Archive / February 2018
March 2018 | January 2018-
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QS Subject Rankings reveal strength of NZ's three leading universities
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The latest international subject rankings confirm Victoria University of Wellington as New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university and show a clear gap opening up between the top three universities in New Zealand and the other five universities.
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Next stop, Commonwealth Games
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The first recipient of Victoria University of Wellington’s Swimming Scholarship is already making waves—with his selection in the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team for 2018.
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Instagram-created art
- Jack Yan
- I don’t know if Instagram does this on all phones, but when I make multi-photo posts, it often leaves behind a very interesting image.
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Victoria-GNS Science collaboration ranked 9th worldwide in Nature Index 2017
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University’s collaboration with GNS Science has been ranked 9th worldwide in the prestigious annual Nature Index.
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News: New club president - Michelle Van Looy
- Olympic Harriers
- It is with great regret we announce Juan McDonald has stepped down as Club Presi...
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News: Announcement of Special General Meeting
- Olympic Harriers
- Notice is hereby given that a Special General Meeting of the Olympic Harrier and...
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Review: Rushes
- The Wellingtonista
- Circa Theatre has been transformed into a series of performances areas featuring music, video, and contemporary dance.
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Keeping Us on the Run – Lindsay Barwick
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- Lindsay Barwick is the club’s women’s captain and one of our speediest and most active members. At any given moment, she can be spotted flying past any given point between Miramar and Lower Hutt. We ...
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Summer Series Event Two – Report
- Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club
- The weather gods turned it on for Event 2 of the Pak'nSave PNP Summer Road Series, the ‘Epic’ Martinborough-Ngawi Classic.
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We need to heed the warnings that Harry Leslie Smith gives
- Jack Yan
- Not that Asian countries get this right all the time, but generally, when a 95-year-old speaks, we (as in many of us with Asian heritage, and by ‘Asian’ I mean a lot of cultures that make up the 3,700 million people on the continent) tend to listen and we revere their experience.
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Photography competition
- Kilbirnie School
- All Kilbirnie School students are welcome to enter a photography competition. There are 4 categories: nature, landscape, people, creative. Please email your entry to jessica@kilbirnie.school.nz by Thursday 29 March . See the poster for more information.
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Camp meeting for parent helpers
- Kilbirnie School
- Wednesday February 28th- meeting for parents helping with school camp. 6pm in room 10.
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A gold standard of healthcare
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Patients at Victoria University of Wellington’s Student Health clinic can be assured they’re getting the best possible service, with the practice being recognised for providing what is regarded as a gold standard of care.
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Upgrading from Flyme 6.2 on a rooted Meizu M2 Note
- Jack Yan
- Since Flyme 6.
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Victoria welcomes new students to its capital city campuses
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Thousands of students arrive in Wellington in the coming days as Victoria University of Wellington’s teaching year gets underway.
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Friday sushi lunches
- Kilbirnie School
- Sushi lunches on Fridays have resumed. See the flyer for more information.
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Anne Hare: Scottish Olympian
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- In 1996, on a steamy night in Atlanta, a women’s 5000 metre race was held at the Olympic Games for the first time. Right there, drawn in the opening heat, was a New Zealander who would go on to be a ...
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Wired’s Louise Matsakis did what no other journalist could: break the story on Facebook’s forced malware scans
- Jack Yan
- With how widespread Facebook’s false malware accusations were—Facebook itself claims millions were “helped” by them in a three-month period—it was surprising how no one in the tech press covered the story.
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Kylie Jenner Tweets, Snapchat’s value down US$1,300 million
- Jack Yan
- All it takes is a single Tweet from Kylie Jenner—and Snapchat’s value drops 6 per cent, or US$1,300 million.
