Places / October 2008
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News for Sunday 2 November
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Free Barbecue at Karori Pool following 10.30 am service. All ages welcome, bring togs, pool admission and non-alcoholic drinks.
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New Crossways Officially Opened!!
- Keep Crossways Community House
- As part of the Meet the Candidates event last Thursday (16 Oct), the New Crossways Trust chair, Bill Southworth, officially opened the building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Two of the stalwart members of the old Crossways management committee, Ralph and Margaret Pannett, did the honours of pronouncing the building opened, and were thanked by Bill on behalf of the community for their enormous
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People's Empire
- The Wellingtonista
- Newtown may or may not be a bit shit, but their right-on coffee company People's Coffee (sorry, I couldn't resist adding the apostrophe) certainly know their shit. Their presence in central Wellington is expanding, and two recently-opened cafés proudly stock the People's brand: Meow and Mon Ami.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Notice of Special General Meeting to be held with 2008 Annual General Meeting
- Wellington VHF Group
- The Committee of the Wellington VHF Group provide notice of a Special General Meeting of the Group, for the purpose of changing the Group’s Constitution regarding the appointment of Life Members to the Group. This Special General Meeting is to be held during the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Group, to be held on Thursday 30 October 2008 at the Tawa Community Centre.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Aro Valley multi-candidate meeting
- Last night’s Aro valley meeting was a pleasure. It was superbly organised. The Chair (Bryan Crump) was well chosen, and there was a persistent current of good humour outlasting nastiness. There may be relief in my pleasure because all of us candidates know in advance that our only required role is to be the target of audience wit.
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2008 Aro Valley Meet the Candidates Event
- The most infamous election event in the nation takes place in the tiny community hall off Aro Street. The hall is standing room only with more crowds (known throughout the evening as ‘the outsiders’) peering in through the windows. Radio New Zealand announcer Bryan Crump has taken the evening off work to act as moderator – he warns the crowd that while heckling is encouraged he will not tolerate any ‘Hooton’s’. Each candidate will have two minutes to speak. Ninety seconds in someone will sound a gong, at two minutes they will thump the keys of a rickety old piano standing near the stage. If the candidate continues to speak they will be drenched with a high-powered water-pistol.
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Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2008 SNZ Pacific School Games team announced
- Swimming Wellington
- Swimming New Zealand has annouced the team to compete at the Pacific Schools Games in Canberra on 30 Nov to 06 Dec 2008. Congratulations to SW swimmers named on the team: Thomas Cutler (Capital), Thomas McCarthy (Tawa), Lauren Coetzee (Capital) and Emily McGill (SwimZone).
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sport Wellington Region Student Sport Ambassadors
- Swimming Wellington
- The Community Trust of Wellington and Sport Wellington Region offers scholarships to young athletes studying at tertiary level in the Wellington region - Kapiti, Wellington and Wairarapa. Link to Sport Wellington Region for more information and applications form.
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Grand Opening for the New Crossways & a Candidates Meeting 2008
- MVRA together with Mt Cook Mobilized and the New Crossways Trust are hosting the candidates for Wellington Central at New Crossways, 6 Roxburgh St, Mt Victoria (upstairs) Thursday 16 October, 7.30pm Programme 1. Introduction of candidates. 2. Brief [5 minute] statement of policies from each candidate. 3. Questions [not statements] from the floor of the meeting. 4. Brief [3 minute] closing
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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One more sleep till Craft2.0
- The Wellingtonista
- Craft2.0 springs into the shopping season by returning to TheNewDowse on October 11th with a Craftastic Craftacular (don’t ask us what that means, but pretty much beyond fabulous is a good definition) There are over 60 crafters this time round and as always there is a mix of returning favourite crafters and brand shiny new ones.
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- hutt-valley
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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WVCC Wairarapa fun-ride preliminary results
- Wellington Veterans Cycling Club
- Preliminary results hereFrom the organisers of the Wairarapa fun ride, a big thank you to all the competitors who braved the testing conditions (especially the cross winds coming into Martinbourgh) you are what makes the event.Our sponsors Avanti and Dole, we recommend you eat Dole Bananas for energy on your rides and shop at Avanti plus for your biking needs.Biggest thanks to the Featherston Lions community as without your support and organisation we couldn't hold such a successful event. Next year we should be due for sun so mark your calendars for the first spring classic on the 4th October 2009. Thanksthe organisers Wairarapa fun ride
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Design for the sun
- Eye of the Fish
- Following on from the previous post, where we had observed how good Wellington can get on a nice day (not so good today, unfortunately), there were a few photos left over that we just had to use. There seems to be a few simple principles at work here for successful public space design in general, but throughout the waterfront especially.
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WE'VE MOVED!
- Keep Crossways Community House
- We have officially moved out of Crossways Community House, 46 Brougham Street and into the "NEW CROSSWAYS" at Level 1, 6 Roxburgh Street! We are still in the process of unpacking and organising but do pop in and see us! An opening ceremony will be held on Thursday 16 October - 7pm. More details to follow.
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Emma Millar NZ Under 17 Girls Champion
- Squash Wellington
- Emma Millar from the Kapiti Club has won the NZ Under 17 Girls title at the NZ Junior Squash Championships in Palmerston North. Other Wellington players to do well included, Keegan Burkhart, Jonathon Barnett, Rebecca Barnett, Eliza Sim & Scott Galloway.
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Support needed for Cobham Park indoor sports stadium
- St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
- The Cobham Park indoor sports stadium is going through the notified resource consent process and we need as many submissions as possible in support of this project. The indoor facility will be a fantastic asset for netball in Wellington, and will save us from playing in all the horrible winter weather.
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- kilbirnie
- netball
Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington on a Good Day…
- Eye of the Fish
- They say it, and you can’t. Here’s proof. Waitangi Park, multiple award winning and hugely popular outdoor space, for all Wellingtonians. What was all the fuss about then, eh? We love it.
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