April 2010 - Wellynews

Foodies in for a treat!
- 30 Apr 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- The SPCA’s Blue Tick accreditation scheme is your guarantee for cruelty-free eggs and pork and you here’s your chance to give them a try! SPCA will be at this year’s Food Show and we’d love to see you there.
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Kaimanawa horses need new homes
- 30 Apr 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- The Kaimanawa Wild Horse Welfare Trust is looking for people interested in rehoming a horse from the 2010 muster. There will be approximately 100 homes needed for Kaimanawa Horses being mustered this year. If you have experience with young or unhandled horses and have access to a securely fenced area, please contact the Kaimanawa Wild Horse Welfare Trust before 15 May 2010 to apply for a horse.
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District Plan 74 (Utilities) Accepted By WCC
- 30 Apr 2010
- Wellington VHF Group
- We have been informed that District Plan Change 74 has been accepted by the Wellington City Council and now will become part of the District Plan. This change introduced Amateur Antennas as part of the plan and gave hams in Wellington a number of rights. read more
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Julian Savea selected for NZ Under 20 - IRB Junior World Champs
- 30 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Oriental Rongotai's Julian Savea has been selected to represent the NZ Under 20 rugby team at the IRB World Championships in Argentina.
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A new way to give
- 29 Apr 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Payroll Giving has recently been introduced in New Zealand and is a great way to support us.
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Norths shooting for five straight this weekend against Petone
- 29 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- First round favourites Northern United face their biggest test of the season to date against Petone ...
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Valuing the privacy of Terry Serepisos
- 29 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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Lunchtime Willis Wander
- 29 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- If you are working near Willis Street today you could use your lunch hour to sample two very different exhibitions.
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Zumba! Zumba! Zumba!
- 28 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- he city council phoned me this week. It wanted to know what I thought about its plan for a city-wide drinking ban 24 hours a day and seven days a week. It wasn’t actually the council who called. It was a market research company, hired by the council. But the questioning were more or less unbiased, except when the researcher told me the police prefer a city-wide ban. However he didn’t push the council view.
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Doggy do’s and don’ts
- 28 Apr 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Our Kid’s Club just keeps getting bigger and better – so much so that we have had to relocate some events to a larger venue! Wellington SPCA’s Kid’s Club takes place every month and children aged 6 to 12 years can come along to a fun-packed evening with heaps of animal-related activities.
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When is a shop not a shop?
- 28 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Right now in Thorndon, Wellington's first Handmade Pop-Up Shop has arrived. It opened on the 13th of April and closes again on the 1st of May. Each day the shop features a different artist or crafter showcasing all their lovely creations.
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Board investigates innovative school designs
- 28 Apr 2010
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- During March and April the Establishment Board invested time to visit schools in Auckland and Wellington to discuss what makes an excellent learning environment for teaching the new curriculum.
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Operation Lime sours Wellington cannabis industry
- 28 Apr 2010
- Wellington District Police
- As part of the termination of the national Undercover operation "Operation Lime", 45 uniform and CIB staff from Wellington Police executed a number of search warrants at business premises and residential dwellings yesterday morning. The operation targeted businesses and individuals responsible for the commercial sale of equipment used for growing cannabis.
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Weekly Report for Sunday May 2.
- 28 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Ataturk Memorial. We had and impromptu meeting of three running packs at the memorial last Sunday. TV crews were setting up, but unfortunately not far enough along to video us.
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Consultation: how much is enough?
- 27 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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Dunne welcomes council assurance on libraries
- 27 Apr 2010
- Peter Dunn - MP for Ohariu
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Rongotai College 1st XV v New Plymouth BHS 1st XV
- 27 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- In what you would regard as perfect conditions, Rongotai hosted for the first time New Plymouth Boys High.
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What's the real reason the Miss Universe pageant has moved to Wellington?
- 27 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Last year the Miss Universe New Zealand pageant was held in Levin.
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Dale Lang selected for Trans-Tasman Test Series
- 27 Apr 2010
- Tawa Bowling Club
- Tawa bowler Dale Lang has been selected in the New Zealand team to play Australia in Bundaberg from May 11–14 2010. For full details see Bowls NZ. Dale is also nominated for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi from October 3–14. Well done Dale – the best of luck from all Tawa members. read more
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Wgtn Cycle Safety Campaign
- 27 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington police and council staff will be targeting “unsafe’ cyclists next month.
