Places - August 2008

September Spring Subscription Special
- 31 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Join the Waikanae Golf Club during September for only $400.00. This is for Full Membership through to the 28th February 2009. See the ProShop or the Office during September for this great deal.
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The Minister responds over Ellice St shops
- 31 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- The Mt Victoria Residents Association recently wrote to Annette King, the Minister responsible for the New Zealand Transport Agency, regarding the dilapidated state of the shops they have recently purchased at the bottom of Ellice Street.
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This week
- 31 Aug 2008
- San Francisco Bathhouse
- We will now be closing Tuesday nights. The VBC Presents will be back on the brand-spanking-new night of WEDNESDAY from September 17th.
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ShootOut Update
- 31 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Now it is September, you can enter this years ShootOut Competition for only $20.00. Now that Spring is here scores should be more competitive with greater run on the fairways. For the mens competition the 19th score so far is only 224, so plenty of chances to better that.
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White Heron Trophy Results
- 31 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The White Heron Tropy was played on Sunday 31 August and the weather was here to please, so some low scores were recorded. Winners: Men: Bill Bruce & Steve Ricketts Women: Betsyn Quin & Veronica Ronberg A great day was had by all who attended.
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Hind’s SW open record highlight of Day 2 of SC Champs
- 31 Aug 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- Tash Hind (Capital) set a new open SW record in during Day 2 of the SW Short Course Championships at Kilbirnie. Hind comfortably won the Womens 100m individual medley in a time of 1min 3.57secs to beat her own open record by 1.01 seconds.
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The Swing Bridge of Doom
- 31 Aug 2008
- T3 Track Blog
- Sunday saw us tackle another one of the T3 big wooden projects, The Swing Bridge of Doom, or as it turned out the Fun Wibbly Wobbly Swing Bridge.
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- cycling
- makara

Kapiti Club series points
- 31 Aug 2008
- Wellington Veterans Cycling Club
- Just a quick note to let you all know that I've put the final points table for the Winter Series together as well as a bit of a wrap up of how it all panned out.
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Table 30th August 208
- 30 Aug 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- P W D L GF GA Pts W%Wairarapa United 18 12 2 4 48 19 38 66.7Tawa 18 11 2 5 39 25 35 61.1Island Bay United 18 7 6 5 36 32 27 38.9Waterside Karori 17 8 1 8 36 36 25 47.1Upper Hutt City 18 7 3 8 33 28 24 38.9Kapiti Coast United 18 7 1 10 46 46 22 38.9Western Suburbs 18 7 1 10 24 39 22 38.9Lower Hutt City 17 6 4 7 28 43 22 35.3Miramar Rangers 18 6 2 10 23 36 20 33.3Marist 18 4 6 8 25 34 18 22.2Our condolences to Marist, who's seesawing relationship with Capital Premier continues, and good luck to Miramar Rangers, who will play off to stay in this league.Go Sharks!
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Tanadees Cup and Shield and Arkwright Cup, Evans Bay
- 30 Aug 2008
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- Plenty of silver at stake in today's races - six trophies, in fact. Winner of the Tanadees Challenge Cup for the senior men's handicap race over 8k was Michael Hardiman (again), continuing the line of Michaels (Hardiman and Browne) who have been winners over the past four years. Runners-up were Peter Plowman and Adrian Shields. On the women's side, women's captain Belinda Buck takes away the Arkwright Cup for 2008, ahead of Catherine Manchester and Pam Graham. Quickest man over the 8k course was Grant McLean (25:20) and quickest woman, Michele Allison (31:51).
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Record bonanza on Day One of SW Short Course Champs
- 30 Aug 2008
- Swimming Wellington
- There were no shortage of records during the first day of the SW Short Course championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie today. Leading the charge was Capital’s Sam Lee (16) who amassed 2 x SW open records, 2 x SW age group records and a NZ age group record to boot.
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New Pedestrian Crossing
- 28 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- The walk to Clyde Quay school is due to get a bit safer, thanks to a Wellington City Council initiative to add a pedestrian crossing at the Pirie Street/Porrit Ave corner.
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Positive Meeting with Go Wellington
- 26 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- Good progress has been made with Go Wellington in an effort to resolve the issue of out-of-service buses using the Pirie Street bus tunnel.According to the Greater Wellington Council bylaw, only scheduled services that have been registered with the Council may use the tunnel. At a meeting convened by GWRC, Go Wellington acknowledged that there was an imperfect understanding of the rules by some drivers, and undertook to educate staff better.
