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Big upgrade under way at busy Kilbirnie intersection
- Wellington City Council
- Expect to see work going on around Kilbirnie as one of the city’s least pedestrian-friendly intersections gets a revamp to make it better for everyone.
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Onepu Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Work starts on Kilbirnie walking and biking connections
- Wellington City Council
- Improvements to walking, bike and bus connections in the wider Kilbirnie area are getting under way with work starting on safer new crossings in Rongotai, and a new shared path alongside Ākau Tangi Sports Centre.
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Airport exhibition takes off at Kilbirnie
- Wellington City Council
- With the launch of the newly digitised Ronald Cameron Airport Collection, we take a look back at a version of Rongotai that no longer exists.
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Kilbirnie Library - Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Our AGM 2023 is on Wednesday 7th of June
- Guardians of the Bays
- Our 2023 AGM is on Wednesday 7 June at Kilbirnie Community Centre at 56 – 58 Bay Road, Kilbirnie, WELLINGTON Start is at 6pm Part 1- Member only AGM meeting 6pm to 7pm This is the part where members review the achievements of the last year, & financial report, elect members to the executive, and […]
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Help shape more sustainable transport options in Thorndon and Kilbirnie
- Wellington City Council
- Wellingtonians have made it clear they want better transport options, action on climate change, and more housing.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Build a Bridge over Cobham Drive
- Eye of the Fish
- OK: so my last post was trying to be all neutral, but I can’t take it any longer.
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Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekly News 10 February 2020
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- Five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB: (a) wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club, (b) join us at the yellow tent afterwards, (c) say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent, (d) tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us, and (e) make sure you sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Options for the week Tuesday 5.30pm, Waterfront 5km, Outside Mac’s Brewbar on Taranaki Wharf. Come and run, volunteer or support.Wednesday 6.15pm, Newtown Park Track workout. Meet 6.15pm for 6.30pm start, lead by Andy and Rowan, shorter distance track reps.Saturday, 8.00am, Newtown Track workout – contact Chandima for info, or check Facebook for details. Longer track reps with a focus on building towards major events.Saturday, 8.00am, Lower Hutt 5km Parkrun, Porirua 5km Parkrun, Kapiti Coast 5km Parkrun.Saturday, 1:58pm, Porritt Classic, Hamilton (Hiro Tanimoto 1500m)Sunday, Round the Bays, half marathon at 7.45am, 10km at 8.30am and 6.5km at 9.15am. Frank Kitts Park. Results The Tarawera Ultramarathon is such an amazing atmosphere even in the years when the Trail Queens do not turn up in dominating numbers. 102km: Fiona Hayvice 11:54:08, Emma Bessett 13:35:25, Chris Howard 22:33:31. Mel Aitken DNF at 75km. 52km: Nicholas Vessiot 5:53:48, Jaime Vessiot 6:01:25, Emily Solsberg 6:15:10, Jo Badham 6:44:36, Marketa Langova 6:50:01, Ben Cornelius 7:54:28. 21km: Melanie Hart 2:02:41, Kate Slater 2:04:19, Abigail Pitman 2:19:03, Michelle Knight 2:27:32, Isobel Deeley 2:30:08, Lindsay Young 2:31:14, Kath Littler 2:34:21 – Results So it turns out a lot of you have more than one string to your bow. Capital City Triathlon: Danielle Trewoon won the Medium Distance (750m/15km/5km) in 01:02:30, Anna Breen 01:18:19, and Claire Jennings 01:24:50. Valentino Luna Hernandez was second in the Enduro Distance (2km/60km/15km) in 3:14:58, James Turner 3:40:12, Helen Bradford 4:16:35, Paul Rodway 4:20:58, Richard Sweetman 4:28:41, Greg Williams 4:31:37. Rachael Cunningham did 03:11:48 for a revised distance Triathlon of 2km/60km/10km and Tricia Sloan did 45:05 for the enduro swim. – ResultsMalcolm Hodge ran a big PB 01:09:54.0 for 13th place in the First Half Half Marathon in Vancouver.Hamish Carson ran 1:51.66 for 800m at the Meeting National des Sacres (YouTube) in Reims (France) and 3:42.40 for 1500m at the Orlen Copernicus Cup (YouTube) in Torun (Poland).At the Combined Junior/Senior Track and Field meet at Newtown Park on Sunday 800m: Hiro Tanimoto 2:07.22. 3000m Run: Hiro Tanimoto 9:42.79, Ayesha Shafi 11:08.57. 