Places - March 2010

Bye-bye, Wellywood sign
- 31 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Wellington Airport has actually listened to the massive public opposition to the Wellywood sign (and potential legal troubles from Hollywood) and have ditched the idea.
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- wellywood-sign

The Passion Liturgies
- 31 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 1 April 2010: The Passion of Christ was wonderfully depicted by, and led by, senior students at today's liturgy.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Porirua Grand Traverse
- 31 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 28/03/2010 - 08:00 - Wed, 31/03/2010 - 17:30 Operation Type: Other People Assisted: 59 Coastguard Mana provided on-water support for the Porirua Grand Traverse kayaking leg.
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- porirua

Year 12 Shakespearean Monologues
- 31 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 31 April 2010: "To be or not to be" was an often heard phrase as Year 12 English students presented their own renditions of well known monologues from Hamlet, Macbeth and Letters from World War I as part of their assessment for NCEA English Standard 2.7. For their two minutes of fame they needed to be in character and interpret those immortal lines in their own inimitable way.
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- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Easter Delivery to the Foodbank
- 31 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 31 March 2010: Young Vinnies load up the school trailer with cans of food before it heads off to the foodbank.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

Another delay before we’re consulted about Basin Reserve roading options
- 30 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- The Mount Victoria community has been expecting consultation about roading changes around the Basin Reserve since last October. But yesterday, consultation was postponed again. The delay means there’s more time for the Architectural Centre’s innovative cut-and-cover plan (above) to get some serious consideration.
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- basin-reserve-flyover
- consultation
- mount-victoria
- karori-sanctuary

Gear donated to Cook Islands
- 30 Mar 2010
- International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand - Wellington Region
- Mr Peter Chapman, instructor of Porirua, recently donated some training gear to Te Aorangi Taekwon-Do in the Cook Islands.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- porirua

Guerilla decorating in Aro Valley
- 29 Mar 2010
- After a month of growing, the tubs I gardened in Aro Valley are blooming. The dahlias have started coming out and the geraniums have been replaced with buttercup pumpkin plants.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- aro-valley

News for Sunday 28 March 2010
- 26 Mar 2010
- Karori Anglican Churches
- Let’s Make St Mary’s Gleam for EasterCome prepared with rags and supplies, Saturday 3 April, 9-12.
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

A bit of everything - the race to Kapiti and the Chetwodes.
- 25 Mar 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- It was a great sail out of Wellington Harbour – a softening north-easterly filling our kite and holding our main square. But we knew the game could quickly change in Cook Strait, and it did.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- kapiti

JP SERVICES OFFERED BY APPOINTMENT @ YWCA Wellington
- 25 Mar 2010
- YWCA of Wellington & Hutt Valley
- Vanisa Dhiru, our current Vice-President has become a Justice of the Peace of New Zealand and will be offering the following JP services, by appointment, from the YWCA of Wellington and Hutt Valley office on Ghuznee Street. We are proud to have Vanisa become one of the youngest JPs in Australiasia and offer this service to Wellington women from the YWCA. Certifying copies of documents Taking declarations, affidavits and affirmations.
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- hutt-valley

Bunnings Community Day
- 25 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 20/03/2010 - 09:00 - 15:00 Operation Type: Other People Assisted: 0 This event was a chance for a range of groups to raise awareness and Bunnings is encouraging charities, sporting groups and non-profit organisations such as CG to take part. CG Mana participated by raffling off some items for fundraising and provided general information to interested parties. Resources Attendees: Maeleen Owen CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado
- Automatically tagged as:
- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

LongBeach Summers Series race 23
- 25 Mar 2010
- Kapiti Cycling Club
- This week was the penultimate race for the summer.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- cycling

Culture Kicks
- 25 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- This Sunday 28 March there is an international celebration of the beautiful game going on at Martin Luckie Park, Berhampore 9am - 5pm.
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- berhampore

Sunday March 28
- 24 Mar 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Hi Everyone A most stimulating outing last Sunday and it was great to see so many members taking advantage of the bus to Karori to either do the RidgeLine Run/Walk, meet the bus at Karori, or run back to Kilbirnie.
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- kilbirnie
- karori

Community consultation evening for new school
- 24 Mar 2010
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Local Churton Park residents showed significant interest in the new Amesbury Drive School last night (24 March) at a community engagement meeting attended by over 20 residents.
- Tagged as:
- consultation

