Places / November 2008
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The Old Shebang of Cuba Street
- The Wellingtonista
- The National Library has joined the Flickr Commons project, whacking up many of their photos on Flickr. At the moment, there's not much from Wellington, but we're hoping that will change as more are uploaded. One particular Wellington delight, however, is a set of photos of a ramshackle house on Cuba Street called the Old Shebang (shebang in this instance means dwelling). And as well as that, Goo
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Cuba vs Manners
- Eye of the Fish
- So I was thinking to myself, as you do on a fine summer’s day like today: what is it that makes Cuba St so special, whereas Manners Mall just doesn’t cut the mustard? Is it the paving? Grey bricks just aren’t as warm and friendly as the orange hues of Cuba. Is it the architecture? Cuba’s sure is older, while Manners is newer: but is that all there is? Is it the people? Su
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Architecture Awards night
- Eye of the Fish
- es, tonight is the night for the architectural community, as the local Wellington region Awards for Architecture and annual knees up are being held tonight. Last year the awards went to the New Dowse, the Masterton Police Station and the Greytown Town Hall, Holiday Inn, the new Maritime Tower, Len Lye’s water whirler, the waterfront refurbishment of Shed 13, and the highly deserved award for Conservation House (which went on to win a Supreme Award by the year’s end), as well as a swathe of awards for some very fine housing. Awards are being held in the very evocatively period Shed 13 tonight - lets hope that the owners have managed to install some toilet and kitchen facilities which are noticeably absent in this picture from last year!
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Last Tournament of the Year
- Squash Wellington
- The Last Tournament of 2008 Is is due to start on Wed 10th December at Tawa Squash The Tawa Xmas Ham & Turkey tournament which is a lot of FUN, requires great skill to win the Ham, but all players win a prize..... Ham's, Turkeys, Xmas Boxes, Big Chook's & much much more Open to all graded & non graded players.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Splish Splash: Bucket Fountain Update
- The Wellingtonista
- There's been a bit of action going on at the old Bucket Fountain, icon of Cuba Street. First, it mysteriously disappeared: We initially thought this was a retro '80s David Copperfield-style magic trick, but it turns out it was just taken down for maintenance. The fountain returned, with a fresh coat of paint, ready to splash the good folk of Cuba Mall once again.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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News for Sunday 30 November 2008
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Stubbs Memorial SermonThis is being preached today by Susan Blaikie.Rosters for December—FebruaryIf you receive a hard copy of your service roster please collect this from the gathering area this morning.Penny Burgess is leavingPenny’s final day at the ECEC is Friday 5 December. Thanks, Penny for all the hard work you have done in making the centre a first class facility. If people would like to
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November 2008 General Meeting - TONIGHT
- Wellington VHF Group
- Sorry for the relatively late notice.. but as tonight is the last Thursday of the month, the Wellington VHF Group is holding its Monthly General Meeting Tonight at its venue in Tawa. More information on our regular meetings can be found here. Tonight's presentation is on LandSAR Communications. Bryan, ZL2BRF will be presenting on various aspects of LandSAR communications in the region. All are we
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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HONE TUWHARE - Crossways movie fundraiser THIS SUNDAY
- Keep Crossways Community House
- Due to the popularity of this screening, we will be holding two screenings this coming Sunday at the Paramount Cinema; 4pm: $20 Extremely limited tickets - email us if you are interested Includes: Talk from Gaylene Preston, readings of Hone's poems, short film of Hone's poem 'drunk' and the documentary itself "Hone Tuwhare - No Other Lips' 5.30pm: $15 - Tickets available - email us if you are
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November 2008
- Brooklyn Early Childhood Centre
- Tena Koutou, Hallo, Namaste, Ni Hao, Talofa and Hello to all Nau Mai Haere Mai, Welcome Kia Ora and welcome to Elsa Blyth, Yannick Weinert, William Macey, Eve Allen and all their families who joined us in Aug/Sept. Welcome also to Twange Chapakwenda and family, Zora (younger sister of Lewis) who have recently also joined us, to Wallace Zhou and family and Tahaawai James-Kanara and whanau. Key Da