3000m Walk: Sean Lake 17:54.99, Daphne Jones 22:42.86 – Results. Upcoming events Round the Bays, 16 February, Frank Kitts Park Round the Bays is the biggest running festival in Wellington. It’s one of our best opportunities to invite new people to join the club. So, repeating from above, here are five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB: Wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club; Join us at the yellow tent afterwards; Say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent; Tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us; and Sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Michelle Knight will be coordinating that recruitment drive. If you think you can help either beforehand with promotion, publicity and administration support or on the day handing out flyers, staffing our tent and talking to people about Scottish contact her. Todd Stevens, todd.stevens@pwc.com is looking for a 40min pacer for the 10km. Please let him know if you want to help. Matairangi Fun Run, 23 February Hataitai Velodrome, Open to the public, the Matairangi Fun Run, based on Mount Victoria, runs over the iconic Vosseler Shield course. There are two race options: the One Loop Race (5 km); or the Two Loop Race (two 5 km loops, adding up to 10 km). Each loop has approximately 190 metres of elevation. McVilly Shield Relay, 7 March, Karori Park The McVilly Shield is the first club event for the season and a great way to get to know other people in the club. This relay has teams of three people each. Everyone can participate, runners, walkers, J Team, seniors, masters and friends of the club. Just turn up and we will find you a team. You can either race it or use it as an opportunity to do some training. Each team must do ten laps of Karori Park. No individual team member can do more than four laps. But you can do the laps in any order you like. The race is randomly handicapped after the teams start. Notices Join this week and save $20 or more Join or re-join Wellington Scottish at Round the Bays this year and you get $20 off your new season of Scottish full adult membership (down from $185 to $165). You can sign up at our bright yellow tent at Kilbirnie Park or you email us at membership@scottishathletics.org.nz and pay Wellington Scottish Athletics 38-9005-0501833-00. Put your name and “RTB JOIN” in the reference. If you want a singlet too, add $39. This will be the biggest discount we offer this year so don’t miss out by waiting. Also: if you, as an existing member, sign up an adult friend who is new to the club or has not been a member for the last five years, we will give both you and your friend $15 off your membership fees. If you sign up two friends who are new to the club you get two lots of $15 off your membership fee. And so on. So, talk to your friends and colleagues who are running or walking Round the Bays this year. Tell them they could enjoy the same fun all year round at Scottish. If you get a friend to join make sure you email membership@scottishathletics.org.nz to let us know. Discounts Join a new friend -$15 per new friendRound the Bays discount for adult members -$20 Switch to new email system I have switched from TinyLetter to MailChimp to send out these weekly emails. Hopefully, those of you who want them still receive them and those who don’t won’t. You can unsubscribe at the link below if you choose. Or you can subscribe here: <form aria-describedby="wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text" > <input aria-label="Enter your email" placeholder="Enter your email" required title="Enter your email" type="email" name="email" /> Subscribe Processing… Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Events calendar Our full events calendar is available on our website. It is also available as a Google Calendar that you can add to your own electronic diary. Keep in touch with the club: If you want to contact anyone about anything then your first ports of call are our club captains Ben Twyman and Danielle Trewoon, our coaching coordinator Jamie White and our club president Michael Wray.Public Facebook page. And join the Scottish member Facebook group hereInstagramWebsite
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Velodrome, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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New rapid bus system for Wellington one step closer
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Modern, faster, high quality public transport travel for Wellington City is another step closer, following the narrowing of two options for a new rapid bus system between Wellington Railway Station, Newtown and Kilbirnie.
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Building a road and saving 30 seconds
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley.
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Airport runway northern extension public meetings
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Heres the minutes of the Public meeting on 3 July that discussed the proposed Northern Extension of the Airport runway.
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Airport comments on Runway extension - 16/7/13
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Wellington Airport advise the resource consent process will take up to two years and cost upwards of two million dollars. It will take the airport around 9 months to put the consent together, before it will be lodged.