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VOTE VANISA, Volunteer of the Year 2010 – by 10 May
- 27 Apr 2010
- YWCA of Wellington & Hutt Valley
- Last weekend, Kilbirnie resident Vanisa Dhiru was voted in as the youngest president of the YWCA for the Wellington region.
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Information sought for Porirua Four Square robbery
- 27 Apr 2010
- Wellington District Police
- Porirua Police are investigating a robbery which occurred at the Elsdon Four Square Dairy, Awarua...
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Otaki Expressway Moves Forward
- 27 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- The Peka Peka to Otaki expressway, part of the Wellington Northern Corridor Road, took another move forward today.
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Marriage Enrichment Course
- 27 Apr 2010
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- If you are thinking about attending the July course, don’t wait! Book now. Spaces are limited and are filling up fast!
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A Very Special Anzac Day Mass
- 26 Apr 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Sunday 25 April 2010: It was a special Remembrance Mass this Anzac Day in honour of the forty-six Old Boys who gave their lives for the freedom of this country.
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Saturday April 24th Club Roundup 2010
- 26 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Great effort all round! Three wins, a draw, two heartbreaking narrow losses and one whipping TRACER CONSTRUCTION PREMIERS V TAWA Forget the slow start this week The Tracer Construction Premiers came out of the blocks all guns blazing against a bigger Tawa team playing at home on their Old Timers Day.
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Lone Star Dinner, Rotorua
- 26 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Mo is arranging a dinner at Lone Star /Rotorua for this Saturday 01 May.If you want to attend plse ring Mo 4720484wk or email mo.b@xtra.co.nz with numbers.Time to be confirmed.
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Help require to hand out Harbour Capital flyers
- 26 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Can a request be put in the weekly newsletter that if any club members working in that area can spare 20 minutes on their non-running (walking) days it would be helpful to promote the event. (12.40 to 1.10 - or a bit later after that if that suits them better).
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Wellington Match Racing squads begin winter training.
- 26 Apr 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
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Fair Trade Fortnight – The Big Swap in Wellington
- 26 Apr 2010
- Fair Trade City Wellington
- Hey Wellingtonians – Fair Trade Fortnight 2010 is almost here, so check out what is going on as Wellington marks its first Fair Trade Fortnight as a Fair Trade City! Right through the two weeks there will be things happening around the city, so check them out and come along and help make the Big Swap to fair trade products.
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Community Garden
- 26 Apr 2010
- City Gallery
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MSP earn first win as Norths and Poneke march on in Swindale Shield
- 25 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Defending Jubilee Cup champions Marist St. Pat's earned their first win of the season to lift th...
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And you thought we were joking about the Octopus threat?
- 25 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Earlier this month we read about an octopus off the South Coast that mugged an innocent diver and took his valuable new camera. The news flashed around the world and everyone had a bit of a chuckle at the diver's expense. Not so fast, laughing boys (and girls). It turns out that this is but the latest episode in a long history of criminal behaviour by the city's cephalopod citizenry.
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Wellington is united: tunnels, not flyovers
- 25 Apr 2010
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- We were recently alerted to the following press release from the Wellington Chamber of Commerce by the hard-working Lindsay Shelton at wellington.
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Petone Chicago 0 v BNU Pilsner 0 - 25 April 2010
- 25 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Firing blanks Pilsner came away with a well-deserved point, despite firing blanks at the Chicago gangsters, in a tough Petone dust up.
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The $2m Serepisos secret is out
- 24 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- A month ago when we published a series of articles asking the Wellington City Council for more information about unpaid rates and ground rents, the whole town seemed to know that Terry Serepisos was involved. But the council guarded its secret.
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Wellington Bus Strike
- 24 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- Here we go again.
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NEW NAME, CONSTITUTION AND PRESIDENT announced on YWCA Day
- 24 Apr 2010
- YWCA of Wellington & Hutt Valley
- On YWCA day, 24 April 2010, our membership voted at the Annual General Meeting to have: A legal name change: YWCA of Greater Wellington (remit 1, altered) A new constitution (remit 3, tabled at the AGM) A new President, Vanisa Dhiru For those that could not join us, view our 2009 YWCA Annual Report (pdf) tabled at the meeting held at Te Ranga Marae in Island Bay.
