https://wellington.gen.nz/northland+sport Items tagged with Northland and Sport. https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/03/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ By Scott MacLean Just two matches in the lower North Island this weekend. The Wellington Lions are at home for their final match, while Wairarapa-Bush are also at home for their final round-robin match but hoping it is not their last at home. Horowhenua-Kapiti are playing away. Representative As covered in Monday’s column, Northland’s draw... kapiti northland wairarapa rugby places sport Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/03/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/04/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ By Scott MacLean Just two matches in the lower North Island this weekend. The Wellington Lions are at home for their final match, while Wairarapa-Bush are also at home for their final round-robin match but hoping it is not their last at home. Horowhenua-Kapiti are playing away. Representative As covered in Monday’s column, Northland’s draw... kapiti northland wairarapa rugby places sport Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/10/04/lions-heading-bringing-their-curtain-down-while-heartland-teams-part-of-bumper-last-round/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-10-03T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/16/wellington-lions-v-northland-taniwha-facts-figures/ Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Northland seventh round match from Okara Park this past Thursday. Round 7 v Northland: Lost 26-43 This was the... northland rugby places sport Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/16/wellington-lions-v-northland-taniwha-facts-figures/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-09-16T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/11/crunch-midweek-match-for-lions-against-taniwha-in-first-visit-to-northland-since-2016/ The Wellington Lions are coming off a five-day turnaround to face the Northland Taniwha in Whangarei tonight in round seven of 10 of the National Provincial Championship. The Lions will be hoping to claw their way out of their current position on the points table with a bonus point win over the Taniwha, one that... northland rugby places sport Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2025/09/11/crunch-midweek-match-for-lions-against-taniwha-in-first-visit-to-northland-since-2016/ Wellington Club Weekly 2025-09-10T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/06/05/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-074-jock-wells/ John ‘Jock’ Wells was described as a robust forward and an honest toiler who gave it his all whenever he took the field. These traits saw the Northlander turned Wellingtonian play three matches and one Test for the All Blacks in 1936. Wells played those games for the All Blacks as a flanker, but the... northland rugby places sport Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2024/06/05/pioneers-of-rugby-in-wellington-074-jock-wells/ Wellington Club Weekly 2024-06-04T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/10/13/silver-linings-duplessis-kirifi-leads-lions-to-npc-semis/ Du’Plessis Kirifi leads the Lions charge against Taranaki earlier this season. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Adam Julian Seven weeks ago, Wellington Lions captain and openside flanker Du’Plessis Kirifi led his side to a horror 6-15 loss to the Northland Taniwha on his club home ground at Jerry Collins Stadium. The Taniwha kept the Lions... northland rugby places sport Thu, 13 Oct 2022 04:05:08 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/10/13/silver-linings-duplessis-kirifi-leads-lions-to-npc-semis/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-10-13T04:05:08Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/09/19/resilient-rory-woods-looking-forward-to-south-african-tour/ Rory Woods playing for the Wellington Academy last year. He has since moved to join the Northland Academy and has recently been selected in the New Zealand U19s for their tour which kicks off overnight on Monday in South Africa. PHOTO: Andy McArthur.  The following article by Adam Julian was first published on AllBlacks.com last... northland places rugby sport Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:15:34 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/09/19/resilient-rory-woods-looking-forward-to-south-african-tour/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-09-19T06:15:34Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/08/24/wellington-lions-v-northland-stat-attack/ The Wellington Lions played their third round NPC match this past Saturday against Northland. Some facts and figures from the game by Peter Marriott below. Round 3 v Northland: Lost 6-15 Unusually, both sides failed to score points during the second half of the match. For Wellington it was the second match in succession they... northland places rugby sport Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:33:18 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/08/24/wellington-lions-v-northland-stat-attack/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-08-24T05:33:18Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/08/17/bruce-kauika-petersen-bringing-experience-to-northland/ Bruce Kauika-Petersen playing for Northern United against Marist St Pat’s in last year’s Jubilee Cup semi-final. PHOTO: Andy McArthur.  