Archive / January 2018
February 2018 | December 2017-
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Result: New Zealand Triathlon Champs
- Olympic Harriers
- Nic Hankinson defended her national F40-44 title.
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Result: Holdsworth-Jumbo Mountain Race
- Olympic Harriers
- We had three members competing, all doing the Jumbo-Holdsworth option. Martin wa...
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Fundraising Evening with Sir Ian Botham
- Cricket Wellington
- The Eastern Suburbs Junior Cricket Club committee is very excited to announce an Evening with Sir Ian Botham as a fundraising event being hosted jointly by ESJCC and Scots College Cricket Club.
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Time is right for true Māori-Crown partnership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- At this time of year, as we move from the celebrations at Ratana pā to the commemorations of the Treaty signing at Waitangi, the Crown/Māori relationship is inevitably in the spotlight. But there are signs that this year may mark a shift in how the government views the Treaty partnership – away from seeing it through a lens of historical grievance, claims and contestation.
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Victoria research examines young men's experiences of suicide bereavement
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New research from Victoria University of Wellington reveals that a key aspect of young men's experiences of suicide bereavement is ubiquitous silence.
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Child poverty fight requires political consensus
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The hardest task the child poverty bill faces will potentially be retaining cross-party support in the long term, writes Professor Jonathan Boston.
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Blundell Selected for Australia T20I
- Cricket Wellington
- After returning to the BLACKCAPS for the third T20 of the Pakistan series, Wellington Firebirds wicketkeeper Tom Blundell has been named in the squad to travel to Australia.
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Trophy-Winning Weekend for Wellington Clubs
- Cricket Wellington
- Onslow Win the Rothbury Ewen Chatfield Trophy A brilliant day at Alex Moore Park yesterday where a great surface allowed for some fantastic cricket with big scores and a very good attempted run chase.
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New director for Victoria's Miramar Creative Centre
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria's newly launched Miramar Creative Centre recently welcomed its inaugural director, Dr Paul Wolffram.
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Curtain call
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Finn Shepherd was waiting to find out if he had been accepted onto the International Institute of Modern Letters' (IIML) Master's in Scriptwriting when he applied to be the inaugural summer scholar for the MFA (Creative Practice) theatre showcase
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Club Newsletter - Jan 2018
- Wellington Aero Club
- January 2018 - WAC Newsletter Hello Members! Happy New Year to one and all! DEALS DEALS DEALS!!! Deal #1 - FREE use of the Sim in Feb!As many of you will already know WAC have a fully certified IFR simulator, operated under Part 141.
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Mana CC bathtub Race
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 27/01/2018 - 14:45 - 16:30 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 0 Total Volunteer Hours: 7 MR2 with 2 crew acted as safety boat for the Mana CC annual bathtub race Resources Attendees: Jake Neil Cornwell Torrey Trevor Farmer
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Windows Unreliability Monitor
- Jack Yan
- Microsoft should rename Windows’ Reliability Monitor to Unreliability Monitor.
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Huge Hataitai garage sale and market
- Hataitai Community Website
- Saturday 3 Feb is the monthly community market down at the Bowling Club, where you can pick up all kinds of handmade, locally grown wares.
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Disloyalty programme
- Jack Yan
- I signed up to the Lumino Dental Plan yesterday (Friday).
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Another program rendered incompatible with Windows 10’s fall Creators update
- Jack Yan
- It’s fast becoming apparent that Windows 10’s fall Creators update is a lemon, just like the original Windows 10.
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Introducing Leah Culver, Start-up Alley judge!
- Webstock
- We’re delighted to welcome Leah Culver as the final judge for this year’s Start-up Alley! Leah Culver is a founder and CTO of Breaker, an iOS app for listening to podcasts with your friends. Breaker launched in March 2017 and was Y Combinator class of Winter 2017. Leah also previously founded Pownce, an early social […]
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Does TPPA redux protect Big Tech?