Community Bowls Final Results
- 24 Mar 2010
- Johnsonville Bowling Club
- The 8th and final night of the 2010 Community Bowls was played on Tuesday 23 March with the 'Newland Arms 1" team being the overall winners with a total of 13 wins over the eight nights.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- newlands

Practical Training
- 23 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Three groups split up. One went out on Protector, one went out on Pelorus and the other stayed in the base and did radio work between both vessels. The Protector crew took the boat out the channel and over the bar a couple of times to do some nighttime practice crossing the bar, holding station in the wind and navigating with the lights. The Pelorus crew operated inshore under the Paramata bridge and in the marina doing manouvering, etc.
- Automatically tagged as:
- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Rachel's Vineyard Raises Ethical Questions
- 23 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 23 March 2010: As part of their study of ethics, Year 13 Religious Studies students were visited by members of Rachel's Vineyard, a Catholic global organisation providing counselling and retreats specifically for post-abortion healing.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

'Be a Better Runner' Weekend Seminar
- 22 Mar 2010
- Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
- Date: 2 days on the 10th,11th April 2010 Who: Brendon Todd (Pro-Active Physio), Ali Dennis (Running Coach),Emma Ellis (Trainer & marathon runner), Lotty Turnidge (Elite female marathon-runner) & Greig Rightford (Trainer & marathon runner) Cost: $299.00 per person Seminar Length: 2 full days, 9:30am-5:00pm Venue: Wellington Girls' College Field, Pipitea Street, Thorndon
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- thorndon

ANZAC in Concert
- 22 Mar 2010
- Trust Porirua City Band
- Trust Porirua City Brass presents "ANZAC in Concert 2010 - Lest We Forget" Featuring: Tawa College Dawn Chorus The Liberty Swing Band City of Porirua Cadet Corps Unit A variety performance showcasing all the Songs, Hits and Tunes from the War Years, plus so much more. When: ANZAC Day, Sunday 25th April, at 6pm Where: Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
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- tawa
- gigs
- porirua

Petone Central Men's Rugby Fours Tournament
- 21 Mar 2010
- Johnsonville Bowling Club
- What a great day on the greens. Wonderful games, amazing food, lots of fun had by all. JBC had 2 teams representing the club. Harry Kilmartin (S), Nairn MacGibbon, Keith Alexander & Wally Hammond (player of the day) were unbeaten on their green and finsihed 2nd on differential.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- bowling
- johnsonville
- wcn-hosted

March General Meeting - Members Forum | Wellington Radio EXPO 2010
- 20 Mar 2010
- Wellington VHF Group
- Come along and have your say at the 2010 WVHFG Members Forum!. A few though provoking potential subjects for open discussion: Recruitment More Public Service activities On-Air Activities, nets, contests, fielddays Speakers & Topics Construction Projects Special Interests Group Digital Radio - and a Digital National System? The future of the National System The Future of Amateur Television The Future of Amateur Radio? Bring your bright ideas - lets discuss them!! Chocolate cake provided. 7.30pm at the Tawa Community Centre, this Thursday 25 March. REMINDER: Wellington Radio EXPO 2010 - THIS SATURDAY As reported by Southgate ARC, the annual event will again be held in Lower Hutt this coming Saturday. For more information see also NZART's official site. read more
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- tawa

Kapiti Chetwode Ship Cove Race
- 20 Mar 2010
- Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- kapiti

Night Noms
- 19 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Anyone who has been down to the waterfront this week would have seen a large rusty barge parked in the lagoon and a bunch of scaffolding and marquees going up. You may well be wondering, "what the hell is all of this in aid of?" Well gentle reader, today for one day only, the area around the lagoon and Frank Kitts Park is being transformed into a slice of Asia (well about 10 or so slices of Asia) for the Southeast Asian Night Market.
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- waterfront
- events

Karori hydroslides into Capital’s aquatic history
- 18 Mar 2010
- Newswire.co.nz
- A GROUP of Karori Normal School swimmers will slide into history on Monday when Wellington’s first hydroslide is opened by Mayor Kerry Prendergast at 10am.
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- karori
- swimming

