Community Groups - June 2011

Petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday
- 29 Jun 2011
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- Living Streets Aotearoa are planning to play petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday 2 July at 1pm, reclaiming the area for people instead of cars.
- Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 59 months ago by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
- community-groups
- mount-victoria

Palmerston North Boys' Traditional 2011
- 29 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 29 June 2011: Wet and slippery fields made for some exciting football (both round and oval) during today's Traditional against Palmerston North Boys' High School, hosted at Stream.
- Tagged as:
- soccer
- match-reports
- rugby

DCM Bulletin - Spare Time? Volunteer!
- 29 Jun 2011
- Downtown Community Ministry
- If you love books, and want to support your community, volunteering at the Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) Bookfair on 23-24 July is just the thing for you.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- books

Let’s not get pwned by the RoNSter
- 29 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Save the Basin and Save Kapiti are organising a “Rail Against the Road/Expressway” rally at Parliament on Wednesday July 6th. While most of us in the Centre might not have strong opinions one way or the other on the proposed Kapiti ‘Sandhills’ scheme (?), the issue is nevertheless an important one for a number of reasons. First of all, being played out here is the age-old conflict between nationally identified objectives against local community interests (or destruction thereof). This, of course, has much resonance with our members.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- wellington-northern-corridor
- lobby-groups
- kapiti

NZTA are spineless
- 28 Jun 2011
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Fresh from a meeting with NZTA's "stakeholder engagement manager" for the Save The Basin Reserve campaign - actually a hired gun from Opus Consulting - we've learned that the NZ Transport Agency will not be fronting up to any public meetings during the consultation process.
- Tagged as:
- consultation
- basin-reserve-flyover

Petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday
- 28 Jun 2011
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Living Streets Aotearoa are planning to play petanque in Buckle Street this Saturday 2 July at 1pm, reclaiming the area for people instead of cars.
- Automatically tagged as:
- basin-reserve
- basin-reserve-flyover
- lobby-groups
- cricket

St Peter Chanel Mass 2011
- 28 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 27 June 2011: Today, Stream held its St Peter Chanel Mass in a full school auditorium.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Stories
- 27 Jun 2011
- Samaritans
- Whirlwind Stories is a really great initiative to help enable men to positively embrace their mental health through the sharing of stories.
- Accepted from Wellington Samaritans's blog 24 months ago by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
- community-groups

Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Stories
- 27 Jun 2011
- Samaritans
- Whirlwind Stories is a really great initiative to help enable men to positively embrace their mental health through the sharing of stories.
- Accepted from Wellington Samaritans's blog 114 months ago
- Automatically tagged as:
- community-groups

"Rail against the roads" protest at Parliament, Wednesday 6 July
- 26 Jun 2011
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- There's a protest against the National Party's neanderthal transport policies and the impact of their incessant road building being held at Parliament on Wednesday 6 July, starting at midday.
- Tagged as:
- basin-reserve-flyover
- events

Wgtn 2040
- 26 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- The Wellington City Council has at last started the process of telling you about WGTN 2040, the proposed Vision for the future – 29 years in the future to be exact. It has been a long time coming – a couple of years at least, but this is one of the most important consultations that the Council has ever asked the Wellington public for their opinion on. We would encourage all Wellingtonians to have some input on this – and we would also like to hear your views, so that we can also table a submission from the Architectural Centre.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- wellington-city-council
- consultation
- planning

Happy birthday, Pauline
- 25 Jun 2011
- Wellington Scoop
- There was an unusual event at last weekend’s annual meeting of Waterfront Watch – a birthday cake to celebrate the 80th birthday of the organisation’s vigorously-vigilant and untiring president Pauline Swann.
- Tagged as:
- waterfront
- lobby-groups

Hato Paora Traditional 2011
- 24 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 22 June 2011: Stream headed north with the 2nd XV and Under-15 Rugby sides to visit Paorarangi at Hato Paora College, Fielding and were welcomed onto their marae with a full powhiri.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Making porridge pancakes: Te Aro Park
- 23 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- I haven’t been down to the container exhibition of WCC’s Wellington 2040 vision, but am looking forward to doing so soon. What I have seen is the recent post over on EyeoftheFish, which gives us a sneak preview of a small part of the type of outcome that might be expected to emerge from that vision: in this case, a new green space where the Oaks building is currently sited. As the Fish reports, that site has been the subject of many suggestions for ‘improvement,’ some of which are captured in this thread. A particularly intriguing one was the suggestion of a ‘Flatiron’/wedge-shaped building on Te Aro Park, and a park where Oaks currently is – a swap of building for open space and vice versa.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- architecture
- community-groups

