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The Bunkbed
- Salient
- By B. I. Godson In those days Brother Jean-Baptiste had no doubts about God. There on the top bunk, the balls of his feet pressed through...
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From Aotearoa to Palestine: Matariki Reflections
- Salient
- It’s Matariki, and I am with my whānau by the coast with a bowl of hot boil-up on my lap and some fry bread in my hand. We’re gathered...
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Healing the World: Jewish Traditions and Justice.
- Salient
- by Ari (they/them) Kia ora, and Shalom aleichem. I’m a PhD candidate here at Te Herenga Waka and I am of Ashkenazi (Jewish people whose...
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‘Giving It Up’ for Lipstick - a Hotly Anticipated Single Release From Wellington’s Local Celebrities
- Salient
- By Madeleine Vivienne Pierre The single release party for Lipstick at Valhalla was a masterclass in reflecting the local band scene for...
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Islam on Campus (and Respawning My Faith)
- Salient
- The first time I was introduced to Islam was through a terrorist joke. Just a kid playing Halo on my Dad’s Xbox 360, on a tiny TV in...
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ENTER THE CONCLAVE: Ryan's Guide to becoming the Pope
- Salient
- By Ryan Cleland (he/him) So you want to be the Pope, eh? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Your journey to the Papacy is a busy one —...
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Whatever Happened to Berrigan House?
- Salient
- By Will Irvine For nearly a decade, a utopian socialist community existed right on the doorstep of Victoria University of Wellington....
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Who is Behind Independent Together? Whaling, Tobacco, and Conspiracy Theories.
- Salient
- By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) With roughly 100 days to go until Wellington will elect a new council, it’s likely you’ve spotted Independent...
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A Few Minutes with Andy Johnston
- Salient
- By Nick Heine-Sheldrake Andy Johnston didn’t mean to become a wildlife expert, but the 25-year-old now finds himself traveling from...
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WCC decides to enforce its own rules
- Salient
- By Dan Moskovitz Wellington City Council and scandal are two peas in a pod. WCC councillors and scandal practically share the same bed....
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Sex Myths and What I Wish I Knew at 18 (Now That I'm 30)
- Salient
- By Magenta Kaos (they/he) Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whare, Tūhoe “Sex Is Only Sex If There's Penetration” Sex education has long been lacking,...
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Counting Down
- Salient
- Ryan Cleland (he/him) I’d like to say I was pretty good at math as a kid. No Einstein, sure, but I held my own. When I was in Year 1, I...
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It’s a Renters World, and We’re…Not Living in it?
- Salient
- By Fergus Goodall Smith You may have seen headlines telling you that Wellington rental prices are dropping, that it’s a renter’s market,...
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The Sex Parties of Queen Dove
- Salient
- By Georgia Wearing How did you get into hosting sex parties? I’ve always identified as kinky, as a teenager I scoured every corner of the...
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Everyone is a target: Inside Deepfake Pornography
- Salient
- By PHOEBE ROBERTSON Deepfake pornography has been called the future of revenge porn, but that term doesn’t quite capture it. Unlike...
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Getting Methy – New Zealand’s changing drug market
- Salient
- By Darcy Lawrey (he/him) Trigger Warning: Discusses drug use. Testing of New Zealand’s wastewater over the last year has revealed an...
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Standing Guard
- Salient
- words by Will Irvine I never had the makings of a traditional doorman. I’m 5’11, 88kgs, and nowhere near close to intimidating. In high...
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Naked and Unafraid
- Salient
- Words by Dorian (he/him) I’ve been to a few life drawing classes in my time as someone who sketches, though I had never thoroughly...
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Opinion: Can Chris Hipkins Pull it Off?
- Salient
- By Walter Hamer Zamalis The 2023 New Zealand general election was one in which Aotearoa saw nothing in its future, and so voted according...
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An Oral History of Sex
- Salient
- By Shaw McEwan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Porou) and Taipari Taua (Muriwhenua, Ngāpuhi) Sex and love have always been...