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Congratulations.....
- 25 Aug 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- Congratulations to Wairarapa United on winning Capital Premier 2008. You proved by your results that you were the most consistent team in the league, (winning 12 games our of 18, scoring the most in the league with 48 goals, and conceding the least with only 19 against).We wish you all the best of luck as you go into your play off games and hope you get to enter another team into the Central league from the Wellington Region.
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Mens Club Championships Results
- 24 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The weather conditions on the finals day made for difficult play, with rain playing a major role throughout the day. This did not stop some fantastic golf from being played, and the galleries for the various divisions were treated to some great competition from all of the finalists. Open: Rob Cooper won on the 2nd to last hole defeating James Jennings Intermediate:Steve Ricketts won on the 36th hole deafeating Richard Bond Junior:Barry Teale beat Sean Scott Veterans: Bryan Futter beat Doug Shearer
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Public Meeting Highlights Town Belt Issues
- 22 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- A very well attended public meeting on Thursday night was the venue for the Crossways Community Trust to report back to Mt Victoria residents.
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U19 Womens National Championships
- 21 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The Under 19 National Championships are to be played at Waikanae on September 5, 6, & 7. There is a field of 69 and they will be teeing off from the 1st and 10th tees from 7.30am each day. Club members will be able to use the course after the field. Come down and support New Zealand’s leading emerging young women and see some great golf.
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Judicial Review of Resource Consent
- 21 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- The Mt Victoria Residents Association today announced that it had commenced proceedings in the High Court seeking a judicial review of the resource consent issued to the brothel at 103 Pirie Street by the Wellington City Council.Kent Duston, President of the Residents Association, said that “It’s our view that the Council did not take account of s15 of the Prostitution Law Reform Act 2003 when granting this resource consent.
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Vege Gardening Event Cancelled
- 19 Aug 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- Vege-growing in your Urban Garden Date: Initally planned for 14 SEPTEMBER - CANCELLED!! - Change of date & venue to be advised
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Making Sense - An Exploration of Science and Faith
- 19 Aug 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- In a weeks time (31st August) we will be holding the last of our seminars ‘Making Sense - An exploration of Faith and Science’. This last seminar will feature a panel discussion on the question ‘Is Christian faith dangerous?’ We invite you to come and join us for a stimulating and thought provoking afternoon. Click on the image below to download a PDF file with further details and speaker info. For a copy of a recommended reading list click here Further reading “Making Sense: an overview of some framing consideration in the conversation between faith in science and faith in religion.” click here
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White Heron Trophy
- 19 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The White Heron Trophy event will be held on Sunday 31st August. It is a 4BBB Nett competition, contested by teams of two same sex partners. Please use allocated time on booking sheet (online), when available. Please refer rules on all noticeboards.
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Premier v Upper Hutt - 16/08/08 - L 4-1
- 18 Aug 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- Our last game of the season was against Upper Hutt at Wakefield Park, and even though the result didn't go our way, the manner in which Island Bay went about playing was a nice way to end our season.
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Mens Club Champs
- 17 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- This Sunday - 24th August - the Men’s Club Championship Finals will be played. Finalists are: Open: Rob Cooper v James Jennings Intermediate: Richard Bond v Steve Ricketts Junior: Sean Scott v Barry Teale Veterans: Bryan Futter v Doug Shearer Come along and watch some great golf this Sunday.
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Justice and Righteousness
- 16 Aug 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- Mike Enright 17th August 2008
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Public Meeting on Thursday
- 15 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- This coming Thursday 21 August, the Crossways Community Trust will report back to Mt Victoria on the campaign to save Crossways, and where to from here.As the community knows, the campaign to save Crossways was unsuccessful, with the Presbyterian Church electing to simply sell the building to a private purchaser.
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This weekend
- 15 Aug 2008
- San Francisco Bathhouse
- FRIDAY 15th: UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR (8pm) featuring: 1995 - An Auckland based shoegaze pop five piece fresh from playing 95bFM’s Fancy New Band Showcase, who are currently promoting their angular new single ‘Fractals’.
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This weekend
- 14 Aug 2008
- San Francisco Bathhouse
- FRIDAY 15th: UP THE DOWN ESCALATOR (8pm) featuring: 1995 - An Auckland based shoegaze pop five piece fresh from playing 95bFM’s Fancy New Band Showcase, who are currently promoting their angular new single ‘Fractals’.