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96a Washington Ave, Brooklyn, Wellington
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Mauled Mall - Bus Route
- Eye of the Fish
- As you’ve probably noticed, the WCC is canvassing for opinions on the proposed change to the bus route through Manners Mall. We’re a bit surprised how little public dialogue there has been so far on the proposal - and so we thought we’d open up a place for your informal dialogue and discussion to go. The picture above is of Manners Mall, taken on the corner of Cuba, just a few d
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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News for Sunday 23 November 2008
- Karori Anglican Churches
- RostersThe rosters for December 2008—February 2009 are currently being prepared. Please advise Ken Wheeler by end of today, of dates you will be unavailable for both the St Mary’s and St Philip’s. Also please advise any changes to your contact details. More help is always appreciated so if you would like to be added to the roster, contact Ken: 972 9015, or wheeler.kenctim@paradise.net.nz. Journ
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News for Sunday 23 November 2008
- Karori Anglican Churches
- The rosters for December 2008—February 2009 are currently being prepared. Please advise Ken Wheeler by end of today, of dates you will be unavailable for both the St Mary’s and St Philip’s.
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News for Sunday 16 November 2008
- Karori Anglican Churches
- The rosters for December 2008—February 2009 are currently being prepared. Please advise Ken Wheeler by Sunday 23 November of dates you will be unavailable for both the St Mary’s and St Philip’s.
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Mt Victoria inner city festival
- Keep Crossways Community House
- Saturday 28 February 2009: 9.30am - 3pm Book this date in your diary! More info will be posted in due course. If you are interested in performing, having a stall, sponsoring or volunteering, please email us. This is a fundraising event to raise money for the "new" Crossways at 6 Roxburgh Street
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More Mall for J’ville
- Eye of the Fish
- Thanks to the very friendly and amenable Wellington City Council External Media Advisor, Richard Maclean, we’ve been able to bring you some further info about the proposed new expansion to Johnsonville Mall. Now that’s what I call a helpful public service. So, to recap since our last message on Johnsonville, although the Council is still deciding whether it will publicly notify the scheme or not, the project is available for public view anyway, and as part of that we thought it would be helpful for you to see some of what is being proposed.
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Wheelers
- Karori Anglican Churches
- While Scott and Nikki Wheeler are away in Africa they will be maintaining a blog. You can follow their progress at:http://karorianglican.org.nz/wheelers
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2008 SW Premiership points
- Swimming Wellington
- Capital Swim Club and Porirua Swimming Club lead the 13 years & over and 12 years & under categories respectively in the 2008 SW Premiership competition as at 30 September 2008. There are two meets remaining in the 13&O competition, while while the last 12&U meet is PSC’s Hardcore meet this weekend. 2008 SW Premiership Points at 30 Sep-08
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Crossways movie fundraiser - Sunday 30 November
- Keep Crossways Community House
- 4pm at the Paramount Cinema, Courtenay Place$20 Adults, $10 Children The New Crossways Community Trust is running another of its hugely popular movie afternoons - This time it's the Gaylene Preston documentary of one of New Zealand's most acclaimed poets, Hone Tuwhare, who died at the beginning of this year. The movie will be introduced by some readings of Hone's poetry, and Gaylene will talk
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News for Sunday 9 November
- Karori Anglican Churches
- The AGM of the Afternoon Fellowship voted a generous donation of $140 towards the work of Drug Arm. Also, the present committee was re-elected—congratulations.
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Johnsonville Mall
- Eye of the Fish
- In a move to the suburbs, an area not normally frequented by the Eye of the Fish, a Mall is on the menu. Johnsonville Mall, to be precise. And there’s a big fuss brewing. Not about the concept of a mall - after all, there’s one there already. But this one is due to be different, to be bigger. Much bigger
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