Archive / June 2010
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Review: Te Radar's Eating The Dog
- The Wellingtonista
- Te Radar's show Eating The Dog has the hypothesis that New Zealand's history and national character have been shaped by all the crazy fools out there, having ill-fated adventures, making things that don't quite work, and generally getting a bit carried away.
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2010 Traditional against New Plymouth Boys' High School
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 30 June 2010: In an outstanding day, both First XI Football and First XV Rugby teams had solid wins over their counterparts from New Plymouth Boys' High School.
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Stream Hosts Regional Gateway Conference
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 23 June 2010: The annual Gateway Conference, held in the Stream's Conference Centre, attracted 100 delegates, administrators and teachers from Gateway schools in the Lower North Island.
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Weekly Report 04 July
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneWell Wow! – What a day!!!According to the posted results on the HarbourCapital website (they came out that very day, along with the photos on Monday), the maximum temperature was a mere 10 degrees C with an average southerly of 37km/hr.
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Police praise actions of Wainuiomata man in search last night
- Wellington District Police
- Police are praising the actions of a member of the public, who did the right thing when he came...
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Reviews in brief: the Recovery Room
- The Wellingtonista
- If you're looking for a fairly affordable dinner, let me recommend the Recovery Room in Newtown to you.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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What Not To Wear - Women’s Event
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- Join us for an evening of fun, fashion & family! Thursday 22nd July @ 7:00pm Tickets are $15 each and are available from: The Salvation Army Johnsonville office 125 - 137 Johnsonville Road Johnsonville
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Interesting times - Election Poll 2010
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- An opinion poll for the Dominion Post asked on 3 March 2010:[6] Would you vote for Kerry Prendergast for a fourth term as Wellington mayor? 25% said that they would vote for her, whilst 44% said that they would not.
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Weekly Club Roundup - 28th June 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- The continuing big wet saw the cancelation of games affecting 3 of our Senior teams with only our Under 9s’, Under 12s’ and Under 13 Restricted in the Junior grades getting a run as most Hutt Valley grounds were closed.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Board seeks to recruit Principal
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- The Board has begun the process for appointing a foundation Principal for Amesbury School. An Appointments Policy was agreed by the Board at its last meeting and the position is expected to be advertised in the Education Gazette in July. More details to come - watch this space!
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School Kaumatua Appointed
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Bishop Muru Walters has been appointed as the Amesbury School's Kaumatua.
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Primera Disaster Smash N Tag...
- JJ Morgan and Co.
- is the name of James R Fords latest project that is coming up soon in Wellington if you wish to take part feel free to visit Primera Disaster Smash N Tag
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Good Samaritans
- Samaritans
- In recognition of Volunteer Awareness Week the Independent Herald profiled two of our Samaritans.
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Woodcock named in NZ Emerging players team
- Cricket Wellington
- Luke Woodcock has been rewarded for another wonderful domestic season for the Firebirds by being named in the New Zealand Emerging players team.
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An Eighties Eye
- The Wellingtonista
- We're indebted to the Architectural Centre for pointing out this fascinating architectural time capsule at NZ On Screen.
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Wellington Grocery Store Sells Alcohol to Minor
- Wellington District Police
- A central city grocery store has been referred to the Liquor Licensing Authority for further action...
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Good Samaritans
- Samaritans
- In recognition of Volunteer Awareness Week the Independent Herald profiled two of our Samaritans.
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Poneke topple Norths, HOBM win in Time for centenary celebrations
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Poneke's forwards ground themselves into the Kilbirnie Park mud for an epic 17-15 win over previ...
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Children's Masses
- St Teresas Catholic Parish Karori
- Children's Masses are held monthly at 10.00am on the last Sunday of the month. If you would like more information on these or how youcan assist in Liturgy planning, contact the Parish Office.
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Olympic down Miramar at Dave Farrington 3-0.
- Olympic Afc
- Wellington Olympic beat arch-rivals Miramar Rangers in what seemed to be a very one sided encounter. Weather aside 'The Greeks' always seemed the better, with a flurry of chances saved and shot wide, in the end securing a vital 3
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Bullshit, says the mayor to her councilors
- Wellington Scoop
- It didn’t seem to be a good day for Wellington Mayor Prendergast at Wednesday’s meeting of her council’s strategy and policy committee. After an amendment to the city-wide alcohol ban was proposed by Cr Wain – to limit its extension to two suburbs where there was public support for it – the mayor instructed the councilors that, by living in the city voted 12th in the world in quality of life, they should “have the guts” to vote for the city-wide ban which she favoured.