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Public meeting at Crossways
- 13 Aug 2008
- The Crossways Community Trust is holding a public meeting on THURSDAY 21 AUGUST: 7.30 PM We will be discussing the sale of Crossways, what it means for the community and the groups that use the house, and the way forward for the future of community in Mt Victoria. We invite you to attend this important meeting with the community to celebrate the efforts of the trust, wider community and to
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Premier v Western Suburbs - 10/08/08 - L 1-0
- 11 Aug 2008
- Island Bay United AFC
- A beautiful sunny Sunday on a mostly pristine Endeavour Park invited both Island bay and Western Suburbs to play some great football, rather than the game of Kick Mud that has plagued our football for most of the '08 season.
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Pelorus Trust Wellington Junior Open
- 11 Aug 2008
- Squash Wellington
- Results from the recently concluded Pelorus Trust Wellington Junior Open & Black Knight North Zone Series Finals, held at Island Bay Tennis & Squash Club.
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Tawa caps perfect Hardham Cup with composed win over Wainui
- 10 Aug 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hardham Cup final. Westpac Stadium 9 August: Tawa 33 (Na Ioane 2, Pati Gaualofa, Etuale Togia Tries; Juice Finau, Gene J...
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Editorial: What About The Creche?
- 10 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- The Dominion Post printed an article on the sale of Crossways yesterday, which noted that the historic property had been sold. But absent from the newspaper was any discussion about the fate of Mt Victoria’s creche, which will need to vacate Crossways by the beginning of October.The Wellington City Council has been steadfastly opposed to keeping Crossways as a community centre, despite its importance to Mt Victoria.
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Top Brass in Christchurch
- 10 Aug 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- Trust Porirua City Brass enjoyed great success at the National Brass Band Championships held in Christchurch last month.
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Up the Down Escalator
- 10 Aug 2008
- San Francisco Bathhouse
- Auckland vs Wellington featuring: Batmantiddabades (Wellington) The Cherry Bombs (Wellington) 1995 (Auckland) La Beat Debauchary (Auckland)
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Crossways is lost
- 10 Aug 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- The Crossways Community Trust is disappointed that the Crossways House has been sold to a higher bidder, depriving Mount Victoria of its community centre. Despite thousands of hours of volunteer work, a million dollars in fundraising and the efforts of a whole community, the Presbyterian Church has decided to sell Crossways to another buyer.
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Waterside Karori Reserves (0) 0 North Wellington (5) 11
- 9 Aug 2008
- North Wellington Association Football Club
- The Premier team had a comprehensive 11-0 win away against bottom-placed Waterside Karori Reserves to improve one place into 2nd place now ahead of Olympic Reserves on goal difference with 2 games remaining in the league season. The game was played on a muddy bumpy Waihora Park, Porirua East having been transferred from Karori Park due to recent heavy rain in the Wellington region.
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Crossways Is Lost
- 8 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- Despite the thousands of hours of volunteer work, a million dollars in fundraising and the efforts of a whole community, the Presbyterian Church has decided to sell Crossways to another buyer.The Church announced today that they had accepted an offer of $1.31 million from an un-named purchaser who will convert the building back into a family home. While we are consoled that Crossways is unlikely to be demolished, it’s a sad end to three decades of community heritage.The Church’s actions - and the Council’s inaction - have been roundly condemned by many commentators.
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Hardham Cup final preiview
- 8 Aug 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Defending champions Wainuiomata arrive at Westpac Stadium today to contest their third consecutive Hardham Cup final aga...
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A Mural for the Tunnel
- 6 Aug 2008
- Mt Victoria Residents Association
- The Pirie Street bus tunnel has long been a magnet for graffiti, and in an effort to help make the area more attractive the Council is considering commissioning a mural. The design concept can be seen above, and has been designed by Robert Stewart.
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Wellington’s world-first wildlife sanctuary celebrates award win
- 6 Aug 2008
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
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Tee Booking Online
- 6 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Please remember to pick up your password for tee booking. Available from the Office, ProShop or Bar. You should be able to save your password as you log in. Tee booking for days from Monday the 11th August
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Tenders have closed
- 5 Aug 2008
- Keep Crossways Community House
- The day that we have dreaded has arrived.Tenders for Crossways close today.The Trust has put in a fair bid for the house as a result of a hard year long campaign to raise money and awareness. We now keep our fingers crossed that we are successful in our bid to keep Crossways Community House a part of Mt Victoria!We are unsure as to when we will find out the result but envisage that we will know
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July 08 Newsletter from Mt Cook Mobilised
- 5 Aug 2008
- Mt Cook mobilised
- You can download a PDF version of this newsletter by clicking here Why Mobe? Mt Cook Mobilised was formed in July 2007 to give the suburb a voice.
