Community Groups / March 2014
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1930s Tramping Memories
- Orongorongo Club
- Early trampers in the valley, 1922 (Ian Baine Collection)I spent some time a few years ago researching the tramping history of the valley.
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A short history of hut building
- Orongorongo Club
- Baine iti - the oldest hut in the valleyHuts have been built in the Orongorongo Valley since the early 1900s – though they look a little different from today’s modern DOC huts! Early huts were built from materials at hand – manuka poles as framing and totara for piles.
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Basin Flyover Hearing Heads To The Basin Reserve
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- With the three-month extension to the Basin Reserve flyover hearing, the hearing has had to find a new venue – …Continue reading →
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Three Months, Two Flyovers, And Some Branded Umbrellas
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- Last week was quite a week for the campaign to stop a motorway flyover being built at the Basin Reserve. …Continue reading →
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Bill Toomath
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Bill Toomath passed away today. He will be hugely, sadly missed.
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Orongorongo Club new website
- Orongorongo Club
- In 1978 the Orongorongo Club was established by a number of regular users of the valley who shared a common interest in the preservation of the valley’s unique heritage. The club particularly supports the continued presence of huts and their extended use. Find out more at our new website: www.orongorongoclub.org.nz
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Tahora - 40 years on
- Orongorongo Club
- Owner: Maurice & Marg Mitchinson | Built: 1970/71When Tahora turned a respectable 40 years old in 2011 I sat down with Dad to record Tahora’s story… Dad started exploring the Orongorongo Valley in the early 60s as a young boy.
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Welcome!
- Orongorongo Club
- My son John exploring the bush behind our hut I'm very excited to welcome you to the Orongorongo Club's new blog! The Orongorongo Valley holds a special place in my heart - I first stayed in the valley at just six weeks old and introduced my son to the valley at three months.
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Save the Basin Quiz Night
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Join the fun - Make up a team of 8 When? 7.30pm, Thursday 27th March 2014 Where? Gasworks Pub, 11 Tauhinu …Continue reading →
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NZTA Admits It Has Worked On Plans For A Second Basin Reserve Flyover
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- At the Basin Reserve flyover Board of Inquiry, NZTA’s Wayne Stewart has been forced to admit that planning has been …Continue reading →
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Today At The Basin Flyover Hearing: Transport Evidence Going Against NZTA
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- When I arrived at the Basin Reserve flyover Board of Inquiry hearing this morning, I walked right past an anxious-looking …Continue reading →
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Next Meeting: Monday 17 March 2014 at 7.30pm
- Newtown Residents' Association
- 7.30 at the Community Hall 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground Newtown Festival Presentation of some great images from the very successful Fairday on Sunday 2 March and a brief report about the month’s activities. Laura Rosier Archive Display To celebrate Newtown Festival month we have had a billboard made, based on […]
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Media Release: Teens Turn Off Driving – Time To Turn Off Flyover Plans
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- The Save the Basin Campaign says the news that there has been a dramatic drop in the number of Wellington …Continue reading →
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