Places / May 2015
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Life Writing with Dame Fiona Kidman
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- We are delighted to announce a very special fund raising event, especially for those with an interest in life writing and memoir.
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Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington, Petone, Old Boys University and Wainuiomata clinch final four spots
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Josh Robertson-Weepu scores a try today in Wainuiomata’s 24-22 win over Old Boys-University, to seal their place in the Jubilee Cup.
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Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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The Hub wins another award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria’s Kelburn Campus Hub and Library project has just won the ‘Emerging Chapter Award’ and received a Commendation in the ‘New Construction, Major Facility’ category in the CEFPI Regional Awards (CEFPI is the Council of Educational Facility Planners International).
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Vosseler 2015 HVH results
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- Grade/ Name Time Place SW 5km 3 Julie Johnson 24:12:00 9 Kristi Perkinson 27:28 W35 5km 16 Liz Gibson 36:14:00 W50 5km 3 Vanessa Trompetter 29:39:00 4 Marian Goodwin 30:08:00 9 Trish Coley 32:45:00 MU18 7 Lars Van Beusekom 28:43:00 5km Peter Roberts Matthew Roberts M60 5km 4 Peter Sparks 28:58:00 14 Keith Holmes 32:58:00 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 46:20:00 29 Tim Johnson 51:44:00 M40 10km 3 Darren Gordon 48:00:00 8 Brendan Quirke 49:29:00 11 Stephen Cummings 53:40:00 17 Tony Plowman 57:02:00 19 Neil Sargisson 57:51:00 21 Stuart McKenzie 1:03:11 24 Martyn Cherry 1:22:02 M50 10km 3 Marcus Smith 49:02:00 9 Bill Trompetter 53:07:00 13 Graeme Burr 54:06:00 18 Richard Kellett 56:08:00 27 Paul Newsom 1:00:00 29 Donald Coley 1:02:50 35 Glenn Perkinson 1:11:21
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Alexandra Road, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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A Crazy Ride
- Circa Theatre
- This week on drama* on the waterfront, Director Kerryn Palmer talks about the crazy ride that is the Circa season of Second Afterlife.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Junior Invitational Cross Country Results.
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Amesbury School held its fourth invitational cross country championships yesterday.
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Combining academia and entrepreneurship
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Two lecturers from Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Design are demonstrating that mixing academia with entrepreneurship can be a recipe for success—and job satisfaction.
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Great New Video From The Architectural Centre
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Save the Basin and the Mt Victoria Residents Association have been hard at work raising funds to oppose NZTA’s attempt to get the High Court to overturn the Basin Board of Inquiry decision. The Architectural Centre will also be represented at the High Court, and as part of their fundraising efforts, they have produced the great video above. Please check it out and share it!
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New Zealand’s climate “contributions”
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary by Professor Dave Frame—Director of the Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria—was published in The Dominion Post.
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Child poverty fight needs long-term plan
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary by Victoria Professor Jonathan Boston and Children’s Commissioner Dr Russel Wills, was published in The New Zealand Herald.
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75th Jubilee Programme
- Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade's 75th Jubilee is happening this Queen's Birthday Weekend! The official programme for Saturday's public events is as follows: 9:00am Street parade starts travelling from Stokes Valley RSA to Stokes Valley Fire Station 10:00am Open Day begins at the fire station 10:30am Ladder display 11:00am Kitchen fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 11:30am Road Crash Rescue demonstration 12:00pm Kitchen Fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 12:30pm Boom display 1:00pm Grand Finale Please note timings are only a guide and may be subject to change
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Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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75th Jubilee flyer
- Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Look at what's been popping up in shop windows and schools in and around Stokes Valley over the last few days! This is the official flyer that we're using to promote our 75th Jubilee.
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Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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75th Jubilee flyer
- Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Look at what's been popping up in shop windows and schools in and around Stokes Valley over the last few days! This is the official flyer that we're using to promote our 75th Jubilee.
