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• • Kia ora koutou - here's the latest lesson schedule. Looking forward to seeing you!

    • 17 Jul 2021
    • Danss
    • Sunday 18th July  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Rumba  Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Rumba Sunday 25th July  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Waltz Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Waltz Sunday 1st August  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Jive Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Cha Cha Cha  Sunday 8th August Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Quickstep Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm  - Quickstep Sunday 15th August  Beginners: 7pm to 8pm - Revision night Intermediate: 8pm to 9pm - Revision night
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• • COVID-19 update

    • 26 Jun 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora everyone Because Greater Wellington is currently at Alert Level 2, we have decided to cancel the classes for tomorrow, 27 June. Hopefully we’ll be back to Level 1 in a jiffy and will be able to cha cha cha again. Take care out there!
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• • Latest lesson schedule

    • 19 Jun 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora tatou - apologies for not having kept you up-to-date recently.
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• • Latest lesson schedule

    • 19 Jun 2021
    • Danss
    • Sunday 20th June  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Waltz Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Waltz   Sunday 27th June   Beginner Class: 7 pm to 8 pm - Jive  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm  - Cha Cha Cha  Sunday 4th July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Quickstep  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Quickstep  Sunday 11th July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Revision night Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Revision night 
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• • Pride Festival 2021: Queer History of Te Whanganui-a-Tara at Te Awe Library

    • 15 Mar 2021
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Join us this Thursday at Te Awe Library for an evening of sharing Wellington’s queer and takatāpui oral history! We’ll be hearing kōrero from historians Will Hansen and Roger Swanson, both involved in LAGANZ, as well as Kay’la Rian representing Tīwhanawhana, celebrating the organisation’s 20th anniversary. Activist and counsellor Mani Mitchell and MC Georgia Mackay will also be involved. For more info, check out the panellist bios below–assembled by the fantastic team at Te Awe Library!
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• • Come out, come out, wherever you are

    • 7 Mar 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington will be bursting with all the colours of the rainbow as we celebrate our queer community with two weeks of events and activities for the Pride Festival.
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• • No classes under Alert Level 2

    • 4 Mar 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou To help keep everyone safe, we’ve made a decision not to hold Sunday classes under Alert Level 2 (or higher). Hopefully we’ll be able to waltz and cha cha cha again soon - we’ll let you know once it’s good to DANSS.
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• • 2021 - the first block of classes for the year

    • 30 Jan 2021
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou me nga mihi o te tau hou! We hope your summer is going well and you can find some time for some fun same-sex dancing on Sunday evenings at Thistle Hall.
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• • Final classes for 2020

    • 14 Nov 2020
    • Danss
    • Kia ora everyone, we’re now into the final bloc of classes for the year, so there’s still time to come and cha cha cha (or waltz or jive …).
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• • New locally made zine

    • 8 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • The Archive is Alive: Exploring Aotearoa NZ’s Queer History is the latest zine added to our lending zine collection.
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• • Next bloc of social classes

    • 4 Oct 2020
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou, here’s the next bloc of Sunday night classes.
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• • New dance floor, new class

    • 5 Sep 2020
    • Danss
    • It’s been a year of interruptions, what with the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently Thistle Hall being unavailable while a new floor has been constructed.
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• • We're back dancing

    • 28 Jun 2020
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou, dust off those dance shoes, we’re back dancing after the lockdown.
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• • COVID-19 Response - 2020 competition cancelled and Sunday classes suspended

    • 5 Apr 2020
    • Danss
    • We hope you, your families and your friends are doing well as the country responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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• • DANSS classes start 2 February

    • 25 Jan 2020
    • Danss
    • Our first block of social classes for 2020 starts Sunday 2nd February with the Beginners class at 7:00 pm and the Intermediate class at 8:00 pm.
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• • 2020 DANSS Competition

    • 5 Jan 2020
    • Danss
    • Welcome to a new decade of same-sex dancing! This year our annual competition will be on Saturday 16 May. Find the events list and registration form on the “Upcoming Competitions” page of this website. We’ll need entry forms in - or at least confirmation of your intention to dance - by 18 April. Let us know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you!
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• • Milestone for same-sex dancing in New Zealand!

    • 6 Apr 2019
    • Danss
    • Congratulations to the New Zealand Ballroom Dance Council, which has changed its rules so that "A couple of the same gender can dance in any event in New Zealand". This is a great step forward for equality and all the more reason to get involved in same-sex dancing.
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• • We support marriage equality

    • 8 Oct 2012
    • St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
    • St Andrew’s on The Terrace Presbyterian Church supports Marriage Equality In response to the Presbyterian General Assembly’s decision to oppose the Marriage Amendment Bill currently before Parliament, the Minister and Community at St Andrew’s on The Terrace Presbyterian Church (Wellington) today restated their commitment to be an inclusive church, welcoming and including people of any sexual orientation or gender identity.
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• • Carmen – ahead of her time

    • 15 Dec 2011
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Carmen Rupe (1936-2011), a New Zealand transgendered entrepreneur, entertainer, and role model, passed away in Sydney this morning.
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• • What year is St. Patrick’s College living in?

    • 13 Jun 2011
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Yes, a picture from Glee.
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• • Two marches you might want to join

    • 7 Jun 2011
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Wellingtonians have two great opportunities in the next couple of weeks to join important causes and demonstrate that you are decent human beings.
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