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Results - Spring Series Race 1 at Nga Manu
- Kapiti Cycling Club
- Kapiti Cycling Club – Spring Series Race One – Tuesday 29th September 2020 - NGA MANU The 1st night of the Howard & Co Spring Series held last night on the beautiful Nga Manu course.
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28 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- It was good to see a number of members attempt their marksmen’s badges yesterday.
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Royal Tiger Range, Russell Terrace, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Is China heading into the ‘treason trap’?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Emeritus Professor Arthur Pomeroy looks to ancient Greece and Rome to better understand modern China.
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Six storeys high a step too far
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Associate Professor Morten Gjerde welcomes removing protection for some older buildings in Wellington but warns against replacing them with tall ones.
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28 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- It was good to see a number of members attempt their marksmen’s badges yesterday.
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Royal Tiger Range, Russell Terrace, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Spatial Plan 2020
- Onslow Residents Community Association
- Jo Stevens organised a second public meeting on Wednesday 30th September in the Khandallah Presbyterian Church Hall. This attracted more than 60 people, bringing the numbers attending public meetings on the spatial plan to around 250. Despite lack of proper notice, our community has shown how much we care. Please make a submission.
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September Update from DCM - Together we can end homelessness
- Downtown Community Ministry
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line-height:150% !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){ .headerContainer .mcnTextContent,.headerContainer .mcnTextContent p{ font-size:16px !important; line-height:150% !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){ .bodyContainer .mcnTextContent,.bodyContainer .mcnTextContent p{ font-size:16px !important; line-height:150% !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){ .footerContainer .mcnTextContent,.footerContainer .mcnTextContent p{ font-size:14px !important; line-height:150% !important; } } After a number of years of homelessness and, more recently, sleeping rough for a year, the future looks bright for Steven Cooking up a smile After a number of years of homelessness and, more recently, sleeping rough for a year, the future looks bright for Steven. The team at DCM have him back in a home of his own, and looking forward to getting back to work and smiling again. Steven in his whare Last year, Steven was sleeping rough, mostly in “the coves” along Wellington’s waterfront, where he felt safest. Steven qualified as a chef at 18 and worked in Australia for 20 years or so before coming back to New Zealand in 2005, often heading up busy kitchens. But back in New Zealand, things were not so good, and Steven found himself on the street, staying in different boarding houses and hostels until eventually he ended up sleeping rough on the waterfront. Instead of working in restaurants, he was now sleeping outside them, taking advantage of their heaters when they were on. “That’s where I’d go every night. It’s the safest place – much better than a tent in the bush. I’d drink to keep me warm and put me out at night so I could sleep in the cold. That was the only reason I drank – I don’t drink much now because I don’t need to.” He doesn’t need to because he’s now permanently housed in his own one-bedroom whare up in Karori, thanks to DCM and Te Aro Health. The Te Aro Health nurses, the DCM Dental Service and DCM’s volunteer physiotherapist Jeff have all been part of the team working with Steven to get him housed and well. Nurse Bronwyn and DCM kaimahi Kat continue to work together to support Steven When he was sleeping rough, Steven began coming into DCM “a lot – I was constantly on the move and this was the only place I could come and chill out and keep warm.” He’d also come in to talk with the team at DCM about how he could get off the street. They helped him onto the social housing waiting list. And then, at the end of last year, Steven was handed the keys to his new flat, and the team from DCM helped him to get together the furniture and items he needed for his home. “It was just like heaven. It was a load off my mind because you’re hyper-sensitive and aware when you’re outside doing it rough. You’re always aware, even when you’re sleeping. Moving in was a load off my mind. I could start planning ahead again and I could start thinking about getting back to work. If I hadn’t had DCM working with me, I reckon I would have been waiting three or four years." The next thing Steven plans to get sorted is his teeth, with DCM’s Dental Service having referred him to the hospital to get false teeth. “My teeth had been great till about 10 years ago but then they went real quick. I have a great smile, but I just didn’t smile with my teeth the way they were. I can’t wait to get false teeth and become a grinning idiot. It will give me so much more confidence to get back into looking for work. I want to be able to walk into an interview and give them a proper smile.” That work will likely be back in the kitchen, because cooking is what he does and unsurprisingly, having a kitchen again is Steven’s favourite thing about having his own flat. The first thing he cooked in his new whare? “A big roast pork with orange Beauregard kumara. I candied up the kumara with brown sugar and garlic, then added a little butter at the end. Delicious.” To read more of Steven’s story, click here. <!