Places / August 2009
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Sladden Park Duathlon – Chocolate Fish (#1)
- Mana Kayak Racing Club
- Eric Waterson and Simon Trotter raced around the 2×2km run course in 15:19 getting into the water with only a 20 second lead on the next two, one of which was 16 year old Jake Allen. Katherine Alan had put 30 seconds on Marianne Archer in the run to be first female into the water but Marianne has had a big winter training and it looked like Katherine would be hard pressed to hold that lead in her U2.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Ngaio Reservoir Repeater Project making progress!
- Wellington VHF Group
- This from Peter ZL2VK: Last Saturday, 22nd August, a keen and hard working group assembled at our presidents work QTH and set about refurbishing an old repeater rack for use on the proposed Ngaio Reservoir 70 cm repeater.
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Under 65B Team win Grade Final
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 29 August 2009: The true Stream spirit and pride were on show as the Under-65B Rugby team won 8-7 against the HIBS Under-65A Team in the Under-65 Grade Final. That special Stream character was needed as the team held out HIBs for 15 minutes while down to 12 players and then held a 1-point lead for the last 30 minutes of the game.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Simla Crescent Station Upgrade
- Tranz Metro
- From 19 October Simlas Crescent station will close for approximately 3 months so it can be upgraded in preparation for the new Matangi trains.
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Simla Crescent Station
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Guilty pleas in Lincoln case
- Wellington SPCA
- William Kain Campbell of Titahi Bay has today plead guilty to 7 charges relating to the theft of Lincoln, the elderly Ridgeback X dog he stole and used as dog fighting bait.
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Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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D-Day for the Basin
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Today is likely to be a day of infamy for the Basin Reserve. The NZ Transport Agency is announcing the funding priorities for the Wellington region, and the Basin Reserve flyover is likely to remain as the number two priority, despite 89% of submitters being opposed to such a high priority for such a pointless project.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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First XI Takes 2009 Title
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 22 August 2009: The First XV capped a fine season by taking the Wellington Division 1 title, beating Scots College 3-1 in the Final. Hamish Watson scored all three goals - his second hat-trick of the season. The team also won five of the six Traditionals this year including a first ever win over Palmerston North Boys' High School.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Newlands Community Centre
- Eye of the Fish
- Newlands suburban shopping centre is even worse than NaeNae by many standards: tantalising close to Wellington, the shopping centre (shown above) is worse than virtually anywhere else in the region: about 6 shops (Fush and Chups, Dairy, Emergency condom supplies, and off-license), some more closed down, with a large tarmac spin-out pad parking lot, and an architectural value quotient of precisely zero. I'm sure that there are many happy Newlanites / Newlandiers that love it precisely for its unpretensionness: however to me it is hell on earth (but with a nice view from some parts). However: all that has recently changed.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Orators Speak Out
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 21 August 2009: Up for grabs were Stream's oldest competitive trophies, the Meo Cup and the Gallagher Cup (first awarded in 1928).
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- secondary
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Blood Flows at Stream
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 20 August 2009: More than 70 Streamers donated blood this morning when the NZ Blood Donor Service visited. Being in the age group (17-30) that most uses the blood collected, it was great to see so many boys donating. In fact, there were too many volunteers to be catered for in the time allowed.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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A Fictional Donation
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 19 August 2009: Old Boy and local fiction author Pat Whitaker dropped into the school library today to donate copies of his six self-published books.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Womens B v Wainuiomata - 16/8/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- BNU Womens B Vs Wainuiomata - 3 all draw After a lovely summery weekend the clouds came over the Wainuiomata pitch.
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Porcupine fish on Petone foreshore
- Te Papa's blog
- I had a call yesterday from Wellington's Dominion Post newspaper needing an expert to identify some fish found washed up on the Petone foreshore. Andrew Stewart, Te Papa's fishes collection manager, identified them as porcupine fish.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Road Race Champs
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stream's Road Race Team put in another strong peformance in the Wellington Secondary Schools' Road Race Championships held at the CIT Campus in Upper Hutt and run over 3 km (Year 9), 4 km (under-16) and 6 km (senior).
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Project Rugby
- Eye of the Fish
- Prodded into action by one of our many readers, who helpfully slipped us a set of the Resource Consent drawings, we've had a chance to look at the New World ("Project Rugby") scheme that is due to clog up the Basin Reserve even more.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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85 Rugby Street, Wellington
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First XV Battles but Loses Final
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 17 August 2009: Last night saw a disappointing end to a roller coaster season for the First XV as they fought hard in the Premier 1 Final, eventually losing 43-7 to Wellington College.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Partial closure of Petone Station platforms - 30 August to mid October
- Tranz Metro
- We’re getting the Petone platform ready for the arrival of the new ‘Matangi’ trains in 2010. From 30 August to mid October, half of each platform will be closed. So if you’re travelling to or from Petone Station make sure you travel in the front 4 carriages of the train, or if you’re on the Wairarapa service use the front 3 carriages.
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Buses replacing trains - Wairarapa line 22 &23 August
- Tranz Metro
- Buses are replacing trains on the Wairarapa line on Saturday and Sunday 22 & 23 August. All services on Saturday are replaced by buses as are Sunday morning services. Sunday evening services will operate as usual.
