Places / August 2015
September 2015 | July 2015-
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Victoria’s contribution to international law recognised
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law has again been recognised for its global reputation in international law.
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Newtown Library opens again
- Sarah Free
- After being closed for some weeks, Newtown Library opened again today to a waiting group of enthusiastic library users.
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Newtown Library, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Paul Waggott and the Squirrel
- Circa Theatre
- The Travelling Squirrel by Robert Lord opens this week at Circa, with actor Paul Waggott playing the lead character, struggling writer Bart.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Changes to Victoria Council
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Last week the Council confirmed its new 2016 structure after much consultation and careful deliberation with the Victoria community.
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2015 Quiz Night
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Saturday 29 August saw seven teams battle it out for the title of 2015 HVH Quiz Champions at the annual HVH Quiz Night.
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So'o le fau i le fau
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Weaving relationships is central to Samoan culture.
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Hurricanes region Finals tomorrow in Palmerston North and Porirua
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Who wants it more? Scots College and St Pat’s Town meet tomorrow at the Porirua Park for a place at the National Top 4 tournament in Rotorua next weekend.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tawa Titans – Poneke Cavs U85kg Division 1 final set to be tight
- Wellington Club Weekly
- There doesn’t tend to be a lot in these big U85kg Division One games.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Opinion: Powerful statement needed on nuclear disarmament
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Distinguished Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law, returned to Hiroshima for the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
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Joe Apikotoa’s rugby on the rise
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Joe Apikotoa and his Tawa counterparts at fulltime having given it their all in their Swindale Shield match earlier in the season.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Reviving a ritual—a poet is born
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Year 13 student at Auckland International College has won the National Schools Poetry Award for 2015, organised by Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML).
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Newtown Festival wins an award!
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The Festival was nominated for a Wellington Airport Regional Community Award in recognition of the work James Coyle and the rest of the recycling steering group and the volunteers put into recycling at the Street Fair this year.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria 1-2-3 a guarantee
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington connection is guaranteed when the winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award is announced late September.
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Building a business
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Lauren McKay has a passion for two things: housing and people.
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Assembly Notes from 25 August 2015
- Kilbirnie School
- Well done Sophie and Keira for a fabulous job being our comperes for today's assembly! 1st Song: Amerika ana Room 6 shared their Respect dance. Room 5 shared their poems. Room 1 and 2 did an item about CARE. 2nd song: Fish 'n Chips Mr McGimpsey handed our individual class certificates. Congratulations everyone who received a certificate! Class of the Week Award goes to .... Class 5!
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Flood Clean-up Continues for Porirua Stream
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Work to alleviate storm water outlet blockages, localised flooding and management of a huge volume of unwanted gravel in the Porirua Stream will begin next week.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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3-Way Conferencing Online Booking Opens 7pm Tuesday 25 Aug.
- Kilbirnie School
- The online booking system for the 3-way conferences opens TOMORROW AT 7PM. You will not be able to enter the site before this time. The parent booking event code is: 28XAF 3 way Conferences are on: Tuesday 1 September between 2.15pm - 8pm, and Wednesday 2 September 2.15pm-5pm.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria University Council structure confirmed
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington has announced a new structure for its governing council that will see a 12-member body, which includes elected academic staff and students.
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Q and A with Distinguished Alumni Winner Tamati Kruger
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Tamati Kruger, who graduated with a BA in Māori Studies in 1978, was instrumental in securing the largest Treaty of Waitangi settlement to date for the Central North Island Iwi Collective and was chief negotiator of the Tūhoe-Te Urewera Treaty of Waitangi Settlement.
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Some Media Reactions To The High Court Basin Reserve Flyover Decision
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Cartoon: Ron Beernink As we reported on Friday, the High Court dismissed NZTA’s appeal against the Board of Inquiry decision to decline resource consent for a Basin Reserve flyover.
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Victoria appoints new University Librarian
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University has appointed a senior member of staff at one of Australia’s leading universities as its University Librarian.
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A three-minute winner
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The unreliability of memory has proved a fruitful research topic for psychology PhD student Robert Michael, who is the winner of the 2015 Victoria University of Wellington Three Minute Thesis competition.
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New York publisher and writer visits Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New York-based publisher and author Jonathan Galassi will be in Wellington in early September for a few days as a guest of Victoria University of Wellington.
