https://wellington.gen.nz/civic-square http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133831 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133831 Wellington Scoop 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/2020/12/council-to-consider-replacing-mob Next Thursday (10 December 2020) Wellington City Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee will consider the future of the Municipal Office Building (MOB) in Te Ngākau Civic Square. This is the planned home for a new National Music Centre (NMC). Fri, 04 Dec 2020 02:18:00 GMT https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/news/2020/12/council-to-consider-replacing-mob Wellington City Council 2020-12-04T02:18:00Z https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2020/11/insurance-agreed-on-damaged-building Wellington City Council has agreed a $38 million (excluding GST) insurance payout following damage to its Civic Administration Building (CAB) in Te Ngākau Civic Square in the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:31:11 GMT https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2020/11/insurance-agreed-on-damaged-building Wellington City Council 2020-11-01T23:31:11Z https://wellington.govt.nz/Your-Council/News/2020/11/Insurance-agreed-on-damaged-building Wellington City Council has agreed a $38 million (excluding GST) insurance settlement following damage to its Civic Administration Building (CAB) in Te Ngākau Civic Square in the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake. Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:31:11 GMT https://wellington.govt.nz/Your-Council/News/2020/11/Insurance-agreed-on-damaged-building Wellington City Council 2020-11-01T23:31:11Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131755 The Ian Athfield designed Wellington Central Library that was built in 1991 was placed just a stone’s throw, and a quarter turn around the square, from the 1940 Centennial Library building that it replaced. That building continues to provide great service as the City Gallery. Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131755 Wellington Scoop 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z https://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2019/08/national-music-centre-fundraising-effort-hits-$18-million Fundraising for the planned national music centre in Wellington's Te Ngākau Civic Square is well on track, with the total now at $18 million. Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:08:17 GMT https://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2019/08/national-music-centre-fundraising-effort-hits-$18-million Victoria University of Wellington 2019-08-01T00:08:17Z -41.28916835 174.76889632645998 http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2019/06/national-centre-of-music Wellington City Council, Victoria University of Wellington, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) have taken a major step in the establishment of a national music centre that will transform New Zealand’s arts scene and inspire future generations. Mon, 17 Jun 2019 03:42:50 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2019/06/national-centre-of-music Wellington City Council 2019-06-17T03:42:50Z http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2019/05/ferns The Ferns sculpture in Te Ngākau Civic Square will be temporarily removed in the next couple of weeks to undergo review and restoration of the wire-to-sculpture connection system. Wed, 08 May 2019 23:52:04 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2019/05/ferns Wellington City Council 2019-05-08T23:52:04Z http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2019/03/creative-wall-in-civic-square A space is being created in Te Ngākau Civic Square where the public can express their feelings and messages of support through art and words. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:23:20 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2019/03/creative-wall-in-civic-square Wellington City Council 2019-03-25T22:23:20Z http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-1-week-8/ Important Dates NOTE: You can access the school calendar on our website: WHS School Calendar 26 March: FRIDAY timetable runs today 29 March: Learning Conversations all day (with rōpū teachers) 1 April: BoT NZSTA event: Becoming a Trustee (see below) 12 April: End of Term 1 Principal’s message: Support, unity and strength of action It was lovely to see a number of current and past students and teachers at the Basin Reserve last Sunday evening for a chance to grieve and to show strength and unity with our muslim communities. SLT met with WERO leaders on Monday who had a range of ideas for support and these have been actioned this week: the school made available a reflection room with senior staff for students who needed time out and someone to talk to in order to help process the event, a book of condolences is available at reception in which members of our community can write, draw and express their messages for those affected in Christchurch the school came together on the field yesterday at lunch for a unity picnic – it was great to see so many of our students there, particularly senior students – and students took part in impromptu sing-a-longs, football matches, frisbee throwing and hula hooping, to name a few activities, today the school has