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Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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75th Jubilee Programme
- Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade's 75th Jubilee is happening this Queen's Birthday Weekend! The official programme for Saturday's public events is as follows: 9:00am Street parade starts travelling from Stokes Valley RSA to Stokes Valley Fire Station 10:00am Open Day begins at the fire station 10:30am Ladder display 11:00am Kitchen fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 11:30am Road Crash Rescue demonstration 12:00pm Kitchen Fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 12:30pm Boom display 1:00pm Grand Finale Please note timings are only a guide and may be subject to change
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Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Assembly Notes from 26 May 2015
- Kilbirnie School
- Thanks to our awesome comperes: Jonty and Sophie 1st Song: National Anthem 2nd song: "Fade Away" by Che Fu.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Successful Senior Swimming Festival went swimmingly!
- Kilbirnie School
- Thank you to all the parents who helped today with timing of the competitive races. It would not be possible without you! Competitive swimmers did freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly races which were timed to get swimmers qualified for the Eastern Zone Swimming Sports. Non-competitive swimmers had a lot of fun with some novelty races.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Upcoming seminar to articulate vision for Pacific regionalism
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A prominent Pacific leader will lead discussion on the future of Pacific regionalism at a seminar to be held at Victoria University of Wellington this Friday.
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A tax, but not as we know it!
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary by Professor Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance at Victoria, was published in The Dominion Post on Tuesday 26 May 2015.
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Victoria University graduate to study with world’s best
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington graduate has been awarded over a quarter of a million dollars in scholarships to undertake a PhD at one of the best universities in the world.
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Cast for Secret Bridesmaids’ Business Announced
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- Welcome to some new faces, welcome back to some who have not trodden on the boards for a while and to those that consistently just can’t help being just right for the part… That’s the message to the cast of Secret Bridesmaids’ Business who have just been announced.
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Vosseler Shield Photos 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
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Alexandra Road, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Eagles all but win Swindale Shield; top eight race to go down to the wire
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Midfielder Alexis Time makes a break in today’s match between HOBM and Tawa The Jubilee Cup glistens in Hutt Old Boys Marist’s Hutt Recreation Ground clubrooms trophy cabinet and next week no matter what happens the Swindale Shield will be presented to them as well if the WRFUcommittee overturns Tawa’s appeal for their docked two points from last month.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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All seven results to count in significant Swindale Shield round
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tawa and Norths, who met last weekend, will be locked in key battles tomorrow – but for different reasons.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Victoria Chancellor knighted at Government House
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Chancellor has been knighted at an investiture ceremony at Government House.
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The Water is Wide – Flooding May 2015
- Save Takapu Valley
- 120 mm of rain in 24 hours, 60 of it in one hour. There was a fair bit of damage to public infrastructure. The Wellington water main was undercut in a few places, power poles were washed out and fell over, requiring replacement and relocation. Although this was a pretty epic flood, the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Water is Wide – Flooding May 2015
- Save Takapu Valley
- 120 mm of rain in 24 hours, 60 of it in one hour. There was a fair bit of damage to public infrastructure. The Wellington water main was undercut in a few places, power poles were washed out and fell over, requiring replacement and relocation. Although this was a pretty epic flood, the… Read More
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Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Notes about the May 2015 meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- This was a well-attended meeting, with a number of people attending especially to hear from the Salvation Army about their plans for redevelopment.
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The future plans for Keep Newtown Clean
- Newtown Residents' Association
- At the NRA meeting on Monday 18th May our President, Claire Pettigrew, and Hine Sullivan, WCC grafitti officer, jointly presented a brief history of Keep Newtown Clean and a proposal for the future to change from a monthly clean up to having special events four times a year.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Runathon today!
- Kilbirnie School
- In case you want to cheer on your child running either around the bottom court or around the school block, here are the times and locations for the runathon.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Lessons at Parliament
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Crisp shirts, polished shoes, ID card around the neck—14 Victoria University Political Science students don’t look like the average university student as they trade the lecture theatre for the Beehive.
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The 2015 Budget: How will the economy be affected?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Professor Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Double century up for Nick Risdon for the Eagles on Saturday
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Nick Risdon runs out to play his 200th Premier match for the Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles in Saturday’s top-of-the-table Swindale Shield match against Tawa.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Honorary doctorate—Dr Noel Barnard
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A world authority in the field of early Chinese history and archaeology, Dr Noel Barnard, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature at Victoria’s December graduation.
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Successful Wellington lawyer leaves lasting legacy
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A former Wellington coroner, who survived the rigours of war-torn Germany as a teenager, has left a generous bequest to Victoria University.
