Peninsula News / December 2015
Wellington Eastern Suburbs Independent News
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Happy Holidays Eastern Suburbs
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- Happy holidays Eastern Suburbs. This is our last post for a while and we just wanted to say thanks for your support. Since we started only a few weeks back more than 20,000 of you have visited and enjoyed the... Read More ›
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Strathmore Park Crash like an explosion
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- An eighteen year-old Lower Hutt male is dead after driving into a tree on Monorgan Road late Sunday. A witness to a crash that killed a Lower Hutt teenager has described the impact as like an “explosion”. An 18-year-old boy... Read More ›
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Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Trust to Shelly Bay to Developer
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- The Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust wants to sell its Shelly Bay land to The Wellington Company. The sale would enable property developer Ian Cassels to push ahead with plans to transform the former defence base into a replica of Sausalito... Read More ›
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Shelly Bay, Shelly Bay Road, Maupuia, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Man dies after diving in Lyall Bay
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- A diver has been prounounced dead after being found off the south coast of Wellington. Police recieved a call about a missing diver around Lyall Bay at about 4.45pm on Sunday. At 5.23pm the diver was found, unresponsive, in the... Read More ›
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Man dies after crashing car in Strathmore
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- A man has died after crashing his car into a tree in Monorgan Road last night. The Dominion Post reports: A man has died after the car he was driving hit a tree. On Sunday about 11pm, emergency services were... Read More ›
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Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Aiport allegedly bans Uber Drivers
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- In a post on Reddit it is alleged that Wellington Airport has banned Uber Drivers from the Airport Grounds with one user of the service reporting they had to walk to the local service station to catch a ride. Peninsula... Read More ›
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Pak n’Save Kilbirnie Alcohol License under pressure
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- At a hearing yesterday the liquor license for Pak n’Save Kilbirnie came under some pressure with opponents suggesting that the supermarket take some responsibility for alcohol related harm in the area and that no alcohol be sold after 10pm. Do... Read More ›
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Around the City (December 14th 2015)
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- It is getting perilously close to Christmas with the summer weather starting to arrive. As such, the events around the city are dominated by the festive season. Hi Kittens! As we sail into the end of the year, the silly... Read More ›
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New grocery store in Lyall Bay
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- Two Wellington men with a flair for food have opened a gourmet grocery store on Wellington’s south coast. Pete van Schaardenburg and Roger Archibald opened the doors to World Market on Wednesday at Wellington International Airport’s shopping centre in Lyall Bay.... Read More ›
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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How sea level rise will affect the Wellington region
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- One of the great attractions of Eastern Suburbs is our proximity to the ocean. But along with that closeness comes that fact that most of The Peninsula is low lying land, vulnerable to sea level rises and storm surges. When monster... Read More ›
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Wanganella weather
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- Did you know that still weather in Wellington is known as Wanganella Weather? According to a wikipedia article, an Australian merchant vessel called the Wanganella ended up stuck on Barrett’s Reef just after the second World War. The Wanganella ended... Read More ›
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Review says: economic benefits of Wellington airport extension overstated
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- A review of the Wellington airport extension cost benefit analysis shows that the net economic benefits of $2090 million have been substantially overstated. The Tailrisk Economics review found that the high benefit estimate relied on projections of long haul passenger... Read More ›
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Editorial: Beyond Paris: How can Wellington communities adapt to rising sea levels?
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- Professor Bruce Glavovic is a resilience and natural hazards planning specialist at Massey University’s School of People, Environment and Planning. He is lead editor and a contributing author of Climate Change and the Coast – Building Resilient Communities, published earlier... Read More ›
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Around the City (December 7th 2015)
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- The Christmas parade is this Sunday! Look out for heavy traffic and road closures. There is lots of Christmas related activities popping up for the week. The Wellington City Council is getting into the festive spirit with several different goodies... Read More ›
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Eastern Suburbs house prices up again
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- The latest Quotable Value data shows that Eastern Suburbs properties are still increasing in value with an average price of $608,460. That is still well under the national average increase of 15%. Wellington North and West continue to perform strongly... Read More ›
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Windy, drizzly weather set to continue?
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- According to NIWA the next three months promise more wind, drizzle, with below average temperatures in Wellington from December through February. Recent talk of the strongest El Nino event since the devastating 1997-98 season – maybe ever – might have... Read More ›
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Startup offers access to property data – free for Wellington
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- A new startup, Homes.co.nz, is offering free housing data to Wellingtonians that you otherwise would pay for. The data is made free through the use of advertising revenue on the site. You can also claim your own home and add... Read More ›
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Plans to create rejuvenation and new life in Strathmore Park
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- The Wellington City Council and Housing New Zealand are leading a project to inject some new life into Strathmore Park. The Wellington City Council, with Housing New Zealand and the New Zealand Police, is supporting a community-led rejuvenation of Strathmore... Read More ›
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Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Advent Calendar
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- The Wellington Annual Advent Calendar kicks off today online. Each day a new deal or special treat is revealed in the countdown to Christmas. Wellington Advent Calendar OnlineFiled under: Around the City
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