observed the ‘colour your day’ promotion and have observed the call to prayer at 1.30pm followed by the 2 minute silence at 1.32pm, students have created a chalk wall where anyone can leave a message for our muslim whānau, and, students have been busy creating art works inspired by and in answer to the events. The students through all of this have been wonderful and caring and I hope we can all emerge from this feeling more kinship towards each other. The events last Friday overshadowed what was a wonderful response from our young people in civic square and at parliament in relation to climate change. A large number of our students took part in the climate change march and this was worthy of national focus. We made it very clear at Wellington High School that we supported our students with this action and I was really disappointed to see some principals and teachers in other areas devaluing the students’ initiative. We should all take strength from their actions last Friday and their continuing action this week in unrelated events. They are our future and their actions over the past week have been inspiring. Dominic Killalea Principal Important Information Learning Conversations — 29 March 2019 The Learning Conversation takes place between your student, the student’s rōpū teacher and parent(s) / caregiver(s).  Each learning conversation will take 20 minutes at the most. Students will only be at school on Friday 29 March for their learning conversation. Emails have been sent home. Bookings for learning conversations can be made at https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/ using code xktku. Lift Access: Please note that we have no lift access at the moment and are awaiting a new lift. If you would usually require the lift, please email Alison Jeffery (alison.jeffery@whs.school.nz) to request an accessible room. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Emergency preparation We acknowledge that this has been a difficult week for everyone. We are keen to make sure you are fully informed of how our school would respond in an emergency. We are upgrading our alarm system at present but will conduct a practice lockdown and evacuation soon. We will inform you and the students in advance when we plan to do this. Meanwhile, you can read about our processes here: Emergency preparation.     Viewing disturbing content online This week, we issued a reminder to students that they should not be viewing or sharing disturbing content related to the Christchurch events online. We amended the use of computers in the library in relation to the kinds of games being played and we reviewed our whole school filtering options. We will continue to take this very seriously. Netsafe has issued the following advice: “The footage of the Christchurch attacks is disturbing and will be harmful for people to see. If you or someone you know has viewed the video and are struggling with what you have seen please contact ‘Need to talk’ – free call or text 1737. While the content is online there is some risk that children or young people may come across it. We encourage all parents to proactively discuss with their children what they should do if they come across distressing content online. Further information is available at netsafe.org.nz/upsetting-content/     What’s happening? In support of Christchurch: Unity Picnic At lunchtime on Thursday, several hundred members of the WHS community congregated on the school field for our Unity Picnic. An inspired, inclusive and community-focused idea from our WERO leaders, the picnic gave us all the opportunity to sit, eat, chat and enjoy each others company. Students took the opportunity to play guitar and sing, or get involved with games of frisbee, or even to focus on school work while they ate.            Memorial Wall Students have taken the opportunity to express their respect and support for those affected by the Christchurch shootings creating a colourful memorial wall. Located by the car park near the Science block, the wall is a striking feature at the entrance to the campus.   Board Elections  | A message from the Wellington High School Board of Trustees 2019 is an election year for school trustees.  We understand that asking people to put their hand up and stand for election is difficult, especially if parents aren’t really clear on what the role entails! Find out about becoming a trustee New Zealand School Trustees Association are offering a new programme, Kōrari, which is designed to recognise the experience of existing trustees and help to encourage potential new trustees to come and find out what it really means to serve on a school board. People who want to understand what school governance looks like can come along and find out more. A hui will be facilitated by a regional adviser from NZSTA who will talk about the reality of being a trustee, the support and training that is available and encourage existing trustees to tell their story. The Hui will be held at Wellington High School on Monday 1st April at 6pm. NZSTA will provide refreshments. If you are interested in becoming a school trustee we encourage you to come along. Please RSVP using this link if you ARE attending. Meet Ron Year 10 2018’s second semester sculpture will be taking up residence on the WHS campus very soon.   