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Insights into the University’s art collection
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Adam Art Gallery treated visitors to seldom-seen gems and new acquisitions from Victoria University’s art collection at a recent exhibition.
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Letters of nineteenth century Māori women
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Thousands of letters written in the Māori language in the nineteenth century are held in public collections in New Zealand and overseas but relatively few of these are identified as being written by Māori women.
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A unique bequest
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A baroque violin made in 1760—when Mozart was only four years old—is among a collection of instruments gifted to Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (NZSM) by the late musician, John David North.
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Real-world experience
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Wellington business is planning to implement a branding concept suggested by a Victoria marketing student for a class assignment.
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App to discover Wellington treasure
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A team of three former Victoria students is $10,000 richer after taking out the top prize in a competition to create a mobile app that will enhance students’ experience of the capital city.
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Memories of an attack
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Miriam Meyerhoff from Victoria’s School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies has heard some surprising and gripping stories while researching sociolinguistics in Vanuatu.
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Socially accountable
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As a child in Vanuatu, Pala Molisa was dragged along by his parents to protests about gender justice or conferences on Pacific development.
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College at Club Round as Tawa and Wairarapa Colleges join the competition
- Wellington Club Weekly
- This coming weekend sees the start of competition proper in the top two Premier grades, with several matches being played at club grounds as part of the ‘College at Club’ round which is intended to showcase and smooth the way for school leavers into the senior club game.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Founding father or legal villain?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An 1877 ruling that the Treaty of Waitangi was a “simple nullity” signed by “primitive barbarians”, by our Chief Justice at the time, has had far-reaching consequences for subsequent Treaty claims.
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Designing close to home
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A house left abandoned by well-known Lyttelton artist Bill Hammond was the initial inspiration for a Victoria Architecture student’s award-winning work.
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Bootcamp builds entrepreneurs
- Victoria University of Wellington
- From aiding medical professionals to pinpoint difficult veins to making unique packaging for boutique food and beverage companies, an intensive 14-week summer programme helps Victoria students turn their ideas into viable businesses.
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Collaborating to treat cancer
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A novel way of treating cancer using immunotherapy has been discovered in a joint research venture between Victoria University and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, and is on track to being tested on cancer patients.
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Multilingual Masterchef
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Students get cooking and talking in an annual multilingual food competition organised by Victoria’s School of Languages and Cultures.
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A+ report card for Victoria
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University passed with flying colours in the most recent academic audit conducted by the Academic Quality Agency (AQA).
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New company to advance potential treatment for cancer and other diseases
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An immunotherapy technology for treating cancer and other diseases, jointly developed by Victoria University of Wellington’s Ferrier Research Institute and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, has been patented and will be the initial focus of a newly-formed company.
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Law students deconstructing climate change
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A group of students from Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Law have set themselves the task of getting to the bottom of an agreement that could set a timetable for drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Thin Ice secures United States television deal
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Thin Ice, the award-winning documentary about global warming made in collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington, will air on public television stations across the United States later this year to coincide with international debate around emissions reduction.
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Transforming power transmission worldwide
- Victoria University of Wellington
- An industry collaboration led by Victoria University of Wellington scientists has demonstrated for the first time that high temperature superconducting (HTS) power transformers can drastically reduce energy loss compared to conventional transformers.
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Kia Toa! Be Brave! Be Resilient!