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Weekly Wrap-up (Week 4 – Term 1)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Monday 5 March – Friday 9 March: Noho marae for 9 Riley and 9 Royal whānau Monday 5 March – Friday 9 March: ERO visiting WHS Wednesday 7 March: Western Zone Athletics Thursday 15 March: College Sport Wellington Athletics Day Thursday 29 March: Learning Conversations Friday 30 March – Tuesday 3 April (includes Tuesday): Easter break Term Dates 2018 Message from our Student BoT Reps Kia ora ! Our names are Maya and Arie and we have been voted in to represent the student voice here at Wellington High school. Our job is to bring the voices of our student body to higher management to make real and proper change for the better in our school community. Personally, we hope to focus primarily on environmental and social change that we believe can be made within our school. Our social media/contact page is @mayaandarie2k18 – follow us and/or message us for more details ! Aroha Nui Maya Neupane and Arie Faber
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World Youth Champs get underway
- Tawa Bowling Club
- World Youth Champs get underway bruce Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 01:54
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Online Entries close in ONE HOUR!!
- Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club
- Online entries for this weekends PNP Pak'nSave Summer Series Event 2 close in ONE HOUR – so don't mess about, get in NOW.Two distances, Gran Fondo (122km) and Medio Fondo (65), and Team entries are also still open.Enter Online Now
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Josh Tabor awarded scouting Medal of Merit
- Kelburn Scout Group
- 1st Kelburn scout leader Josh Tabor has been awarded a Medal of Merit as part of the Founder’s Day celebrations.
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From one school shooting survivor to others
- Jack Yan
- On February 14, 2008, my cousin Paul’s son Harold was shot and injured at a school shooting at Northern Illinois University.
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Experimental musician announced as Composer-in-Residence 2018
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington's New Zealand School of Music (Te Kōkī) has announced composer, performer and sound artist, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, as the 2018 Creative New Zealand/Jack C. Richards Composer-in-Residence.
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Result: Round the Bays
- Olympic Harriers
- A rather hot and windy day, thought that didnand#39;t stop a number of PBs and h...
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TPPA-11: same thing, different face
- Jack Yan
- Neil Ballantyne/Wikimedia Commons How much has TPPA changed? Not a lot, according to this petition.
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It’s Festivals time!
- The Wellingtonista
- It’s almost that glorious point in Wellington’s calendar when the New Zealand Festival (23 February – 18 March), the Performance Arcade (23-25 Feb, 1-4 March) the Pride Festival (24 February – 10 March) and the NZ Fringe Festival Wellington (2-24 March) are all on at the same time.
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CentrePort Wellington International Youth Match Racing Championship
- Wellington Youth Sailing Scheme
- The CentrePort Wellington was a great International Youth Match Racing event featuring up and coming international youth match racing crews.
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"In Other Words"
- Black Coffee
- "In Other Words"; "A visually articulate and lyrical exploration of our local and pop colloquial; our slang, phrases, idioms, quotes, anograms and exclamations". By: Jessica Newtown
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Bringing the world to Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After growing up in Zimbabwe, Victoria alumna and New Zealand Festival Artistic Director Shelagh Magadza ended up studying in New Zealand by accident.
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Cricket Wellington Support New Project Telling History of Women In NZ Cricket
- Cricket Wellington
- A project to publish, for the first time, a comprehensive history of women in New Zealand cricket is to be launched at the WHITE FERNS’ third ODI against the West Indies on March 11.
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Prime Minister opens new Biological Sciences building
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has officially opened Victoria’s new Biological Sciences building, Te Toki a Rata.
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Next working bee: Sunday 25 February
- Upstream: Friends of Central Park
- Join us for the first Central Park working bee of 2018! We will be doing some much needed maintenance work (aka weeding) plus removing some of the dead trees around the caretaker’s site and the path down from there – victims of old age, kaka predation and storms. This is the first step in revitalising that area – more details… Read more
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Summer Series Race 2 Notices
- Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club
- Pak'nSave Summer Series Notices to riders1.
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NCEA review: Let's address quality
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A study of 1,600 students highlights shortcomings in learning, write researchers in Victoria's School of Education.
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Pacific must look inwards for climate answers
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Pasifika) Hon. Luamanuvao Winnie Laban says Pacific island nations are not powerless in the fight against climate change.
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PNP Kit – Shop Open
- Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club
- Our Champion SystemsClub Kit shop is now open and will be until midnight Sunday 4 March.