- Jack Yan
- SumOfUs/Creative Commons Prof Jane Kelsey, in her critique of the still-secret Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (formerly the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPPA]) notes in The Spinoff: The most crucial area of the TPPA that has not received enough attention is the novel chapter on electronic commerce—basically, a set of rules that will cement the oligopoly of Big Tech for the indefinite future, allowing them to hold data offshore subject to the privacy and security laws of the country hosting the server, or not to disclose source codes, preventing effective scrutiny of anti-competitive or discriminatory practices. Other rules say offshore service providers don’t need to have a presence inside the country, thus undermining tax, consumer protection and labour laws, and governments can’t require locally established firms to use local content or services. If this new government is as digitally illiterate as the previous one, then we are in some serious trouble. I’m all for free trade but not at the expense of my own country’s interests, or at the expense of real competition, and the Green Party’s position (I assume in part operating out of caution due to the opaqueness of the negotiations) is understandable. Protecting a partly corrupt oligopoly is dangerous territory in a century that will rely more heavily on digital commerce. While there may be some valid IP reasons to protect source code, these need to be revealed in legal proceedings if it came to that—and one hopes there are provisions for dispute settlement that can lift the veil. But we don’t really know just how revised those dispute settlement procedures are. Let’s hope that Labour’s earlier stated position on this will hold. Google has already found itself in trouble for anticompetitive and discriminatory practices in Europe, and if observations over the last decade count for anything, it’s that they’ll stop at nothing to try it on. Are we giving them a free ride now? Despite Prof Kelsey’s concerns, I can accept that parties need not have a presence within a nation or be compelled to use local content or services. But the level of tax avoidance exhibited by Google, Facebook, Apple et al is staggering, and one hopes that our new government won’t bend over quite as easily. (While I realize the US isn’t part of this agreement, remember that big firms have subsidiaries in signatory countries through which they operate, and earlier trade agreements have shown just how they have taken on governments.) She claims that the technology minister, the Hon Clare Curran, has no information on the ecommerce chapter’s analysis—and if she doesn’t have it, then what are we signing up to? However, Labour’s inability to be transparent—something they criticized the previous government on—is a weak point after a generally favourable start to 2018. The Leader of the Opposition is right to call the government out on this when his comment was sought: basically, they were tough on us when we were in government, so we hope they’ll live up to their own standards. Right now, it doesn’t look like it. I suspect Kelsey is now the National Party fan’s best friend after being vilified for years. Bit like when Nicky Hager (whom one very respected MP in the last Labour government called a right-wing conspiracy theorist) wrote Seeds of Distrust. And the solutions that Kelsey proposes are so simple and elegant that it’s daft they weren’t followed, since they are consistent with the Labour brand. I know, trade agreements can stay confidential at this stage and this isn’t unprecedented. But that’s not what Labour said it wanted. At least these suggestions would have shown some consistency with Labour’s previous positions, and given some assurance that it’s in charge. What should a Labour-led government have done differently? First, it should have commissioned the revised independent economic assessment and health impact analyses it called for in opposition. Second, it should have shown a political backbone, like the Canadian government that also inherited the deal. Canada played hardball and successful demanded side-letters to alter its obligations relating to investment and auto-parts. Not great, but something. New Zealand should have demanded similar side-letters excluding it from ISDS as a pre-requisite for continued participation. Third, it should have sought the suspension of the UPOV 1991 obligation, which has serious Treaty implications, and engaged with Māori to strengthen the Treaty of Waitangi exception, as the Waitangi Tribunal advised. Fourth, it should have withdrawn its agreement to the secrecy pact. I once joked that National and Labour were basically the same, plus or minus 10 per cent. On days like this, I wonder if I was right.
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Johnsonville and Onslow Set for Rothbury Ewen Chatfield Final
- Cricket Wellington
- Alex Moore Park is the setting for the Rothbury Ewen Chatfield Final this Sunday as Johnsonville host Onslow for the summer’s first piece of silverware.
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Blaze Host Canterbury as Season Winds Down
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Blaze squad for their final round of home games this season has been named.
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An accomplishment: debunking every single point in a Guardian article on Julian Assange
- Jack Yan
- Elekhh/Creative Commons Suzi Dawson’s 2016 post debunking a biased Guardian article on Julian Assange is quite an accomplishment.
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Firebirds Back as Ford Trophy Comes to Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds squad for their Ford Trophy match against Northern Districts has been named, with Hamish Marshall remaining with the side following his Super Smash commitments.
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The last American Falcon
- Jack Yan
- I’m fascinated by the 1970½ Ford Falcon for a number of reasons.
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Information for the first week back at school
- Wellington High School
- Kia ora whānau and caregivers of all our students, I hope you have all had a relaxing holiday and have begun the new year feeling recharged.
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Your BNZ Start-Up Alley ’18 finalists
- Webstock
- We’re delighted to once again host Start-up Alley in conjunction with BNZ! There’s been a change in format for this year, with two categories and three finalists in each. The categories are: Start-Up Accelerator – taking New Zealand to the world This is aimed at tech businesses who have developed an innovative tech product and […]
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2018 Pre-season training
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU would like to invite all returning and new mens players, interested in playing 1sts, Reserves and 3rds, to our pre-season training.Training starts on Tuesday 30 January 2018, then every Tuesday and Thursday after. 6 - 8 pm Prince of Wales park, bottom field.Questions? Please call or text Men's 1st team coach Dene Bannister on 027 201 2972.We look forward to seeing you there 😁
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Save the Basin Campaign Inc. Submission To Let’s Get Welly Moving
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Below is the Save the Basin Campaign (STBC) submission to the Let’s Get Welly Moving (LGWM) engagement process on its four proposed scenarios for Wellington transport.
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Cat’s Eyes don’t blink: the complexities of compound words
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How do we create and interpret certain words? One of the world's leading authorities on compound words, Emeritus Professor Laurie Bauer from Victoria's School of Linguistics and Applied Language, puts the pieces of the puzzle together.
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Club awards 2017
- Wellington Badminton Club
- The 2017 Wellington Badminton Club awards are now up.
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Twitter’s shadow-banning: not just in the US, as Kiwis get caught up, too
- Jack Yan
- Anthony Quintano/Creative Commons We’ve had years of Google and Facebook acting like arses, but it’s disappointing to see Twitter give us more and more causes for concern.