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Global success for Wellington book on winning strategies
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new book on creating and communicating effective strategies, co-authored by Victoria University of Wellington’s Stephen Cummings, is capturing widespread attention around the globe.
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Victoria students and staff to light up Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Light installations designed by Victoria University of Wellington staff and students will light up Wellington’s waterfront and alleyways during this year’s Lux Light Festival.
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A broken promise in Berhampore – cycle-way delayed for 3 years
- Wellington Scoop
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Save the Basin Delighted at High Court Decision
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- The High Court this afternoon dismissed the New Zealand Transport Agency’s appeal against the 2014 Board of Inquiry decision to decline resource consent for a Basin Reserve flyover.
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New Master’s degree to test commercial resolve
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington is launching a new Master’s degree aimed at placing students at the coalface of product development and commercialisation.
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Hataitai Community Market
- Hataitai Community Website
- We have a huge variety of stalls from selling hot food- baking- preserves- home ware- books- records- jewellery- beauty products- art- toys- bric a brac- knitting- second hand clothes- plants- herbs- stationery- antiques- sweets- and of course coffee! Come and visit the market with family and friends.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Katherine Mansfield’s encounter with New Zealand literature
- Victoria University of Wellington
- How Katherine Mansfield may have encountered New Zealand literature will be explored by Professor Jane Stafford at a Victoria University of Wellington public lecture next week.
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Painting a picture of New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Simon Keller, a Professor at Victoria’s School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations.
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Women's Central League: Valeron v BNU,16 August 2015
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Women's Central League Valeron Wanderers 1 Brooklyn Northern United 1 Skoglund Park (Palmerston North), 1:00PM, Sunday 16 August 2015 Match report by Phil Clayton.
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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The keys to book success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Māori translation of a Victoria Library staff member’s book has won the Māori Language award at the 2015 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
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Probing the past to explain explosive eruptions
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington volcanologist will next week give a talk on the forensics of large-scale volcanic eruptions, following his recent election to Fellowship of the Royal Society in London—one of the highest international honours in science.
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Theatre academics win awards in Hawai’i
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two Victoria University of Wellington theatre academics won awards at the Hawai’i State Theatre Council’s 2015 Po’okela Awards last week for their involvement in staging a New Zealand Samoan play in Hawai’i earlier in the year.
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Free public lecture: Climate change science and scepticism
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The hot topic of climate change will be explored from different perspectives by two leading Victoria University of Wellington researchers at an upcoming public lecture.
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Exploring the history of emotions in New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A two-day conference at Victoria University of Wellington will trace emotions in history and how they are represented.
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Victoria student lights up international stage
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington PhD student is creating waves around the world with a win in the 2015 Sonic Arts Award.
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General meeting – proposed waimeha village
- Waikanae Golf Club
- As foreshadowed in the most recent issue of the Pukeko Pages, the Board invites all members to a meeting at the Clubrooms at 7.00 pm on Thursday 27 August 2015. The purpose of the meeting is to inform members of an agreement that the Club has entered into concerning its long-term relationship with the proposed Waimeha Village which will abut the 9th Fairway.
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97 Te Moana Rd, Waikanae Beach, Waikanae 5036, New Zealand
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Welcome to our new students:
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- A warm welcome to the following students who have joined the Amesbury School Community recently
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Women's Central League: BNU v Massey, 09 August 2015
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Women's Central League Brooklyn Northern United 1 Massey University 9 Wakefield Park 1, 1:00PM, Sunday 09 August 2015 Match report by Phil Clayton.
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Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Research shines light on mediation market
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A survey of mediators around New Zealand has shed light on the small, but burgeoning, commercial mediation market, and the need to grow the sector.