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5 New Chief Scouts
- Kelburn Scout Group
- Congratulations to five successful chief scouts! Well done, you are joining the 2% of scouts who complete the peak scouting section award!
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Reforming the welfare state
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The current welfare system needs repair and renewal, writes Public Policy Professor Jonathan Boston.
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Luke Willis Thompson debuts new work in first major New Zealand solo exhibition
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Internationally acclaimed London-based New Zealand artist Luke Willis Thompson will open his first major solo exhibition in his country of birth tomorrow at Victoria University's Adam Art Gallery.
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Coastguard New Zealand Summer Lottery
- Coastguard Kāpiti
- Thank you to everyone who bought tickets from us at Mitre 10 MEGA Kapiti. This year we ordered more tickets than ever before, and we were planning to spend 4 days selling them. But you bought them so quickly that we ran out after 2.5 days! We hugely appreciate your support. You might not realise … Continue reading "Coastguard New Zealand Summer Lottery"
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Of course Facebook knew about stolen accounts, even back in 2014: I told them
- Jack Yan
- Official White House Photo by Pete Souza In Wired today: ‘Russian trolls stole US identities to hide in plain sight’.
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From the SCG to Karori: Tom Blundell Returns to his Roots
- Cricket Wellington
- In Wednesday night’s CricHQ Cup quarter-final, Wellington Firebirds wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Blundell pulled on the black and white of Karori, hitting 58* in a comprehensive win for his side.
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Weekly Wrap-up (Week 3 – Term 1)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates to Remember Friday 23 February: Athletics Day — see update below Tuesday 20 February – Friday 2 March: PATs for Years 9 and 10 core classes — see update below Monday 5 March – Friday 9 March: Noho marae for 9 Riley and 9 Royal whānau Monday 5 March – Friday 9 March: ERO visiting WHS Friday 30 March – Tuesday 3 April: (includes Tuesday): Easter break Term Dates 2018 click here.
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CricHQ T20 Cup Semi-Finalists Found
- Cricket Wellington
- The CricHQ T20 Cup moves on to the semi-finals next week, with Easts, Taita, Karori, and Onslow all recording comfortable wins in the knock-out quarter-finals on Valentine’s Day.
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Athletics Day times and events 23 February 2018
- Wellington High School
- Click here to view the Athletics run sheet 2018
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Victoria researcher sheds light on self-injury
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Recent Victoria PhD graduate Dr Madeleine Brocklesby is one of the first to acknowledge that nobody's perfect—and her research shows we should be putting less pressure on young people to strive for unattainable ideals of perfection.
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Good luck Lara (& Robert)
- Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club
- Lara Comeskey is our current Under 13 series winner and we want to wish her all the best for this weekend!! Because, this Saturday when Lara, 10, rolls over the start line at the Karapoti Classic, she will set out to be the youngest ever female finisher of the Southern Hemisphere's oldest mountain bike race.
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2018 CentrePort International Youth Match Racing Championships
- Wellington Youth Sailing Scheme
- CentrePort Youth International Match Racing regatta is starting this week. Check out: Competitor List CentrePort NOR 2018 CentrePort SIs 2018 If you’re not busy come down and watch the racing starting from Thursday (15th of February). If you can’t make it down check out results online or follow our Facebook page for regular updates.
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When Microsoft says your Windows 10 needs a reset or full reinstallation, they might be wrong
- Jack Yan
- As many of you know, between around December 8 and February 2—dates during which I had Microsoft Windows 10’s fall Creators update without the January 31 cumulative patch—my computer suffered roughly three to six BSODs per day.
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Review: Aunty
- The Wellingtonista
- AUNTY is billed as a family BBQ, and it certainly delivers.
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Why you shouldn’t sign up for Facebook’s two-factor authentication
- Jack Yan
- I know, you’re stick of reading my reporting on my experiences with Facebook et al, let alone what someone else is going through.
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The acute case for new hospitals
- Victoria University of Wellington
- All of us need good hospitals near us so that when accidents happen or we get sick, we can access both acute and planned healthcare provided by well-trained doctors and nurses working in modern facilities.