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Airport Roading and Carparks
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Wellington Airport will provide an update on the carpark works at the end of this month which will include flyers to residents surrounding the airport. This update will also include development works occurring over the next couple of years as outlined in their annual report. Here is a link to the current information on their website.
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Proposal for public transport fare increase
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Proposal for public transport fare increase Published on 27 February 2013 by Greater Wellington Regional Website Brief Summary A increase in Metlink bus, train and harbour ferry fares this year has been proposed by Greater Wellington Regional Council.Councillors decided on a proposal to increase fare revenue by two percent.
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Bay Road Update - 17/6/13
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Update on Bay Road Upgrade as at 17 - June 2013From Stephen Simpson - WCC Project Manager
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Bay Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington, 6022, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Bay Road Update - May 2013
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Bay Road Upgrade - By WCC Project Manager Dear all Last week really has been a bit of a mixed week with the torrential rain that swept through the city on Monday and relatively clear weather through until today.
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Wellington City Bus Network Review Update
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Wellington City Bus Network Review Update In February and March last year feedback was sought on proposed network for Wellington City bus services.In November, Regional Councillors and Officers presented their proposal for a revised network design where they aim to:
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Airport Northern Runway Extension Meeting
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Airport Runway Extension Meeting Organised byRichard Randerson, 13 Matai Rd, Hataitairandersonjr@paradise.
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How we could actually improve our roads
- The Wellingtonista
- If you’ve ever driven from Newtown to Kilbirnie, you’ll know how godawful the intersection with State Highway One is.
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Reduced Speed Limits - Have your Say
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Wellington City Council would like your views on proposed changes to the city's Speed Limits Bylaw - For example - 30kph in Kilbirnie Shops.The deadline for submissons is: 5.00pm Friday 7 August 2009.
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Councillors comment on Proposed 30kph Speed Limit
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- 2The Dompost outlined the Council consideration for proposed 30kph speed limits in suburban centres. While this is still in the planning stages, I have queried our councillors thoughts on this matter. asking the following questions:
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Snapper welcomes 8 new Merchants.
- Snapper card
- We are happy to announce 8 new Reload and Acceptor Merchants that have come on-board in the past week strengthening our network in the suburbs: Bay Foodkmarket, Island bay; Bay Discount Tobacconist, Kilbirnie; Molesworth Goods, Thorndon; Anitas Bookshop, Featherston St Adding to the Subway Launch the following sites will be using Snapper for its queue busting abilities: Subway Featherston St,
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Residents Parking Update
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The following is the update I requested from the WCC on their proposals to implement resident only vehicle parking in Kilbirnie. - 24 May 2009.
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Airport development Plans
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The wellington airport has released its master development plan. While a difficult read, heres the key points.
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Banalitecture
- Eye of the Fish
- I’ve just spotted this blank wall being constructed beside the main route into the city from the airport. Facing north, providing a beautiful backdrop for shadow play of pohutukawa, as well as a future venue for no doubt countless mindless scribblings, is a blank wall. Courtesy of the ArcHaus architectural team.
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Airport planners change their minds??
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Cobham Drive in front of the Airport runway is to be kinked outward towards the sea to accommodate the northern Airport runway safety extension.
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Airport Safety Extension Impact on Cobham Drive
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Cobham Drive in front of the Airport runway is to be kinked outward towards the sea to accommodate the northern Airport runway safety extension.
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Airport develops surplus land for non airport business
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- The Airport has lodged applications to develop childcare centre, Signs, office complex, supermarket, gym, bar and other retailing.
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Survey on $15 million trolley bus cost
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- There is potential for ratepayers to foot the $15 million bill (in addition to the current $4million annual subsidy over diesel buses), so we would like to get your opinion on this subject. Wellington's trolley buses future is uncertain as lines company Vector and Stagecoach battle over an $15 million upgrade of "potentially unsafe" power substations.
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Airport tunnel safety concerns
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- We have grave concerns about the safety of pedestrians and cyclists that will use the underpass at the Southern Airport Safety Extension (currently under development).
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New website for the RESA (Runway End Safety Area)
- Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
- Wellington Airport is pleased to announce the new website for the RESA (Runway End Safety Area) developments is now live.
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