- Kilbirnie School
- Bernard Mangakahia came and entertained us with his message to be brave and resilient! It's all about getting up if you fall down, and trying again.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ponytail-gate
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Supporting low income workers who experience harassment and bullying Harassment experienced by low income workers has been in the news recently after the experience of Amanda Bailey became public in what has been dubbed ‘ponytail-gate’. Community Law Wellington and Hutt … Continue reading →
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commedia dell’arte
- Circa Theatre
- This week on drama* on the waterfront, Colleen McColl, publicist for A Servant to Two Masters, delves into the commedia dell’arte style of theatre commedia dell’arte = ‘comedy of the profession’, ‘theatre of the professional’, ‘comedy of art’ One of the most interesting things about working as a publicist is delving into other various aspects of the production and finding out about things not previously known. A Servant to Two Masters offered me a wonderful chance to look more closely at commedia dell’arte. Google is a wonderful friend! It appears commedia dell'arte originated in streets and market places of Italy during the Italian Renaissance. Commedia was a hugely popular form of theatre with street performers. They offered improvised stories usually representing fixed social types, stock characters, such as foolish old men, mischievous servants and young lovers. Actors joined the company very often at a young age and in each production played one character – it became their specialty. They spent their whole careers with that same company. As they aged they would moved into other roles eventually ending up as the old master. It was known as a colourful and extremely theatrical art form which allowed improvised scenarios that facilitated a comic plot to arrive at a humorous climax, with a happy ending. The performers, who used masks with exaggerated comic features to draw additional attention to themselves and complement their physical and acrobatic skills, eventually teamed up in troupes of actors, often with a travelling stage, to firmly establish commedia as a genre in it's own right by the mid-1500s. They performed outside and relied on various props in place of extensive scenery. These "commedia troupes" performed for and were accessible to all social classes. Language was no barrier, with their skilful mime, stereotyped stock characters, traditional lazzi's (signature stunts, gags and pranks), masks, broad physical gestures, improvised dialogue and clowning they became widely accepted wherever they travelled. In later years, the tradition spread all over Europe, eventually adopting a major French influence where many of the scenarios were scripted into commedia-style plays. It is from the commedia world where such characters as Arlecchino (Harlequin), Columbine, Punchinello (Punch), The Doctor, The Captain and Pantalone emerged. It was fascinating to learn that during this period, commedia dell’arte was the only form of theatre where women were allowed on stage. A Servant to Two Masters was originally written in 1745 by Carlo Goldoni as part of the commedia dell’arte style of theatre which was still very popular at the time. He was commissioned to devise a play for a famous Harlequin. The story goes that Goldoni wrote it with a lot of room for improvisation (the scenario was pinned to the side of the stage), as was the tradition at that time, and then went away and left them to it. The production was a huge success but when he returned he was appalled by the indulgence of the actors. In a fit of pique he wrote down a text for the players to learn and thus dealt a fatal blow to the centuries-old tradition of commedia dell’arte. It was the birth of farce as we know it today. Award winning dramatist Lee Hall (The Pitmen Painters, Billy Elliot) has adapted Goldoni’s A Servant to Two Masters for our current production at Circa. He offers us a fabulous new, rapid fire version with the language updated to now to create a pacey, action-packed physical comedy. In light of my Google time travelling, I am astounded by Lee Hall’s ability to adapt and re-boot this timeless classic so that it is relevant, funny and highly entertaining to a contemporary audience. BRAVO MR CARLO GOLDONI! BRAVO MR LEE HALL! All Photographs by Stephen A'Court. A Servant to Two Masters runs until 30 May. Tickets available online: www.circa.co.nz
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Building a more sustainable future for housing
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research by a Victoria University of Wellington PhD student could lead to houses being designed in more sustainable ways in the future.
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Victoria celebrates Wellington’s 150th birthday
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University is joining the capital’s 150th birthday celebrations with a weekend of events at the end of July.
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New Zealand U20s Profile: Henry Stowers
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Henry Stowers running rampant for Wainuiomata in last year's Wellington club rugby Jubilee Cup final.
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Pivotal Swindale Shield ninth round afternoon
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Hutt Old Boys Marist prop Simon Malaeulu running freely last weekend against Johnsonville.
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Show goes on for new Victoria graduates
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington Chancellor Sir Neville Jordan applauds the resilience of new graduates and their family and friends who, despite flooding across the wider Wellington region causing widespread disruption, were still able to celebrate this week.
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University Relays 9 May 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- University Relay – 9 May 2015 QE11 Park, McKays Crossing, Paekakariki HVH Results Boys/Girls 9 and under – 1.
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Political leaders to speak at political marketing and management conference
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Representatives from national and regional government are among the speakers at an upcoming conference focused on political marketing and management, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
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First Master of GIS crosses the stage
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s first Master of Geographic Information Science (GIS) was capped at one of the May graduation ceremonies.
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Public talk to explore the clever use of science
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Chemistry and physics experts will be visiting Masterton to talk about innovative scientific developments as part of the Victoria University of Wellington 2015 Public Lecture Series.