News for Sunday 21 March 2010
- 18 Mar 2010
- Karori Anglican Churches
- KARORI ANGLICAN CHURCHES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7.00 pm, Monday 22 March. The evening begins at 7.00 pm with shared dessert and coffee (please bring some dessert to share). Meeting starts at 7.30 pm.
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- karori
- wcn-hosted
- anglican

Yachties rescued as yacht sinks off Plimmerton after hitting rocks
- 18 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 18/03/2010 - 21:45 - Fri, 19/03/2010 - 00:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 A Wellington couple aged in their 70's are lucky to be alive after their 25 foot yacht hit rocks off Plimmerton Beach near Wellington on Thursday night. The couple phoned Police on 111 from a cell phone at approximately 9.45pm after their boat hit rocks a few hundred metres off shore; losing power and taking on water. The Police, Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Coastguard were all sent to the aid of the couple, who managed to climb into a small dinghy (in choppy conditions) as their boat sank beneath them. Vessel Details Length: 7.60 Resources Attendees: Gary Spence Jimmy Trist Paul Craven Peter Francis Peter Tse tfarmer CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado Attachments Image: read more
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- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Cat colony planned for Strathmore
- 17 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Wellington SPCA, with the support of Wellington City Council, are in the process of setting up a managed cat colony in the Strathmore area. Step One: desex and microchip all owned cats in the targeted area
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- strathmore

Handmade is the best Made
- 17 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Autumn is upon us, and seasons changing means only one thing in the Wellington Craft World. It's Knack time. Knack time being this saturday from 9.30am till 2.30pm at Berhampore School. Knack is a glorious seasonal market which also doubles as a school fundraiser. So you get to buy handmade from the artist which is grand and then know that you are also helping out a school. It's like double doing good, with shopping . Knack's full of lovely handmade things, and is often where some of Wellington's newests crafters make their selling debut, so it's a great market for those of you wanting to be ahead of the. There's loads of parking at the school or catch the bus and amble up the hill.
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- berhampore

Half Night Of Prayer
- 17 Mar 2010
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- Our first 1/2 night of prayer for 2010 will be on Friday 26th March commencing at 7.30pm. Prayer is an essential element of every christian and christian community so during the evening there will be an opportunity for us all to join together to pray for SAJ and the various activities and groups; for our community and for the wider world.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- events

Minutes Secretary Appointed
- 17 Mar 2010
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- The Establishment Board recently appointed Jo Dawkins as its Minutes Secretary.Jo has been a Churton Park resident for 12 years and is married with two adult stepchildren and a child at Churton Park School. She has in excess of 20 years experience at senior executive assistant level having worked in the arts, education, service organisations, the public and private sectors. Before commencing her own business Jo’s last position was Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive of St John. Since 2007 Jo has operated her own business providing administrative, secretarial and minute taking services to a variety of clients nationally and internationally. Jo has an interest in her local community and hopes her skills will support the Establishment Board by relieving some of the administrative tasks involved in minuting its regular meetings.
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- johnsonville

Theft - Porirua
- 16 Mar 2010
- Wellington District Police
- At about 9.20am a female security guard was taking cash and cheques from the Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua for banking. A lone male who has been identified as Perry Ngawaka Bristow walked up behind her and snatched the bag containing the cash and cheques from her.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- porirua
- crime

Everyone’s happy about putting SH1 into a trench – so, more please
- 16 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- The weekend report that State Highway One will be moved into a covered trench under the new park in front of the National War Memorial seems to have pleased everyone. Mayor Prendergast says it’s the best solution and “a superior outcome.” The principal of the nearby Mt Cook School is “absolutely thrilled.” The Mt Cook Mobilised group is “very happy.”
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- mount-cook
- basin-reserve-flyover

Comedy Festival Visits St Patrick's Day
- 16 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 17 March 2010: Comedians ruled the stage before lunch as Jerome Chandrahasen and Derek Flores entertained students with their stand-up comedy. With Dave Smith, they were promoting the Class Comedians show and workshops, where students from around the region get their chance to be comics. Check out the website at http://www.comedyfestival.co.nz/wellington/event/class-comedians-wellington Stream students get their chance to develop their own skills at a workshop run by Jerome this Thursday, 18 March here at 3.15 pm.
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- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