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Devine and Kerr Selected for West Indies Visit
- Cricket Wellington
- Fresh from winning the national women’s T20 title, Wellington Blaze all-rounders Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr have been rewarded with spots in the WHITE FERNS’ squads for both the ODI and T20 series against the West Indies next month.
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Samoan Prime Minister to open Pacific-wide climate change conference in Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Samoan Prime Minister and climate change action advocate, The Honourable Tuila’epa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, is among the high-profile experts presenting at the Pacific Climate Change Conference next week at Te Papa National Museum.
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Under and over the benefit
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Reorientating social investment would improve New Zealand's welfare system, writes Dr Simon Chapple, Director of Victoria's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies.
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Tailoring copyright safe harbours for the cultural sector
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One size fits all for immunities will not do, write Professor Graeme Austin from Victoria's Faculty of Law and Senior Lecturer in Law Dr Emily Hudson from King's College London.
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The official Webstock Schwag of 2018
- Webstock
- It’s Webstock Week this week! YAY! If you’re coming along on Thursday and Friday, here’s a sneak peek at the schwag you’ll receive. We’ve tried to select things that aren’t bad for our planet – stuff that can be reused, recycled or repurposed. Here t’is: Webstock t shirt T shirts in many sizes: small, medium, […]
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Notes from Assembly 13 February 2018
- Kilbirnie School
- Our first assembly for the year was packed with exciting items.
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Prestigious rankings show Victoria leading thought on major issues
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington's Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) has started its 25th- anniversary year being named the third best think tank in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific in a prestigious global ranking.
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NZ must be global leaders in climate change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- If any country can do it, it is surely us, write Professor James Renwick and Dr Rhian Salmon from Victoria's Faculty of Science.
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Technological breakthrough for monitoring and predicting landslides
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New technology from a student-led research project at Victoria University of Wellington looks set to revolutionise the way geotechnical engineers monitor and predict landslides, potentially helping to save countless lives and cut costs.
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Eminent social anthropologist named 2018 Stout Research Centre JD Stout Fellow
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Eminent social anthropologist Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie has been appointed as the Victoria University of Wellington Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies JD Stout Fellow for 2018.
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I will if you do
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research by Victoria University of Wellington PhD Psychology student Lauren Vinnell has found that social norms affect support for earthquake strengthening legislation.
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If NZ consumers took on online giants
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Visiting Griffith University Professor of Law Mary Keyes considers how our courts might follow an Australian lead to protect us against foreign companies.
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Play readings & workshops
- Drama Christi
- The DC programme begins Monday 12th February. We'll start by reading a possible Christmas show (pantomime-style). All welcome!
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Broken down runabout at Hunters Bank
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 10/02/2018 - 09:30 - 15:00 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 22 A small runabout with 3 POB had headed out to Hunters Bank for a dive/snorkel. The motor stopped and wouldn't restart before they got in the water. They contacted the national Coastguard Operations Centre who forwarded the details onto us. Mana Rescue 1 headed out and located them drifting near the original location and towed them back to Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length: 5.00m Resources Attendees: Weedoogie Jake Jimmythekiwi Mark Presling CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
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Cricket Mourns The Passing of Bevan Congdon
- Cricket Wellington
- Bevan Condon, who’s batsmanship and captaincy helped put New Zealand on the world cricket map in the 1970s, has passed away in Auckland following a long illness.
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Internship in Lower Hutt
- Hutt Minoh House Friendship Trust
- By Yu Kawamura - December 2017Hello, my name is Yu Kawamura from the Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR) in Sydney.
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Looking back on Hutt Japan Day 2017
- Hutt Minoh House Friendship Trust
- By Amber WaltersHutt Japan Day 2017 was held at the Dowse Art Museum and Square on Sunday 19th November 2017.
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Orange may be the new black but the difference is less than you think
- Jack Yan
- Instruct Studio It’s easy to dismiss comedians as, well, comedians, there to tell a joke and to get a laugh out of us.
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A new nuclear-free moment? First things first
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Amanda Thomas from Victoria's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences argues the new government has an opportunity to properly confront climate change by repealing undemocratic laws and honouring good Treaty relationships.
