Places - January 2011

Losing their homes and their dreams, to make way for four lanes of speeding traffic
- 31 Jan 2011
- Wellington Scoop
- You can’t help feeling sorry for the 15 (or more) Raumati South families who’ve discovered that their houses will be demolished to make way for the southern entrance to the new Kapiti expressway.
- Tagged as:
- kapiti
- wellington-northern-corridor

The Motor Camp: The Perfect Summer Show
- 31 Jan 2011
- Circa Theatre
- Taking time from playing 'hormonal 15-year-old' Holly Redmond in the current Circa One hit The Motor Camp, Florence Mulheron talks to drama on the waterfront about making her Circa debut, working with her dad, and acting in the 'perfect summer show'.
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

A Ngaio Gorge cycleway
- 30 Jan 2011
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- This post is a thought for the future, being a little ahead of the curve. After we’ve built the Great Harbour Way and we’ve built the bike lanes across the Cake Tin concourse, and Wellington is a city of trams and ferries and bicycles we might like to consider developing this idea.
- Tagged as:
- ngaio
- cycling

Whare Waka
- 30 Jan 2011
- Eye of the Fish
- Whither to, waiwhetu… While we’re waiting with willing Waitangi welcome, windy Wellington’s waka wends wetly with Waiwhetu, where wrangles wearily wear worrisomely.
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

Volunteers Needed
- 28 Jan 2011
- Coastguard Mana
- Have a yearning for the sea but don't have a boat? Want to gain some skills and qualifications in marine search and rescue? Not interested in getting out on the water but have some 'down time' and don't know what to do with it? We can help... read more
- Automatically tagged as:
- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Police investigating Kilbirnie stabbing this week look for Good Samaritan
- 27 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Wellington Police investigating a stabbing outside the Bay Road shops in Kilbirnie earlier this...
- Tagged as:
- kilbirnie

Another event under threat
- 26 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- One Love is an annual festival, held at the Hataitai velodrome since 1998 on Waitangi Day, which also happens to be Bob Marley’s birthday.
- Tagged as:
- hataitai

Thorndon Place-based study update
- 26 Jan 2011
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- Council officers are gathering research to prepare a place-based study for Thorndon.
- Tagged as:
- thorndon

Watch out there will be more trains about
- 25 Jan 2011
- Tranz Metro
- As we prepare for services to Waikanae, more trains will be running between Paraparaumu and Waikanae station. Make sure you use level crossings, bridges or subways where they are provided and don’t cross the tracks anywhere else.
- Tagged as:
- paraparaumu

Wellington City CIB investigating aggravated robbery of Kilbirnie bar
- 25 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Wellington Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at The Corner Bar & Cafe in Kilbirnie...
- Tagged as:
- kilbirnie

Turning up the Heat in Circa Two
- 25 Jan 2011
- Circa Theatre
- After starring in the premiere production at BATS in 2008, and touring around the country in 2010, Kate Prior returns to Wellington with Heat.
- Automatically tagged as:
- theatre
- waterfront

Streetfilms
- 24 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- There is a great website called Streetfilms who ‘document livable streets worldwide’. Interesting concept. Here is a video they’ve pulled together about Copenhagen… Thanks to Ethan Tucker for pointing this out in the comments of our post on Lower Cuba Street. Via the Auckland Transport Blog.
- Tagged as:
- cuba-street

Reserve Team
- 24 Jan 2011
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Division: Capital 1Coach: Terry ParleMobile: 021 040 3209Email: terryparle@hotmail.com Match Reports
- Automatically tagged as:
- brooklyn
- soccer
- match-reports

First Team
- 24 Jan 2011
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
-  Division: Capital 1Coach: Terry ParleMobile: 021 040 3209Email: terryparle@hotmail.com Match Reports
- Automatically tagged as:
- brooklyn
- soccer
- match-reports

Karori and Upper Hutt take club Twenty20 honours
- 23 Jan 2011
- Cricket Wellington
- The Final Round in the Twenty 20 competitions for the Wilkinson Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy was played on Saturday. Both leading teams Karori and Upper Hutt had wins to secure top billing
- Tagged as:
- karori