St Patrick's Day at Stream 2010
- 16 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 17 March 2010: A mix of culture, athleticism, music and sprituality came together at Stream today as we celebrated St Patrick's Day. Liturgies for Junior and Senior students retold the story of St Patrick and his mission in Ireland with song by the Pasifika Choir. Cross country runs warmed the blood on a brisk Silverstream day, with Fletcher Greaves (Year 9 Patrick), Steven Boyle (Year 10 Patrick), Ben Phillips (Year 11 Marist) and Shaun Smith (Year 12 Marist) taking the titles.
- Automatically tagged as:
- catholic
- secondary
- hutt-valley

First XI Cricket beats St Bede's in Cliffhanger
- 16 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 16 March 2010: In a cliffhanger ending, the First XI Cricket team has beaten St Bede's of Christchurch to bring home the Cup. Stream had to win outright to regain the trophy while St Bede's only had to bat out the day for a draw. Declaring early on Day Three after a knock of 101 by Ben Rammell, captain Brandon Tai set St Bede's a target of 280 to win: and a target for his own team of getting all ten wickets! At 5.15 pm this afternoon, the last wicket fell and Stream had won. A fantastic performance by the whole team. The Tennis team played earlier in the day against a strong St Bede's team, eventually losing the series.
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- cricket

Practical Training
- 16 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Date: Tue, 16/03/2010 Practical excercises to plan and assess the best practice for tying a boat (CRV Pelorus) alongside the new Protector. Issues were identified with cleat numbers, placement and size. These will be resolved in the near future. An on the water towing excercise will put this to the test next week. Turnout: 13 people
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- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Under, over and around - Police fitness challenge launch
- 15 Mar 2010
- Wellington District Police
- Teams of 12 students will be jumping hurdles to do the Police 'PCT Challenge' (physical competency test) at a special launch this Thursday.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- porirua

Cut and Cover
- 15 Mar 2010
- Architectural Centre Inc
- In a surprise move, the possibility of lowering State Highway One past the National War Memorial was announced on the front page of the weekend paper. At the Architectural Centre, we have been advocating this for a number of years now - we hosted a Symposium on the design of the ‘Memorial Park’ in 2007, and the over-whelming feedback from the group of assembled experts was that the roadway through the park should be lowered.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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- basin-reserve-flyover
- mount-cook

Wellington SPCA Adoption event this weekend
- 15 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- I'm Gummy Bear - can you give me a home? We really need your help! If you’ve been thinking about getting a pet, this weekend is the perfect chance for you to give a loving home to one of the fabulous animals currently in our care. We have over 70 adults cats in our Newtown animal centre alone in need of a home and that’s on top of all the puppies, kittens, dogs and rabbits! I'm Tui and I need a home! So come to Eastern Bays Scout Hall, Marine Parade, Worser Bay this Saturday 20 March from 10am to 2pm and see who you can give a loving forever home to. And remember - if you offer a home to one of our adult cats during March we will include an adoption pack worth $100! Hope to see you there!
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- newtown
- worser-bay

I love that whooshing sound deadlines make ....
- 15 Mar 2010
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- .... as they fly by.
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- consultation
- basin-reserve-flyover

Someone Old, Something New
- 14 Mar 2010
- Karori Baptist Church
- 14th March 2010 Mike Enright
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Automatically tagged as:
- karori
- religious-groups
- wcn-hosted

Councillors happy with high numbers of Pokies
- 14 Mar 2010
- Hutt Chick
- A report in the Hutt News showed there are problems with the number of pokie machines in Lower Hutt, but councillors will not do anything to change the status quo.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- pokies
- hutt-valley

DomPost reports: Trenching for Buckle Street
- 12 Mar 2010
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- This morning's paper has front page news that Transport Minister Steven Joyce and Culture and Heritage Minister Chris Finlayson have reached agreement that State Highway One will be trenched underneath Buckle Street, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
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- basin-reserve-flyover

How about Sir Peter Jackson as King Kong on the Miramar hillside?
- 11 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- Tagged as:
- wellywood-sign

The not-so shaggy sheep
- 11 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- He may have dodged a bullet, but the ‘Johnsonville Shrek’ wasn’t able to escape a team lead by Wellington SPCA. The renegade, who had been living free for the last two years following his escape from the local abattoir, was finally captured on Saturday.
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- johnsonville
- sheep

Community Consultation meeting
- 10 Mar 2010
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Are you interested in education in Churton Park?Amesbury Drive Primary School will open in Term 1 2012 and the Establishment Board of Trustees is currently seeking community input on the new school’s Vision and Values.
- Tagged as:
- consultation

