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- Dixon Street flats
  - 6 Dec 2022
  - Eye of the Fish
  - But the big news this week has to be the somewhat silly news that the Dixon Street flats are being emptied out and there is not a clear story of what happens to the building next. This is not a sob storey like the Gordon Wilson Flats just around the corner – well, at least, it hasn’t started off the same.
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- Karori’s world class stained glass
  - 1 Dec 2022
  - Capital Magazine
  - Great art can be found in the most unlikely places. Check out the magnificent stained glass windows in Karori Cemetery’s heritage chapel. The post Karori’s world class stained glass appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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- Sir Ernest Marsden
  - 26 Nov 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - Sir Ernest Marsden was born in Manchester, England in 1889. He excelled at school and joined the Physics Department of Manchester University where he became involved in assisting Ernest Rutherford […]
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- Christopher Locker
  - 26 Nov 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - Christopher Lockyer – an incorrigible vagabond Chris first takes our notice for running a brothel in Mulgrave Street in April 1894 and by so doing, his “bad characters” residents rowed […]
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- William Eades
  - 26 Nov 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - William Eades, builder & undertaker William was born in Croydon, England and trained in the building trade. He was said to have made the wheels for Queen Victoria’s first train […]
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- Rev Coffey
  - 26 Nov 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - The Rev Coffey, the vicar of St Mark’s Church from 1876 to 1907, was a fervent letter writer, and Wellington City Archives have digitised a number of his concerned citizen […]
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- George Wiltshire
  - 26 Nov 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - As we are about to embark on Wellington Heritage Week, we thought to fitting to pay tribute to George Wiltshire, designer of the Friends’ H.Q: The Shelter. If you like […]
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- James Grainge
  - 26 Nov 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - ATTEMPTED MURDER A Young Man Shoots at His Stepfather. In the Catholic section lies the Grainge plot. This is the story of James Grainge, an employee of a cooperative grocery […]
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- NEWS RELEASE – DECEMBER 28th OPEN DAY – CANCELLED
  - 22 Nov 2022
  - Wrights Hill Fortress
  - FOR IMMEDIATE USE – NOVEMBER 2022 Due to staffing and logistical problems, mainly as a result of COVID, Wellington’s Wrights Hill Fortress will not be opening up this year on December 28th.
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- Making Space: Interview with Wellingtonian historian Elizabeth Cox
  - 19 Nov 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - The hidden history of women and architecture in New Zealand is one that, until very recently, has been a story… Continue reading Making Space: Interview with Wellingtonian historian Elizabeth Cox →
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- Talking books with dame jane campion
  - 15 Nov 2022
  - Katherine Mansfield House
  - On Tuesday 1 November we had the privilege of hosting Dame Jane Campion for a fundraising event to support Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Unsurprisingly for an award-winning filmmaker, Dame Jane knows how to tell a story. She also knows the power of stories and shared how reading has been so essential to her life. Here are some of the books and writers she mentioned.
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- Let’s Get Wellington Moving… in the 1920s
  - 15 Oct 2022
  - Wellington City Libraries
  - A century ago, the Wellington City Council was dealing with similar issues to those facing planners today: how to manage… Continue reading Let’s Get Wellington Moving… in the 1920s →
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- Adolphus Le Sueur
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - This is the plot of Adolphus and Emily Le Sueur. The Le Sueur name is old French for shoemaker. Adolphus Albert Le Sueur was born in 1847 in St Helier, […]
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- Peter Frank Jacobsen
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - Peter Frank Jacobsen was primarily a highly respected architect but also gained note as an accomplished chess champion. Peter Jacobsen, and his younger brother Theodore, were born in Nelson. Their […]
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- Harry Croft
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - 1898 was a sad year for the family of George Turner Croft and his wife Catherine Stokes. Catherine was the daughter of Richard Stokes and his wife Catherine Tigh(e). She […]
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- James Boucher Winton
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - James Boucher Winton – erected by his friends and comrades James was born in 1864 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. He was the youngest child of John Winton and his wife […]
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- John Thew
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - John was born in 1824 and Mary was born in 1828. They were both from Northumberland. Their first son was born in 1859. In 1871 they were living in Durham […]
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- Hester Mary Wise
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - Hester Mary Wise – our dear mother We did a story on Hester last year, mostly because we love the name. But couldn’t find out much about her. And we […]
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- Victoria Howe
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - The first name on this headstone is Victoria Howe, who died in 1896 aged 47, after a long and painful illness. Victoria was born (according to family record) on a […]
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- John Priest
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - accident prone? John’s arrival in New Zealand was not the most auspicious start. He and his wife Catherine Sinclair, both emigrants from The Shetland Islands were passengers on the immigrant […]
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- John & Grace Twist
  - 11 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - Old residents of Oriental Bay John was born at Prescot, Lancashire in 1840, the son of a labourer. In 1861 he was working as a joiner in Salford. He arrived […]
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- NEWS RELEASE – October 2022 Labour Day Open Day
  - 9 Oct 2022
  - Wrights Hill Fortress
  - Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be reopened for public inspection again on LABOUR DAY, Monday 26th October, provided we are at level 1- COVID19. The World War Two coastal battery will be accessible between 10am and 4pm. The post NEWS RELEASE – October 2022 Labour Day Open Day appeared first on Wrights Hill Fortress.
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- Interested in the history of Te Aro? Some great talks coming up!
  - 6 Oct 2022
  - INNER-CITY WELLINGTON
  - HERITAGE WEEK 2022 - 24 OCTOBER-6 NOVEMBER 2022———- Slums, the Sacred, and a Gospel of the Helping Hand: Te Aro in the 1920s11.
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- The work of Ans Westra now on Recollect
  - 5 Oct 2022
  - Wellington City Council
  - Purchased by Wellington City Libraries over 40 years ago, the complete collection from one of New Zealand’s most significant photographers of the 20th century is now available to view on Wellington City Recollect. Our local historian, Gábor Tóth, has taken a dive into the work of Ans Westra.
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- And other stories
  - 2 Oct 2022
  - Katherine Mansfield House
  - To mark the centenary of the publication of Katherine Mansfield's third short story collection, 'The Garden Party and Other Stories', we held a winter series of readings with Wellington writers. We asked each writer to choose one of the lesser-known stories from the collection to read out loud and chat about on a Sunday afternoon. This blog post outlines the notes from each discussion.
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- Futuna Guest Lecture 2022 – Michael O’Sullivan
  - 1 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - We were very pleased to have had our very own homegrown architect Michael O’Sullivan of B/OS Architecture as the Futuna Guest Lecturer for 2022.
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- Wellington Heritage Week 2022
  - 1 Oct 2022
  - Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
  - Futuna is hosting a range of events for Wellington Heritage Week.
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- Winter 2022 news roundup
  - 30 Sep 2022
  - Rimutaka Incline Railway
  - Winter 2022 news roundup Hugh McCracken Fri, 30 Sep 2022 - 14:35
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- How these Aro cottages became a bohemian haven
  - 12 Sep 2022
  - Capital Magazine
  - Meet the family living the hippy life just a stones throw from the CBD, growing their own food and welcoming others to their little slice of the world. The post How these Aro cottages became a bohemian haven appeared first on Capital Magazine.
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- Frank Batchelor
  - 11 Sep 2022
  - Friends of Karori Cemetery
  - Francis Raymond Batchelor (Frankie) died 1924 age 2 ½ . He was the only child of Major Francis Roy Batchelor and his wife Helena. Frankie’s father, Frank, was a member […]
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