Project update #4 – Lower Cuba Street
- 21 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- With work beginning in earnest since the Christmas holiday, we can start to get an idea of what the “shared-space” in Lower Cuba Street is going to look like.
- Tagged as:
- cuba-street

Gardens Magic: Newtown Rocksteady
- 20 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- This is part of our series of posts on the Council’s Gardens Magic programme.
- Tagged as:
- newtown

Reception volunteers urgently needed
- 19 Jan 2011
- Wellington SPCA
- We are in need of permanent part-time reception volunteers in our Newtown and Waikanae animal centres.
- Tagged as:
- newtown

Garage sale this weekend
- 19 Jan 2011
- Wellington SPCA
- We don’t just need to find homes for heaps of amimals – we’ve also collected a whole heap of bits and bobs, bric-a-brac and pet paraphernalia that we need to find homes for too! So this Saturday 22nd January from 8am to 12pm, show us your support and come down to our Newtown animal centre for our first-ever garage sale.
- Tagged as:
- newtown

Karori Connect: Library and Student Services together at the W.J. Scott Education Library
- 18 Jan 2011
- Victoria University Library
- You can now get access to Student Support Services and the Library all in one place, through the W.J. Scott Education Library at the Karori Campus. Karori Connect is a collaboration between the Library and Student Academic Services to make access to services easier for Karori Campus students. To find out more about Karori Connect, ask at the new Service Desk, or Ask a Librarian.
- Accepted from Vic Library news 159 months ago
- Tagged as:
- karori
- libraries

Hope vs Choat
- 17 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- Recently in David Choat’s blog he explains that a previous post recalling his observations in his first Capital and Coast DHB meeting led to him receiving a note from Board Chair Dr Virginia Hope (who was recently appointed to both the CCDHB and the Hutt Valley DHB – criticised as a first step towards amalgamation of the two health boards) as a breach of the CCDHB media policy (which effectively says that the Chair should be the person responsible for any comments for the Board) Hope’s explanation is not entirely clear from David’s post, only that it had caused her distress. It would be a fair point to make had Choat attempted to represent the Board exclusively. Yet, if anything, the article reads about what he did and thought at the meeting. I can’t see how what he said would have been any different had Choat been in a public meeting, or in a one-on-one chance meeting with one of his constituents. In fact the post by Choat in question was entitled “Reflections on my first board meeting” Go read the post for Choat’s response, which I think reflects his commitment to transparency with the public on (open) board matters being debated as part of a publicly accountable body. So, what precisely does the policy do – here is a copy (1MB PDF). It was last updated and debated at a meeting in August 2009. The comms manager wasn’t present and Helene Ritchie was the only member to vote against it. Odd. It’s no surprise how unworkable the policy has been in practice. It basically bars any direct interaction with the public by board members. I wonder what kind of world the drafters of this policy were living in when they thought that such restrictions on public debate would actually work. Would it be surprising that Dr Hope doesn’t agree with David’s very blunt but arguably popular slogan “Care not cuts” as a way to deal with the challenges at the CCDHB: “Cuts is really the wrong word. Savings, I think, is a better word” (The Wellingtonian, 6 January 2011) Clearly, any Chair would not want to have to battle the framing of an alternative viewpoint as well as the controversial challenges for an organisation like those faced by the CCDHB, but it also makes me wonder what the Chair’s personal direction will be in the Board’s response to those challenges? Regardless, there appears to be a developing division between the new board member and the new chair. Already, Choat has said that the matter of the media policy will be on the agenda at the next meeting. There doesn’t appear to be much that the Chair could do, but the board (particularly the publically elected members) should be mindful of the public’s need to be informed unfettered by the spin that sometimes happens and refuse to punish Choat. The next meeting is on February 4 at 8.30am (in the Board Room on 11th Floor of the Grace Neill Block, Wellington Regional Hospital on Riddiford Street, Newtown), and you can attend in person to make sure the Board get the point. (More info on the meeting here)
- Tagged as:
- hutt-valley
- newtown