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BNU 3rds v Island Bay Massey - 24 April 2010
- 24 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU 2-2 Island Bay (HT 1-2) BNU Bouncebackability Football ‘Management Consultant’ Iain Dowie hasn’t had the most successful of managerial careers having had a hand in the relegations of 4 clubs in the last 5 years; however he did manage to make up a great word whilst at Crystal Palace to describe the ability to bounce back.
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Thank You 'Scottie'
- 23 Apr 2010
- Squash Wellington
- After many, many years of dedicated service to the Wellington Squash District Steve Scott (Scottie) is relinquishing his final portfolio, that of Tournament Convenor.
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SAVE THE WHALES
- 23 Apr 2010
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
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I'm a Slave for you
- 23 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Anyone remember this guy? The self-same enterprising young man has been seen with an assortment of HI-VIZ clad worker types, some waiters and a guitar stumming up interest in an event rather shockingly entitled: "the Wellington Charity SLAVE AUCTION". Don't worry folks, it is all above board and for a damn good cause.
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McBain Shield clash top billing in fourth round
- 22 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- One of the Hutt Valley's keenest sporting rivalries resumes this weekend when Petone and H...
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North Wellington v BNU – 17th April 2010
- 22 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- The North Wellington team we faced were surprisingly different from the team we got relegated with last season…so no Rusty, Spotty & Meatloaf...apparently they swapped with their Capital 6 team to give youth a chance further up the leagues – thankfully we don’t follow a similar ageist policy here at Brooklyn!
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Curiouser and curiouser
- 22 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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Wellington Coast Expressway Progress
- 22 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- The big expressway project around the coast of Wellington took another step today with the major local council “buying in.” Kapiti Coast District Council today adopted a set of objectives for membership of the Sandhills Expressway Alliance that is being established by NZTA.
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Wellington Sea Kayak Network visit the Yacht Club
- 22 Apr 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- After one cancellation due to bad weather, an evening paddle took place on Friday 9th of April 2010 in lieu of a normal club meeting. 8 people gathered at Balaena bay at 6:00pm , some paddling from Greta Point where they house kayaks at the Kupe boatshed. It was a perfect evening with a gentle northerly breeze just ruffling the water. We paddled toward Lambton harbour as it was getting dark and the city lights greeted us as we rounded point Jerningham. The fountain was playing and there were a few hopeful fishermen still out on Oriental parade as our small fleet made its way towards the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, nestled in a marina between the Freyberg pool and the Overseas Terminal.
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Open Day 2010
- 22 Apr 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 22 April 2010: Over 400 parents and boys attended this year's Open Day.
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Photos: I Love Wellington
- 22 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- I’m in Wellington – and it’s so easy to love this city.
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A very unique adoption event
- 21 Apr 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Hi, I'm Eric.
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Good bastards like you to drink vodka
- 21 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- 42Below's founder Geoff Ross has written a book with his wife Justine about the story behind the vodka called Every Bastard Says No.
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Predictive Bussing
- 21 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- We've long dreamed of being able to time our morning cornflakes to the actual arrival time of our bus, rather than having to wait 20 minutes outside a jammed bus shelter during a howling southerly storm.
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BNU Masters 3 v Seatoun A - 10/3/2010 at Happy Valley 1
- 21 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Masters 3 v Seatoun A, 10/3/10 at Happy Valley 1 3-3 (HT 2-2)The clanging sound this week was not from a penalty bouncing off the crossbar but the sound of iron gates closing in vain behind us as we got out of jail.
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Anzac Day April 25
- 21 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone ANZAC DAY and yes we are meeting as usual. Bill buxton has checked and the Kilbirnie Aquatic Centre will be open. The obvious destination for the packs will be the Ataturk Memorial, but it will be a case of checking out what other gatherings will be held there.
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BNU Masters 3 v Seatoun A - 10 April 2010 at Happy Valley 1
- 21 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Masters 3 v Seatoun A, 10/3/10 at Happy Valley 1 3-3 (HT 2-2)The clanging sound this week was not from a penalty bouncing off the crossbar but the sound of iron gates closing in vain behind us as we got out of jail.
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CVL study waste of money
- 21 Apr 2010
- Hutt Chick
- Why is the Mayor suggesting we waste $50,000 of ratepayers money on consultants to “investigate” the Cross Valley Link (CVL)? According to the Hutt News, Hutt City Mayor David Ogden wants the government to fund the CVL, and the city council has put aside $50,000 for consultants.