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Our promo video
- Wellington Tennis Club
- Here is Wellington Tennis Club’s new promotional video …
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The end of Webstock as we know it?
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- Maybe Marco’s on to something. Maybe the era of conferences like Webstock is coming to close. We can tell you this, though – Webstock 2018, our 12th edition, is the end of something for us. In a few months, the St James theatre – home to Webstock – will be out of action while it receives […]
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New speakers!
- Webstock
- The lineup just got even better! We are thrilled to announce the addition of three more speakers to our Webstock ’18 line! Please welcome…. Haley van Dyck is co-founder of the US Digital Service and a key thought leader on Obama’s tech team since the 2008 campaign, where she helped develop the mobile strategy for the […]
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The case against 'party hopping'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- MPs can't govern effectively if they can decide to jump ship whenever they wish, argues Victoria Professor of Comparative Politics Jack Vowles.
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Bhula and Ravindra Star as Records Fall
- Cricket Wellington
- Jakob Bhula notched up the highest individual score in the history of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup as New Zealand recorded a 243 run win over Kenya in their second pool game at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
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Mozy driver could have been behind 100–200 BSODs since the Windows 10 Creators fall update was installed
- Jack Yan
- A post shared by Jack Yan 甄爵恩 (@jack.
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Combined Community Trusts Conference 2018
- Wellington Community Fund
- The Combined Community Trusts biennial conference will be hosted in 2018 by Trust Waikato.
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BOSSY
- Black Coffee
- A bold & unapologetic collection of visual works from a group of fiercely modern women. Exhibition opening night is Thursday 1st Feb starts 6pm, and is a licensed event! Come get rowdy with the ladies.
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Our Vision and Granting Framework
- Wellington Community Fund
- The Wellington Community Trust has launched a new vision and granting framework.
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Ōrongomai Marae Receives MY Children Funding
- Wellington Community Fund
- Ōrongomai Marae is the organisation we’re delighted to be supporting through our 2017 MY Children funding programme.
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Should we swallow a nuclear rat?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand may have to compromise on its ideals to help prevent war on the Korean peninsula, writes Victoria's Professor of Strategic Studies, Robert Ayson.
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Sir Jack Newman Award Nominations Open
- Cricket Wellington
- The Sir Jack Newman Award, which comprises a trophy consisting of a greenstone cricket ball, a formal certificate, and a grant of $2,000 which the recipient is able to direct to any area of junior cricket, was established in 1982.
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Social tennis for everyone
- Wellington Tennis Club
- Join us for fun social tennis: Sundays 1.30-4.30pm and Wednesdays 6.30-9.30pm.
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Zuckerberg wants to fix Facebook: too little, too late
- Jack Yan
- WTF: welcome to Facebook.
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And Justice for all
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Bevan Marten from Victoria's School of Law is offering to fight a baby name ban for free if parents want to challenge the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
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Opinion: the airport’s disregard of public safety is coming under scrutiny – yet again
- Guardians of the Bays
- A little over week ago, a white Subaru got washed off the Moa Point breakwater by a ‘rogue’ wave.
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How the law works, high above us
- Victoria University of Wellington
- With space a growing industry, including in New Zealand, treaties governing activity have never been more important, says Emeritus Professor Sir Ken Keith from Victoria's School of Law.
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Blaze Skipper Eyes Capital Century as Northern Spirit Come to Karori
- Cricket Wellington
- After taking down the previously unbeaten Auckland Hearts in both their T20 contest and one of the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield matches in the last round, the Wellington Blaze welcome the Northern Spirit to Karori Park this weekend.
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Big discoveries at Kaiwharawhara Stream
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- Wellington East Girls College Year 13 Biology students are scientists making big discoveries and building big action plans! Through their NCEA assessments in 2018, they have been studying the Kaiwharawhara Stream, investigating how changes in the physical characteristics of the waterway are impacting the native fish and invertebrates. Now they are turning science into restoration! They were interested in one site especially, a small tributary of the Kaiwharawhara where it flows from Johnston's Hill in Karori, through the Karori Cemetery and out into the main arm of the Kaiwharawhara at Otari Wilton Bush.
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Prince of Wales/Omāroro Reservoir – next steps.
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Following the closing of submissions on the resource consent application, and following discussions with Mt Cook Mobilised, Wellington Water has put together a discussion paper on some of the specific issues raised.
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AI doomsday scenarios obscure production outrages of today
- Victoria University of Wellington
- To a great many people the world is already under the control of a powerful machine indifferent to their wellbeing, writes Dr Grant Otsuki, a Victoria Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology.
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BUD ROT
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- Artist: Guy Moskon Art work inspired by the band Bud Rot. Illustrations, screen prints, prints and original work. Exhibition running until the end of January 2018.
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It took a little longer, but Autocade reaches 12 million views
- Jack Yan
- It’s a little disappointing to note that Autocade has taken slightly longer to reach 12 million page views: it ticked over to its new milestone earlier today.
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Wellington A Take On Zimbabwe U19s
- Cricket Wellington
- As teams from around the world converge on New Zealand for the Under 19 Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwe’s side are in Wellington to take on our A side in three matches at Scots College.
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