The Indian job
- 17 Jan 2011
- The Wellingtonista
- Those of us around the Civic Square or waterfront areas may have noticed a bit of a kerfuffle involving a fleet of Minis hooning where cars aren’t normally allowed.
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

Wellington Anniversary opening times
- 17 Jan 2011
- Wellington SPCA
- Please be aware that our Newtown animal centre will be open from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm on Monday 24th January for Wellington Anniversary day.
- Tagged as:
- newtown

BNU Pretenders (Women's 3rd team)
- 17 Jan 2011
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Division: Women's Division 4 Coach: Daniel McCarthy Contact: Jenny Hodder Mobile: 0211492931 Email: Jenny.Hodder@gw.govt.nz Match Reports
- Automatically tagged as:
- brooklyn
- soccer
- match-reports

BNU Pretenders (Women's 3rd team)
- 17 Jan 2011
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Division: Women's Division 4 Coach: Daniel McCarthy Contact: Jenny Hodder Mobile: 0211492931 Email: Jenny.Hodder@gw.govt.nz Match Reports
- Automatically tagged as:
- brooklyn
- soccer
- match-reports

Getting to the Motor Camp
- 17 Jan 2011
- Circa Theatre
- The Motor Camp, opening on January 22, has been a long time in the making.
- Automatically tagged as:
- theatre
- waterfront

Missing divers off Wellington South Coast
- 14 Jan 2011
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Fri, 31/12/2010 - 08:00 - 13:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 2 People Assisted: 3 Police request to assist with the search of 2 missing divers from sunk vessel off the Wellington South Coast off Owhiro Bay. Responded with TPR and proceeded to search area. Stood down off Karori Rock as subjects were located by searching helicopters. TPR returned to base. Vessel Details Length: 4.00m Resources Attendees: Carolyn Jameson Grant Porter Paul Craven tfarmer Trevor Burgess CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
- Tagged as:
- karori
- porirua

5m runabout broken down near Grandfather Rocks
- 14 Jan 2011
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Fri, 14/01/2011 - 22:10 - 23:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 4 5m runabout broken down with engine and electrical failure near Grandfather Rocks (Tokaapapa Reef).
- Automatically tagged as:
- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Wairarapa Police make arrest following breach of 24 hour curfew
- 13 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Wairarapa Police looking for three men for breaching their 24 hour curfew conditions have made one...
- Tagged as:
- wairarapa

The Johnsonville Shambles
- 13 Jan 2011
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- One of the main reasons I blog is to make the world a better place, but I tell ya what, it doesn’t seem to be working.
- Tagged as:
- johnsonville

Another Injury
- 13 Jan 2011
- Auckland Trains
- It’s been a bad week for people versus trains. Buses are replacing trains on Wellington’s Johnsonville line for a while this afternoon because of an incident at the Johnsonville station. It’s reported a woman was hit by a train.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- johnsonville
- trains

Club of the Week: Johnsonville
- 12 Jan 2011
- Cricket Wellington
- Club of the Week: Johnsonville
- Tagged as:
- johnsonville

Wairarapa Police looking for three men, in breach of 24 hour curfews
- 12 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Wairarapa Police are looking for three men, all of whom have breached their 24 hour curfew...
- Tagged as:
- wairarapa

Take the Train to Wings over Wairarapa
- 12 Jan 2011
- Tranz Metro
- Trust House Wings Over Wairarapa 2011 Air Show will take place at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 January 2011. It might be all about planes, but the easy way to get there and back is on the special Wings over Wairarapa train.
- Tagged as:
- wairarapa

Wairarapa Police release name of female passenger who died in fatal crash
- 12 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Wairarapa Police are now able to release the name of the female passenger who died in a fatal crash...
- Tagged as:
- wairarapa

Police release name of missing diver off Titahi Bay beach
- 11 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Police are now able to release the name of the 49 year old diver, missing since last night near...
- Tagged as:
- titahi-bay

