Archive / August 2016
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Porirua Harbour Restoration fund 2016 open
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Applications for Greater Wellington Regional Council’s annual fund for community groups focussed on environmental restoration around Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour catchment opens tomorrow, Thursday 1 September 2016.
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Hay fever hits early – it’s nature doing its thing
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wellingtonians are grabbing their tissues as hay fever season kicks off early this year due to the mild winter and early signs of spring.
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Meet The New Boss…
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- There has been a changing of the guard at the top of the Let’s Get Welly Moving team.
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News: Goodbye Winter!
- Olympic Harriers
- Club pack walk/run, Alex Moore, Sat 3 Sep, 1:45pm Lambs are frolicking, daffo...
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Parentlink Movie Night
- Kilbirnie School
- Treat yourself with a night at the movies and grab a ticket for the movie The Girl on the Train from the school office. Roxy Cinema, Tuesday 18 October at 8pm. $30 ticket with a glass of wine and a goodie bag or $25 ticket with a goodie bag. Buy 9 tickets, get the 10th one free.
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Winter interclub success
- Wellington Tennis Club
- Congrats to our two winning Frampton Winter Interclub teams: A Grade — Maeve Haran, Christy Robinson, Daisy Wang, Amanda Coeland, Shu Law, Albert Hailes, Scott Novak and Ben Leggett.
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Weekly Wrap Up (T3, W5)
- Wellington High School
- Future Focus To help your student make smart course choices for 2017, Wellington High School will be running a Future Focus Evening on the 29th August.
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Seeking a new principal
- Kilbirnie School
- Our current principal, Mike McGimpsey, has handed in his resignation after more than 20 years at the school.
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Meet the CCDHB Candidates
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Every one of us depends on access to quality health care to keep us healthy and help us when we are unwell, injured or disabled, but how much do we know about the people who want to lead Capital and Coast District Health Board? In October, as well as the local body elections, we will have a chance to vote for seven elected DHB members to represent our communities on the eleven-member board.
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Two shows on now in Wellington
- The Wellingtonista
- First up, a brilliant interpretation of a Shakespeare’s Richard II.
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Public meeting re housing development
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Public Meeting – 10am on Saturday 27th August, Newtown Hall, 71 Daniell Street.
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À la carless – The progressive dinner by e-bike
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington on a Plate is nearing it’s end for 2016 but there’s still a good weekend’s worth of time to get out and about and try the things you’ve been meaning to, but haven’t got around to yet.
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Daffodil Day
- Kilbirnie School
- On Friday 26 August, the school will be selling daffodils, so if you wish to support this appeal to support those affected by cancer, please bring along a gold coin donation to school.
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Union Meeting on Tuesday 6 September
- Kilbirnie School
- Since the majority of the teaching staff at Kilbirnie School will be attending a union meeting in the afternoon on Tuesday 6 September, there will be a very small number of teachers left at school to supervise the children.
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So much on our plates!
- The Wellingtonista
- Five & Dime WOAP dishes.
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Waikanae will get 240 new parks for Christmas
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Waikanae train commuters will be getting 240 new parks for Christmas with the construction of the new Metlink Park and Ride facility on the site of the old Waikanae Hotel late next week.
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Books, Books & more Books
- The Wellingtonista
- It’s only 3 days till DCM‘s very delightful & very Large annual bookfair.
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Future Focus Evening
- Wellington High School
- To help your student make smart course choices for 2017, Wellington High School will be running a Future Focus Evening on the 29th August.
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School photos
- Kilbirnie School
- Get the hair gel and best clothing out! The school photos will be taken on Friday 2nd September. If you wish to have a photo taken with an out of school sibling, please be at school by 9am. Order forms with a proof of the individual photo will be sent home the following week.
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News: Olympic Gold
- Olympic Harriers
- Club pack walk/run, Alex Moore, Sat 27 August, 1:45pm It is getting lighter in ...
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ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON presents TO THE MEMORY OF AN ANGELSATURDAY...
- Orchestra Wellington
- ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON presents TO THE MEMORY OF AN ANGEL SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2016, 7:30PM MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE, WELLINGTON GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) “ADAGIO” FROM SYMPHONY NO.
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WOAP: Burger, burger, bugger!
- The Wellingtonista
- TL:DR: we ate two pretty decent burgers and will never return to Foxglove.