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Weekly Wrap Up (Week 2 – Term 1)
- Wellington High School
- IMPORTANT DATES Monday 12 February: Board of Trustees Meeting Monday 12 February – 16 February: Noho marae for 9Howell and 9Kelly whānau Monday 19 February – Friday 2 March: PATs for Years 9 and 10 core classes Friday 23 February: Athletics Day Monday 5 March – Friday 9 March: Noho marae for 9Riley and 9Royal whānau Wednesday 7 March: Western Zone Athletics Thursday 15 March: College Sport Wellington Athletics Day Thursday 29 March: Learning Conversations Friday 30 March – Tuesday 3 April: Easter Weekend Term Dates 2018 click here
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Successful National Provincial Over 60’s Cricket Championship held in Petone
- Cricket Wellington
- The third National Provincial Over 60’s Cricket Championship has just been completed at the Petone Recreation ground in Lower Hutt with the Canterbury team defending their title they won last year.
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Yacht Delight recovory
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Mon, 05/02/2018 - 13:00 - 14:00 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 3 Assist MR 1 in recovering grounded yatch from mud bank Vessel Details Length: 12.00m Resources Attendees: Chris Darch Neil Cornwell Peter Feely CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus
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Grant received for track maintenance
- Silver Stream Railway
- Our thanks to the Wellington Community Trust for their contribution to our annual track maintenance costs. Every year we replace sleepers and upgrade the track formation to keep our trains…
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The folly of Windows 10
- Jack Yan
- Now that I’ve gone four days without a BSOD, it does appear Microsoft realized it had rolled out another lemon, and, nearly two months later, patched things.
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The path of least resistance: we humans aren’t discerning enough sometimes
- Jack Yan
- I came across a thread at Tedium where Christopher Marlow mentions Pandora Mail as an email client that took Eudora as a starting-point, and moved the game forward (e.
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Neighbours praised for raising alarm about house fire in Porirua
- Porirua Fire Brigade
- A Porirua family was sitting down to watch Shortland Street, but then they saw smoke pouring out of their neighbour's garage.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Windows 10, with the BSOD-prone Creators fall update, is calming down
- Jack Yan
- I wonder if we have finally got there with Windows 10’s many BSOD crashes.
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School information evening
- Kilbirnie School
- Thursday 15 February, 5 to 7pm Bring a picnic and catch up with the Kilbirnie School community between 5 and 6pm and hear more from your child/ren's new teacher between 6 and 7pm.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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School picnic at Khandallah Park
- Kilbirnie School
- Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a super holiday and are now ready for a jam-packed term! On Thursday 8 February, the whole school will spend the day at Khandallah Park for a fun day of swimming, playing and walking. Don't forget to pack a hat and suncreen, lots of food and water, togs and good walking shoes.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekly Wrap-up (Term 1 – Week 1) 2018
- Wellington High School
- IMPORTANT DATES Tuesday 6 February: Waitangi Day — public holiday Wednesday 7 – Thursday 8 February: School photos Thursday 8 February: Year 9 ‘Meet the Teachers’ evening, 6—7.
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Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Media Release GotB: Changes to Singapore Airlines’ Capital Express still don’t stack up for ratepayers
- Guardians of the Bays
- An announcement today that Singapore Airlines has canned its route to Canberra is a stark admission that there is not enough demand for international flights out of Wellington, say those concerned about the ongoing spending of ratepayer and taxpayer money on the venture.
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EQC grants help volcano drones and other Victoria research take flight
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington-led development of drones able to fly close to active volcanoes and withstand, monitor and analyse their emissions could transform the forecasting of volcanic eruptions.
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Social media: not the evolution you might have expected
- Jack Yan
- I’m getting a buzz seeing how little I update social media now.
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Victoria academics receive 2018 Fulbright grants
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria academics Dr Bronwyn Kivell and Dr Richard Arnold have received New Zealand Scholar Award Grants from Fulbright New Zealand and will travel to the United States later this year to undertake significant research projects.
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Meet the teacher appointments
- Kilbirnie School
- You will have the opportunity to make an appointment with you child/ren's teacher on Tuesday 20 February. Times to be confirmed.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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