Cricket Wellington is this week paying tribute to former First-Class cricketer Syd Ward, who passed away at his home in Featherston on 31 December, aged 103.
The wider Wellington cricket community recently lost one of its true stalwarts with the passing last week of Naenae Old Boys past player and life member and former first-class umpire Reg Alexander.
Wellington’s Eric Tindall, who played five cricket Tests in the 1930s and 1940s and one rugby international in 1937 and also umpired and refereed cricket and rugby Tests, has passed away. He was 99.
In this reflective session, Sarah Hopkinson, Head of Learning at Te Papa, explores the vital role museums play within Aotearoa’s wider education ecosystem and the unique ways they nurture creativity, collaboration, and community.
Petone with the Swindale Shield on their home ground, following today’s win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Grant Wall. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2026 Swindale Shield champions, winning the first-round title for the 16th time with next week’s final round to spare with a 43-17 win over Paremata-Plimmerton this afternoon. Petone and...
Victoria University’s Classics Museum examines the complex afterlives of antiquities through two remarkable objects—a Roman portrait head now subject to repatriation after being identified as illicitly excavated, and a richly carved child’s sarcophagus later revealed to be a modern forgery.
