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• • History: 1978 Hutt Valley Under 18 Boys Team wins NZ Under 18 Teams

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Table Tennis Wellington
    • NZ Junior Teams (Under 18 and Under 14 Boys and Girls) were held for the first time at the 1978 NZ Championships held at the Centennial Hall, Napier (24-25 August). The Hutt Valley Under 18 Boys Team was Simon Edmonds,... Continue Reading →
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • News release october 2021 – labour day open day

    • 11 Oct 2021
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • FOR IMMEDIATE USE – OCTOBER 2021 The Wright’s Hill Fortress Restoration Society regrets to inform everyone that this year’s Labour Day Open Day scheduled for October 25th is cancelled due to the current Level 2 restrictions in place.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Restoration Work for the Stations of the Cross

    • 5 Oct 2021
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • The Stations of the Cross by Jim Allen in Futuna Chapel are currently being cleaned and conserved by Carolina Izzo, expert art conservator from Studio Carolina Izzo.
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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Summer City through the '80s

    • 4 Oct 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • Relive the '80s in Pōneke with over 500 digitised photos of Summer City, thanks to the team at Wellington City Archives.
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• • Adelaide Hotel

    • 9 Sep 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • It’s seldom that projects get publicly notified these days – the developers usually have it their own way with everything being done behind closed doors. You have to do something seriously different to raise the ire of the Planning Department enough that they feel they have no option but to make it known to the public. The Adelaide Hotel is one such scheme.
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    Adelaide Hotel (former), Drummond Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Treasure in the children's toy box

    • 23 Aug 2021
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • During her Victoria University of Wellington Museum and Heritage Studies placement at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden in June, Ailish Wallace-Buckland took a particular interest in some of the children's toys in the collection and what they can tell us about the lives of colonial Victorian children in Wellington. She wrote this wonderful blog post to share her research. Thank you Ailish!
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Karen walker's reading recommendations

    • 20 Aug 2021
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • Some of those who attended our recent fundraising event 'Stories, Style and Success: An Evening with Karen Walker' have asked if we can share the titles and authors Karen spoke about when discussing her earliest memories of books, the books she loved as a teenager, and her reading habits an adult. So here is a list courtesy of Karen! (Click title to read full post)
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Haining’s Historic Heritage

    • 15 Aug 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • It may not seem much like it now, but the Haining St / Frederick St area is brimming full of remnants of an interesting characterful heritage past.
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    Haining Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Events for Wellington Heritage Week October 2021

    • 9 Aug 2021
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • We have the following events scheduled for the weekend of Saturday 30th an Sunday 31st October as part of Wellington Heritage Week.
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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • NZIA Festival of Architecture at Futuna Chapel – 25-26 Sept 2021

    • 27 Jul 2021
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • As part of the New Zealand Institute of Architect’s Festival of Architecture, Futuna Chapel will be open for visitors on Saturday 25 September  and Sunday 26 September 2021  from 11:00am – 4:00pm Futuna Chapel, one of the jewels of Wellington’s built heritage, will be opened to the public over the Festival of Architecture weekend.
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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Station to Station

    • 23 Jul 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Wellington’s main (only?) central Railway Station has been getting a lot of press recently, mostly over the intransigence of the Heritage NZ lobby who are, to be honest, being silly over the heritage of this building. They’ve only just today approved the installation of a pedestrian ramp out the front doors – the disabled have been forced to use the side door for the last several decades. They’re sitting on the approval of installation of the Snapper ticketing terminals because they don’t like the colour. KiwiRail: do it anyway. It needs to be a living piece of heritage, adapting and changing to the times – not preserved in aspic (whatever aspic is).
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• • Conversion? No … demolition

    • 4 Jul 2021
    • Wellington Scoop
    • The number of its parishioners had shrunk to less than a score, so it was inevitable that this beautiful 1960s Brooklyn church would have to find a new use. But was demolition inevitable? Demolition wasn’t mentioned when the Modernist St Matthew’s Church, designed by leading Wellington architect Derek Wilson, was advertised for sale at the end of last year.
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    St Matthew's Cooperating Church / Co-operating Parish, 96, Washington Avenue, Mitchelltown, Vogeltown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Support for our events