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Mass of the Assumption at Our Lady of Grace
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 14 August 2009: Seven hundred boys proudly walked behind their House banners over the kilometre from school to our parish church, Our Lady of Grace Heretaunga, for this year's Mass of the Assumption. The Mass was officiated by Father Greally and three Marist priests who had taught at Stream in past years: Fathers Delaney, Quinn and Milne. Members of the Parish also attended.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Stream Shine at Pacifically Wellington
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stream's Samoan Group performed with passion and pride in front of thousands at the TSB Arena in Wellington as part of Pacifically Wellington. With ten other schools performing during the evening it was a stunning extrazaganza. Watch them on Youtube More pictures below or by clicking Read more ...
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Ross Gillett appointed to the Board of Bowls Wellington
- Tawa Bowling Club
- Congratulations go to Tawa's Ross Gillett for his appointment to the Board of Bowls Wellington.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Iceberg hits Welllington
- The Sidestrip
- A fake 'iceberg' in Wellington's Oriental Bay the other day was made by special effects wizards Weta for a Climate change stunt. The object, which appears to be made of polystyrene or a similar material, is between the Carter Fountain and the Overseas Passenger Terminal.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Karori Adopt-a-Pet day this Saturday
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA is coming to Karori this Saturday (15 August) and bringing along a special group of kittens, cats, dogs and puppies currently looking for new homes.
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Police Investigate Suspicious Fire in Whitby
- Wellington District Police
- Porirua Police are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred at Whitby Seafoods fish and chip...
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Premier v Miramar - 08/08/09 - L 3-1
- Island Bay United AFC
- Saturday's game against Miramar was a game played for pride more than anything else, as our Capital One side had to win (and well) to give them any chance of remaining in the league that they had played so well last season to be promoted into.
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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First XV Finals Bound
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 8 August 2009: For the first time in five years, the First XV Rugby team are headed for the Premier 1 Finals to be held 6.
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Wellington special ride Sunday 9th August
- Scoot NZ
- Meet outside Deluxe Cafe (Wellington Motorcycles, Kent Terrace) at 10:15am. Leave at 10:30am to ride to Caffe L’affare in College St for the Maranui Cafe fundraiser, then a ride around the bays via Maranui Cafe. Jess 021 10 595 10 Posted in Rides & Tours Tagged: Events, Wellington
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Maranui Surf Life Saving Club and Cafe Update
- Maranui Surf Life Saving Club
- With the devastating fire that gutted Maranui Surf Lifesaving Club and Cafe in the early hours of Saturday, some good had to come. First of all, the Maranui family would like to say how blown away we have all been with the extraordinary support the community has shown in what does feel like a wake of sorts. The building itself will all-but certainly be rebuilt, and we will be updating any developments here as soon as they come to light, but it is the irreplaceable things that are the saddest loss.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Maranui Surf Life Saving Club, 107, Lyall Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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BNU Div 16 v North Wellington Stella - 8/8/2009
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- North Wellington Stella 3 v BNU16 5 Brooklyn Down Stella North Wellington Stella were reassuringly uncompromising as per usual, but were finally downed by BNU at Discovery Park.
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3 day CraftWeekend
- The Wellingtonista
- Saturday pick for Craftyness is The Island Bay Craft Village. It's showcasing a gorgeous range of bags, jewellery, chocolate, cupcakes, clothes, photos, toys, brooches, scarfs, pottery, ceramics and more.
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88 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington
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Portofino
- Eye of the Fish
- The opening of the new restaurant Portofino in the base of the Meridian building will add nicely to the ambience of the Kumutoto area, making a triumverate of eateries / drinkeries that is a little Wellington all in itself.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Mass in Te Reo Maori
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 5 August 2009: Our first Maori Mass of the year was held today, with the theme "Love one another".
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St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Capital Football - Alcohol Consumption on Match Sidelines
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Capital Football have asked us to post this on our website - please take a moment to have a read of it: To all senior clubs, Please see the letter attached to this email.
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What's on this weekend !!
- Stop Out Sports Club
- Followers of our senior teams will be on the road this weekend, our Premiers are at Waterside, Archie's seconds out at Crawford and Peter's thirds are at Delaney.
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Watermarked
- Eye of the Fish
- Massive front page news on the Dompost today, that the Watermark project has stalled / stopped / been reborn as a new project. All in the one day. Someone has been busy.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Pohutukawa flowering – is it Christmas already?
- Te Papa's blog
- No, it is not Christmas already. (Fortunately the year hasn’t passed by that quickly.) But this pohutukawa on Wellington’s waterfront, opposite Frank Kitts Park, seems to think so. It has been spluttering into flower over the last few weeks.
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Premier v Karori - 01/08/09 - L 2-0
- Island Bay United AFC
- If I'd written this on Saturday evening it would have been full of references to Refereeing, Licenses found in Weetbix Boxes, Underhand Tactics, ecetera, so we can all be thankful that I took a step back and waited for the aftertaste to come through.
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Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Weekend fire guts Maranui surf lifesaving club
- Wellington Scoop
- A weekend fire has severely damaged the Maranui surf livesaving club's building at Lyall Bay.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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