News for Sunday 26 June 2011
- 22 Jun 2011
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Old Photos PleaseWe need historical items for display on 13/14 August, the weekend when we will celebrate the Centenary of the current St Mary’s church building.
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

DCM Bulletin - “C’mon Stacey, let’s tackle debt!”
- 22 Jun 2011
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Debt-free Newtown is launching their campaign “C’mon Stacey, let’s tackle debt!” on Friday 24 June at lunchtime. A group of concerned locals from Newtown are inviting Stacey Jones, kiwi league legend, to reconsider his promotion of Instant Finance, in order to tackle debt among low-income communities.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- newtown
- lobby-groups

The great flyover teardown…
- 21 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Those good folk over at the Congress for the New Urbanism run an initiative called “Highways to Boulevards,” seeking to reclaim urban environments and revitalise cities by campaigning for highway teardowns. They pay particular attention to elevated highways, yep, the good old flyover. But not only do the CNU provide a set of model precedents for [...]
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- basin-reserve-flyover

Weltec Chefs Inspire Students
- 20 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 14 June 2011: Under the watchful and trained eyes of WELTEC chefs Toby and Jim, five Food and Nutrition classes and the Chef Club were shown skills that helped them prepare in pairs, Thai style stir-fry Vegetables in Chilli sauce.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

skyline reservations
- 20 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Last week news of a proposed hotel development on the site of the Skyline Restaurant at the top of the cable car appeared on the front page of the Dominion Post. The article had salacious details of ‘clandestine dealings’, ‘contractual agreements’, the public and media banned from meetings behind closed doors at WCC and a proposal to revoke the reserve status of an area of the Botanic Gardens to allow for a hotel on the site.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- wellington-city-council
- skyline-hotel

Alert to log removal operation by Helicopter
- 18 Jun 2011
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- A helicopter will be used because it isn’t practical to remove it from the location marked X in any other way.
- Automatically tagged as:
- thorndon
- community-groups

WCC Strategy Committee to consider residential heritage in Thorndon
- 18 Jun 2011
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- WCC's Strategy and Policy Committee is about to consider the approach to Heritage Management in the Residential Areas of Thorndon.
- Tagged as:
- thorndon
- consultation
- heritage-buildings
- planning

Compassion costs $6 per day
- 16 Jun 2011
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- Notable Mt Victoria identity and lifetime MVRA member Richard Giese died at the Rita Angus retirement village in Kilbrinie in February.
- Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 59 months ago by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
- community-groups
- mount-victoria

Wellington 2040: A smart green city - a “freakin fantastic” idea
- 16 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- This post is really just a heads-up for those of you who don’t keep up with the Dom-Post (and let’s be honest, they don’t really offer much reason to do so), but here is an article (via stuff.co.nz) that should have some interest for our members: Wellington 2040: A smart green city Although I recommend you read [...]
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- architecture
- community-groups

News for Sunday 19 June 2011
- 16 Jun 2011
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Bishops’ Emergency Appeal for Christchurch Earthquakes Please Continue to Uphold the People of Christchurch in your Prayers as the Upheaval ContinuesSo far over $800,000.
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

2010 NCEA Scholars Presented
- 14 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 14 June 2011: The top ranking scholars in NCEA at Levels 1 and 2 were presented at today's Academic Assembly.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Rongotai College Traditional 2011
- 14 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 15 June 2011: Today St Patrick's College Silverstream take on Rongotai College at Rongotai. Games are: 1pm - First XI Football; 1.30 pm - First XV Rugby.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Year 12 Retreat 2011
- 13 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 9 & Friday 10 June 2011: Last week Year 12 students were fortunate to be given the opportunity to explore the possibilities open to them as they take the steps towards manhood in the next few years.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Volunteer NOW for Wellington Samaritans next training course
- 9 Jun 2011
- Samaritans
- A Samaritans volunteer doesn't stand out from the crowd but they are often there when no one else is. Are you a good listener? Could you be a Samaritan (we call them Sams)? We need day and night time listeners for our Wellington Centre. Our next course starts July 2014 CALL 472 3676 or click here to apply now.
- Accepted from Wellington Samaritans's blog 24 months ago by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
- community-groups

Volunteer NOW for Wellington Samaritans next training course 23 July 2011
- 9 Jun 2011
- Samaritans
- A Samaritans volunteer doesn't stand out from the crowd but they are often there when no one else is. Are you a good listener? Could you be a Samaritan (we call them Sams)? We need day and night time listeners for our Wellington Centre. Our next course starts Saturday 23 July. CALL 472 3676 or click here to apply now.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- community-groups

News for Sunday 12 June 2011
- 9 Jun 2011
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Centering Prayer WorkshopA day exploring a form of contemplative meditationWorkshop details: 10am to 3.
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

