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Earthworkers 101 - Back to the classroom (or rather garden room)
- Kaicycle
- Back in August three of our Kaicycle staff (Rose, Ellie, and Hannah) had the immense privilege of attending the Earthworkers 101 course run by For the Love of Bees with the generous support of Wellington City Council.
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Notes from the November Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Merio Marsters Association President, welcomed everyone to the meeting.
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Adjourned AGM – October 20th
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Monday October 20th 2025, 7.
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Wellington Heritage Festival starts October 18th
- Newtown Residents' Association
- This year the Wellington Heritage Festival is on from October 18th till November 9th, with more than 160 events all over the Wellington region.
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Notice for the 2025 Annual General Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Monday September 15th 2025, 7.
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Progress on Newtown Concerns
- Newtown Residents' Association
- There has been a lot of focus on Newtown in recent months, with many concerns about safety on our streets, both for local residents and businesses and for the vulnerable people who have found their way here. This was the topic of another recent post. On 22 May 2025 WCC Councillors passed a resolution asking Council … Continue reading Progress on Newtown Concerns →
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Concerns about Newtown
- Newtown Residents' Association
- There is a lot to celebrate about Newtown and the great things that happen here, but at the same time there has been a lot of recent publicity about worries about safety on the streets, public drug use, and so on. Here is one of several Radio New Zealand articles about the subject. The local … Continue reading Concerns about Newtown →
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Charles Hulke
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- A Schoolmaster Found Dead Charles Hulke, Headmaster of Newtown School, was found dead in his bed on 1st November 1898. The appearance of the body pointed to his having had...
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Progress on Cararra Park Toilets!
- Newtown Residents' Association
- We finally have some good news about the long running problem of No Toilets for people visiting Carrara Park. It’s been a long time coming but at the WCC Council Meeting on Thursday 22nd May this motion was passed – 1.30 Agree per resolution of Kōrau Tōtōpū | Long-term Plan, Finance, and Performance Committee on … Continue reading Progress on Cararra Park Toilets! →
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Notes from the April 2025 Association Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- This meeting was at 7.
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Notice of Meeting, April 2025
- Newtown Residents' Association
- This meeting will be on Monday April 14th, 7.30-9.0pm, at the Community Lounge, St Thomas’s Church, 200 Riddiford St.(it isn’t the usual 3rd Monday of the month – the 3rd Monday in April- 21/4/25 – is Easter Monday) The agenda will include: A discussion of the WCC open consultations – LTP amendment, Annual Plan and … Continue reading Notice of Meeting, April 2025 →
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A milestone for Newtown Festival – and Newtown Residents’ Association
- Newtown Residents' Association
- On Saturday April 5th there was a party in Carrara Park – a surprise party for Residents’ Association members Martin Hanley and Anna Kemble Welch, marking their retirement as Directors of Newtown Festival.
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HotRot project update: The end of this chapter
- Kaicycle
- With heavy hearts, we have made the incredibly tough decision to shut down our HotRot operation and site.
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This is what community is all about
- Wellington City Mission
- Robert first came to our Community Lounge when we were in Newtown. He wanted to be a part of a positive place as he tried to find a new focus... Read more » The post This is what community is all about first appeared on Wellington City Mission.
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Mahi māra Māehe
- Kaicycle
- The summer abundance is still upon us - our zucchinis and cucumbers have had a truly bumper season, tomatoes are ripe, and we look forward to harvesting sweetcorn and blue corn soon! Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the sun is setting earlier in the evening and we’re starting to transition our garden beds to their autumn and winter crops, or a nitrogen fixing cover crop where heavy feeders had been. We’re pleased to say that we’ve had more volunteers than ever generously sharing their time and skills with us, and we’re stoked to have composting back on the menu at our Thursday evening volunteer sessions. Recently volunteers have helped us to upgrade the seedling hardening-off area, harvest oats and make a raised bed for asparagus. If you’ve been to the farm recently, you might have noticed that many of the plants are going to seed. Fear not, this is not neglect but intentional. Seeding plants make a great talking point for school and education visitors and we can do seed saving activities with them and volunteers. We are saving and reusing more of our own seeds, to increase our self reliance on the farm. We enjoy everyone’s company and time so are pleased to offer them some of the tasty produce from the māra. It also feels wonderful to donate masses of produce to the Newtown Community Centre’s meals and the Home of Compassion Soup Kitchen - sharing the aroha and nutritious fresh kai with those in need in our community.