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Results – Sunday 16th August 2015
- Waikanae Golf Club
- Weekend Men Congratulations to Ron Olivecrona who won the August edition of the Professor Turf Monthly Medal with a nett 71, on count-back from serial trophy hunter Dave Morete and recent White Heron winner Dave Barrow. Ron has now established a healthy looking lead in the Waikanae Tyre & Lube Golfer of the Year table (PDF). However, the last 3 legs are played for […]
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97 Te Moana Rd, Waikanae Beach, Waikanae 5036, New Zealand
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August Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Newtown Residents’ Association Monthly Meeting: Monday, 17th August 2015, 7.30pm at the Newtown Hall, 71 Daniell St. All welcome! Subscriptions are due now – so if you want to be a financial member, with a vote at the AGM on Monday 21st September, please bring a gold coin to the meeting. We would like to hear about any issues you think should be discussed at the meeting – please contact us.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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NZTA Community Briefing on Mt Victoria Tunnel upgrade
- Hataitai Community Website
- If you are interested in learning more about what's going on in the Mt Vic tunnel, NZTA are holding a community briefing on 18 Aug 6pm-7pm at St Josephs Church Hall, Ellis St contact the Memorial Park Alliance for more info: info@memorialpark.co.nz
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Mount Victoria Tunnel, Taurima Street, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Master’s student granted $15,000 scholarship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The hard work and dedication of Tash Bukholt has been publicly acknowledged at a ceremony in Auckland, when the Victoria Master’s student was awarded the Rose Hellaby Postgraduate Scholarship.
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Action Station makes a vital contribution to Save the Basin
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- As Wellington Scoop has reported, Community campaigning group Action Station has made a vital contribution to the campaign to save the Basin Reserve from a massive motorway flyover which the New Zealand Transport Agency wants to build there.
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Public sector advice not always "free and frank"
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington academic says the Office of the Auditor-General needs to conduct an inquiry into whether the public service is providing government with “free and frank” advice.
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Book Swap
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Book Swap — by Angela Johnston... or you can just borrow! Would you enjoy a good read, but no time to get to the library? How about a book from school... We have a variety of adult fiction and non-fiction books. The book swap cupboard is open any time the school is open, so if you have some spare time at drop off or pickup, come on in for a browse.
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Wellington Community Choir Concert 29th August
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Celebrating with a programme of music from the world’s cultures, Wellington Community Choir will be joined by guest choirs and local musicians at this special 10th anniversary concert.
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Shahn Eru looking forward to ITM Cup season with BoP Steamers squad
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: A familiar sight in Wellington club rugby in recent seasons – Shahn Eru running strongly with ball in hand for Wainuiomata in last year’s semi-final win over Marist St Pat’s and inset in the lineout in the same game.
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Spreading risk for resilience in the urban system
- Victoria University of Wellington
- First world cities have an unhealthy dependence on the “urban machine”—the modern engineering solutions within their infrastructure—making their inhabitants vulnerable to disaster.
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Workplace whistleblowing research to chart new territory
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A three-year, trans-Tasman research project into whistleblowing practices in the workplace, has been granted over half of a million dollars (AU$457,800) in funding by the Australian Research Council Linkage.
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School Photo Day tomorrow! "Smile!"
- Kilbirnie School
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Julie OBrien Improvises
- Circa Theatre
- Ask Julie O’Brien if she thought she’d ever perform in a totally non-scripted, unrehearsed show where the audience dictates the storyline and the answer would be a definite "never".
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Assembly Notes from 11 August 2015
- Kilbirnie School
- Well done Jagan and Ruby for a super job as comperes of our assembly! 1st song: Pakeke Mai Rooms 3 and 4 shared their space song and dance.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Teaching excellence award for Victoria’s Dean of Engineering
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Dean of Engineering has received one of the highest teaching honours in his profession—a 2015 Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence award.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Circa Theatre
- This week in drama* on the waterfront, we learn more about writer, doctor and spiritualist, and author of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Young brains provide fresh business ideas
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Businesses and organisations on the lookout for an injection of innovative ideas this summer have the opportunity to get some creative thinking done using brainpower from Victoria University.
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Conference explores India’s emergence as a global power
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Leading scholars from Singapore, India, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand will be taking part in a two-day conference on the emergence of India as a global power in the twenty-first century.