News for Sunday 22 May 2011
- 9 Jun 2011
- Karori Anglican Churches
- FIFTH SUNDAY CELEBRATIONWe Worship, We Eat, We Serve!!! Sunday 29 May, 8 am-12 pm What’s the Plan? 8 am Traditional service9-10 am Bacon and Eggs!10 am-12 pm Street Party for Victory Ave Resident’s and providing assistance where needed, Karori Stream clean up or prayer support.
- Tagged as:
- karori

Sunday 29 May 2011
- 9 Jun 2011
- Karori Anglican Churches
- JAM (Jesus and Me) Lunch Families with children who are part of JAM (2 - 6 year olds) are invited to a shared lunch.
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

Let the consultation theatre begin!
- 9 Jun 2011
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The NZ Transport Agency today announced that they will be commencing "consultation" on the Basin Reserve flyover on Monday 4th July.
- Tagged as:
- consultation

Ian McKinnon's faeries at the bottom of the garden
- 9 Jun 2011
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Every month the Mt Victoria Newsletter publishes an opinion piece from one of the WCC Lambton Ward councillors, and this month it was the turn of Deputy Mayor Ian McKinnon - who published one of the most incoherent pieces of blather about transport projects that we've ever seen.
- Automatically tagged as:
- basin-reserve
- basin-reserve-flyover
- lobby-groups
- cricket

News for Sunday 5 June 2011
- 9 Jun 2011
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Bring out your deadGlasses, that is - for collection on 5 and 12 June.
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

Consultation to start on Basin Reserve flyover on 2 July
- 9 Jun 2011
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- The NZ Transport Agency has announced that consultation will start on the Basin Reserve flyover and a second Mt Victoria tunnel on Saturday 2 July.
- Accepted from Mt Victoria Residents Association news 139 months ago
- Tagged as:
- consultation

Two marches you might want to join
- 7 Jun 2011
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellingtonians have two great opportunities in the next couple of weeks to join important causes and demonstrate that you are decent human beings.
- Tagged as:
- womens
- events
- lgbt

Draft Thorndon Design Guidelines
- 6 Jun 2011
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- In mid May 2011, WCC's urban planners convened a workshop to discuss possible residential design guidelines for Thorndon. TRA representatives participated. Here is the draft report. The revision marks are by the TRA's representatives. This report will be discussed at the WCC convened Thorndon Advisory Group meeting, Tuesday 7 June.Background to the project.
- Tagged as:
- thorndon
- planning

Doug ZL2TAR Elected Life Member of NZART At Conference 2011
- 4 Jun 2011
- Wellington VHF Group
- NZART Council recommended Doug ZL2TAR for Life Membership of the Association at the AGM held in Upper Hutt over Queen's Birthday weekend 2011 and this was passed with acclamation.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- amateur-radio

When is a building “Over” height?
- 4 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- In a rare move recently, Wellington City Council publicly notified a building, and exposed it to public comment. While the Architectural Centre did not enter a submission (although we often have done so in the past), it seems that a number of people and organisations did, most of whom seem to have come out against
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- architecture
- community-groups

Basin Reserve proposals “now two”
- 4 Jun 2011
- Architectural Centre Inc
- The front page of the Dominion Post recently announced that there are now just two possible options being worked on by the NZTA, regarding possible routes that the proposed Basin Reserve bypass could take.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- basin-reserve-flyover

DCM Bulletin - Bringing Us Closer Together
- 2 Jun 2011
- Downtown Community Ministry
- The NZ Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) launches Closer Together Whakatata Mai at the Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) offices this morning. The Closer Together Whakatata Mai project highlights the impact of inequality in New Zealand.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- religious-groups

NZTA's ultimatum: a flyover or a flyover
- 1 Jun 2011
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The Dominion Post is reporting what we had assumed all along - the NZ Transport Agency's engineers are going all-out for a flyover, and have ruled out all other options.
- Automatically tagged as:
- basin-reserve
- basin-reserve-flyover
- lobby-groups
- cricket

Stream Wins Wellington College Traditional
- 1 Jun 2011
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 1 June 2011: In a classic game of two halves, St Patrick's College Silverstream's First XV overcame an 18 point half-time deficit to win the 2011 Traditional with a 40 metre Aviata Silago penalty on the final whistle.
- Tagged as:
- rugby
- secondary

Private Roads and Recycling
- 1 Jun 2011
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- Anyone having any issues with the new recycling regime? What about the policy regarding access to private roads by the WCC, or contractor, for the purpose of collecting recycling bins or bags?Most suburbs have private rights of way.
- Tagged as:
- recycling

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