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"The Battle of Broadway" - Rongotai College v Scots College
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- A game dubbed "the Battle of Broadway" provided Scots an opportunity to go 'head to head' with closest geographical Premier Trophy rivals Rongotai - another Top 4 team - in the ugliest of conditions.
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Dave Mitchell on Wellington circa 1984
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Yes its finally online for all of us to enjoy… ‘on demand’… NZ On Screen
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Harbour Blast 2010 Results
- Wellington Windsurfing Association
- In the last three years the Harbour Blast always provides excitement for the rescue craft whatever the wind.
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College Cricket Review Underway
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington and College Sport have decided to jointly review college cricket in Wellington. It has been approximately 15 years since college cricket was reviewed and clearly the educational, community, and cricket landscapes have all changed markedly since then.
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Social Justice Focus of Retreat
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 24 & Friday 25 June 2010: What is Social Justice? This was the focus question for Year 10 students as part of this year's Retreat. In a programme developed by Challenge 2000, students took part in a range of activities that challenged their perceptions of poverty and justice. Discussions involved such questions as "Does poverty exist in Lower Hutt?". A thought-provoking day for all.
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Knack Market is fun
- The Wellingtonista
- Knack Craft market is Wellington's boutique style market.
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Harbour Blast 2010 Results
- Wellington Windsurfing Association
- In the last three years the Harbour Blast always provides excitement for the rescue craft whatever the wind.
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Indian master of spin assists Wellington's young cricketers
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington’s recent U16 tour of India was a wonderful opportunity for the spinners in the team to receive something that few New Zealand spinners do.
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Wellington School of Cricket Graduation Programme doubles in number
- Cricket Wellington
- After a very successful inaugural year, the 2010/11 Graduation Programme was launched at Westpac Stadium on 10 June 2010. With word of mouth of the benefits achieved by participating in the programme spreading quickly after the programmes first year, the 2010/11 intake is double that of the intake in 2009/10.
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First students graduate from Wellington School of Cricket Graduation Programme
- Cricket Wellington
- The 2009/10 Graduation Programme ceremony was held at the Wellington School of Cricket’s indoor facilities at Westpac Stadium on 3 June 2010 where Wellington Cricket celebrated the sucess of the nine graduating students.
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News for Sunday 27 June 2010
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Evening Alpha CourseHave any of your acquaintances been asking questions about faith? Alpha is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith in a relaxed setting over ten thought-provoking weekly sessions.
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Campaign to bring Lizzie home
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Lizzie a 22 footer built in Wellington in 1909 by Ted Bailey has been salvaged in Auckland by the harbour master. A 14 day derelict notice has been placed on the vessel and the Auckland Regional Council is engaged with trying to locate an owner.
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Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103, Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Radar - Video preview
- Downstage Theatre
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Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
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Key centenary weekend clash for HOBM
- Wellington Club Weekly
- One hundred years of rugby at the Hutt Recreation Ground is celebrated this weekend, with over 500 p...
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Impressive Tongan tapa – an installation challenge.
- Te Papa's blog
- But one Tongan tapa cloth (ngatu) in Te Papa’s collection is amazing because of its size – it is more than 22 metres long and over 4 metres wide. We have never been able to display it rolled out before – we didn’t have a wall big enough, until now…
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Minding your Manners
- The Wellingtonista
- There was a bit of a ruckus on Victoria Street yesterday, when anti-Manners Street, pro-Manners Mall protester Benjamin Easton started smashing up the road with a sledgehammer.
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Weekly Report 27 June
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneHarbourCapital Sunday June 27 The count down begins. Sally has written information for those volunteering –
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Hato Paora Traditional 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 23 June 2010: In today's Traditional, Stream hosted Hato Paora (St Paul's) from Fielding in two matches: Under-15 Rugby and Stream's 2nd XV vs Hato Paora's 1st XV.