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FROM DISHWASHER TO TOP DOG
- Salient
- Stories from a life spent behind the bar By Courtney Plaize (she/her) Being a female bartender is hard. Now add management and Courtenay...
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A new kind of six inches
- Salient
- By Diamond (she/her) Popular media has been paying special attention to sex work lately. Stripping has become Hollywood's new ‘darling’...
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Town on a Budget
- Salient
- By Georgia Wearing We may have missed the prime years of clubbing when the 2000’s music wasn’t overdone, beers were $1, and the recession...
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A love letter to Shibari
- Salient
- By Faun Watson A number of years ago, I started attending Wellington kink events with my then-partner. We had the same goals as many...
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Too loud, too late, too alive
- Salient
- A Manifesto for the Troublesome Women of Courtenay Place Riona Chen (she/her) I go to the club to make genuine emotional connections and...
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Fly of the Month: July 2025
- Wellington Flyfishers Club
- Red Tag Peacock Bomb Great for sinking your Glo Bug and a favourite Nymph for freestone rivers such as Tukituki, Rangitikei and Mohaka. Favourite nymph for freestone rivers such as Tukituki, Rangitikei and Mohaka. Gold bead head excellent for rainbows while the black bead head attracts the browns. Hook Kamasan B175 14# Thread Black Monocord […]
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Important Notice: Triennial School Board Elections
- Wellington Girls' College
- Voting Online - My School Elections...
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Donate your laptop to young recyclers – Turn your E-waste into Equity!
- Zeal
- Donate a laptop Become a sponsor Donate a laptop Become a sponsor Bridge the digital inequality gap in Hamilton and West Auckland by donating your used PC. Rangatahi (young people) will master PC laptop repairs, along with skills to conquer the digital world on their own terms. All graduates receive a free laptop! Can you […] The post Donate your laptop to young recyclers – Turn your E-waste into Equity! appeared first on Zeal.
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Oarfish survival guide: So, you have found a mythical sea serpent – how to prepare for your impending doom
- Te Papa's blog
- Over the last few months, three examples of a most enigmatic and unusual oarfish washed ashore in Tasmania, at Aromoana, and Burdlings Flat, causing an immediate spike in interest: Was this a sign that a major earthquake was imminent? Are we in for a bumper herring harvest… both?! That is what Andrew was asked by reporters from the Christchurch Press and The Guardian. Here, curators Andrew Stewart and Thom Linley break down the science of the oarfish.
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Wellington Windsports Association?
- Wellington Windsurfing Association
- Wellington Windsurfing Assn. was deregistered over Covid and we are exploring options. We are still encountering people interested in trying windsurfing and wingfoiling so we are keen to retain a pathway for them to be introduced to the sport. We … Continue reading →
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Central Secondary Schools Championships 2025
- Hutt Valley Fencing Club
- Hutt Valley Fencing Club Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the 2025 Central Secondary Schools Championships. Key Information Date: Saturday 26 July to Sunday 27 July 2025. Venue: River Gym, Upper Hutt College, 51 Moonshine Road, Upper Hutt. Entry fee: $40.00 for one event, $50.00 for 2+ events. Late entry fee: at organisers … Continue reading Central Secondary Schools Championships 2025 →
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Mutually Exclusive
- Tawa Baptist Church
- Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 Video Link: https://youtu.be/FPXWfWBaKQo Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-29-jun-2025-mutually-exclusive Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Some things cannot happen at the same time. For example, if you flip a coin, you will get either heads or tails. You can’t get both heads and tails simultaneously. Likewise, if you take one card from a standard playing … Continue reading Mutually Exclusive
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Pursuing pūkohukohu – a local look for mosses and liverworts
- Te Papa's blog
- Earlier this year, the Wellington branch of Forest & Bird held a bioblitz in a local reserve they are helping to restore. Curator Botany Leon Perrie talks about looking for the little plants.