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WWA Weekend at Lake Ferry 17-18 April 2010
- 20 Apr 2010
- Wellington Windsurfing Association
- Lake Ferry and the Palliser coast line was untypically bathed in Sunshine and some light breezes for the WWA Wairapapa weekend on 17-18 April.
- Accepted from WWA news 83 months ago by feedreader
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The new Manners Street: speed is needed if you want to object
- 20 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- The Wellington City Council has issued a densely-packed document of 27 pages which describes changes to traffic flows and parking which are to be made in preparation for Manners Street becoming two bus lanes. The council invites everyone to study the 27 pages and send “submissions”. But this isn’t a consultation process. The council is seeking only “objections” and the “objection period” closes at the end of next week.
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Club Alpine Skills Courses
- 20 Apr 2010
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- Every winter the club runs a couple of courses designed to help Members explore the wonderful white stuff that coats high places every Winter (not to be confused with the Men in White Coats).
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Photo: Inside Wgtns New Train
- 20 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- What a treat for Wellington’s long-suffering train passengers.
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Saturday April 17th Club Roundup 2010
- 19 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Phew-two close shaves. The Polo ,sun drenched as ever, was no place for the faint hearted with two one point wins - to the Colts and Premiers - while our Senior 1sts’ and Senior 3rds enjoyed comfortable wins, the Reserve side held off a “big” OBU team but losses for our fledgling 80/80s’ and the Elders.
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AGM tonight !
- 19 Apr 2010
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Arch Centre AGM is tonight - Tuesday 20 April 2010. To be held at the School of Architecture, 5.30 food and drink, for 6.00 meeting To be discussed: Manners Mall, Basin Reserve. See you there!
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Pecha Kucha rocks
- 19 Apr 2010
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Last night’s Pecha Kucha was just as much fun as the last one - maybe even more so. The line up I have is as per the following, but I think there is one more person missing. Which is a pity, because he was arguably the best… * Roger Walker // architect / car enthusiast // [...]
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Red Shield Appeal
- 19 Apr 2010
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- Red Shield Appeal will be running 3 - 8 May. If you are available to collect for an hour then please contact Christine in the office.
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25 April (This Sunday) - No 10:00am Service
- 19 Apr 2010
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- No service at SAJ, but please march with us in the Johnsonville Anzac Parade and then join everybody at the service held outside the RSA. Meet 9:30am at Burgess Road.
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Council’s ’strategic priorities’ threaten to close suburban libraries in Wadestown, Brooklyn, Island Bay and Khandallah
- 18 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- in the Wellington City Council’s draft annual plan for 2010/11 there is a major threat to our current library system – with potential for Wadestown, Brooklyn, Island Bay and Khandallah to lose their libraries.
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Weepu stars for Wainui as Ories down MSP
- 18 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The ace goal kicking of Hurricanes and All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu and a third straight loss for defending Jubilee Cup champions Marist St. Pat's were two of the talking points of a compelling third round set of Swindale Shield matches played across Wellington on Saturday.
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We want to grow the game in our region!
- 18 Apr 2010
- Squash Wellington
- The Squash Wellington Board recently completed a review of its strategic goals over the next six years.
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When are you people going to realise that the octopus threat is real?
- 17 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- We've all heard the stories about how there was a tank at Wellington Airport with an octopus in it and another tank with fishes in it, and the fish started disappearing and no one knew why until one night security cameras filmed the octopus climbing out of its tank and into the fish tank and eating the fish.
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Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go
- 17 Apr 2010
- Eye of the Fish
- This week has been a notably anti-developer week, a nasty bump in the world of property development.
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Kapiti Medals!!
- 17 Apr 2010
- Kapiti Cycling Club
- Kapiti dominated the Wellington centre road championships with all five club members that competed winning medals.
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India serves up trip of a lifetime
- 16 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Under 16 team’s forthcoming tour of India will be serving up more than curries, but those shouldn’t be ignored either.
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Hat-trick for Woodcock and Devine at Norwood Awards
- 16 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Blaze all-rounder Sophie Devine and Firebirds batsman Luke Woodcock were the standout winners at Cricket Wellington’s Norwood Awards tonight each claiming three trophies.