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Graduation Update
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Unfortunately today’s Graduation Parade has been cancelled due to bad weather. This afternoon’s Graduation ceremonies will all go ahead as planned.
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Research finds strategies to overcome ethnic discrimination in accounting industry
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Aspiring accountants from an ethnic minority have greater success finding a job if they adopt strategies that minimise their cultural differences, a Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduate has found.
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Karori School children concerned about what’s going into their stream
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Students at Karori West Normal School are distressed about the pollutants which are being released into the stream which runs alongside their school after authorities investigated five pollution incidents in one day.
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Hurricane Sam McNicol happy in the capital
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Sam McNicol playing for Petone last weekend against Paremata-Plimmerton.
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New graduate’s charitable journey
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University of Wellington student who graduated last night not only worked full-time throughout his degree, he also found time to set up a charity.
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May 2015 Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The next Residents’ Association Meeting is on Monday May 18th, 7.
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Artrageous! Art for the Juniors.
- Kilbirnie School
- On Fridays, the Juniors have been having a brilliantly creative time with Caroline and Aleksandra from Artrageous! Children have been able to experiment and try new things with a focus on the process of creation.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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the audience loves Don Juan
- Circa Theatre
- This week on drama* on the waterfront, we're two weeks into the four-week season of Don Juan, and it has received heaps of praise from audience and reviewers alike! So far audience members have said: “I went to this show and haven't laughed so hard in a long, long time.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Newtown Library Temporary Closure, 13th May till 22nd July 2015
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The Newtown Library in Constable Street is being refurbished! The WCC website says: “Newtown Library will be temporarily closed for scheduled maintenance and upgrades.
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Newtown Library, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Choir rounds out busy month
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- May is a busy month at Kapiti Playhouse.
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Baby boomers open up about old age
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Future government policies will need to be flexible to accommodate the diverse needs of ageing baby boomers, a Victoria University of Wellington researcher has found.
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Show me the money: Government’s social housing reform risks being all talk without funding
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Dr Richard Norman, senior lecturer in Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Management, and Bernard Teahan, a former chief executive of Trust House Ltd.
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The long road to success
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Murray Wilson was 20 when another inmate at Rimutaka Prison suggested he may be dyslexic.
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Invitation to RCWT Friends Annual General Meeting
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- FRIENDS OF THE RANDELL COTTAGE WRITERS TRUST Notice of Annual General Meeting You are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Randell Cottage to be held on: Monday, 8 June 2015, 6.
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Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Graduation marks Victoria students’ achievements
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Nearly 2500 students will this week cross the stage to mark the culmination of their studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Victoria University mourns loss of Jack Body
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Jack Body, renowned composer and long-time Victoria University lecturer, will be greatly missed by those he taught and inspired throughout his career.
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Legacy of Futurism explored
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Futurism—an avant-garde artistic movement cited by New Zealand artist Len Lye as one of his major inspirations—will be examined in a day-long event at Victoria University of Wellington on 15 May.
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Submission to the Wellington City Council on the Long Term Plan
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The NRA President and Secretary – Claire Pettigrew and Rhona Carson – made an oral submission to the Council on 5th May 2015, to back up the written submission the Association put in earlier.
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Kilbirnie Sports Junior Development Awards – Winners
- Cricket Wellington
- Congratulations to the following teams and individuals who were recognised at the Kilbirnie Sports Junior Development Awards, held at the Basin Reserve.
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Young And Hungry Servants
- Circa Theatre
- The Young and Hungry Arts Trust Ambassadors are a group of keen bean Year 12 & 13 students, who attend shows at Circa and others theatres throughout the year and write reviews.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ultimate opportunity to be Ultimate Champs
- Victoria University of Wellington
- In just over two months, Aaron Miller and Li Yeoh will switch their usual Wellington-coloured sports uniform for a black and white one, as they and their teammates vie for the title of World Ultimate Champions.
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Victoria University congratulates Jack Body on Icon Award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington congratulates Jack Body, composer and long-time Victoria lecturer, who has been awarded a prestigious Arts Foundation Icon Award.
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The play’s the thing—exploring Hamlet
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A short lecture series exploring Hamlet as Elizabethan audiences would have experienced it, coincides with the Globe Theatre’s upcoming world tour of Shakespeare’s most famous play.