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Pānui / Newsletter 27 June 2025
- Wellington Girls' College
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Telesmart secures key government security endorsement for ICT
- Paremata Plimmerton Rugby Football Club
- SecurityBrief New Zealand - Technology news for CISOs & cybersecurity decision-makers
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A new genus and species of landhopper for New Zealand
- Te Papa's blog
- Landhoppers—tiny, jumping crustaceans—are a vital yet often overlooked part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s invertebrate fauna. Northland entomologist Olly Ball, University College Cork’s amphipod expert Alan Myers and Te Papa geneticist Lara Shepherd have just described a new species and genus of landhopper from Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands in Northland. A
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Newsletter
- Cannons Creek School
- Cannons Creek School School Newsletter At Cannons Creek School we CARE Week 9 Term 2 2025 Kia ora, Talofa Lava, Kia orana, Malo ni, Marhaba, Fakalofa atu, Bula, Mingalaba, Namaste, Nyob zoo, Vanakkam, Mga Pagbati Principal’s Message Kia ora We are very nearly there to the end of Term 2, but with four days to ... Read moreNewsletter
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Wellington College Newsletter – Week 9, Term 2, 2025
- Wellington College
- Read the full publication The post Wellington College Newsletter – Week 9, Term 2, 2025 appeared first on Wellington College.
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Thin Ice
- Tawa Baptist Church
- Scripture: 1st Corinthians 10:1-13 Video Link: https://youtu.be/G0sJ4VhYD2Q Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-22-jun-2025-thin-ice Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. The expression, “You’re on thin ice”, is a warning that you are in danger. You are venturing into an area that is life threatening or detrimental to your wellbeing. The literal meaning of being on thin ice is skating or … Continue reading Thin Ice
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Wellington College Newsletter – Week 8, Term 2, 2025
- Wellington College
- Read the full publication The post Wellington College Newsletter – Week 8, Term 2, 2025 appeared first on Wellington College.
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Kai, climate and community – the kōrero continues
- Kaibosh Food Rescue
- We had big plans for May 1st — a shared meal and conversation about kai, climate, community in Pōneke to launch the 2025 Kaibosh Annual Appeal. “Kai for our people, our climate, our future” was an event designed for connection, kai and kōrero, featuring a seasonal three-course dinner by Everybody Eats and important conversation led […] The post Kai, climate and community – the kōrero continues first appeared on Kaibosh Food Rescue.
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Your life is important – your archive is important
- Te Papa's blog
- Master’s student Felix Stribling unpacks their research into Aotearoa New Zealand’s queer heritage collections and the importance of centring queer and takatāpui voices in GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums).
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Major roadworks coming up in Tory and Jessie Streets - 23 June-4 July.
- Inner-City Wellington
- Information from Wellington Water Wellington Water has major pipe work coming up in Tory and Jessie Streets - from 23 June-4 July. Traffic changes are involved. Parts of Jessie and Tory Streets will be closed Upcoming Works and Road Closures Jessie Street and Tory Street Kia ora, Wellington Water, on behalf of Wellington City Council, are realigning a wastewater pipe that was wrongly connected to the stormwater system when it was installed many years ago. This work will require digging a trench from Jessie Street into Tory Street, realigning the pipe so it correctly connects into the wastewater main, and installing new manholes, while avoiding other critical underground services such as electrical and telecommunications lines. This means that from Monday 23 June to Friday 4 July: The intersection of Jessie Street and Tory Street will be completely closed to traffic Signage will direct vehicles to detour around this intersection Jessie Street will be closed to vehicles except for residents, who will need to enter/exit at Taranaki Street Pedestrian access will be unaffected Work will take place 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday. Due to the nature of the work, there will be noise and vibration. We are working overnight to reduce the amount of time the road needs to be closed. Once work on Tory Street is completed, the intersection with Tory Street will be re-opened. Jessie Street will remain closed except to residents while the remaining work is completed for about another week. We will let you know more about that once we can confirm the exact dates for this. Completing this work will protect our harbour from contamination by untreated wastewater and increase the resilience of our water network. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. If you have any questions about this work, please contact: During business hours: Cynthia Dewi 021 229 1682 After hours: Wellington City Council contact centre, 04 499 4444 If you would like to receive further updates on this project, please send an email to engagement@wellingtonwater.co.nz with “Jessie Street” in the subject line. Ngā mihi, Network Operations Wellington Water 9 June 2025