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Recent projects in the māra
- Kaicycle
- Team work really is dream work! We have many examples of what can be achieved when we work together.
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Newtown Residents’ Association February 2025 Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- This meeting will be on Monday February 17th, 7.30-9.0pm, at the Community Lounge, St Thomas’s Church, 200 Riddiford St. The agenda will include All welcome! We hope to see you there.
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Something a little different at our urban farm...
- Kaicycle
- At the back of the farm, to the left of the wash-station, is a bed full of a huge variety of plants; fruit trees, rhubarb, beans, herbs, flowers, guavas plus pumpkins running through! Our forest garden This is an example of a Forest Garden - diverse planting of edible plants that attempt to mimic the ecosystems and patterns found in nature.
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Helena Upchurch
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Helena was the eldest daughter of John James Boyd and his wife Ann Elizabeth (nee Barker). John was a successful builder based in Newtown. In 1898 at the age of […]
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Zero Waste Solutions to Planetary Crises: Expert & political perspectives
- Kaicycle
- Zero Waste Solutions to Planetary Crises: Expert & political perspectives, Monday 18 November, 5:15pm-7:30pm, at Rutherford House.
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Bazurka and Ish
- Vogelmorn Community Group
- Bazurka are a seven piece Balkan fusion ensemble. Forged in the fires of the cultural melting pot that is Newtown, and tempered by passion, heartache, and a dash of madness, their music is bold, brooding, and beautiful.
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Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Mornington Road, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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HotRot composting trials: Three months in, our first update!
- Kaicycle
- Liam and Kate looking happy before tackling dozens of tubs of food scraps to go into the HotRot (green machine in background) Been just dying to hear how composting with our HotRot has been going? It’s still a work in progress, but here’s what we’ve learnt so far! We’ve been composting with our HotRot machine at Cairns St for three months now, since our auspicious beginning in Matariki 2024.
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Newtown Events in Wellington Heritage Festival: 26/10/24 -17/11/24
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Date Event Host, presenter Where Is booking required? Any time during the Festival Self-guided tour of Truby King Park Using smart phone and QR codes Wellington Gardens –Wellington City Council 21B Manchester Terrace No 11am-12:30 Sat 26 Oct & Thurs 31Oct ‘Old Town’ Newtown Walking Tour Claire Nolan Meet Cnr Constable and Riddiford Sts Already … Continue reading Newtown Events in Wellington Heritage Festival: 26/10/24 -17/11/24 →
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Minutes of the 2024 AGM
- Newtown Residents' Association
- This meeting was held on Monday September 16th at the St Thomas’s Community Lounge.
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Sorrel Salad Dressing Recipe by Sylvia Lauris
- Kaicycle
- Here at Kaicycle its always salad season! A great salad idea is a variety of leafy greens (microgreens, lettuces, other leaves, edible weeds), other veggies (capsicum, radish, cucumber), herbs (fennel, parsley, basil), and some sort of carb to bulk it out (lentils, noodles, rice).
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Reminder of AGM on Monday 16th September
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The meeting will be 7.
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The Laura Rosier History of Newtown is now online
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Laura Rosier (1927-1994) came to Newtown with her family as a baby and lived here for the rest of her life. She and her husband Vaughan were active members of our Residents’ Association. Laura spent the 1980s and early 1990s researching and compiling a history of Newtown, but sadly she died suddenly in February 1994. … Continue reading The Laura Rosier History of Newtown is now online →
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Notice of Annual General Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The 2024 Newtown Residents’ Association AGM will be on Monday September 16th 2024, 7.
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Newtown Rocksteady - Laziest Little Tour
- Vogelmorn Community Group
- These guys are rock steady in every sense of those two words
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Archbishop Redwood
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- On St Patrick’s in 1921, a sports day was held at Newtown Park to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. The event was organised by the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society who […]
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