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HVH Results Bays Relay 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Composite 2nd Matthew Roberts 0:18:24 Jon Roberts 0:19:13 Lars Van Beusekom 0:19:57 Isobel Franklin 0:22:52 Martyn Cherry 0:20:18 SW Phoebe McKnight 0:16:41 Julie Johnson 0:18:18 Liz Gibson 0:23:54 Keryn Morgan 0:18:49 Chloe Thorne 0:22:31 M40 Myles Carson 0:18:21 Stephen Cummings 0:18:26 Brendon Quirke 0:19:10 Tony Plowman 0:16:11 Stu McKenzie 0:17:43 M50 Glen Perkinson 0:21:21 Paul Cavie 0:23:09 Keith Holmes 0:23:07 Steve Robertson 0:18:31 Albert Van Veen 0:22:12 MU20 2nd Joel Carman 15:16 Peter Roberts 17:09 Gus Reece 17:07 Jayden McKnight 14:09 Matthew Sutcliffe 14:32 M50 3rd Richard Kellet 0:18:22 Marcus Smith 0:18:21 Bill Trompetter 0:19:40 Grame Burr 0:16:05 Donald Coley 0:17:11 SM Nick Sasse 15:44 Grant Pritchard 17:54 Tim Johnson 16:55 Joel Wyatt 13:49 Mat Rogers 13:55
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Health sector leader to chair University initiative
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One of New Zealand’s most experienced health sector leaders, Professor Gregor Coster, will chair initiatives at Victoria University of Wellington focused on improving health and wellbeing.
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WelTec Premiership final on Sunday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Slightly more than a week after playing host to the showcase day of the club season, Porirua Park will again be in the spotlight with the playing of the College Sport Wellington WelTec Premiership final between Scots College and St Patrick’s College, Wellington.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New era for Ronald Woolf Memorial Trust
- Victoria University of Wellington
- After 28 years of supporting talented young photographers, the Ronald Woolf Memorial Trust is taking a new and exciting direction.
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Ground-breaking honour for geophysics researcher
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Martha Savage has become the first woman in New Zealand to be elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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When horsepay becomes forced play
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Stop bullying happening at work What has become known as “ponytail-gate” roused two general categories of opinion; the first group considered the incident an instance of innocent banter, the second group viewed it as a particularly salient case of workplace … Continue reading →
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Unsafe relationships
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Know the signs to look out for your friends and whānau According to Are You OK, more than half of all reported violent crime in New Zealand is family violence. 75% of serious assaults; 45% of abductions, kidnappings, and threatening … Continue reading →
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Renting? It’s more than just a flat
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Make sure your landlord respects your rights Recent deaths of state housing tenants have resulted in anger and uproar about poor conditions of rental housing in New Zealand. This has exacerbated the policy debate about how strictly New Zealand’s rental … Continue reading →
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International Child Abduction
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- How the headlines happen Caring for children after a separation is complicated enough. Add international travel into the mix and things can get really messy, really quickly. At least 120 Kiwi children get caught up in international custody disputes each year. … Continue reading →
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Free public lecture: The rise and fall of tuatara and wasps
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Leading ecology experts from Victoria University of Wellington are visiting Napier this month to give a public lecture on two animal populations facing very different challenges.
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Wellington Road Running Champs 2015
- Athletics Wellington
- Wellington Centre Road Running Champs Reservoir Road, Wainuiomata Saturday 22 August COURSE DESCRIPTION: There are two distance loops for this course a 1k & 2k. Various races will ...
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Poet and Artist
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor John Davidson to discuss the work of James K. Baxter and Colin McCahon.
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KATHERINE MANSFIELD - FASHIONISTA
- Katherine Mansfield House
- Katherine Mansfield loved clothes. She loved them as much as she loved flowers. It shines through in her diaries, journals and stories.
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Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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“Creative Anarchist” wins teaching award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Senior lecturer, artist, education advisor and self-described “creative anarchist” Lisa Terreni is one of five outstanding individuals recognised with a Victoria University of Wellington Teaching Excellence Award.
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Time of useful consciousness
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by associate professor Ralph Chapman, the Director of the Graduate Programme in Environmental Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, and the author of Time of Useful Consciousness: Acting Urgently on Climate Change.
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Women’s Central League: BNU v Upper Hutt, 02 August 2015
- Brooklyn Northern United AFC
- Women’s Central League Brooklyn Northern United 0 Upper Hutt City 11 Wakefield Park 2, 1:00PM, Sunday 02 August 2015 Match report by Phil Clayton.
