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- HMS New Zealand: ‘A grim and formidable fighting machine’
  - 20 Mar 2009
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  - One hundred years ago, Britain’s Royal Navy was threatened by the modern fleet being built by Germany. In March 1909, the New Zealand Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, responded to the defence crisis by promising that New Zealand would underwrite a ship for the Royal Navy. He declared: ‘We distant sons desire to stand in any [...]
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- Reading Group: 21 November 2024
  - 21 Nov 2024
  - Friends of Te Papa
  - Our Reading Group takes place on the first and third Thursday of the month. Reading group 21 November: The wonderful Briony Hogg, owner of Marsden Books will be our guest, showcasing […]
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- Ninja A-League Round 3 Match Review
  - 17 Nov 2024
  - Wellington Phoenix
  - A spectacular long-range goal has consigned the Wellington Phoenix to their third straight defeat to start the new Ninja A-League season. The Newcastle Jets have beaten the Phoenix 1-0 at Maitland Regional Sportsground thanks to an audacious effort from their... The post Ninja A-League Round 3 Match Review appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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- Te Ahumairangi 2024 Results
  - 17 Nov 2024
  - Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
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- Your compassion at work in the NICU
  - 16 Nov 2024
  - Wellington Health Foundation
  - Today, on World Prematurity Day, we’re celebrating the difference you make for the tiniest patients in Wellington Regional Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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- THOM MONCKTON - ENDLING Hannah Playhouse - What's on
  - 16 Nov 2024
  - Hannah Playhouse
  - A solo physical theatre kaleidoscope molded together from lost pieces of forgotten acts. Endling combines tiny pieces of inventive physical comedy in a curation of timeless, rambling, joyful jaunts in this purposefully meaningless piece of entertainment. Thom Monckton has been making solo physical theatre pieces for over 10 years, and Endling presents the favorite fingers of this body of work waving goodbye before they disappear forever.
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