By Steven White Bruce Kauika-Petersen will be a well-known player amongst the visiting Northland Taniwha squad this Saturday afternoon at Jerry Collins Stadium, having played numerous matches at this venue for various representative teams and for... northland places rugby sport Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:46:43 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2022/08/17/bruce-kauika-petersen-bringing-experience-to-northland/ Wellington Club Weekly 2022-08-17T03:46:43Z https://scottishathletics.org.nz/2022/03/09/the-2022-wellington-scottish-agm/ Simon Keller My AGM story begins at 5.30 on a Wednesday evening, when I meet Stephen Day for a pre-meeting run. Winding through Northland and Wadestown, we discuss the state of the club and the season ahead. I learn that the captaincy roles are close to finalised, with Emma Sturmfels taking over from Danielle Trewoon […] northland wadestown places athletics sport Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:31:19 GMT https://scottishathletics.org.nz/2022/03/09/the-2022-wellington-scottish-agm/ Wellington Scottish Athletics Club 2022-03-09T00:31:19Z -41.2647151 174.7790775 Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand https://www.cricketwellington.co.nz/newsarticle/111171 The excitement of men's Dream11 Super Smash returned to Northland for the first time since November 2015 with hosts ... northland places cricket sport Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.cricketwellington.co.nz/newsarticle/111171 Cricket Wellington 2022-01-16T00:00:00Z https://scottishathletics.org.nz/2022/01/13/charlie-odonnell-obituary/ Older members will be saddened to learn that Charlie passed away on 22 December 2021, aged 87. At the end of WW2, our stalwart Fred Silver collected some of the local Northland boys for a Saturday morning run, this included Charlie, his older brother Les and Barry Ward, his lifelong friend and Scottish member. This […] northland obituaries places athletics sport Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://scottishathletics.org.nz/2022/01/13/charlie-odonnell-obituary/ Wellington Scottish Athletics Club 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/08/10/wellington-lions-v-northland-taniwha-stat-attack/ Taine Plumtree scored a hat-trick for the Lions against Northland, just the sixth Wellington Wellington forward to score three tries in a NPC match. More details below.  By Peter Marriott Week 1 v Northland: Won 54-7 Wellington’s record in all NPC matches is now played 468, won 293 (62.6%), lost 163 and drawn 12. Wellington’s... northland places rugby sport Tue, 10 Aug 2021 05:08:07 GMT https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/08/10/wellington-lions-v-northland-taniwha-stat-attack/ Wellington Club Weekly 2021-08-10T05:08:07Z https://ttwellington.org.nz/2021/01/07/blast-from-the-past-hutt-valley-win-1975-nz-mens-table-tennis-teams-a-grade/ Hutt Valley win 1975 NZ Men’s Table Tennis Teams A Grade (24-26 August) Place Team Wins Lost Matches won 1 Hutt Valley   4 1 29 2 Franklin 4 1 27 3 Auckland 3 2 28 4 Northland 2 3 28... Continue Reading → huttvalley northland places tabletennis sport wcnhosted Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:44:14 GMT https://ttwellington.org.nz/2021/01/07/blast-from-the-past-hutt-valley-win-1975-nz-mens-table-tennis-teams-a-grade/ Table Tennis Wellington 2021-01-07T09:44:14Z -41.2125751 174.9057626 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2020/08/28/tavita-metcalfe-aumua-peseta-poloniati-notable-new-names-in-lions-squad/ Above: The Wellington Lions after beating Northland last year. There are plenty of returning faces and some new names in this year’s squad, named on Friday. Northern United’s Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, Tawa’s Ben Aumua-Peseta and OBU’s James Poloniati are notable newcomers in a 36-strong Wellington Lions squad named for the 2020 National Provincial Championship. 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Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. 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Stephanie Prince used to represent Manawatu at table tennis some years ago and is teaching table tennis at the school […] northland places tabletennis sport wcnhosted Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://ttwblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/northland-school-table-tennis-spare-bats-or-rubbers-anyone/ Table Tennis Wellington 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=366 The ITM Cup kicks off this Thursday night with Taranaki hosting Northland in New Plymouth and Wellin... northland places rugby sport Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=366 Wellington Club Weekly 2010-07-28T00:00:00Z http://www.whhh.wellington.net.nz/cgi-bin/runreport.pl?run=1637 The run started just outside the previously mentioned club rooms, a good turn out. 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