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14th JPL off to Kanga Cup, Canberra
- Stop Out Sports Club
- Our 14th JPL team head to Canberra in the July school holidays to contest the largest junior tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.
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BNU Masters 3 v Uni Bombers, 22 May 2010 at Raroa
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- If Team A beats Team B 7-2 one week, then Team A get thrashed 8-0 by Team C the next week, how is Team B going to approach the following week's match against Team C? Hoping for rain didn't quite work; it rained just enough for the game to be transferred from the cosy familiarity of Team B's Happy Valley home to the bleak wastelands of Raroa.
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BNU Masters 3 v Naenae Pace 8th May 2010 at Happy Valley
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Masters 3 v Naenae Pace, 8/5/10 at Happy Valley 2-7 (HT 1-4) Naenae have a strong attack and solid midfield, and are deservedly top of the table.
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2nd XV Win Isberg Cup from Coll
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 19 June 2010: In a hard fought game, Stream's 2nd XV won 30-23 over old foe Wellington College's 2nd XV in the Premier 2 Division.
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Runabout broken down near Pukerua Bay
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Tue, 22/06/2010 - 16:50 - 19:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Vessels motor and electrics failed off Hunters Bank.
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The fate of Fort Ballance
- Wellington Scoop
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Vibe Offers Student Services
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 22 June 2010: At today's school assembly, members of Vibe spoke about the services they offer.
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Telecom bricks
- Eye of the Fish
- The number of tower cranes in Wellington has come down by one, in a surprise move last weekend.
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Harbour Capital Volunteers Information
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Race Registration – Town Hall – Friday and Saturday Friday 25th June 10am – 7.
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Weekly Club Roundup - 20th June 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- The text message from Scots Coach Dave Meaclem at 4.04pm was brief but carried a significant message; Scots 19 Well Coll 17. The reply was “Yahoo Ories 23 Norths 13 55 min”. Things couldn’t get any better; in fact they got worse with a blistering 35 unanswered points in the next 25 minutes from Norths’. Elsewhere a mixed bag including a disappointing default by our Under 85kg team.
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BNU Pilsner v Karori Magpies 19th June 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Karori Magpies 3 v BNU Pilsner 3 HT 1-2 A striking partnership Ahhh those great striking partnerships, they just roll of the tongue….
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Norths, MSP big winners in Jubilee Cup opener
- Wellington Club Weekly
- An emphatic come from behind win for Northern United, a clinical team performance by Marist St. Pat&...
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No water privatisation in wellington -yeah right!
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- On Thursday, 17 June 2010, the Wellington City Council Strategy and Policy Committee met to finalise Council's submission on the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill. Radio New Zealand's response this morning was misleading to say the least in that it stated that Wellington City Council had backed down on water privatisation through public pressure. It was one of the more misleading news items that I have ever heard. Council was not changing its policy but was making a weasel worded submission on the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill.
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Trees - a Topping Topic
- Sharon Blaikie
- Last week the Mayor of Lower Hutt was surprised to see a 150 year old Pohutakawa disappear to make way for a church building.
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On Malls
- Architectural Centre Inc
- The Dominion Post had an article recently saying how K Mart, the giant US retailing store, wants to establish a branch in central Wellington. Given that K Mart stores are rather large, and Wellington CBD is rather skinny and small. It may be that they are aiming at Kilbirnie / Rongotai instead. But it did remind [...]
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News for Sunday 20 June 2010
- Karori Anglican Churches
- WelcomeTo the families and friends of Hannah Caroline Shallcrass-Wong, Jan Downham and Sam Mitchell.
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Intrigue and anticipation for Jubilee Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Can unbeaten Northern United maintain their red hot form? Will it be a three-peat for Marist St. Pa...
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Ghost in the hall
- The Wellingtonista
- Over the coming weekend, the town hall will echo with the sound of New Zealanders competing furiously against Australians and Americans to build a website for charity in 24 hours.
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Arthur Meek returns to Downstage
- Downstage Theatre
- We've seen him on stage (Helen Clark Taking Me As Her Young Lover) and off (Author - Collapsing Creation). Both Downstage appearances won multiple Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. Arthur Meek returns to Downstage in a couple of weeks with his four piece Billy T award nominated comedy group The Lonesome Buckwhips.
