Events / February 2009
March 2009 | September 2008-
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Cuba Street Carnival in Wellington
- more than 150,000 people joined the 12 hour street party in celebration of 10th cuba street carnival in wellington.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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It’s Showtime!
- Eye of the Fish
- Cuba Carnivale is upon us once more. But will the showers hold off for us today, or is it time to think of the perhaps inevitable: do we need a SambaDome ? Carnival night parade is all about being hot and sweaty and (so it seems, near-naked), along with the inevitable music, rhythm and hypnotic samba music beats. Will the crowd break into spontaneous dance and applause this time, or merely look a
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How many artists does it take to turn a bus into a work of art?
- Go Wellington
- Get down to the Cuba Street Carnival on Saturday, 21 February and watch as a group of local and overseas artists turn a GO Wellington bus into a moving piece of art. Read more...
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Latrodectus Love Bites
- Te Papa's blog
- St Valentine's widow spider In honour of Valentine’s Day this post will look at the wonderful world of courtship in the spider genus Latrodectus, more commonly known as the widow spiders. Readers of my previous post will recall this genus includes species such as the American black widow (Latrodectus mactans), the Australian redback (L. hasseltii) and the New Zealand katipo (L. katipo), all
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Valentines day: roses are what?
- Te Papa's blog
- Margaret Stoddart, Roses, 1920s In Europe during the 1300s February 14th was thought to be the day when birds paired off to mate. This date was originally an ancient Greco-Roman pagan festival, and was later called St Valentines Day Feast by the Church. Since the 1300s, on February 14th each year, roses (and flowers in general), have been widely accepted as gifts and Saint Valentines Day is now
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Passchendaele: The Belgians Have Not Forgotten
- This exhibition focuses on how the memories of New Zealand still live on in Flanders today, 90 years after the devastating conflict that cost so many young kiwi lives. These memories are brought to life through images, movies and artefacts. New Zealand lost more men during the 100 days of fighting than any other commonwealth country - 845 on one day alone during the First Battle of Passchendaele, 12 October, 1917. The people of Flanders and, more widely, the people of Belgium have never forgotten this sacrifice, which is commemorated in this very special exhibition. Passchendaele: The Belgians Have Not Forgotten will tour New Zealand between March and November 2009. Opens Hall of Memories, National War Museum, Burke Street, Wellington 6 March - 13 April 10:00 - 4:30 Mon to Sat, 12:00-4:00 Sundays
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Concert - A Celebration of Organ and Brass - Wellington Town Hall, 21 Feb 2009, 7.30 pm
- Wellington Brass Band Inc.
- On Saturday 21 February 2009 at 7.30 pm the Wellington Brass Band will join with members of the National Youth Brass Band and Paul Rosoman on the organ of Wellington Town Hall to play music for brass band and pipe organ. The programme for the Wellington Town Hall concert includes Rawsthorne's "Dance Suite", "Suite Gothique" by Boëllmann and music by Widor, Sousa and Gigout. Tickets are $10 for ad
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