New Zealand Young Scientists’ Tournament Last week, teams from schools in Auckland, New Plymouth, Lower Hutt and Wellington met to compete in the first New Zealand Young Scientists’  Tournament (NZYST). Over two days, the 9 teams took part in Science Fights, presenting, opposing and reporting on research completed since September.  WHS fielded two teams: the Immovable Concrete Pillars and the Generous Practitioners who are to be congratulated for finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. Competitors may now be selected to take part in the International Young Naturalists’ Tournament in Minsk, Belarus later in 2019.                 Sport Futsal New Zealand Secondary School FUTSAL Champs will be held on Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 and Friday 29 March at the ASB Sport Center in Kilbirnie Wellington High School will be represented at the NZSS FUTSAL champs by a Junior Boys and a Senior Boys teams. A list of the students representing us at the Championships are: Junior Futsal (Boys): National Beau Buckley Yusef Idris Ibrahim Arthur Kraemer Ashwin Ellis Ibrahim Idris Ibrahim Hidu Choi Mohammad Mazraeh Senior Futsal (Boys): National Nathan McConnel Willem Rodgers-Rowe Louis Cowan Ruairi Whelan Turbull Leo Clark Jack Ure Seth Mitchell Webster Liam Gillespie Thomas Woodward Cade Kelly Felix Ayland Jibril Abid Yusef Callum Godfrey (Manager)   Waka Ama The CSW Waka Ama championships were held on Saturday 16th March at Onepoto in Porirua.  All of our teams did so well and represented Wellington High School to a high standard. A huge thank you to their coach Matua Whakamarurangi for all his time and expertise.       Lawn Bowls On Tuesday 19 March College Sport Wellington held the Lawn Bowls Championships out at Silverstream.  Theo Sutorius competed at the event for Wellington High School. Theo has played Lawn Bowls for the school for the last four years and has enjoyed every aspect of the sport.  Well done Theo!       Achievements WHS Alumnus wins Gold at Special Olympics Dominic Faherty, one of our alumni, won a GOLD MEDAL in the 200m event, and achieved a personal best, at the Special Olympics in Dubai. Dom is pictured on the podium. Congratulations! Frankie Coup — From Javelin novice to national competitor in 3 weeks! Frankie Coup threw her first javelin at the WHS Athletics day on 1st March 2019. She managed an impressive second in the junior girls’ category. After the competition she threw a few more times, one of which was 4m further than the current Junior Girls WHS record! Unfortunately, as it was out of competition, it wasn’t able to be officially recorded. Frankie was chosen to represent Wellington High at the Western Zone Athletics meet on 6 March 2019. Here she managed to win the Junior Girls’ competition, and earn a spot at the Regional Athletics meet. At the Regionals on 14 March, she won again, making her the best javelineer in Wellington. She has now been selected to represent Wellington at the National Athletics meet in Tauranga on 6 April 2019, a stunning feat for someone who threw their first javelin fewer than three weeks ago! Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:30:00 GMT http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-1-week-8/ Wellington High School 2019-03-22T04:30:00Z -41.3002065 174.77512646827947 http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-1-week-5-2/ Important Dates NOTE: You can access the school calendar on our website: WHS School Calendar 4-6 March: 9Royal Noho Marae 6-8 March:  9Howell Noho Marae 26 March: FRIDAY timetable runs today 29 March: Learning Conversations all day (with rōpū teachers) 12 April: End of Term 1 Message from the Principal I hope your young person is settled into their classes and school routine and that they are setting themselves up for success this year. Our Year 9 cohort is the largest in many years with the roll nearing 1300 for the first time since I joined WHS. It is fantastic to see the community embracing coeducation at secondary level. Your increased support is an endorsement that a school should be a reflection of the society we live in. The increased roll places some pressures on us all, not least with some larger junior classes, and it is satisfying to see students settled well into the new academic year. At the start of the year, we acquaint/reacquaint ourselves with WHS’s cornerstone priorities based around the māori word WERO. WERO means ‘challenge’. Its letters represent our core strategic priorities. W is for Whānau. Education is a partnership between the school and family. We have the greatest success when we are all working together. When we speak of whānau we mean this in the broadest community sense: we are looking after all of our students to ensure everyone is given a fair, even chance of success and that no one is left behind. E represents Excellence. Excellence is not confined to academic achievement but represents everyone giving their best and achieving to their own personal level of excellence. Excellence is not confined to academic areas and includes sporting, cultural, social and personal excellence. R is for Respect. Respectful relationships should be at the core of everything we do and want our young people to acquire. R can also represent relational teaching practice and how this shows the importance of good relationships. And R can represent restorative practice because when things go wrong it is important to try and repair harm that