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Mind your Manners
- Eye of the Fish
- Well, Well, Welly. Wellington City Council weren’t joking when they said they were going to start work on the Manners Mall bus route. Notice in the paper one day, ripping up those horrid concrete bricks (not one of the design team’s best choices it would seem) the next day. One of our regular readers sent this pic in as they started work:
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Ex Downstage Director in the Queen's Birthday Honours List
- Downstage Theatre
- Former Downstage Director Colin McColl was made an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours list last weekend.
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A fair weekend ahead
- The Wellingtonista
- If you havn't recovered from Craft2.
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Rongotai 1st XV beat St Pats Silverstream - 2010 Traditional
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Rongotai took on Silverstream in their annual traditional at Silverstream today and emerged deserved winners 19-13.
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2010 Rongotai Traditional
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 16 June 2010: The First XI Football team performed exceptionally on Wednesday against Rongotai Colleg in their Traditional.
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How shall we split the bill?
- Hutt Chick
- Unless someone is feeling particularly flush, this question can be quite awkward.
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Are New Wellington Bus Fares Fair - or Sensible?
- Sharon Blaikie
- There seems to be a bit of a disconnect between the Wellington Regional Council transport policy and the needs of Wellington City.
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MailMarshal SMTP
- Save Kapiti
- M86 MailMarshal SMTP is a versatile, powerful and scalable email security system for use in any network environment.
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King of the Kapital
- The Wellingtonista
- King Kapisi was spotted around Welly town today with a laptop of new tracks. He is actually a Wellingtonian (take that Auckland and Samoa, fight you for him) who knew? Anyway here is clip of Kapisi showing some local favour.
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Fighting off Cramp
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hey Stan, Here is a very interesting article about drinking pickle juice to fight off cramp. Runners need to carry and use just a small amount of it .
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Weekly Report 20 June
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneHarbourCapital Sunday June 27 Only a bit over a week to go. There are two vital points to mention.• Race Pack Stuffing this Sunday June 20 We are meeting at the Stadium at 8.00 – not at Kilbirnie.
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Site investigation work commences
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Initial site investigations have commenced to establish the best areas to build on within the Amesbury Drive location.
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Flare sighting off Mana Island
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Tue, 15/06/2010 - 19:45 - 21:50 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 0 A Pan Pan message from Maritime Radio was heard on VHF channel 16 on Tuesday night while both of the Coastguard Mana rescue boats were already out on the water training. Resources Attendees: Carolyn Jameson Chris Darch Gary Spence Grant Porter Jimmy Trist Mark Presling Matt Morris-Jenkins Paul Craven Peter Francis Peter Tse Roger.Waite Roy Quinn tfarmer CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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Media Release - June 2010
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- AMESBURY DRIVE SCHOOL ESTABLISHMENT BOARD OF TRUSTEESPO Box 13417 Johnsonville, Wellington 6440Media release7 June 2010Planning for new school in Churton Park well underwayAn Establishment Board of Trustees, appointed by the Minister of Education in November last year, was involved in the Ministry’s decision to contract a consortium headed by Maycroft Construction to design and build a second primary school for Churton Park in Amesbury Drive. Callum McKenzie of McKenzie-Higham is the architect for the project. The Board is an active participant in the design work for the new school.Excavations and drillings are taking place to confirm the best location to site buildings, car parking and playgrounds. The Board has erected a sign, sponsored by Tommy’s Real Estate, on the site to update progress and advertise any future community consultation meetings.A major focus for the Board over the next few months will be the recruitment of the foundation principal. Although the principal will not officially take up his or her position until April 2011, the Board hopes to make an appointment by the end of September so that the successful applicant can have input into the planning and decision making for the school which is due to be open at the start of the 2012 school year.Board Chair, Rory O’Connor, said that the Board has also been considering the name for the school. The current name, Amesbury Drive School, was adopted as a working name by the Ministry of Education in the planning stages for the school. The Board is in favour of using Amesbury School as the name for the school. During its deliberations the Board became aware of New Zealand links with the small town of Amesbury on the Salisbury Plain in England. In the First World War, both the Maori battalion and the Wellington regiment were in camps close to the town. “The Board is very interested to know what the community thinks of the suggestion to shorten the name to Amesbury School”, said Rory O’Connor. People can make their views known before 30 June by going to the board’s blogsite at: http://amesburydrive.blogspot.com/Notes for editorsContact: Rory O’Connor, Chairperson, Establishment Board of TrusteesPhone: (04) 478 3779
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Manners Mall Buses By Xmas
- Auckland Trains
- Work is ramping up now in Wellington’s inner-city Manners Mall this week and buses will be travelling through it by Christmas.
