There have been hundreds of earthquakes, if not thousands, in the days following last week’s Seddonator (TM name courtesy of Eye of the Fish, conflation of Seddon and Dominator). A nice little wobbly number just then (11.10am) prompted me to go to the Geonet website and check – it was a 4.9 in the middle of the Cook Strait again – or, as Geonet say, 30km east of Seddon. There’s something big going on down there, even if the one remaining resident of Seddon could only just be bothered to report it in.
Looks like Luke’s Lane Liftshaft is likely to lay down after a long period of lonesome inactivity. Apparently it is leaning in an alarming manner – anything off vertical rings alarm bells in our vertically oriented city – and this last remnant of the 80s is due to be axed.
Trytime for Manukura in Friday’s semi-final against Hamilton GHS. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Manukura (girls) and Hamilton Boys’ High School (bwon Sunday’s National First XV Top 4 Championship finals in Palmerston North. Accounts of both matches follow. Manukura: 39 (Danica Talitonu 2; Maia Davis, Te Maia Sweetman, Elley-May Taylor, Kingston Taiapa, Ashby Pewhairangi tries;...
Wellington City Council is a hive of political intrigue and back-stabbing. Let’s take the recent revelation that Council chief of staff Nadine Walker, who’s married to Green Party co-leader Chloe...
By Steven White & Scott MacLean Wellington retained the Hurricanes U19s competition Central Region Shield with a 65-7 win over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s at Porirua Park today. Playing into the strong wind, Wellington led 34-7 at halftime and maintained their dominance on the scoreboard throughout the remainder o the match. Wellington scored 11 tries...
