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      <title>Remembering Hugo Rusbridge</title>
      <link>http://www.catsprotectionwellington.org.nz/blog/post/107088/remembering-hugo-rusbridge/</link>
      <description>Hugo will be best-remembered by long-standing volunteers from recent years, as he would come in every week to spend hours combing and grooming the cats.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.catsprotectionwellington.org.nz/blog/post/107088/remembering-hugo-rusbridge/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Cats Protection Wellington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-08T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>William &amp; Dorothy Rex</title>
      <link>http://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/william-dorothy-rex/</link>
      <description>William Rex – “another link in the chain of early colonists has been severed by the death of Mr William Rex” William’s obituary described him as being of a roving […]</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 04:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/william-dorothy-rex/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Friends of Karori Cemetery</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-04-25T04:21:28Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>June 2022 newsletter:  AGM at new venue; Farewell to a founder</title>
      <link>https://www.maararoa.org.nz/june-2022-newsletter-agm-at-new-venue-farewell-to-a-founder/</link>
      <description>Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 22 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: ... Read more</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.maararoa.org.nz/june-2022-newsletter-agm-at-new-venue-farewell-to-a-founder/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Friends of Maara Roa</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-24T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Maara Roa (Cannons Creek lakes towards Duck Creek pathway), Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Remembering Sylvia Jenkin</title>
      <link>https://www.maararoa.org.nz/remembering-sylvia-jenkin/</link>
      <description>Memorial service for Sylvia Jenkin on Saturday 4 June Many of you will already know the sad news that Sylvia Jenkin, a driving force behind the establishment and achievements of the Friends of Maara Roa, passed away on 18 May, at the age of 91. This is to remind all those with connections to and ... Read more</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.maararoa.org.nz/remembering-sylvia-jenkin/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Friends of Maara Roa</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-05-26T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Maara Roa (Cannons Creek lakes towards Duck Creek pathway), Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>John ZL2TAU Silent Key</title>
      <link>https://vhf.nz/node/640</link>
      <description>John ZL2TAU Silent Key&#xD;
ZL2WAL&#xD;
Mon, 11/29/2021 - 12:29&#xD;
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            Sadly we hear that John ZL2TAU (Salvin John) passed away over the weekend.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://vhf.nz/node/640</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington VHF Group</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-11-28T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>June Penhey passes away</title>
      <link>https://www.pukeruabay.org.nz/2021/11/19/june-penhey-passes-away/</link>
      <description>Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui-a-Tāne. The tōtara tree has fallen in Tāne’s great forest. With sorrow and with heartfelt gratitude, we mourn the passing of our beloved June. June was acknowledged for her service to our community last year, when she was granted the Freedom of Pukerua Bay and the previous year, with …  June Penhey passes away Read More »</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.pukeruabay.org.nz/2021/11/19/june-penhey-passes-away/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Pukerua Bay Residents Association</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-11-19T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Pukerua Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Memorial Minute for Rev Maurice Anderson Brown</title>
      <link>https://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/news/memorial-minute-for-rev-maurice-anderson-brown</link>
      <description>Maurice Brown was the tenth Minister of St.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/news/memorial-minute-for-rev-maurice-anderson-brown</guid>
      <dc:creator>St John's in the City</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-06-06T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>St John's, Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Revered singing teacher Sr Mary Winefride Blake dies, 101</title>
      <link>http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/4256-revered-singing-teacher-sr-mary-winefride-blake-dies-101</link>
      <description>September 2015

Obituary

Mercy sister Mary Winefride Blake died on 30 July in Hutt Hospital.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/4256-revered-singing-teacher-sr-mary-winefride-blake-dies-101</guid>
      <dc:creator>Welcom</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-09-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Dick Greenbank, ZL2TGQ. 1943-08-21 to 2015-01-08</title>
      <link>http://www.vhf.org.nz/zl2tgq</link>
      <description>Dick was educated at Stratford Technical High School, Taranaki, then joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Blenheim as a Boy Entrant.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.vhf.org.nz/zl2tgq</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington VHF Group</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-02-18T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bill Toomath</title>
      <link>http://architecture.org.nz/2014/03/20/bill-toomath/</link>
      <description>Bill Toomath passed away today. He will be hugely, sadly missed.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://architecture.org.nz/2014/03/20/bill-toomath/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Architectural Centre Inc</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-20T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kieran Garvey OFM.Cap RIP</title>
      <link>http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/3668-kieran-garvey-ofm-cap-rip</link>
      <description>Obituary
August 2013
Former prison chaplain Br Kieran Garvey died 9 July in his home county of Cork Ireland after a long battle with cancer.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://wel-com.org.nz/wel-com-articles/3668-kieran-garvey-ofm-cap-rip</guid>
      <dc:creator>Welcom</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-08-05T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Henry Russell Walden (1934-2013)</title>
      <link>http://architecture.org.nz/2013/07/29/henry-russell-walden-1934-2013/</link>
      <description>Russell died last week.  His funeral is tomorrow (Tues 30th, 3pm Old St Pauls).&#xD;
&#xD;
He was born in Timaru, studied architecture at the University of Auckland, and was awarded the first MArch in New Zealand in 1964 with his thesis: “New Zealand Anglican church architecture, 1814-1963″ – all nine volumes of it.  Another first he achieved was gaining a New Zealand Post-Graduate Scholarship in Architecture.  The next year he headed to Birmingham to PhD study and private practice, returning in 1978 as a Reader in Architectural History at VUW, having completed his PhD (1975) and edited the MIT Press publication: The Open Hand: Essays on Le Corbusier (1977), an early collection of essays on Le Corbusier in English.&#xD;
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http://www.futunatrust.org.nz/wp-content/header-images/windows.jpg&#xD;
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Russell is renowned for his passionate relationship to Futuna Chapel – the subject of his Voices of Silence (1987) – as bicultural architecture.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://architecture.org.nz/2013/07/29/henry-russell-walden-1934-2013/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Architectural Centre Inc</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-29T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <georss:featurename>Futuna Chapel, Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand</georss:featurename>
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      <title>Silent Key: Jamie Pye ZL2NN</title>
      <link>http://www.vhf.org.nz/content/silent-key-jamie-pye-zl2nn</link>
      <description>Today I was made aware that Jamie Pye ZL2NN, a friend and acquaintance through Amateur Radio and someone who I of recent years had a wee bit to do with in respects to his role as the Webmaster for NZART, has become a silent key.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.vhf.org.nz/content/silent-key-jamie-pye-zl2nn</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wellington VHF Group</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-07-03T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Roger Hay</title>
      <link>http://architecture.org.nz/2010/09/14/roger-hay/</link>
      <description>Roger Hay, Architect, long time Arch Centre member, recent Fellow of the NZIA, tireless battler for the rights of the disabled and a scourge of incompetent officialdom everywhere, has died aged 76. Roger will be missed by many for his tireless championing of the rights of the disabled and for his work on revising the [...]</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://architecture.org.nz/2010/09/14/roger-hay/</guid>
      <dc:creator>Architectural Centre Inc</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-09-14T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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