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Pecha Kucha Night - Monday 19 Apr
- 16 Apr 2010
- Downstage Theatre
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Amstore Autumn Series underway
- 16 Apr 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- It was a great start to the Amstore Autumn Series on a lovely day, there were plenty of boats on the water with 8 entries in the A division and 18 starters in the B division. At the start of the day there was a light 10 knot southerly in Evans Bay and a northerly breeze blowing across Ngauranga as well making for interesting conditions.
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Waterfront Plan: Wellington Just Does It
- 16 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- While we talk about a tent on Queens Wharf while we still work out what to do long-term , Wellington just gets on with a long – term vision of its waterfront.
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Yacht aground with no propeller
- 16 Apr 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 17/04/2010 - 15:00 - 16:00 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 4 Vessel had shaft problem, prop slipped off the spline.
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Runabout with a flat battery
- 16 Apr 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 17/04/2010 - 12:50 - 14:20 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 3 Radio call CH 16 to CGM advising of battery failure.
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Pecha Kucha 7
- 15 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- It's time for another Pecha Kucha evening.
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Five years after it won a competition, they want a feasibility study
- 15 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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Important weekend for winless teams in Swindale Shield
- 15 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The 2010 Wellington club rugby season is just two weeks old and there’s no mud to be seen, but the pressure is already on the teams who have yet to win to register their first victories. Winless teams Marist St. Pat’s, Upper Hutt, Johnsonville, Old Boys-University and Petone will all be hoping to kick-start their seasons in this Saturday’s third round set of Swindale Shield matches or their first round title aspirations could be quickly over.
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RPNYC takes plans to Wellington City Council
- 15 Apr 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- After nine months of planning and discussions Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club took the first steps in the Clyde Quay Boat Harbour Restoration Project by making a deputation to the Strategy and Policy committee of the Wellington City Council this week.
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Sydney’s Oakhill College Visits
- 15 Apr 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 15 April 2010: Stream hosted Sydney's Oakhill College today for games between the schools' First and Second XV Rugby teams.
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Term 2
- 15 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn School
- We hope all our children have had a wonderful holiday and look forward to seeing them on Monday 19 April at 8.55am.
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Help is Coming
- 15 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Got kids? Well chances are they love seeing people in uniforms, big fire trucks with their hoses a-spraying, police dogs a-barking, big tug boats a-tooting, animal rescues, helicopters, cars being cut up with giant scissors, and general organised mayhem.
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Performance Analysis Honolulu Marathon 2001
- 15 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Nineteen thousand two hundred and seventeen participants completed the 2001 Honolulu marathon. This analysis involves the first 1200 to finish plus the fastest ten veterans (324) from each five year age band, a grand total of 1,524 runners.
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Meridian tries to buy friends
- 14 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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Norwood awards recognise talent in Wellington
- 14 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Tonight the glad-rags will be out and the who’s who of Wellington Cricket will be in attendance at the annual Norwood Awards to celebrate the successes of the 2009/10 season.
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BNU 3rds v Upper Hutt City - 10 April 2010
- 14 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU 3rds 2 – Upper Hutt City 4 (HT 0-2) Heroes to Zero’s Buoyed by the great win last week, there was perhaps more than a touch of over confidence approaching the Upper Hutt game, who themselves were coming off a 5-0 defeat the previous week.
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Paris Marathon 2010
- 14 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone, After just over 24 hours flying time Mark, Belinda, Teddy and I arrived safely in Paris at 6pm on Friday 9th April and after an hour in the taxi, due to Friday night traffic, we finally checked into our hotel, the TimHotel Elysee 16 Rue de Cambaceres, at 8pm.
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Golden Mile – Manners Mall – bye bye Mercer St motorcycle park?
- 14 Apr 2010
- Scoot NZ
- Submitted by tonytw1
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BNU Pilsner v Wainui Undertakers - 3rd April 2010
- 14 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Pilsner 1 - Wainui 4 Dead and buried by half time A tough introduction to Grade 6 for the boys from last year's BNU16 team - the ones who actually made it to the game that is.
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BNU Pretenders v Wainuiomata - 11 April 2010
- 14 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU PRETENDERS 0 – WAINUIOMATA 5 (Sun 11 April) The joy of winning ‘slides’ away… URGH…! Not a lot more to say about this game – apparently we didn’t do toooooo much wrong (except let five goals in the back of the net I suppose!).