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Upcoming dates — lock ’em in
- Wellington Tennis Club
- 27 August: working bee — 9.30am 3 September: working bee (spare day) — 9.30am 10/11 September: Love tennis open day — 1-4pm both days 18 September: AGM — 4.30pm
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Open days 10-11 September — come and see us!
- Wellington Tennis Club
- Our new season open days are on 10 and 11 September. Here are some details if you are thinking of coming along.
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Weekly Wrap Up (T3, W4)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates 19 – 25 August : School Exams for Seniors 22 August : Board of Trustees Meeting 26 August : Mid-Term Break (SCHOOL CLOSED) 29 August : Future Focus for Senior Students and families 6 September : PPTA/NZEI Paid Union Meeting.
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News: Wellington team for National Road Champs named
- Olympic Harriers
- Athletics Wellington has named the following team for the National Road Champs i...
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Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee complete mid-point community discussions
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- This week a series of face-to-face discussions hosted by the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee (RWC) drew to a close, the last of nine meetings was held in Greytown and facilitated by local community representative, committee member, Rebecca Fox.
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Waiohine River Floodplain Management Plan hearing to be rescheduled
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The submission hearing due to go ahead in Greytown on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 August on the draft Waiohine River Floodplain Management Plan has been cancelled due to the unavailability of sub-committee members.
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Dazzling runway show on Saturday night
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A new high-impact fashion trend will take to the pavement in Wellington on Saturday night in an award show for New Zealand’s first reflective fashion design competition.
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Adrienne Fenemor comes to Kapiti Playhouse
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- New Zealand’s own, New York based B3 organ powerhouse, vocalist, composer and band leader Adrienne Fenemor is unleashing her brand new album Mo’ Puddin’ in NZ this month, including a performance at Kapiti Playhouse in Paraparaumu.
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Basin Reserve Redevelopment: What Are Your Priorities?
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Now that the Basin Reserve flyover proposal is consigned to the dustbin of history, work will soon begin on the redevelopment of the Basin Reserve as a cricket and recreation ground – and you have until 12 September to submit your ideas.
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Production night
- Kilbirnie School
- AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE HALL TUESDAY 30 AUGUST 6.
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Wellington runway extension plan ‘implausible at best’
- Guardians of the Bays
- Original article on scoop.
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WOAP ’16: a burger, a stew and a beer
- The Wellingtonista
- The mad rush of eating continues, so without any further ado, let’s get into it.
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More buses for Wellington
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council is working urgently to provide more buses for the growing number of people catching buses from Karori, Wadestown, Wilton and Khandallah.
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Basin Reserve Redevelopment
- Cricket Wellington
- As you might be aware, the Wellington City Council is conducting a survey and seeking feedback with regards to the future look and capability of the Basin Reserve.
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Ewen Chatfield Draw Released
- Cricket Wellington
- The Premier draw has been released for the 2016/17 season.
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News: Wellington Road Champs are coming around (but not as often?!?)
- Olympic Harriers
- Wellington Road Champs, Reservoir Road, Wainuiomata,1:00 pm - 4:00 pmandnbsp;Sat...
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Welly on a Plate 2016: it begins
- The Wellingtonista
- So Wellington on a Plate has been going for four days now, and I have three things to report back on so far.
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Weekly Wrap Up (T3, W3)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates 19 – 25 August : School Exams for Seniors 22 August : Board of Trustees Meeting 26 August : Mid-Term Break (SCHOOL CLOSED) 29 August : Future Focus for Senior Students and families 14 September : Learning Conversations 2 22 September : Music Evening 23 September : Last day of Term 3 23 September : Year 11 – 13 School Reports on Portal 10 October : First day Term 4
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Pilots outline safety fears for wellington airport’s runway extension
- Guardians of the Bays
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WMTBC has a new President
- Wellington Mountain Bike Club
- The Wellington Mountain Bike Club has a new President, John Baddiley.
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The Hour/Week of Beer is Upon Us
- The Wellingtonista
- Beervana kicks off on Friday with four sessions over two days and there’s a LOT of beer related activities on before then.
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News: Bays Relay this week, from around midday
- Olympic Harriers
- Bays Relay, Island Bay, Saturdayandnbsp;13 August Teams of 5 runners will das...
