading was going on Saturday morning - and its great to see at last what Piermont really looks like.
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BNU Womens 2nd Team 03/05/2009
- 3 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU ‘coast’ through with a 3-1 win over Kapiti (Kapiti 1 – BNU 3) The Brooklyn ladies’ second team started off the week very well with two highly placed teams in the pub quiz. It is worthy of mention that neither of the teams exceeded the maximum number of competitors – unlike The Brazilians (aka The Thirds) who appeared to think that 8 players is the same as 5… hmmm ;-) But, we’re not bitter, an
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BNU Div 16 02/05/2009
- 3 May 2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Div 16 BNU 5 - Stokes Valley 0 It was only a matter of time before BNU finally clicked into gear and someone got a complete pasting. Stokes Valley were the unlucky opponents at McAlister Park with the team at last coming good to register their overdue first win of the season. Despite the early loss of Hamish Garland, BNU dominated the game from the outset and went ahead after 15 minutes with a ty
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Biennale becomes accessible for Aotearoa
- 3 May 2009
- Texture
- Te Papa and Creative New Zealand have just revealed that our national museum will be hosting New Zealand’s 2009 Venice Biennale entries in 2010. The special exhibition will be showcasing the artists Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard who are distinguished both here and abroad. After graduating from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1983, Millar developed her practice amid scholarships and travel and
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Dateline: Saturday 02 May 2009
- 3 May 2009
- Wellington VHF Group
- Today I attended the 50th Wanganui “Junk Sale” held at Wanganui Intermediate School. The day started for me with the arrival of Ted ZL2TED and Don ZL2DON at my QTH, and we set off from Newlands at around 06:45. We made good time travelling north, with a breakfast stop at Bulls, arriving at the venue at about 09:30. read more
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Happy to change hands
- 2 May 2009
- Texture
- Happy Bar always likes a surprise. And that attitude hasn’t changed, with the established ‘Experimental’ music venue moving into the capable hands of new owners, Deborah Resnick and Sam Macleod. The more out there shows will be limited to one night a week, with Tuesday’s becoming “Experimental Tuesday's”, continuing the Happy tradition of weird and wonderful performances.
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Go tell - What’s new?
- 2 May 2009
- Karori Baptist Church
- Mike Enright 3rd May 2009
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Best Busker
- 2 May 2009
- Eye of the Fish
- Cuba Street is nothing if not the Busking home of Wellington, and at any given time there are normally at least a couple of buskers, thrashing out chords and trying out their talents on our eardrums.
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News for Sunday 3 May 2009
- 1 May 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Preparation is now underway for the St Philip’s deconsecration weekend. A service, to be conducted by Bishop Tom will be held on Sunday, 24 May at St Philip’s Church. Also on Saturday there will be an afternoon of “Music and Memories”. The service and Saturday event will hold many memories for both the present and past Parishioners who may be attending over the weekend. As St Philip’s has be closed for many months a clean up day is necessary to ensure that it will be ready for the deconsecration weekend. This will be held on Saturday, 9 May, from 9 am onwards.
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Rumbles is ready to rumble with DB
- 1 May 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- There's been quite a bit of news around DB Breweries trying to copyright the already in use name 'radler' lately, and one Wellington liquor shop - Rumbles on Waring-Taylor street has had enough.
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Press release for Aggravated Robbery at Westpac Bank in Kilbirne, Wellington
- 1 May 2009
- Wellington District Police
- At approximately 11:20am on Friday 1 May 2009, a female entered the Kilbirnie Branch of the Westpac Bank and demanded money from a teller by presenting a note.
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