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BNU Pretenders v Wellington Utd - 4 April 2010
- 14 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- WELLINGTON UTD 0 – BNU PRETENDERS 3 (Sun 4 April) Once, twice, three times a Jonesy… :-) The first game of the season opened up (as did the heavens) on the 4th April with a soggy away game just up the road against Wellington United.
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Weekly Report for Sunday April 18
- 14 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Sue Hamlett has sent in a fascinating letter about her experience at the Paris Marathon last Sunday. She didn't actually finish, but she gives a vivid description of the event as seen from the pick-up bus that cruised the course collecting distressed and tearful participants. Way to go Sue.
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Saturday training with two vessels
- 13 Apr 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Date: Sat, 10/04/2010 Both boats at sea during Plimmerton fishing competition. Close quarter work between both vessels, helm practice and high speed work. Also carried out radio checks around region. Turnout: 8 people
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Tuesday night training
- 13 Apr 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Date: Tue, 13/04/2010 Search patterns module delivered and practical close quarter work in heavy wind on pelorus with two crews Turnout: 12 people
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Tuesday night training
- 13 Apr 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Date: Tue, 06/04/2010 Ran SAREX exercise with simulated missing person in the water of Mana Island. SAR team designed search pattern and ran exercise directing pelorus through search. Turnout: 11 people
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Tuesday night training
- 13 Apr 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Date: Tue, 30/03/2010 Delivered the man over board (MOB) theory module then ran a practical exercise pulling a diver out of the water. Ran exercise on both vessels. Turnout: 11 people
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Social 22nd May
- 13 Apr 2010
- Stop Out Sports Club
- You may know him as CON - the Masters RED old-timer. You may know him as PETE - the 3rd team Super coach. But many don't know he's "SLOWHAND" on the guitar! On Saturday 22nd May, Peter Maurer and his rock band THE FRANTIX are playing at the club.
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Capital Woes
- 13 Apr 2010
- Auckland Trains
- An early morning in the life of a Wellington train commuter! Today’s delays – and it’s only 7am.
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AREC Activity
- 12 Apr 2010
- Wellington VHF Group
- A bit of recent AREC/SAR activity: 1921hrs 28/3/2010 Standby - possible Karori urban area search for missing elderly person.
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Karori National One-Day champions
- 12 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Karori beat Otago's University Grange by 6 wickets on Sunday to win the 2010 Southern Trust National Cricket Club Championship title
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- cricket

Councilors fail in their effort to save money on the $400,000 waterfront toilets
- 12 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- City councilors have failed to persuade the council-owned Wellington Waterfront company to save money by reducing the cost of new public toilets. In November, the councilors instructed the company to explore how to reduce the estimated $400,000 cost of new public toilets on the waterfront at Kumutoto.
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Johnsonville death not believed to be suspicious
- 12 Apr 2010
- Wellington District Police
- Police investigating the death of an 82 year old woman in Johnsonville believe there are no...
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Seriously ugly?
- 12 Apr 2010
- Eye of the Fish
- The Maranui is being slowly rebuilt, but the Lyall Bay saga goes on.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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WVHFG Member celebrates becoming an Octogenarian
- 11 Apr 2010
- Wellington VHF Group
- On Saturday April 10th, ZL2BHE, ZL2TTX, ZL2BEZ and ZL2KG as well as family and friends attended CLiff ZL2ALY's 80th Birthday party. Happy Birthday Cliff from all of us at Wellington VHF Group! Thanks to ZL2KG for the headsup - and the photograph.
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Stone in the bosom
- 11 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Shinobi Sushi Lounge is having two special kaiseki nights Monday and Tuesday this week.
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Second round thriller sets up big season ahead
- 11 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The sun shone brightly and so did the rugby on a hard fought and entertaining second Saturday afternoon of Swindale Shie...
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Congatulations - Emma Millar
- 11 Apr 2010
- Squash Wellington
- Wellington's Emma Millar has been crowned NZ Junior champion after a thrilling final at the New Zealand Junior Squash Open in Auckland.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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- squash

Saturday April 10th Club Roundup 2010
- 11 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Saturday saw the season kick off proper - with the exception of the Under 21's - all teams were playing for competition points.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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The residents fight back
- 11 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- A conference of residents’ associations at Parliament on Saturday decided to set up a citizens’ forum – as a direct response to the “closed shop” approach of the Wellington Mayoral Forum’s review of governance in the region.