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Online schemers, scams and shams
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Online scams currently cost New Zealanders upwards of $400m each year. The internet has allowed scammers from overseas to easily maintain anonymity and operate with impunity. NetSafe, an NGO that promotes safe use of online technologies, says that most people … Continue reading →
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Saunders Gough 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Grade Under 11 Under 14 Under 17 Under 20 Women Men Walkers Trophy Challenge Shield Robbie Shield Gough Cup Burns Cup Saunders Cup Runners to count 2 2 2 2 2 12 7 points place points place points place points place points place points place points place Athletics & Cycling Masterton 0 16 3 0 0 11 2 247 2 45 1 Aurora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hutt Valley Harriers 4 1 10 2 4 1 7 2 14 4 260 3 0 Trentham United 6 2 4 1 6 2 3 1 14 3 205 1 64 2 Wainuiomata 27 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 Grade Under 11 2 km Place Name Club Time 1 Nathaniel Graham HVH 7.37 2 Josh Jordan Trentham 7.39 3 Alexander Pritchard HVH 7.4 4 Marron Coetzee Trentham 8.07 5 Nicholas Green HVH 8.12 6 Katie Sceats Trentham 8.21 7 Max Poland Trentham 8.31 8 Emily Barr Trentham 8.33 9 Henry Mellor HVH 8.35 10 Ashden Brew Wainuiomata 8.38 11 Rylee Watt HVH 8.57 12 Jacob Day ACM 9 13 Ashton Tietjens HVH 9.25 14 Tyler Rollo HVH 9.31 15 Taine Flutey Trentham 10 16 Charlotte Ross HVH 10.03 17 McKenzie Winter Wainuiomata 10.21 18 David Gordon HVH 11.15 19 Sarah Dutail Trentham 11.18 20 Bailey Rollo HVH 11.52 21 Katie Jordan Trentham 13.16 22 Joseph Dutoit Trentham 13.18 Grade Under 14 4 km Place Name Club Time 1 Daniel DuTait Trentham 16.14 2 Jonathan Roberts HVH 16.26 3 Tristain Bagnall Trentham 16.39 4 Charlotte Floodsmith-Ryan Trentham 17.13 5 Christopher Coetzee Trentham 17.26 6 Jack Britland ACM 18.15 7 Tom Poland Trentham 19.02 8 Jorja Watt HVH 19.03 9 Kiara Flutey Trentham 19.09 10 John Jerling ACM 19.23 11 Hannah Gordon HVH 20.07 12 Abbie Kincaid HVH 21.02 13 Presleigh Winter Wainuiomata 21.17 14 Gemma Gordon HVH 21.41 15 Lily Trompetter HVH 21.49 Grade Under 17 4 km Place Name Club Time 1 Peter Roberts HVH 14.28 2 Harry Poland Trentham 14.41 3 Jaymee Maxwell HVH 16.55 4 Maddy Robinson Trentham 18.38 Grade Walkers 4 km Place Name Club Time 1 Daniel duToit Trentham 26.22 2 Paul Furkett ACM 27.19 3 Aidan Furkett ACM 27.29 4 Robyn Green ACM 27.38 5 Brenda Farley ACM 27.39 6 Jaquline Wilson Trentham 27.43 7 Richard Willis Trentham 28.08 8 Claudia Baechle ACM 28.14 9 Chris VanGerven ACM 28.18 10 Joseph Antcliff Trentham 29.25 11 Cathy Gordon HVH 29.43 12 Jon Roskuist Trentham 30.07 13 Val Buddle Trentham 30.47 14 Ali Laing ACM 31.07 15 Viv Antcliff Trentham 32.39 16 Sonya Maclaine Trentham 34.33 17 Robyn Weston Aurora 39.21 Grade Under 20 6 km Place Name Club Time 1 Michael du Toit Trentham 21.04 2 Braden Hodgson Trentham 21.23 3 Jayden McKnight HVH 22.47 4 Matthew Roberts HVH 24.58 5 Jack Thompson Trentham 27.07 6 Randall Tyler Trentham 27.17 7 Claudia Green ACM 31.29 Grade Women 6 km Place Name Club Time 1 Debbie Coetzee Trentham 26.16 2 Georgia Cox Wainuiomata 27.46 3 Nikki Braniff-Jones Wainuiomata 28.05 4 Shayla Farley ACM 28.07 5 Marian Goodwin HVH 28.2 6 Shelly Tietjens Wainuiomata 28.54 7 Annie Jerling ACM 28.55 8 Katherine Horsburgh ACM 29 9 Vanessa Trompetter HVH 30.34 10 Keryn Morgan HVH 31.45 11 Franky Spite ACM 32.33 12 Julia Baron HVH 32.38 13 Steph Robinson Trentham 33.12 14 Teresa