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Weekly Club Roundup - 13th June 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Treasurer faints when quote for new trophy cabinet arrives! The Tracer Construction Premiers are posing a headache for the Ories Committee – where to put all the silverware! With The Keith Mettrick and Ash Pointon Cups already in the cabinet Saturday’s 29-19 win over Petone returned The Jim Brown Memorial Trophy to the club after a year’s absence as well as winning The Bill Brien Cup which will go on the line in the next home match.
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BREAST CANCER PATIENT RESEARCH – interview participants sought
- YWCA of Wellington & Hutt Valley
- Research for comparison of breast cancer patients’ perceptions and experiences of private and public health systems in New Zealand is underway. Masters student Kim Dobson from Victoria University of Wellington is undertaking which is exploring Breast Cancer patients’ perceptions and experiences of health sectors in New Zealand.
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Expressions of interest for 2011 and 2012 - Now Open
- Downstage Theatre
- Expressions of interest for programming Season Two 2011 and Season One 2012 are now open.
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From the Terrace to Pompeii and back
- The Wellingtonista
- Those of you with an interest in textiles, history and dressing up might be veeeeeeeeeerry interested in an upcoming lecture to be held at St.
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June General Meeting - Emergency Management Communications
- Wellington VHF Group
- Come along and hear Trevor Farmer, Head of Emergency Management for Porirua, describe their radio communication systems. Trevor will address their design, selection and installation of radio systems, and their organisation for emergency response in the greater Porirua basin area on 24 June 2010 at 7.30pm at the usual venue in Tawa.
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Scots College Rugby Community's Big Day Out
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Scots College (NZ) Rugby Community are having a day out.
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A Tale of Two Matches...
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Well, I have to make apologies for this double-whammy match report.
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BNU Pilsner v Petone Chicago 12 June 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Pilsner 1 v Petone Chicago 1 12/06/2010 HT 0-1 Thumbs up for Te Whaea Pilsner’s first hit out on the superb new artificial facility at Te Whaea, Newtown gave the lads an opportunity to play their skillful brand of attacking football, so often difficult to execute at a normally wet and windy Happy Valley.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Clean sweep for Norths as OBU and Upper Hutt make Jubilee Cup
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There was much to celebrate for Northern United on their Old Timers' Day on Saturday after their...
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What's for lunch, Lower Lambton?
- The Wellingtonista
- Because we are so almighty powerful and capacious, we're frequently opening up branch outposts of the Wellingtonista Towers.
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Mission Visit
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 11 June 2010: Today the young men of the ICPE Mission team visited the College talking to classes from Years 9 to 13.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Wellington's Waterfront
- Sharon Blaikie
- Wellingtn has one of the most beautiful settings for a city in the world - I am well traveled and I don't exaggerate.
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Wgtn Fare Jump: Sign Of Future
- Auckland Trains
- Some Wellington public transport fares are set to double, in a sign of what’s ahead for Auckland with the new NZTA farebox recovery scheme.
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Kayakers stuck on Grandfather Rocks
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 16/05/2010 - 09:00 - 09:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Kayakers required assistance from the Tokaapapa Reef (Grandfather Rocks).
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Porirua Police Investigate Overnight Arson in Titahi Bay
- Wellington District Police
- Porirua Police are investigating an arson at the Telecom telephone exchange in Titahi Bay last...
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Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Burglar gets knock to head trying to break into shop
- Wellington District Police
- An attempted burglar got more then he bargained for recently when he was hit in the head by a rock...
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Estadio at the Temperance -- viva o futebol!
- The Wellingtonista
- We at Wellingtonista Towers are pleased to see something happening at the old Temperance premises on Blair St.