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The Green Door...
- 10 Apr 2010
- Wellington VHF Group
- This from Peter ZL2VK: On Saturday, 10th April, 2010, the Belmont repeaters were switched off while work proceeded to remove the old and rusty door from the repeater hut and replace it with a nice new green one. The old, rusted door. read more
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It’s time to celebrate!
- 9 Apr 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA is 125 years old and as part of our celebrations we are holding a special Open Day.
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BNU 3rds v Wellington United Arms – 3rd April 2010
- 8 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- 5-0 (HT 2-0) Easter Rabbit Out of the Hat Trick The new season brings with it quite a few changes for the third team having lost some big players through retirement and injury, as such the team that took to the typically windy Happy Valley pitch had a new but strangely familiar line up.
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Wellington club rugby week two preview
- 8 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A giant second round of 2010 Swindale Shield rugby this Saturday sees Petone host first round bonus point winners Ta...
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Does the city really need to spend $100m for a heavy metal band?
- 8 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- What do you do if you own a waterfront events centre which has been reviled as looking like a Soviet ablution block? What do you do when almost all the reviews criticise its acoustics and sightlines? The last thing you’d do would be to consider making it bigger. Yet this is exactly what the owners of the building are talking about – “expanding the capacity” as “a possibility.”
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Nanatech
- 8 Apr 2010
- Hutt Chick
- In this high-tech world, there is a new trend emerging in Lower Hutt. People from all walks of life are rediscovering a simpler time and simple pleasures like freshly baked bread, homemade preserves and freshly grown vegetables. As well as saving money, they are reducing their impact on the planet too.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Wellington Secondary Schools finish third after thriller
- 7 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- A thrilling one run win on the last day secured Wellington 3rd place in the inaugural Frank Grattan Cup.
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Dialogues with Tomorrow
- 7 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- We're not sure if science is the new rock 'n' roll, but art and science are coming together in Dialogues with Tomorrow, a series of collaborative talks over the next couple of months: DIALOGUES WITH TOMORROW places artists in conversation with scientists, business people and thinkers on themes relating to climate change.
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Karori dominate day 1 of Southern Trust National Cricket Club Championships
- 7 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Karori find themselves on top of the table after day 1 and a comfortable win over Mainstream Freyberg from CD
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Weekly Report for Sunday April 11
- 7 Apr 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone Zeesh! – I had to put a polyprop on to go for a run on Wednesday. Goodbye summer. Nevertheless, with the school holidays in full swing, no doubt some members will be away with their families to the likes of Tauranga to squeeze out the last benign days of the season. And others will be running the Moonshine ½ marathon and 10k. Best of luck for those participating.
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BNU Masters 3 v Western Suburbs - 4/3/10
- 7 Apr 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Masters 3 v Western Suburbs - 4/3/105-2 (HT 4-2) The squad has come through the off-season almost intact.
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"Please don't forget to tag off" finally tags off
- 7 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- You know when you tag on with a Snapper and the voice goes "PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO TAG OFF"? Well, duh. Snapper have realised that these voice alerts are kind of annoying and/or unnecessary; and that we as public transport users have learned how the magical fish box works, so they're updating the Snapper sounds. Here's a handy table of the changes:
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Foolish hand outs to businesses should stop
- 6 Apr 2010
- Hutt Chick
- The Hutt City council has a culture of throwing money at businesses to encourage them to develop in Lower Hutt.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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- hutt-valley

Industry Forum on 1 May 2010
- 6 Apr 2010
- Downstage Theatre
- On Saturday 1 May from 1-3pm, Downstage invites all performing arts practitioners and interested folks to its 3rd Industry Forum. We’ll dispel all the myths about what Downstage does and doesn’t do, and give you the lowdown on how we could work together to present your next show. We’ll also be unveiling our new streamlined submission process and updating you on everything we’ve learned over the last year.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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- performing-arts

200 People I Used To Know
- 6 Apr 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Toby Morris is pretty famous in Wellington for his awesome gig posters, and for his time in Batrider.
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Stars of tomorrow sign for Wellington next season
- 6 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington, through the support of Railway Metro New World, has secured the services of 2 young cricketers for next season – Michael Pollard and Tom Blundell.
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Wellington Juniors set to take on Malayasia
- 6 Apr 2010
- Squash Wellington
- This year four juniors are to go to Malaysia to play in Penang and Kuala Lumpur.