Day two of search for missing diver near Titahi Bay underway
- 11 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- Volunteers from Wairarapa Land Search and Rescue (SAR) have now joined the search near Titahi Bay...
- Tagged as:
- wairarapa
- titahi-bay

Hutt District and Johnsonville secure remaining One-Day Finals berths
- 10 Jan 2011
- Cricket Wellington
- Karori and Hutt District will play in the Pearce Cup One-Day Final on 6 February, while Upper Hutt will contest the Hazlett Trophy One-Day Final against Johnsonville.
- Tagged as:
- johnsonville
- karori

More than 40 people involved in search for missing diver near Titahi Bay,...
- 10 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- More than 40 people are involved in a search currently underway to locate a 49 year old man, who...
- Tagged as:
- titahi-bay

Search underway for missing diver near Titahi Bay beach, Porirua
- 10 Jan 2011
- Wellington District Police
- A search is underway near Titahi Bay beach for an overdue diver who failed to return home last...
- Tagged as:
- porirua
- titahi-bay

Graffiti and other crimes
- 10 Jan 2011
- Thorndon Residents Assocation
- Some studies have shown a strong relationship between graffiti and other crimes.
- Automatically tagged as:
- thorndon
- community-groups

So long, Marbecks Cuba Mall
- 9 Jan 2011
- The Wellingtonista
- It looks like the Marbecks on Cuba Mall is closing down, leaving the blessed Slowboat and Real Groovy the only music shops in the area.
- Tagged as:
- cuba-street
- music
- retail

New Homes for New Years- Evening Adoptions (Cats and Kittens)
- 9 Jan 2011
- Wellington SPCA
- To help find new homes for all the animals we are doing eveing adoptions for cats and kittens at the Newtown centre on Thursday and Fridays till 6pm.
- Tagged as:
- newtown

Auckland gets ahead of Wellington, with trams, even light rail, on its waterfront
- 7 Jan 2011
- Wellington Scoop
- Tagged as:
- waterfront

Traffic problems that won’t be solved by an expressway
- 6 Jan 2011
- Wellington Scoop
- Tagged as:
- kapiti
- wellington-northern-corridor

Don’t blame the system, blame yourselves
- 6 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- A couple of days ago, the “hard done family” we reported on a few months ago (twice) once again appeared in the Dom Post in a follow up story on the denial by the WCC (in the form of a committee of Crs Best, Ahipene-Mercer and Ritchie) to allow the family to cut down the heritage listed Norfolk Pine on their Box Hill, Khandallah, property.
- Tagged as:
- khandallah

Zealandia: The sky has not fallen
- 6 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- It’s been almost a year since the rebranding, opening of the visitor’s centre and hefty ticket price increases at the Karori Sanctuary, now know as Zealandia (brand guidelines be damned – I refuse to use all caps).
- Tagged as:
- karori
- karori-sanctuary

Cost Cutting: library hours
- 5 Jan 2011
- WCC Watch
- Reports are emerging of plans to reduce the opening hours of the Brooklyn, Wadestown and Khandallah libraries so they would only function for half of the current 10 hours they are open each day.
- Tagged as:
- khandallah
- wadestown
- brooklyn
- libraries

Runabout broken down
- 5 Jan 2011
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Wed, 05/01/2011 - 18:00 - 20:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 1 Coastguard Mana received a Police callout for a runabout that had broken down at the Nth end of Mana Island and required a tow back to Mana. Details to come... Resources Attendees: tfarmer
- Automatically tagged as:
- boating
- emergency-services
- kapiti

Robin Hood: Tonnes of Puns
- 3 Jan 2011
- Circa Theatre
- Robin Hood, the Pantomime is back to kick start the New Year at Circa.
- Automatically tagged as:
- theatre
- waterfront

Popular Life Member Dies
- 2 Jan 2011
- Waikanae Golf Club
- It is with sadness that we record the passing of one of our Club’s long standing members and life member, John Eriksen. John had not enjoyed good health recently but his death will have come as a shock to his many friends. His funeral details will be published shortly.
- Submitted by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- obituaries

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