Blogs / August 2013
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Island Bay cycle routes
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The good news is that Wellington City Council is consulting on a preferred safe cycle route between the city and Island Bay. Cycling Aware Wellington organised a successful public meeting to garner local support and got quite a turnout. To get a good feel for the ride between the Island Bay and town have a […]
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Island Bay cycle routes
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The good news is that Wellington City Council is consulting on a preferred safe cycle route between the city and Island Bay. Cycling Aware Wellington organised a successful public meeting to garner local support and got quite a turnout. To get a good feel for the ride between the Island Bay and town have a […]
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Council candidates – we have some questions for you!
- The Wellingtonista
- Running for mayor or council in Wellington? We wanna know about it. If you’re a candidate in the Wellington region, we would like you to answer some questions for us. Questions were compiled by the Wellingtonista, in consultation with our readers. You get 25 words per answer, and you better believe we’ll be publishing only […] The post Council candidates – we have some questions for you! appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Unleashing pent up demand for cycling by building separated cycle lanes
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Here’s an infographic from Momentum Mag of how building separated cycle lanes in certain North American cities has unleashed pent up demand for cycling along those routes. Building quality cycle infrastructure seems to get bums on bike seats, which means less bums on car seats. They improve cyclist safety and reduce congestion. Smart cities build […]
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Unleashing pent up demand for cycling by building separated cycle lanes
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Here’s an infographic from Momentum Mag of how building separated cycle lanes in certain North American cities has unleashed pent up demand for cycling along those routes. Building quality cycle infrastructure seems to get bums on bike seats, which means less bums on car seats. They improve cyclist safety and reduce congestion. Smart cities build […]
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Christchurch’s Cycle Design Guidelines
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- If you’ve not seen the Christchurch City Council’s Cycle Design Guidelines yet they make for some very interesting reading. It gives hope that we are going to end up with quality, safe cycle infrastructure in New Zealand cities. Now central government should come to the party, wind back the wasteful spending on its RoNS monstrosities […]
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Christchurch’s Cycle Design Guidelines
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- If you’ve not seen the Christchurch City Council’s Cycle Design Guidelines yet they make for some very interesting reading. It gives hope that we are going to end up with quality, safe cycle infrastructure in New Zealand cities. Now central government should come to the party, wind back the wasteful spending on its RoNS monstrosities […]
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Petone hotel
- Eye of the Fish
- I’m unsure about this. Is it right? Is it in the right place? Is it the right building in the right place? So many questions, so few answers. The architects / architectural designers are Design Club, and there are refererences to local pa in the palisading, local tukutuku weaving in the cladding, and a ships [...]
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San Francisco and Bay cities now have bikeshare
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Of interest is that the Bay Area Bike Share scheme has started up this month in San Francisco plus some surrounding cities like Palo Alto and San Jose. They’re using Bixi bikes. Bixi is now known as the Public Bike System Company. In Wellington bike share coupled with greenlaning some separated cycle lanes through the […]
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San Francisco and Bay cities now have bikeshare
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Of interest is that the Bay Area Bike Share scheme has started up this month in San Francisco plus some surrounding cities like Palo Alto and San Jose. They’re using Bixi bikes. Bixi is now known as the Public Bike System Company. In Wellington bike share coupled with greenlaning some separated cycle lanes through the […]
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When the bus doesn’t come…..
- Sarah Free
- One thing I have been hearing from residents in various parts of the Eastern Ward is frustration with the bus services. This ranges from non-existent bus services to buses that run late, to buses that are so full that they can’t let more people on. Now before I go any further, let me say that […]
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Why add lanes to Cobham Drive?
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Anyone else think 6 lanes for cars on Cobham Drive is just overkill? There’s not that much stuff over on the Miramar Peninsula, and it’s not like people are missing planes at Welly airport because of heavy congestion. Is 6 lanes on an arterial road that is perfectly fine at 4 lanes indicative of […]
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Why add lanes to Cobham Drive?
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Anyone else think 6 lanes for cars on Cobham Drive is just overkill? There’s not that much stuff over on the Miramar Peninsula, and it’s not like people are missing planes at Welly airport because of heavy congestion. Is 6 lanes on an arterial road that is perfectly fine at 4 lanes indicative of […]
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There just aren’t enough bicycle lockers in Wellington
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- You may be familiar with the style of bike locker that is used across the Wellington rail system. They are double ended, with a plywood divider diagonally across each block, hence what looks like 6 lockers can actually store 12 bikes. You can apply to hire one on a long term basis and here is […]
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There just aren’t enough bicycle lockers in Wellington
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- You may be familiar with the style of bike locker that is used across the Wellington rail system. They are double ended, with a plywood divider diagonally across each block, hence what looks like 6 lockers can actually store 12 bikes. You can apply to hire one on a long term basis and here is […]
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LCB, TK and Sunday Stroopwafels
- The Wellingtonista
- LCB. Le Cordon Bleu. Learned culinary bestowers. Legends of creativity and bonhomie (yeah yeah enough already…). The LCB WOAP Haute Cuisine du Terroir on Friday night was pretty impressive (not least for being nearly five hours of imbibing instead of the planned three!). Seven courses of French food matched with each an old world Burgundy […] The post LCB, TK and Sunday Stroopwafels appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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Alexandra Road as a commuter bicycle route
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The earthquake of Friday before last held some interesting lessons.