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The city council tries to hide its 5.5 per cent rates increase
- 6 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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Easts claim ninth successive Pearce Cup; Collegians break new ground
- 6 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Eastern Suburbs claimed their ninth successive Pearce Cup victory on Saturday after a final that was dominated by the ball.
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Age? Who’s counting?
- 5 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- The Paramount Theatre was built in 1917, and 93 years later it’s still showing movies. Currently its main attraction is the 12th annual World Cinema Showcase, an annual programme of new international movies which includes a mesmerizing new feature by a great French director who’s almost as old as the cinema.
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Haka Competition Echoes Around Quad
- 5 Apr 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 1 April 2010: Haka echoed around the Ranks Quad this morning as Houses competed in the end of term Haka Competition.
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Saturday April 3rd Club Roundup
- 5 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- At 79.75 minutes it looked like The Jimmy Grbich Shield was going to spend its third season in a row sitting on the trophy cabinet at Polo but a highly debatable penalty saw Poneke snatch a last gasp 20-18 win over a Premier side that looks every bit as strong as the last few seasons.
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Senior Draw, April 10 & 11
- 5 Apr 2010
- Stop Out Sports Club
- Saturday 10thChamps Premier League:Naenae vs Freeheat Stop Out - - - Naenae 1, 2:30pmCapital 2: Tawa B vs Stop Out at Kura, 2:30pmCapital 9: Wgtn Utd Salmon vs Stop Out at MacAlister #2, 12:30pmCapital 11: Stop Out vs Uni Rangers at Hutt Park #2, 2:30pmMasters 2: Waterside Turtles vs Reds at Karori #3, 2:30pmMasters 4: Seatoun B vs Blacks at Seatoun, 12:30pmMasters 5: McCreadie vs Petone at Hutt Park #3, 2:30pmSunday 11thDivision 1: Stop Out vs Brooklyn at Hutt Park #1, 1:00pmDivision 4: Tawa vs Stop Out at Onepoto #2, 1:00pm
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Arch Centre AGM coming soon
- 5 Apr 2010
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Just an advance reminder that the Arch Centre is having its AGM on the 20th April. Starting from 5.30pm with a few drinks and nibbles, at the School of Architecture, we’ll then be going in at 6.00pm to elect a committee for 2010, and executive officers. If you’re a member, and keen to put [...]
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Maintenance at Belmont - Interruption to Repeater Services
- 4 Apr 2010
- Wellington VHF Group
- On Saturday, 10th April, 2010, weather permitting, there will be some major works occurring at the Belmont repeater site.
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Bonus point wins for Norths and Tawa in opening round
- 4 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Neighbouring clubs Northern United and Tawa emerged as the two bonus point winners from an exciting opening weekend of 2...
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Crime scene investigation: Miramar
- 3 Apr 2010
- Wellington Scoop
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- retail

Guitar player Wanted!!
- 3 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Mearsey would like expressions of interest from anyone keen on playing the guitar at the Pressies table on a Saturday night. Interviews will be held at the clubrooms as from Saturday 10th April. Should be fun!!!
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Young sailors perfoms well in national champs
- 3 Apr 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
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2010 Club Rugby Season Preview
- 1 Apr 2010
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A much anticipated 2010 Wellington club rugby season kicks off in the top grades this Saturday, with the first round of ...
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Club Finals Weekend
- 1 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Its club finals weekend this weekend so show your support of grass roots cricket by getting along to the ground
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Peter Dunne opens Discovery Centre
- 1 Apr 2010
- Peter Dunn - MP for Ohariu
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Coach wanted at Mitchell Park
- 1 Apr 2010
- Squash Wellington
- The Junior Convenors of Mitchell Park Squash Club are looking for a level one, or above, coach to join our dynamic junior convenor team.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Ryder rescues Naenae
- 1 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- A century from Jesse Ryder overshadowed the race to finish top of the points table in club cricket last weekend.
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Day 4: Volts bat all day to save match
- 1 Apr 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds are in a powerful position at the end of day three as their batsmen adding 402 to there already substantial lead of 197.
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Scots College 1st XV player - IRANZ Scholarship recipient
- 1 Apr 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- 1st XV player Tamati Rudolph is a recipient of an IRANZ Advanced Player Scholarship this Easter.
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