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Is the Wellington City Council neglecting education?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The following commentary is provided by Sir Neville Jordan, KNZM DistFIPENZ, Chancellor, Victoria University of Wellington.
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First-year engineering project helps Samoan schools get better connected
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A first-year engineering project at Victoria University will see thousands of students in Samoa have faster, more reliable computer networks in the classroom.
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Better recordkeeping needed to preserve our digital heritage
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Poor recordkeeping of electronic documents and digital records may lead to a loss of accountability and collective history in public sector organisations, a Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduand warns.
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Victoria student wins top academic award
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Victoria University student has had the honour of receiving the country’s top award for academic excellence at secondary school level at a ceremony in Parliament.
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Victoria University Rowers selected for NZ Uni Trans Tasman Team
- Wellington Rowing Club
- Today the NZ University Trans-Tasman Team to compete against Australia was announced.
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The Boatshed, Odlins Plaza, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Recipe of the week: Dark chocolate puddings
- Elements Cafe
- These chocolate puddings are deliciously decadent, best served with vanilla bean ice cream and without guilt! The great thing about this recipe is that it can be made in advance and left in the fridge until you are ready to bake off. Ingredients: 100g butter 155g sugar 100g dark chocolate 55g flour 3 eggs Method: […]
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Elements Cafe, Wha Street, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Move to Wellington paying off for Teariki Ben-Nicholas
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Teariki Ben Nicholas playing in a recent Swindale Shield match between his Old Boys University side and Tawa.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Student dig uncovers hundreds of rare moa bones
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Māori Studies staff and students from Victoria University of Wellington have excavated hundreds of moa bones from a central North Island site where few moa remains were known to exist.
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Acclaimed international poet visits Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Irish poet Vona Groarke will give a public reading of her poems as part of a visit to Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML).
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Decorative images make life seem better
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A series of studies from Victoria University of Wellington have revealed that when people evaluate the quality of products, and their past behaviour, they tend to take a rosier view if they’ve been looking at decorative photographs.
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International honour for Victoria University Professor
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Colin Wilson has received one of the highest international honours in science, with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Proud to Celebrate 25 Years of Making You Laugh
- Circa Theatre
- This week on *drama on the waterfront, The Improvisors are proud to celebrate 25 Years of making you laugh! By Tim Gordon Tim Gordon, actor and facilitator, celebrates 25 years of The ImprovisorsHarris Street.
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Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Auditions for Secret Bridesmaids’ Business
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- It’s the night before Meg’s wedding.
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Ministry of Transport Research Shows Up NZTA’s Flawed Traffic Projections
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- Historic New Zealand light vehicle traffic forecasts vs actual growth (Source: MoT) In trying to justify the Government’s $12 billion “Roads of National Significance” motorway-building programme, which included a Basin Reserve flyover, the New Zealand Transport Agency makes great play of a projected increase in Vehicle Kilometres Travelled (VKT).
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Sailor the Puffer Fish Asthma Show
- Kilbirnie School
- Last week we had fantastic visitors to our school (Chris, and Sailor the Pufferfish) who sang, danced and talked about Asthma and puffers.
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Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Growing up with ZEALANDIA
- Zealandia
- When my husband, 2 primary aged children and I moved into our Ponsonby Rd house in 1991, we were absolutely delighted! There was a harbour view plus bush and birds – instead of Newlands` windswept suburban sprawl… There also was a small orchard with a variety of fruit trees, such as apples and damson plums.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Andrew London returns to Kapiti Playhouse
- Kapiti Playhouse Inc
- After a year of constant touring and recording with his trio, singer/songwriter Andrew London presents a show on May 15th at the Kapiti Playhouse that represents a ‘best of’; songs selected from an enormous repertoire of satirical and humourous material the trio draw from for their shows.
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Wellington coastal plant could hold key to improving crop resistance
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A chance observation along Wellington’s south coast has led a Victoria University of Wellington PhD student to make a scientific breakthrough that could change the way other countries deal with increasingly saline soils devastating traditional crops.
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Eagles and Tawa out in front as Johnsonville run down by Norths in heartbreaker
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Upper Hutt Rams’ Jamie Norman scores today in his sides win over Wainuiomata.
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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