Reynolds ACM 33.25 15 Kate Macklin ACM 38.48 16 Judy Rayner ACM 40.39 Grade Men 8 km Place Name Club Time 1 Brian Garmonsway Trentham 26.36 2 Josh Campbell Trentham 28.31 3 Mark Searle Trentham 29.28 4 Matt Rogers HVH 29.29 5 Reon Rollo HVH 29.39 6 Michael Macklin ACM 29.47 7 Lance Hislop ACM 30.54 8 Chris Homan Trentham 31.05 9 Tony Price ACM 31.22 10 Darren Gordon HVH 31.25 11 Graeme Butcher ACM 32.14 12 Stephen Mair Trentham 32.37 13 Paul Carlson Trentham 32.28 14 Steve Cummings HVH 33.01 15 Brendan Quirke HVH 33.2 16 Darryl Robinson Trentham 33.35 17 Paul Richardson Wainuiomata 33.49 18 Malcom McDonald ACM 34.11 19 David Hood Trentham 34.16 20 Bill Trompetter HVH 34.48 21 Graeme Burr HVH 35.22 22 Roger Jones ACM 35.3 23 Ray Haste ACM 36.12 24 Paul Homan Trentham 36.26 25 Martin Dransfield ACM 36.38 26 Peter Sparks HVH 37.26 27 Warwick Peltigrew Wainuiomata 37.35 28 Terry Bedlington Trentham 37.41 29 Tom Porter ACM 37.48 30 Steve Britland ACM 37.59 31 Steve Robertson HVH 38.11 32 Lloyd Millar ACM 38.14 33 Tony McKone HVH 38.21 34 unknown unknown 38.41 35 Brian Saunders ACM 39.23 36 Keith Holmes HVH 39.43 37 Brett Wilky Trentham 39.59 38 Greg Laing ACM 40.5 39 David Farlow ACM 41.59 40 Chris Megaw ACM 42.08 41 Wayne Hyman ACM 42.22 42 Andrew Smith Trentham 42.47 43 Richard Hawkes ACM 42.5 44 Norm Chu ACM 43.43 45 Albert Van Veen HVH 45.57 46 Ray Wallis Aurora 52.24
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Wellington Cross Country Champs 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Full results here: WXC2015 Results Provisional (updated 6.
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North Island Cross Country Champs Results 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- North Island Cross Country Champs Results Hutt Valley Harriers Saturday 4 July 2015 Walkers – Women – 5km Name Time Grade Placing Cathy Gordon 38:01 1 Teresa Cherry 50:30 5 Boys 10 – 1km Name Time Grade Placing Nathaniel Graham 3:33 2 Nicholas Green 3:51 7 Luke Stoupe 3:56 12 Jonathan Green 4:16 24 Oscar Strickland 4:17 26 Tim Cherry 4:52 38 David Gordon 4:54 40 Girls 10 – 1km Name Time Grade Placing Rylee Watt 3:42 1 Megan Cherry 5:13 18 Girls 12 – 2km Name Time Grade Placing Jorja Watt 8:34 15 Gemma Gordon 9:22 27 Abbie Kincaid 9:38 30 Lily Trompetter 9:57 32 Una Strickland 10:13 33 Boys 12 – 2km Name Time Grade Placing Logan Stoupe 7:42 12 Ben Cherry 10:44 27 Boys 14 – 3km Name Time Grade Placing Jonathan Roberts 12:04 21 Girls 14 – 3km Name Time Grade Placing Phoebe McKnight 10:52 2 Lucy England 12:36 16 Cassandra Trompetter 14:37 30 Hannah Gordon 14:51 31 Men U18 – 5km Name Time Grade Placing Joel Carman 16:52 6 Jayden McKnight 18:28 27 Peter Roberts 18:49 30 Matthew Roberts 19:55 33 Masters Men 35+ – 6km Name Time Grade Placing Grade Mathew Rogers 22:18 3 M35-39 Joel Wyatt 22:32 4 M35-39 Darren Gordon 23:50 9 M40-44 Marcus Smith 24:17 4 M50-54 Bill Trompetter 26:08 8 M50-54 Graeme Burr 26:57 9 M55-59 Peter Sparks 28:42 8 M60-64 Don Coley 29:25 15 M50-54 Steve Robertson 29:35 12 M55-59 Paul Strickland 30:33 19 M40-44 Martyn Cherry 33:59 22 M45-49 Senior Men – 9km Name Time Grade Placing Tim Johnson 37:01 25 Senior Women/Masters Women – 5km Name Time Grade Placing Grade Julie Johnson 20:35 12 SW Marian Goodwin 24:13 5 M50-54 Julia Baron 26:20 8 M50-54 Trish Coley 26:41 2 M55-59