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Stars in our eyes
- The Wellingtonista
- It is time to get cozy in our coats, fish out last year's gloves, fluff up the winter-weight duvet and limit our movements as winter sets in.
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Locals and Tourists
- The Wellingtonista
- Eric Fisher has been geomapping Flickr photos of cities around the world.
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Perpetual blue skies for Wellington cricketers
- Cricket Wellington
- With sunshine and double digit temperatures a rare commodity at this time of year in Wellington, a number of local club and representative cricketers are busy plying their trades overseas.
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Frantic final round for Jubilee Cup hopefuls
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Northern United have already wrapped up the 2010 Swindale Shield title, but the tussle down the poin...
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The Mayor in China
- Sharon Blaikie
- The Mayor of Wellington is in China drumming up business for local businesses.
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More than 100 awarded for parish service
- Welcom
- A packed cathedral of family and friends rejoiced with over 100 recipients of the first Fitzgerald Awards of the Archdiocese of Wellington last month.
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Hey Victoria, tell us a story!
- The Wellingtonista
- Hey you, Vic student! Shouldn't you be busy studying instead of reading blogs? Well fine, if you're looking for ways to occupy your brain, Vic Books has a suggestion for you Vicbooks is running a duo of writing competitions, one for Poetry and the other for Short Stories.
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Weekly Report 13 June
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneHarbourCapital EventOnly two weeks to go. There are several vitally important messages –• You have only until next Tuesday to enter without invoking the late fee.
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CML building
- Eye of the Fish
- There was a mention a month or two ago of the origin of the CML building, when regular reader Robyn mentioned that it was one of her favourite buildings.
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BNU Pilsner v Marist Town 5 June 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Pilsner 2 v Marist Town 3 05/06/2010 HT 1-3 It’s Agony Aunt Dear Aunt Agnes About a year ago I started up a new relationship.
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Get me to the plane on time
- Sharon Blaikie
- Recently Wellington's mayor announced an exciting new vision for the City.
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Who’ll be voting for more annual increases in our rates?
- Wellington Scoop
- Soon after the government announced its tax cuts, the Wellington City Council moved in the opposite direction and announced its annual increase in rates. Last week’s announcement tells us that the rates for Wellington home owners are going up by an average of 5.75 per cent. The increase is even higher than than the figure which the council announced a month ago – when it said that 5.5 per cent was to be the increase for home owners.
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No stopping the big spenders at Wellington City Council
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Over the years I have talked a lot about Wellington City Council’s debt.
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2010 St Bede's Traditional
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 9 June 2010: Today Stream hosted St Bede's College Christchurch for the annual Traditional.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Weekly Club Roundup - 06th June 2010
- Oriental Rongotai Football Club
- Northern United locked up the Swindale Shield with a game to spare thanks to a 31-26 victory over Oriental-Rongotai on Saturday.
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Statues or Fun?
- Sharon Blaikie
- So, $350 000 for a statue that will be passe in a couple of years. One of those statues like the Queen Victoria ones that cities try to fob off on each other. Yet, those events that help to make Wellington a great place to live or visit like the Cuba Street Carnival and the Newtown Fair can't be held for lack of money. How absurd!
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Gagana Samoa Week
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Aso Tofi 3 Iuni 2010 (Thursday 3 June 2010): O lenei vaiaso, o se vaiaso e pito i sili ona taua mo tagata Samoa uma o lo’o alaala ma papa'a'ao i totonu o lenei atunu’u o Aotearoa Niu Sila o le vaiaso faapitoa o le Gagana Samoa i totonu o Niu Sila.
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Religious Studies Outreach Programme
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 2 June 2010: The Diocesan Youth Team is spending time with junior classes in the College over the coming weeks.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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The Wellington Open - Finals Day
- Squash Wellington
- After 5 day's of exciting Squash the 2010 Pelorus Trust Wellington Open wrapped up on Sunday with some amazing Squash.
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Porirua Police Investigate Aggravated Robbery of Clockwork Gold in Tawa
- Wellington District Police
- Porirua Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at Clockwork Gold bar in Tawa yesterday...
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Second half comeback sees Norths win Swindale Shield with a round to spare
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Northern United came from behind to beat Oriental-Rongotai 31-26 at the Polo Ground on Saturday to c...