- Accepted from Moot Cook mobilised 67 months ago by feedreader
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The End of the World (Party)
- 5 Aug 2008
- San Francisco Bathhouse
- This Friday The VBC Presents: The End of the World (Party) We are celebrating the activation of the new doomsday device and the possible ending to end all endings with a big ass party… WITH!!!! DAMSELS (The Tron) SHARPIE CROWS HOOPLA! SPECIAL OLYMPICS and MORE Come DRINK THE KOOL AID like it’s 1989 and party like Donnie Darko - dress up essential halloween meets space 80’s Prizes for best dressed DOORSALES $10 (Or $5 for VBC DJs or VBC badgeholders) UPCOMING SHOWS: AUGUST 9: THE BREEDERS (SOLD OUT. TICKET HOLDERS ONLY) AUGUST 13: LADYHAWKE AUGUST 16: STEREO TOTAL with JD SAMSON AUGUST 22: CONCORD DAWN AUGUST 30: RODNEY P & SKITZ SEPTEMBER 4: BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE SEPTEMBER 25: PEACHES with HAWNAY TROOF OCTOBER 1: WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY OCTOBER 16: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS OCTOBER 24: HOWE GELB
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July 08 Newsletter from Mt Cook Mobilised
- 5 Aug 2008
- Mt Cook mobilised
- You can download a PDF version of this newsletter by clicking here Why Mobe? Mt Cook Mobilised was formed in July 2007 to give the suburb a voice. It exists to resist any inappropriate development and represent the interests of all residents.
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Nationals - A View From The Back
- 4 Aug 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- This year - as every year *wink* - our Super Percussion Extraordinaires were revved up for another Brass Band Championships! This year was slightly different as we had two ‘green’ members, Tamara and Dick, who were yet to experience the challenges of being a Percussionist at Nationals.
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Pelorus Trust Wellington Junior Open
- 4 Aug 2008
- Squash Wellington
- To all Players entered in the Pelorus Trust Wellington Junior Open being held at Island Bay this week. Your 1st Playing times are being E-Mailed to the address that you registered on for this Tournament, now.
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Mid-week Men - Two day Stableford
- 4 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- The two day stableford competition was completed on Tuesday the 22nd of July after the second round being deferred a couple of times because of the inclement weather. The winner on 78 points was John McConway who combined 38 stableford points from the first round with 40 stableford points on the second round. 2nd: Kaye Mitchell 77 (36/41) 3rd: Bryan Futter 76 (38/38)
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Waikanae Veterans Golf Tournament
- 4 Aug 2008
- Waikanae Golf Club
- November 17, 18 and 20, 21 2008 15th annual 4 Day tournament handicap matchplay for men and women in separate groups. Entries close Monday 3 November 2008.
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Nationals - A View From The Back
- 4 Aug 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- This year - as every year *wink* - our Super Percussion Extraordinaires were revved up for another Brass Band Championships! This year was slightly different as we had two ‘green’ members, Tamara and Dick, who were yet to experience the challenges of being a Percussionist at Nationals.
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Wainui to defend Hardham title against rampant Tawa
- 3 Aug 2008
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Hardham Cup semi-finals: Wainuiomata will defend the Hardham Cup in next weekend's final against an on-form Tawa, af...
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National Brass Band Championships - Christchurch
- 3 Aug 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- The contest is over for another year and the band has done extremely well, both collectively and with individual results.
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National Brass Band Championships - Christchurch
- 3 Aug 2008
- Trust Porirua City Band
- The contest is over for another year and the band has done extremely well, both collectively and with individual results.
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50 Days of Jubilee - The Image and Kingdom of God
- 2 Aug 2008
- Karori Baptist Church
- Mike Enright 3rd August 2008
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Banalitecture
- 1 Aug 2008
- Eye of the Fish
- I’ve just spotted this blank wall being constructed beside the main route into the city from the airport. Facing north, providing a beautiful backdrop for shadow play of pohutukawa, as well as a future venue for no doubt countless mindless scribblings, is a blank wall. Courtesy of the ArcHaus architectural team.
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