Club Cricketer Receives Official Reprimand
- 10 Mar 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Johnsonville Cricket Club player Sam Outtrim has received a formal reprimand, following his behaviour in a Hazlett Trophy match on Saturday 27 February
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- johnsonville
- cricket

Signs and smiles and a quick consent
- 10 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- This is Wellington City Council election year and it will not be long before our urban landscape is littered with hoardings with extravagant smiles backed by even more extravagant promises.
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- elections-2010
- wellywood-sign

Wellywood Sign Generator
- 9 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- The Wellywood sign madness/awesomeness continues! Aucklander Edward from has created the Wellywood Sign Generator. This is a crop of my attempt, where I have added a helpful "lol" to explain that the sign is a "send-up" and a "tongue-in-cheek play" on the Hollywood sign.
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- wellywood-sign

Wellywood: good idea, dreadful idea
- 9 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- It’s a great idea to put a Hollywood-style sign on the Miramar peninsula. But it’s a dreadful idea for the sign to use the cliched “Wellywood” word, which does nothing except show that we are hankering after older and bigger film industries rather than having confidence in our own identity and our own name.
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- film-and-video
- wellywood-sign

The new issue dividing our capital
- 9 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- First it was "Bret or Jermaine?" then "Smash Malice or Brutal Paegent?" but now it's time for the really big decision - which Facebook group to join - "Hey, let's NOT have a 'Wellywood' sign in Wellington"or "A WELLYWOOD sign on the Miramar Cutting Hill is a STUPID idea"?
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- film-and-video
- wellywood-sign

Top clubs further cement spots
- 8 Mar 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- A sunny Wellington weekend saw the Premier Grade’s two finalists, Easts and Karori, further cement their spots in the two day competition final
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- karori
- cricket

Fall in love with a fantastic feline
- 8 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- I'm Gummy Bear - I need a home! Our Newtown animal centre is fit to burst with adult cats all desperately in need of loving new homes.
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- newtown

Hooray for Wellywood
- 8 Mar 2010
- The Wellingtonista
- Everyone knows that while Wellington has a world-class, award-winning film production industry, it's been sorely lacking one serious thing: a giant sign proclaiming WELLYWOOD.
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- wellywood-sign

NZTA submits: we want to ignore heritage protections
- 7 Mar 2010
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Recently the Wellington City Council has been consulting on the heritage rules for residential property in the inner city neighbourhoods, with the aim of rationalising how heritage controls are applied.
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- basin-reserve-flyover
- heritage-buildings

Teddy Bear's Picnic
- 7 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 07/03/2010 - 11:00 - 16:00 Operation Type: Other People Assisted: 200 Coastguard Mana made an appearance for the Children’s Day Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Fishing Carnival at Aotea Lagoon. We set up a display to provide pamphlets and information on safe boating as well as taking approximately 250 children on boat rides around the lagoon. The day was a huge success with lots of happy children enjoying the nice sunny weather and getting a chance to have a go in a boat, many for the first time ever. Thanks to all the volunteer crew who turned up to help - without the many helpers it would have been tough to keep all those exited children in line! Click 'read more' to see photos. Resources Attendees: Chris Seaton Gary Spence Jimmy Trist Maeleen Owen Mark Presling Paul Craven tfarmer CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado Attachments Image: Video File: Use SwfTools Module to play FLV files if you only convert/upload FLV videos or FlowPlayer Module must be enabled in order to play FLV videos with other types. read more
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- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Polychromatic cutie
- 6 Mar 2010
- Eye of the Fish
- Since the one day symposium last year on the architecture of the 1980s, I’ve been paying more attention to buildings from the 1980s.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- architecture
- cuba-street

Flashing light sighted
- 5 Mar 2010
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Tue, 02/03/2010 - 23:30 - Wed, 03/03/2010 - 00:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 0 Police received a call from a member of the public regarding a sighting of a light flashing intermittently off the coast of Plimmerton towards Mana Island. Coastguard Mana were tasked to go out and search for the source of the light to ensure that it was not a distress signal. A yellow "special mark" was found floating near the "reef" in the entrance to Plimmerton. This mark was a research buoy that had a yellow flashing light on top of it that flashed the sequence of 5 flashes every 15 seconds. Resources Attendees: Chris Seaton Gary Spence Mark Presling Paul Craven Rod Hall CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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- porirua