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The Council would like your feedback on this Coastal Reserves Management Plan
- Inner-City Wellington
- From Wellington City Council Tātou ki Uta covers all Council-managed coastal land from Oriental Bay to Karori Stream, including coastal reserves, beaches, public parks, and areas of road reserve, as well as recreational amenities like tracks, play areas, boat ramps, and public toilets. Click here for a map of areas in scopeopen in new window The draft plan outlines 5 core values to guide our coastal management approach, and the pathways (or steps) needed to bring these values to life. The plan also divides Wellington’s coastline into 8 distinct geographic areas (management sectors) and describes key values, features, challenges, and proposed actions unique to each area. Alongside the plan itself, we are seeking public feedback on: Draft rules for activities in reserves (Appendix A) Proposed name changes to reserves (Appendix B)
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Residents Monitoring Survey 2025 results released
- Inner-City Wellington
- Info from WCC The RMS is Wellington City Council’s annual check-in with residents to understand their views on a wide range of topics and, along with the nationwide Quality of Life biannual survey, helps to form a small part of the wider performance story in the Annual Report. While respondents generally agree Wellington is a great place to live, work and play, overall feelings towards the city have shifted significantly over the past decade, with dissatisfaction about the look, feel and vibe of the capital, reflecting a similar downturn in sentiment around the motu. Read more info here: The 2025 survey took place in two parts. The final sample size was: 1,088 for part one 1,174 for part two. It had a margin of error around 3% for the Wellington City population. The samples were post-weighted to be representative of Wellington City residents by age, gender, and ward. Resident’s Monitoring Survey 2025 report (880KB PDF) Resident’s Monitoring Survey 2025 summary (1.4MB PDF) Read the key findings in Our Wellington: Residents Monitoring Survey 2025 results released
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We Believe
- Tawa Baptist Church
- By: Neville Gardner, 15 June 2025 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-15-jun-2025-we-believe In Türkiye, not far from Istanbul, is a small town called Iznik. There is no Christian church, but this year Christians around the world are celebrating a significant event that took place here 1700 years ago. In those days, the town was part of the Roman … Continue reading We Believe
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Youth Week 2025 Zealness!
- Zeal
- Skip to your favourite Zeal Taranaki • Kāpiti • Wellington • Hamilton • West Auckland Youth Week 2025 was all about Whai Wāhitanga – Take Our Place. Across Aotearoa, rangatahi stepped up to lead, create, and connect in powerful ways. From cultural showcases to esports tournaments, youth-led markets to community hāngī, Zeal spaces came alive with energy, […] The post Youth Week 2025 Zealness! appeared first on Zeal.
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Youth Week 2025 Zealness!
- Zeal
- Skip to your favourite Zeal Taranaki • Kāpiti • Wellington • Hamilton • West Auckland Youth Week 2025 was all about Whai Wāhitanga – Take Our Place. Across Aotearoa, rangatahi stepped up to lead, create, and connect in powerful ways. From cultural showcases to esports tournaments, youth-led markets to community hāngī, Zeal spaces came alive with energy, […] The post Youth Week 2025 Zealness! appeared first on Zeal.
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WGC Talent Shines in Wellington Indoor Cricket Squads
- Wellington Girls' College
- WGC Cricketers Head to Nationals! A huge congratulations to a number of our talented WGC cricketers...
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A life through boxes: The collected archives of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
- Te Papa's blog
- Humanities Technician Cassandra Bahr has been working in the Collected Archives at Te Papa, cataloguing and rehousing papers from people connected to Te Papa’s collecting areas. Her first task was working with the papers of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, former Head of Arts and Visual Culture at Te Papa.
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