may have been caused. O stands for Ora representing physical and emotional wellbeing. We all need quality of life and we need to actively take steps to look after ourselves and others. When I think of Ora I think of the airline safety videos that talk about looking after ourselves first before helping others when the oxygen mask drops down from overhead. It is the same with Ora. We need to look after our own wellbeing to be in a position to look after others. On 14 February our WERO leaders and DP Megan Southwell, ran ‘Aroha Day’: an opportunity for students to find out about sporting and cultural activities and sign up to something that interested them. It was great to see students signing up for so many opportunities enthusiastically. I hope that these initial commitments turn into enjoyable and rewarding experiences throughout the year. As you read this, our students will have just be finishing competing in our annual Athletics Day. I hope this provides a positive fun day for all of those who compete and helps to engender a stronger sense of pride in our great school. You will be able to read about the event in next week’s Wrap Up. On Friday 29 March we will run our first learning conversations for the year. The emphasis will be on how students can gain the requisite learning competencies to build success. These key competencies are an important part of our NZ curriculum and are: thinking; using language, symbols and text; managing self; relating to others; and participating and contributing. They all contribute to how a student prepares for and engages in learning. Through the media you may have heard that a student strike in support of a worldwide day of action over global warming is planned for Friday 15 March. Some of our students have expressed an interest in attending and publicity material has been circulating at school and online. The action is a global initiative expected to bring thousands of students onto the streets worldwide. In Wellington students will be meeting in Civic Square at 10am and marching to Parliament. We anticipate that students who participate will be out of school for the day. If your young person wants to support this action please notify us as soon as possible. Although the school supports students who wish to use this day to take this action, we do not support those that may use this issue as an excuse for a day off with no intention of being involved in the positive action being planned. Ngā mihi nui Dominic Killalea Important Information Thank you to the WF Anderson Educational Foundation Wellington High School has received a grant of $5000 from the WF Anderson Educational Foundation. This money will be used to assist students in financial need. We are deeply appreciative of the Foundation’s support. Board Elections  | A message from the Wellington High School Board of Trustees 2019 is an election year for school trustees.  We understand that asking people to put their hand up and stand for election is difficult, especially if parents aren’t really clear on what the role entails! Find out about becoming a trustee New Zealand School Trustees Association are offering a new programme, Kōrari, which is designed to recognise the experience of existing trustees and help to encourage potential new trustees to come and find out what it really means to serve on a school board. People who want to understand what school governance looks like can come along and find out more. A hui will be facilitated by a regional adviser from NZSTA who will talk about the reality of being a trustee, the support and training that is available and encourage existing trustees to tell their story. The Hui will be held at Wellington High School on Monday 1st April at 6pm. NZSTA will provided refreshments. If you are interested in becoming a school trustee we encourage you to come along. Please RSVP using this link if you ARE attending: https://goo.gl/forms/MBa8fFYExKC1N7YS2 What’s happening? The first Capital City Kāhui Ako Super Hui! On Monday this week, teachers from our Kāhui Ako/Community of Learning schools gathered together for the first time. Wellington High is part of a Ministry-funded collective with seven of its feeder schools (SWIS, Brooklyn School, Owhiro Bay, Island Bay, Newtown Primary, Houghton Valley, and Ridgway School). We are committed to working closely together around challenges related to wellbeing, cultural identity and capabilities for lifelong learning. The staff met, talked and shared their first thoughts about the direction and potential outcomes of our collective. It was great for staff to begin to ‘reach across’ to connect with colleagues in other local schools. The next step is to complete and submit our action plan to the Ministry of Education for approval.   John Minto visits WHS As part of the Thursday Library lunchtime lecture series for 2019, John Minto spoke to a group of WHS staff and students on Thursday. For the past 72 days the veteran activist has been walking the length of the North Island, partly to fulfil a personal ambition but also to advocate for Human Rights equality for Palestinians in Israel. John spoke thoughtfully, starting with the aims of his Te Araroa walk and gave the floor to students and staff to ask questions and extend their own understanding about activism, issues in the Middle East and his own actions during the SpringBok Tour. In a session that looked at both sides of the debate, John responded to the audience’s desire to better understand the complex and politically divisive struggles between Israel and Palestine.   