Places / December 2008
January 2009 | November 2008-
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Super Fry
- The Wellingtonista
- Stephen Fry, actor, author, wit and geek, is on his way to dear sweet Wellington and we are rather excited! He's coming to Aotearoa New Zealand to film some bits for a BBC series he's presenting, Another Chance To See, where he's travelling the world, checking up on endangered species. While he's in Wellington, he'll be visiting the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary to see how the kakapo is doing (rather
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The TAWAs
- Texture
- Here at Texture we are all die-hard fans of Wellington, hence the hours we spend slaving away finding awesome things for you to go eat, drink, dance to or look at. We know as well as anyone else we are not the only fans of this fine city, prime example comes from over at Wellingtonista, where the creators of this fine site held an awards ceremony, called the TAWAs (The Annual Wellingtonisa Awards)
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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MT VICTORIA INNER CITY FESTIVAL!
- Keep Crossways Community House
- SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY: 10am - 3pm - Roxburgh Street, Mt Victoria Yes, the first of an annual Mt Victoria Inner city festival will be taking place in 2009!! This is being organized by a festival committee of the New Crossways Community Trust and it is our intention for this to be the first of an annual festival for Mt Victoria and the inner city to; · support and celebrate the community and its
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2008 TAWAs - the winners!
- The Wellingtonista
- We all had a completely brilliant time on Thursday night at the TAWAs! It was great to see so many of y'all along there, along with the awesome nominees and a few celebrity guests (not that Wellington has any actual celebrities, but, you know...) Thanks to our fabulous sponsors who gave us swag and prizes And thanks also to Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson for presenting the Wellingtonian of
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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News for Sunday 21 December 2008
- Karori Anglican Churches
- E-mail from Nikky and Scott Wheeler Hujambo John and Chris.Please pass on our greetings and news to the rest of the church family.We have safely been in Dodoma, Tanzania for almost two week s now. We have been very warmly welcomed by the local 'wazungu' (white person/foreigner) community at CAMS (Canon Andrea Mwaka School). Unfortunately Bishop Mdimi Mhogolo and his wife are in Australia and New
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Typography Enthusiasts Unite!
- Texture
- Typography enthusiasts will be getting all their Christmases at once this summer. A five day festival to educate and celebrate the art of typefaces will be hitting the Wellington waterfront from the 11 to 15 of February. It is set to explore the notions and voices of typography, and will cover all media typography may appear in, such as graphic design and advertising, photography, film, liter
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Dominion Post no longer suckling from Big Liquor's teet?
- The Wellingtonista
- On Saturday, the big front page headline on the Dominion Post was "Cheers! We're killing ourselves" about how alcohol is responsible for injuries, health problems and crime. Today it's "Weekend of Drunken Mayhem - 1000 calls to police". Think maybe they lost a big advertising account? Full disclosure: the TAWAs have some sponsorship from Epic Beer and we're very happ
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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News for Sunday 14 December 2009
- Karori Anglican Churches
- The Parish Office will close Friday 19 December and re-open Tuesday 20 January. If you need a priest during this period, contacts are:
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Kapiti to Mainland Swim
- Swimming Wellington
- Saturday 14th March 2009 Starts Kapiti Island 11.30am 2009 Kapiti to Mainland swim - flyer For Entry forms and rules, visit Raumati Swimming Club website.
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News for Sunday 7 December 2008
- Karori Anglican Churches
- This service has a family focus. We will celebrate together the Christmas story and then share some coffee and mincemeat pies after. Who
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Meetings Over the Summer- Dec and Jan
- Wellington VHF Group
- We have a new program of meetings for the next couple of months- very social and a focus on the outdoors. 11th Dec , Dinner at the Rama Malaysian in Johnsonville. Please call/email/TXT Brian ZL2BRF to reserve a seat. Always good fun. The Rama is near the McDonalds/Police Station/Motorway on ramp north. Menu looks very good! 18th Dec, Nothing planned! 25th Dec, Main meeting, Xmas has been cancel
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A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN WELLINGTON?
- Keep Crossways Community House
- “AFTERSHOCK” The Mt Victoria Civil Defence & Crossways Trust will screen this documentary by the Gibson Group at New Crossways on Thursday 4 December: 7.30pm Wellington sits on a dangerous active earthquake fault. This film visualises what would happen to Wellington if there were a major earthquake. Spend the evening watching this film and find out how you can protect yourself and your family
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Aro Street Market is back
- Texture
- Wellington is spoiled for markets, the minty markets at Bodega and becoming a Sunday staple, and the Mighty Markets at the Mighty Mighty are a good place to spend a Saturday afternoon hunting for treasure, and now the Aro Street Markets are back for the summer. This Saturday kicks off the festivities, then it will be the first Saturday of every month, between 11am-3pm, held at Aro Park,
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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