Wharewaka, wharerugby, whareparty
- 5 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- Wellington’s new $11million wharewaka on Taranaki Wharf was supposed to be “a permanent expression of Maori art and culture.” But for six weeks next year it’s to be downgraded to become a place for parties and the sale of souvenirs.
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- waterfront
- rugby-world-cup

What culture? What heritage?
- 4 Mar 2010
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Minister of Culture and Heritage (and Wellingtonian) Chris Finlayson has washed his hands of any responsibility for the Basin Reserve precinct.
- Tagged as:
- basin-reserve-flyover

Do you know me?
- 4 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Do you know me? Are you the owner of this cat? Or do you know who the owner is? This tabby and white cat was found on Para Street in Miramar, Wellington on Wednesday 10 February. If you do have any details about the owner or the cat’s identity, please call Wellington SPCA on 04 389 8044 and ask to speak with Meredith. Thank you.
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- miramar

$9m disappears, so Adelaide Road won’t become a grand boulevard after all
- 4 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- Some of the Wellington City Council’s grand plans for Adelaide Road in Newtown came tumbling down this week.
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- newtown

Cute kittens in Kapiti!
- 3 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Come and meet us! Do you fancy a cuddle with a cute kitten? Do you think you can offer one a loving home? Then here’s your chance! Our Waikanae animal centre is having a kitten adoption and open day on Saturday 13th March and we’re hoping to find loving new homes for lots of the beautiful kittens currently in our care.
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- kapiti

Variation 11
- 3 Mar 2010
- Eye of the Fish
- The Wellington City Council must have known it was going to be picking a hard road to go down when it proposed Variation 11, and sure enough, the District Plan change is due to go to appeal at the Environment Court.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

Newtown Fair this weekend
- 3 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- This Sunday 7 March from 9.
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- newtown

Wellington SPCA adoption events coming up
- 2 Mar 2010
- Wellington SPCA
- Can you love me? Our Newtown animal centre is fit to burst yet again, not only with puppies and kittens, but also with a huge number of adult cats.
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- newtown

A Tough Day at McEvedy
- 2 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 2 March 2010: It was a hard day for Stream at the McEvedy Shield today. With strong teams from all four schools it was always going to be tough. A few early highlights were: Fletcher Greaves winning the Under-14 100m and Aviata Silago throwing 44 metres to win the Open Discus.
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- secondary
- mcevedy-shield

Why the secrecy when city council staff approved a 27-acre car yard?
- 2 Mar 2010
- Wellington Scoop
- Although the proposal for a 27 acre (11.2 hectare) car storage and distribution facility for 2,500 vehicles in Grenada Village has been rejected by the Greater Wellington Regional Council on environmental grounds, the granting of a Land Use Consent by Wellington City Council needs to come under public scrutiny.
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- johnsonville
- wellington-city-council

Edwards stars as Easts and Karori book Premier final places
- 1 Mar 2010
- Cricket Wellington
- Lee Edwards took 10 wickets and scored a ton for Karori as Eastern Suburbs and Karori both booked their Wellington club cricket Premier final berths on Saturday
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- karori
- cricket

2010 - Preseason Training has begun
- 1 Mar 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Pre-Season Training and Info for New PlayersMen's First and Second TeamsThe men's first and second team are training on Tuesdays and Thursday's at 6.
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- soccer

2010 - Preseason Training has begun
- 1 Mar 2010
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Pre-Season Training and Info for New PlayersMen's First and Second TeamsThe men's first and second team are training on Tuesdays and Thursday's at 6.30at Prince of Wales Park until daylight savings ends.If you are interested in playing for one of our competitive men's teams contactthe first team coach Steve Dimakis on 027 455 3603Women's First TeamThe women's Premier division team are currently training on Sundays at 4.pm atPrince of Wales Park. If you want to talk to someone about playing for ourPremier division women's team contact the coach Sandy Aitchison on 0 27 449 9433Men's Social TeamsThe men's social teams have kick arounds on Wednesday evenings at 6.30 – also atPrince of Wales Park. New players are welcome.Women's Social TeamThe women's social teams will be having regular training a bit closer to thestart of the season. If you're interested in playing at a not so serious levelcontact Kirsten on 021 127 2802
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