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The Houghton Bay shortcut
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Today I rode my bike up Mt Albert Road and turned down Southgate Road and saw the Southern Walkway descend down the hill and thought it is a nice short cut down to Houghton Bay.
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Being answerable to your public (or, if you can’t engage now, can we expect you to in office?)
- Jack Yan
- One of my supporters Tweeted to say I was the only candidate at Vote.
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Campaign update: videos three to five
- Jack Yan
- I have been posting these on the videos’ page as they became public, but maybe I should have added them to this blog, too, for those of you following on RSS.
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Galaktoboureko, kakapo and orange ginger jam
- The Wellingtonista
- Oops, its already Tuesday.
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Drumming up support
- The Wellingtonista
- In Wellington, which continues to be the cultural capital, no matter what Auckland might try to pretend, there are probably a lot of conversations to be had about Boosted, which was set up by the Arts Foundation as a rewards-free Pledgeme, or another tax-deductable Givealittle, except that they take a cut.
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WOAP: what I’ve dined on so far
- The Wellingtonista
- It’s been a week of eating, and I tell you, I’ve definitely got the meat sweats.
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Eastern Suburbs Community Bike Ride
- Sarah Free
- When: 10am Sunday 1st September 2013 Where: Meet at Burkes Cycles, 16-30 Coutts Street, Kilbirnie Why: To raise awareness of the popularity of cycling, to note things needing improvement along the route, and to have fun!! Join and share the Facebook event on my page https://www.
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One Sleep till Bookfair
- The Wellingtonista
- Saturday is Wellington’s most amazing, most awesome, most excellent, book related event of the year - The DCM Annual Bookfair Take 90000+ books, add LPs, CDs, DVDs, Cassettes, Magazines, Jigsaw Puzzles & Games galore.
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Early Settlers built Wellington in wood for good reason
- Sarah Free
- We can all be thankful that our homes sustained so little damage in yesterdays scary sequence of shakes, and we can partly thank the earthquake of 1848 for that.
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Community input for Kilbirnie drainage reserve wanted
- Sarah Free
- I have some really exciting news! After having had some feedback from a Lyall Bay resident that there weren’t many parks or public gardens in the Kilbirnie/Lyall bay/ Rongotai area.
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Graffiti- What to do about it?
- Sarah Free
- The last few years seem to have seen an increasing problem with tagging- and its really soul-destroying if you are the one whose property is getting regularly targeted.
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WOAP: Bitchinheat
- The Wellingtonista
- When the amazing people behind Wellington on a Plate offer you tickets at the last minute to the very popular and sold out collaboration between La Boca Loca and Parrot Dog Brewery, you might be surprised at how hard it is to find someone to go along with you, because apparently there is a plague in town, but then you might remember that your poor public servant father is having a shit of a time lately and deserves a special treat, so all is well. Wellington’s ParrotDog Brewery plays host to a delicious evening in partnership with Miramar’s La Boca Loca Restaurant. They are serving up several hot and fresh Mexican dishes, prepared on-site at the brewery amongst the shiny stainless steel tanks. Each dish will be matched with its own flavoursome craft beer. There will even be some Mexican music courtesy of DJ Chefito and local beer with locally made Mexican cuisine: Vamos! This would have been a gorgeous event to be at in summer, with little stalls set up for each food & beer pairing, and keg tables set up to rest your glasses on. The bunting and the lighting was lovely (though not suitable for taking photos with your phone), but with concrete floors and big stainless steel tanks, even with the number of people around, we were all wearing our coats. Me being me, when Will took the microphone and told us there were five things to taste and we could have two each (at least), I wondered if that would be enough to eat, but I had forgotten the filling power of beer! So, on entry we were each given a taster of a specially brewed beer made with a Mexican herb that is as yet unnamed (the beer, that is, the herb has a name which I have very usefully forgotten EDIT: but now they’ve told me on Twitter, I can tell you it’s Epaozte), then each of the five dishes were matched with another beer. Steak & mushrooms served on thick polenta-ish pancakes was served with a Bitter Bitch IPA, wild boar was shredded and matched to a Dead Canary Pale Ale, dessert which was like a deep-fried crunchy whoopie pie came with a Dogg dark Ale, and the Bloodhound red IPA came with a slightly odd but still delicious Kina soup, done in a chili sauce with a special kind of corn. That one definitely left a spicy tingle. My favourite beer and food though was the butterfish ceviche topped with crunchy grasshopper salt (actually made from grasshoppers), served with the Flaxen Feather blonde ale. The grasshoppers were really tasty. My dad got tipsy and requested Mexican songs from the guitar player/singer, who obliged, the brewers and the chefs floated around answering questions, and all together it was a super pleasant evening. I’m pleased the ladies got to use the inside toilet while men were relegated to the portaloos outside in the wind. What surprised me though was that there was also a beer & food event at Garage Project tonight as part of Wellington on a Plate (where they were keeping all the beards normally associated with craft beer) which surely would have made it a bit of a Sophie’s Choice for hop heads – except that the Garage Project do was with Monsoon Poon, and you know how we feel about that. But while we’re on that subject, last week, we were at the Localist Jam at the City Gallery, and in between bacon donuts, we were astonished to hear Mike Egan from Monsoon Poon and also head of the hospitality association (EDIT) Restaurant Association say there is no Mexican restaurant scene in Wellington. That would probably come as a bit of a shock to La Boca Loca. And Viva Mexico. And Caliente. And Tequila Joe’s (even if that’s Tex-Mex). And Sweet Mother’s Kitchen. And Hot Like a Mexican. Perhaps what he meant was he has yet to open an expensively designed venue to serve a bastardised version of the cuisine at inflated prices to cater to the Churton Park crowd? But there’s already a Flying Burrito Brothers, so we’re mystified… The post WOAP: Bitchinheat appeared first on The Wellingtonista.