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Weekly Wrap Up (T3, W2)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates 10 August : Sports & Clubs Photos 19 – 25 August : School Exams for Seniors 22 August : Board of Trustees Meeting 26 August : Mid-Term Break (SCHOOL CLOSED) 29 August : Future Focus for Senior Students and families 14 September : Learning Conversations 2 22 September : Music Evening 23 September : Last day of Term 3 23 September : Year 11 – 13 School Reports on Portal
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Meet the Candidates
- Newtown Residents' Association
- We are inviting the Southern Ward Candidates to a ‘Meet the Candidates’ Meeting hosted by the Newtown Residents’ Association, to tell us why we should vote for them for Wellington City Council. Postal voting is between 16th September and 8th October. Lively discussion and supper provided! When: 7pm on Tuesday 13th September Where: St Anne’s Hall, Emmett St, Newtown Twitter: #MeetTheCandidates
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Court 1 closed for another week
- Wellington Tennis Club
- Bad weather last week meant repairs to court 1 did not get as far as expected. The court will be closed for another week to allow repairs to be completed … weather permitting … fingers crossed! Here’s what is happening to the court.
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Submit now: Wellington Airport runway extension proposal would mean years of extra heavy truck movements through the Mt Victoria tunnel & past the Basin Reserve
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Already convinced you don’t want four years of extra heavy truck movements around the Basin Reserve, day and night? Submit now: http://www.
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Beat It! Blast It! Come and experience Orchestra Wellington’s...
- Orchestra Wellington
- Beat It! Blast It! Come and experience Orchestra Wellington’s brand new schools programme, ‘The Science of Sound’ in a free family performance! Sunday 21 August, 3.
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RE-BLOG SURFBREAK PROTECTION SOCIETY: Wellington Airport Calling the Tune on Lyall Bay’s Corner surf break
- Guardians of the Bays
- by Michael Gunson Link here Revelations have emerged that Wellington International Airport Ltd has been responsible for alterations to the Moa Point Road sea wall in Lyall Bay.
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Missing plants
- Te Motu Kairangi
- It was slight too dark to take a picture, but while walking bym checking out some of our work, we could tell that someone had removed some of our planted Melicytus obovatus by Tai Paku Paku road.
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Wellingtonians say public transport has got a lot better
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Wellingtonians have voted a big lift in their satisfaction with public transport in 2015/2016 and a steep increase in train customers over this period backs this up.
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Wairarapa economic development conference punches above its weight
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Convening local economic development professionals in the Wairarapa for regionally focussed discussion has proved a run-away success.
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Passionate about our region? Get your nomination in
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- People with a passion for the Wellington region have until next Friday to lodge their nomination to stand for Greater Wellington Regional Council.
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Assembly notes from 4 August 2016
- Kilbirnie School
- Thank you to our fabulous comperes Emma and James.
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Cricket Wellington Golf Day
- Cricket Wellington
- Friday the 29th July saw Cricket Wellington host a golf day at Shandon Golf Course.
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Dazzling runway show comes to Wellington
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- A new high-impact fashion trend will take Wellington by storm this month.
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Get your Smencils! Fundraising for soft furnishings by Parentlink
- Kilbirnie School
- The Parentlink group is running a fundraising to buy soft furnishings for the school. The target is $500 so make sure that you get your Smencils. Order forms have been given to the children and samples are available in the office or in the classrooms.
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News: Bays Relays in two weeks
- Olympic Harriers
- Pack run/walk from clubrooms at Alex Moore, Satandnbsp;6 August, 1:45 More than...
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Notes from the July Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- See the full meeting minutes here.
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New Street Trees
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Do you remember the slide show of Newtown trouble spots from our May meeting, and the sad pictures of dead tree stumps or empty planters which had been in Owen Street for a long time? It is very exciting to see graceful new kowhai trees in their place! Repeated ‘fix-its’ have had an effect!
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Court 1 remedial work underway
- Wellington Tennis Club
- With summer not far away, we’re getting some remedial work done on Court 1 to prepare it for the new season.
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Waingawa hub will boost economy and environment
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Chris Laidlaw has welcomed the opening of Centreport’s new Waingawa log hub, saying it will deliver benefits for the regional economy, motorists, and the environment.
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ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON presents MOZART 1791Saturday 20 August...
- Orchestra Wellington
- ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON presents MOZART 1791 Saturday 20 August 2016, 7:30PM, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington — Orchestra Wellington makes Mozart a matter of life and death Orchestra Wellington and the Orpheus Choir are combining this month to perform Mozart’s final masterpiece before his life was tragically cut short.
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