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Vosseler Shield – 23 May 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Vosseler Shield – 23 May 2015 HVH Results Grade/ Name Place SW 5km 3 Julie Johnson 24:12 9 Kristi Perkinson 27:28 W35 5km 16 Liz Gibson 36:14 W50 5km 3 Vanessa Trompetter 29:39 4 Marian Goodwin 30:08 9 Trish Coley 32:45 MU18 7 Lars Van Beusekom 28:43 5km Peter Roberts Matthew Roberts M60 5km 4 Peter Sparks 28:58 14 Keith Holmes 32:58 GU15 3.7km 1 Phoebe McKnight 13:41 4 Lucy England 16:46 5 Maria Cramp 16:56 8 Jessica Kincaid 18:55 9 Mieke Van Den Bergh 19:24 10 Hannah Gordon 22:01 MU18 3.7km 4 Joel Carman 12:40 11 Gus Reece 13:36 Matthew Sutcliffe BU11 1.6km 1 Nathaniel Graham 7:43 2 Alexander Prichard 7:47 4 Nicholas Green 8:12 5 Luke Stoupe 8:14 15 Tyler Rollo 9:21 19 Jonathan Green 9:37 20 Oscar Strickland 9:42 21 Harrison Kowalizyk 9:53 22 Hunter Hughs 9:59 24 Harvey Butler 10:20 26 Bailey Rollo 11:18 27 Tim Cherry 11:32 28 Henry Mellor 11:34 29 Joseph Mellor 11:34 30 David Gordon 11:34 32 Liam Carson 14:23 BU13 1.6km 6 Logan Stoupe 7:40 John Roberts Nic England 24 Ben Cherry 10:31 GU11 1.6km 4 Rylee Watt 8:45 10 Charlotte Ross 10:07 GU13 1.6km 13 Jorja Watt 9:22 15 Una Strickland 9:50 16 Amelia Adams 10:36 SM 10km 9 Nicholas Sasse 46:20 29 Tim Johnson 51:44 M40 10km 3 Darren Gordon 48:00 8 Brendan Quirke 29:29 11 Stephen Cummings 53:40 17 Tony Plowman 57:02 19 Neil Sargisson 57:51 21 Stuart McKenzie 1:03:11 24 Martyn Cherry 1:22:02 M50 10km 3 Marcus Smith 49:02 9 Bill Trompetter 53:07 13 Graeme Burr 54:06 18 Richard Kellett 56:08 27 Paul Newsom 1:00:00 29 Donald Coley 1:02:50 35 Glenn Perkinson 1:11:21
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The Bledisloe Blues @ Kapiti Playhouse
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- After years of trying to work a live performance schedule around All Black Tests and Super Rugby fixtures, guitarist Andrew London has decided to try a different approach, and deliberately offer a ‘rugby free’ alternative for those who are either unmoved by the oval ball’s adventures, or are happy to record the game and come out for some pre-match entertainment.
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Assembly Notes from 28 July 2015
- Kilbirnie School
- Well done Zoe and Thor for being fabulous assembly comperes! 1st song: Sein Jein Jein 2nd song: Pakeke mai Mrs Brown talked about our CARE values and especially "Respect" which is this term's focus, and how to show it.
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Magical theme to opera double-billing
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A tragic love story tinged with magic, and the tale of a naughty child who is haunted by nursery toys coming to life are set to be performed by some on New Zealand’s finest young opera singers in Wellington next week.
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Acclaimed novelist visits Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Australian novelist Michelle de Kretser will be reading her fiction and talking about her work with Emily Perkins in one of the highlights of the winter reading series, Writers on Mondays.
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Scots College to play St Pat’s Town in First XV final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Defending champions Scots College will play St Pat’s Town in the 2015 WelTec Premiership First XV final next Sunday afternoon at Porirua Park, after each winning their semi-finals today in the wet.
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Committed Norths win Women’s Final
- Wellington Club Weekly
- A committed Northern United held off a fast-finishing Oriental-Rongotai to win the Wellington Women’s Victoria Tavern Trophy at Porirua Park this morning.
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