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They Who Drink Beer Will Think Beer
- The Wellingtonista
- So Beervana is done for another year.
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And so it begins…
- The Wellingtonista
- Like Joanna, I have a list of foodie delights to drool my way through over for the next couple of weeks courtesy of WOAP (although not as organised as that spreadsheet of hers!).
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Living in fear of a car parking fine
- Sarah Free
- Many have commented recently on the issue of over-zealous car parking wardens in the city, and some have stated a desire to see parking enforcement (and even parking buildings themselves!) bought back under direct Council control.
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Featherston St bike lanes
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- There is a need for a safe CBD cycle route south from the railway station that is faster than the waterfront.
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Beer what you want to beer 2013 Edition
- The Wellingtonista
- As almost everyone is aware Beervana kicks off tomorrow.
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What to eat during Wellington on a Plate
- The Wellingtonista
- We didn’t present you with suggestions for events to book, I know.
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Park(ing) for People
- The Wellingtonista
- Park(ing) Day is coming around again and this time there’s some official support.
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Is this the world’s best set of bike lanes – Indianapolis
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Have a look at this movie from Streetfilms about Indianapolis’s new Cultural Trail. Wellington needs to do it too.
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More Dog Exercise Areas in the Eastern Ward
- Sarah Free
- Following on from my post about the enclosed dog exercise area at Evan’s Bay, It was great to get some feedback about a fantastic website run by Miraz Jordan.
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Use the WCC Fixit App to get stuff sorted
- Sarah Free
- Coming around Roseneath today on the bus, I spied a potential safety hazard- some missing wire netting on a fence, with a steep drop below.
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10 days till DCM Bookfair
- The Wellingtonista
- I’m officially on DCM bookfair countdown, it’s only 10 days to go until the biggest, most amazing book event of the year in Wellington.
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Somewhere on Planet Earth
- The Wellingtonista
- In April 2012, Monica Yeoman and Dave Henley set out on a bicycle journey through Asia.
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What next for the Hataitai Bowling Club?
- Sarah Free
- Fewer people play bowls these days it seems, and rather than see the Bowling Club sold, Hataitai residents worked together to see the assets of the club transferred into a trust-the Hataitai Community Recreation Trust-which will manage the assets on behalf of the community.
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A boat, a beer and a duck
- The Wellingtonista
- This week’s foodie musings take me back to Wednesday’s 2-4-1 dinner at the Boat Café, nibbles and drinks at The Hop Garden, and a Le Canard roast duck from the Harbourside Market.
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What if Wellington had bike share that matched Brisbane’s in scope?
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- It’s 3 years since I rode on the Brisbane bike share scheme.
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Enclosed Dog Exercise Area- the only one in Wellington
- Sarah Free
- The enclosed dog exercise area in Evan’s Bay ( opposite Cogs park) is really popular with owners of small to medium dogs and is apparently the only one in the entire Wellington area.
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The ELF – a cheaper, but not quite perfect velomobile
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- The ELF is an interesting little electric assisted pedal trike.
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ASB Sports Centre is impressive
- Sarah Free
- The ASB Sports Centre, located in Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, is pretty impressive and a great asset for the community.
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Eq200
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- There have been hundreds of earthquakes, if not thousands, in the days following last week’s Seddonator (TM name courtesy of Eye of the Fish, conflation of Seddon and Dominator). A nice little wobbly number just then (11.10am) prompted me to go to the Geonet website and check – it was a 4.9 in the middle of the Cook Strait again – or, as Geonet say, 30km east of Seddon. There’s something big going on down there, even if the one remaining resident of Seddon could only just be bothered to report it in.
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