Earth and Space Science students visit Island Bay Earth and Space Science NCEA level 2 students enjoyed a beautiful afternoon carrying out field work at Island Bay and Princess Bay. They practised sketching, photographing and observing the rock formations. Students learned how the rocks were formed as layers of sand 200 million years ago which became buried under an ocean that was maybe 2 km deep. Within the sedimentary rock a volcano left a layer of basalt that is now visible just east of the Bait shed as purple/red rock.  At Princess Bay there are traces of the sea creatures that lived on the ocean floor.   Overseas exchange scholarship information evening Is your student interested in spending a semester overseas? Student Exchange will be running an information session at Victoria University to provide further details.  FREE STUDENT EXCHANGE INFORMATION EVENING IN WELLINGTON Hear from returned students, find out more about discounts and scholarships available and ask questions. Thursday, 7th March – 7.00pm Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus Room GBG04, Old Government Buildings 23 Lambton Quay PIPITEA Visit www.studentexchange.org.nz or call 0800 440 077  for more information. Achievements WHS students Eli Martin (Year 11) and John Shea (Year 12) took place in the first round of NZOI (New Zealand Olympiad in Informatics) last weekend. 70 students, of all ages, and from across the country took part. Congratulations to Eli, who placed 18th, and John, who placed 11th.   Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:58:16 GMT http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-1-week-5-2/ Wellington High School 2019-03-01T01:58:16Z -41.3002065 174.77512646827947 https://citygallery.org.nz/blog/city-gallery-opens-from-scratch-exhibition-555-moons-with-an-unmissable-carhorn-hocket/ From Scratch will open their City Gallery exhibition 555 Moons with an innovative and exciting live sonic performance called Carhorn Hocket, on Saturday 17 November at 12 noon in Te Ngākau Civic Square. Wed, 07 Nov 2018 03:41:47 GMT https://citygallery.org.nz/blog/city-gallery-opens-from-scratch-exhibition-555-moons-with-an-unmissable-carhorn-hocket/ City Gallery 2018-11-07T03:41:47Z -41.28844155 174.77725074851375 http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2016/01/unleash-your-superpowers-at-seven-days-of-sevens Wellington’s Civic Square will be transformed into Rugby Sevens HQ and the Waterfront taken over to create a hub of music, 3D art, wine, food and craft beer for the first ever Seven Days of Sevens Festival in the countdown to the HSBC Wellington Sevens. Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2016/01/unleash-your-superpowers-at-seven-days-of-sevens Wellington City Council 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/12/graduation-address-by-peter-biggs This following is the graduation address given by Peter Biggs given to Victoria graduands, friends and family at Civic Square in December 2015. Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/12/graduation-address-by-peter-biggs Victoria University of Wellington 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z -41.28916835 174.76889632645998 http://www.arovalley.org.nz/news/aro-valley-joins-the-peoples-climate-march In Aro Valley, we’re doing it our way. Dress up, look your best! Bring your trumpet. Bring the kids. We’re serious but not grim! Saturday 28 November 2015  From 12 noon at Aro Park, Aro St  ​Leave 12.30pm from Aro Park to Civic Square Join us in a colourful community parade from Aro Park to the Civic Square, where we will join the Wellington People’s Climate event.   Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.arovalley.org.nz/news/aro-valley-joins-the-peoples-climate-march Aro Valley Community Centre 2015-11-24T00:00:00Z -41.29511255 174.768762669113 http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/11/moment-of-reflection-and-remembrance-following-paris-terrorist-attack A moment of reflection and remembrance will be held on Tuesday 17 November, at Civic Square from 5pm, in homage to the victims of the Paris attacks. Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/11/moment-of-reflection-and-remembrance-following-paris-terrorist-attack Wellington City Council 2015-11-16T00:00:00Z http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/11/public-to-have-say-on-civic-precinct-proposals Wellingtonians will be invited to have their say early in the New Year on proposed design plans to revitalise the Civic Square precinct and strengthen the Town Hall. Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/11/public-to-have-say-on-civic-precinct-proposals Wellington City Council 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z http://orchestrawellington.tumblr.com/post/131640720784 We’re excited to announce we’ll be performing  SILA: THE BREATH OF THE WORLD by John Luther Adams  as part of the NZ Festival on the 5th & 6th March in Civic Square. Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://orchestrawellington.tumblr.com/post/131640720784 Orchestra Wellington 2015-10-21T00:00:00Z http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/09/athfield-architects-to-design-music-hub-options Wellington City Council, Victoria University of Wellington and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra have collectively awarded Athfield Architects the opportunity to develop concept designs to progress ideas for a music hub around Wellington’s Civic Square. Thu, 10 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/09/athfield-architects-to-design-music-hub-options Wellington City Council 2015-09-10T00:00:00Z http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/05/town-hall-transformation-and-civic-precinct-upgrade-gets-goahead A comprehensive plan to strengthen and re-use the Town Hall and transform the Civic Square has been given the go-ahead today – the first day of formal deliberations on Wellington City Council’s 2015-25 10-year Plan. Tue, 26 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/05/town-hall-transformation-and-civic-precinct-upgrade-gets-goahead Wellington City Council 2015-05-26T00:00:00Z http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/05/wellington-welcomes-the-world-for-fifa-u20-world-cup-2015 This year, Wellington is one of seven cities hosting the second biggest football tournament in the world – FIFA U-20 World Cup – and we plan to give the teams a warm welcome to the Fever Pitch in Civic Square. Wed, 20 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2015/05/wellington-welcomes-the-world-for-fifa-u20-world-cup-2015 Wellington City Council 2015-05-20T00:00:00Z http://cyclingwellington.co.nz/2015/04/get-on-with-it-ride-to-the-council/ On Tuesday 21 April, Wellington’s cyclists will be riding from Wellington Railway Station to Civic Square to encourage the Council to “Get on With It” and build the cycle infrastructure needed to establish a cycling transport system in Wellington. Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://cyclingwellington.co.nz/2015/04/get-on-with-it-ride-to-the-council/ Cycling in Wellington 2015-04-17T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76088 One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley. Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=76088 Wellington Scoop 2015-03-07T00:00:00Z http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/when-the-media-advocate-racism-to-hide-the-real-culprits-behind-bad-driving/ This op–ed in the Fairfax Press smacks of typical yellow peril journalism that has come to typify what passes for some media coverage of late. Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/when-the-media-advocate-racism-to-hide-the-real-culprits-behind-bad-driving/ Jack Yan 2015-03-07T00:00:00Z http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=1265 Above: Brandyn Laursen (left) and Mike Clamp (right) who we think hold the respective Wellington club rugby single season points and try scoring records. Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=1265 Wellington Club Weekly 2015-03-07T00:00:00Z http://mcshwellington.org/?p=1439 The full newsletter can be downloaded from here –> Connection 20150308 Web FOR EVERYTHING A SEASON   Time, the wag wrote on the wall, is nature’s way of preventing everything from happening at once. Maybe all philosophy in the world was graffiti once upon a time. If not, this piece of graffiti qualifies as high … Continue reading Cathedral Connection 8 March 2015 → Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://mcshwellington.org/?p=1439 Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 2015-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.27663125 174.77552792243546 http://www.gw.govt.nz/grab-some-gravel/ Take some hard fill for your home and garden projects this weekend - and help protect your community from flooding. Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.gw.govt.nz/grab-some-gravel/ Greater Wellington Regional Council 2015-03-06T00:00:00Z http://www.whs.school.nz/mayoral-networking-for-award-recipient/ Last week WHS Student, Jean Donaldson, attended a networking event with the winners of the Absolutely Positively Wellington Student Award (which Jean received in 2014), to meet with Mayor Celia Wade-Brown and other Council representatives. Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.whs.school.nz/mayoral-networking-for-award-recipient/ Wellington High School 2015-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.3002065 174.77512646827947 http://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/hello-marcus/ We’re very excited that the celebrated Australian stage and screen actor Marcus Graham joined us today and is going to be here at Toi Whakaari for three weeks! Our second year acting students will be working with Marcus on well-known scenes and soliloquies from some of Shakespeare’s plays, exploring the larger-than-life size of Shakespeare’s characters and the denseness of his text. Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/hello-marcus/ Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School 2015-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.3085925 174.7746826 http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/found-a-facebook-bot-facebook-wants-you-to-leave-it-as-reporting-option-vanishes/ Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight. Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://jackyan.com/blog/2015/03/found-a-facebook-bot-facebook-wants-you-to-leave-it-as-reporting-option-vanishes/ Jack Yan 2015-03-06T00:00:00Z