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125th Jubilee Sports Day
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 5 June 2010: The Stream-Town rivalry was showcased today as sports teams from both colleges competed on grounds around Town's Kilbirnie home as part of Town's 125th Jubilee.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Public Access between Wainui and Eastbourne?
- Hutt Chick
- Photo courtesy www.
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Carmen's a bitch
- The Wellingtonista
- Tonight saw the opening of the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Meridien season of Carmen.
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Timely win for Redman in Wellington
- Squash Wellington
- Eastern's Bryce Redman has supplied the only upset in the opening round of the Pelorus Trust Wellington Open.
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Dyslexia and male and female brains
- Muritai School
- Accepted from Muritai School principals blog by feedreader
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Muritai Primary School, Oroua Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Pedestrian hit by truck in Lower Hutt
- Wellington District Police
- At about 7.40am this morning, a local 60 year old female was hit by a truck and trailer unit on...
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The Amazing Brooklyn Pursuit
- Brooklyn School
- Mark 13 June in your calendar to take part in this fun, family event. Download the letter from the News screen to get more details.
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Tui Information Evenings
- Brooklyn School
- Parents of Tui Syndicate children have been sent a questionnaire about the information evenings. If you don't have your copy, download one from the Newsletter screen on this site.
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Brooklyn School, 58, Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand
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Recognition for Devine at Wellington Sports Awards
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Blaze and White Ferns cricketer and national hockey representative Sophie Devine has been recognised for her outstanding all-round talent, winning the Emerging Sportswoman of the Year title at the Sport Wellington Awards on 3 June.
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Wellington airport copper ‘pumpkins’ get their outer skin
- Wellington Scoop
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Crunch weekend for top eight hopefuls in round ten
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Four into two won't go. That's the predicament facing Wainuiomata, Tawa, Old Boys-University...
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Lower Hutt Police arrest alleged frauster
- Wellington District Police
- Lower Hutt Police have arrested a Wainuiomata man who has allegedly been preying on the elderly.It...
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Doreen McEnaney awarded Coach of the Year
- Tawa Bowling Club
- Congratulations to Doreen McEnaney who has been awarded the Bowls Wellington Coach of the Year for 2010.
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Rocky road for Cuba Carni
- Eye of the Fish
- Front page news today that the Cuba Carnival is canned for next year, and that the future of the whole event is in doubt: Oh No, Say It Isn’t So! That sucks – it really does.
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In Touch - May
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- To read the latest “In Touch” Click here The latest Issue focuses on Budgets and includes the following: “Senior citizens—a fast-growing cohort” “Interns Corner - Who cares: the Budget and the hope of youth” And more…
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One step closer for Hutt EnviroHouse
- Hutt Chick
- The Lower Hutt EnviroHouse is one step closer.
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Latest Match Reports
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Pilsner v Karori Magpies 22nd May 2010 BNU Masters 3 v Western Suburbs 15 May 2010 BNU Pretenders v Tawa 2nd May 2010 BNU 3rds v Marist Inter 1st May 2010 BNU Pilsner v Miramar Rangers 1st May 2010 BNU Masters 3 v Seatoun PPL 1st May 2010 Petone Pure v BNU Pretenders 25th April 2010 BNU Pretenders v Waikanae 18th April 2010
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127th Season Prize Giving
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- With the season drawn to a close last Saturday was time to celebrate the sailing successes of the club at the annual prize giving. A large crowd gathered in the Wardroom to hear who had won what.
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Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103, Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Maranui v2
- The Wellingtonista
- It's a cold, rainy Tuesday afternoon in the first day of winter. Why, it's a perfect day to go to the beach! The occasion is the first day of business for the back-from-the-dead Maranui Cafe. After being damaged in a fire last year, escaping the threat of demolition and managing to keep not just the building intact but also the business, the cafe has been reborn, like a phoenix rising from a pile of coffee grounds and sand.
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekly Report 06 June
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi EveryoneTime Trials So who was the clown who originally suggested Sunday May 27 for the timetrials? Well, OK it was me when I was putting together the proposed Clinic Programme for the year.
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Art Free for All
- The Wellingtonista
- The Free Store has been open at 38 Ghuznee Street for 11 days now and word has certainly got out that there is such a thing as a free lunch.
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