    • 24 Jun 2021
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • We are delighted to have been offered financial support by third-generation Wellington construction company L T McGuinness Ltd for forthcoming 2021 events at the chapel.
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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The history of Jervois Quay

    • 4 Jun 2021
    • Wellington City Council
    • This Queen’s Birthday long weekend, Jervois Quay will be closed to replace the damaged and aging stormwater pipe which caused some disruptions earlier in the year.
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    Jervois Quay, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The 80s called and they’ve given their magazine back

    • 4 Jun 2021
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Wellington City Libraries is bringing the past back to the future with the popular 1980s Wellington City Magazine now accessible online.
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• • Mainline extension update

    • 3 Jun 2021
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Mainline extension update Hugh McCracken Thu, 3 Jun 2021 - 15:08
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    Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5371, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • News release – may / june 2021 – queens birthday open day

    • 25 May 2021
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • FOR IMMEDIATE USE – MAY / JUNE 2021 Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be open for public inspection again on Queens Birthday, Monday 7th June.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Watch Anne Loeser from the NZSO perform at the Chapel

    • 5 May 2021
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • Watch NZSO Violinist Anne Loeser perform at the Futuna Chapel – she is performing Passacaglia by Heinrich Biber, in celebration of Futuna Chapel’s 60th Anniversary.  
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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • News release – april 2021 – anzac day open day

    • 11 Apr 2021
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • FOR IMMEDIATE USE … April 2021 Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori is open for public inspection again on ANZAC day, SUNDAY April 25th.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • St Gerard

    • 5 Apr 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Monasteries have always been freeloaders on society – for the last 2000 years or more.
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    Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 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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    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Futuna Chapel Open Sundays 2021

    • 2 Mar 2021
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • Futuna Chapel Open Sundays 2021 The Trust is pleased to confirm that the programme of having the Chapel open on the first Sunday of the month will continue throughout 2021.
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    Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Listing buildings

    • 25 Feb 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Not sure if you realise this yet, but the proverbial cat has just been thrown amongst the proverbial pigeons. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (what used to be called the Historic Places Trust) has just announced three new grade 1 heritage listings in Wellington: Trades Hall, Wellington Central Library, and a combined Gordon Wilson and McLean flats as well.
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    Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Dining out in Wellington in the early 1990s

    • 17 Feb 2021
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Newly digitised on our Recollect site, the Sheridan Restaurant Guide from 1993 is another snap-shot of our eating-out habits and a startling contrast to the Menu Guide published a decade earlier.
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• • NEWS RELEASE – JAN / FEB 2021 – Waitangi Day Open Day

    • 1 Feb 2021
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • FOR IMMEDIATE USE Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be open for public inspection again on Waitangi Day, SATURDAY, February 6th.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Cab and bunker fabrication for Wb 292 and 299

    • 22 Dec 2020
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Cab and bunker fabrication for Wb 292 and 299 Hugh McCracken Wed, 23 Dec 2020 - 10:18
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    Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5371, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Carriage A1328 restoration update

    • 22 Dec 2020
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Carriage A1328 restoration update Hugh McCracken Tue, 22 Dec 2020 - 13:21
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    Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5371, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The gloriousness of teenage girls

    • 17 Dec 2020
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • From one Wellington teenage girl to another. In Leila Barber's valedictory speech as Head Girl of Samuel Marsden Collegiate in 2020, she finds Katherine Mansfield's writing as a teenager captures something pretty special: the gloriousness of teenage girls.
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • NEWS RELEASE – November 2020 – December 28th Open Day

    • 20 Nov 2020
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • FOR IMMEDIATE USE – OCTOBER 2020 LABOUR DAY – OPEN DAY- Monday 26th October, 10AM- 4PM Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will not be opening this year on December 28th.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Saving (or demolishing) a 19th century landmark

    • 20 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)