-- --> As you know, DCM is committed to ensuring that our taumai* have a voice – at DCM, in our community, and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Next month, our taumai will be able to vote in the General Election, right here at DCM. Despite the complexity of operating at Level 2 for much of September, we have continued to enrol as many taumai as possible, and to provide training and practice voting sessions – all with the support of the lovely team of Janet, Erin and Bridget from the Electoral Commission. Supporting taumai to enrol K is a 48 year old man who has been in and out of housing and often rough sleeping over the past 15 years. He has not been able to vote without an address, and voting in elections was not a major concern for him when he had so much going on in his life. Just before lock-down, DCM got K in to emergency accommodation and he is now on a waiting list for his own whare. K popped into DCM for a cup of coffee at Te Hāpai this month, asked about the enrolment forms there, and decided to get himself on the roll for this year’s General Election. K is looking forward to voting at the mobile voting booth at DCM for the first time in 15 years, especially as this year’s election will be held the day before K’s 49th birthday. A is a 40 year old Māori man who has not voted since 2005. He has been in and out of different homelessness scenarios, from rough sleeping, to the Night Shelter, to boarding houses and backpackers. In February 2019 he finally got his own Wellington City Housing whare and he has been doing well since. A came into DCM where he found out just how easy it is to enrol; he is now enrolled for the Te Tai Tonga electorate. He can’t wait to vote right here at DCM for the first time in many years. Explaining the referendum process C is a 37 year old Māori woman who has a lot going on in her life, having to deal with multiple addictions and mental health issues, which have seen her in and out of homelessness scenarios over many years. She is now in her own whare and working with DCM’s Sustaining Tenancies team. When the DCM and Electoral Commission kaimahi were able to show her how voting works this month, C decided to enrol to vote. She wanted to cast her vote immediately; we had to explain that voting wasn’t open quite yet! L is a 42 year old Māori man who is currently staying in emergency accommodation and working with DCM’s Aro Mai Housing First team. He didn’t think he’d be able to vote this year, as he doesn’t have a permanent address – until DCM staff explained that he could use DCM’s address. L was very excited and wanted to know who all the candidates are for the Te Tai Tonga Māori electorate. He too is looking forward to voting for the first time in years – right here at DCM. *We call the people we work with taumai, meaning to settle. This reflects the journey we embark on together to become settled, stable and well. <!-- --> Please help us get the message out there! Forward this email on to everyone you can think of who may be interested in how to respond to homelessness, and just generally people who are passionate about Wellington. <!-- --> Support DCM! Nāku te rourou, nāu te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi With your basket and my basket, the people will thrive <!-- --> Copyright © 2020 DCM. All rights reserved. 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2020 Group Camp - "Time Warp"
- Ngati toa Sea Scouts
- Another year, another group camp and another great camp with memories made and new friends found.
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First nationwide study on supporting Pasifika success at Law School
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A ground-breaking study on improving Pasifika legal education in Aotearoa New Zealand will be hosted and driven out of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington with the support of the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation.
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It's ready, set, go for the Porirua Grand Traverse
- Porirua City Council
- Porirua Grand Traverse takes place this Sunday, 4 October 2020.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A sad dad in Berhampore
- Wellington Scoop
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Boxes of LEGO sets donated to Hutt Hospital’s Children’s Ward
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Fairy Bricks, a long-standing partner of the LEGO Group, donates more than 40,000 LEGO sets to hospitals and hospices each year.
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Karori Sanctuary Trust Annual General Meeting Thursday 29 October 2020, 5:00pm
- Zealandia
- Notice of AGM Annual report (available in October) RSVP To help us with planning and logistics for the AGM, please let us know if you plan to attend using the RSVP ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Scientists identify a deep anchor beneath the continents
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What determines the level of the land? This is one of the fundamental questions about our planet, and Associate Professor Simon Lamb and his collaborators think they have found an answer.
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RIP Fiona McKinlay
- Victoria Bowling Club
- Tragic news today with the passing of Fiona McKinlay. Fiona was a fantastic fan of our club who made an effort to come hang out with us. Dave and Grace were often here with her and we wish them all out love. The post RIP Fiona McKinlay first appeared on Victoria Bowling Club.
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Victoria Bowling Club, Rixon Grove, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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wide shoulders
- Thistle Hall Community Venue
- This exhibition is about Dementia & Art The Artworks tell a story of an artist daughter supporting her artist mother through a journey together.
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Coach at MSP in 2021
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- With considerable success in 2020, we're looking for coaches who can provide expertise to the relevant grade...
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Will Satch visits Wellington Rowing Club
- Wellington Rowing Club
- We were very privileged to have Will Satch, MBE, spend a day with the Club and Senior men's squad last...
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Family ties to law school
- Victoria University of Wellington
- When Dr Marie Bismark began studying at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Law School in 2000, she had a six-week-old baby with her. When she finished her degree, she was eight months pregnant with her second child, Stella.
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Senior End of Season shindig!
- Island Bay United AFC
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Come to the Island Bay Football End of Year Party on Friday 2 October!For 2020 it's full of fun music, spot prizes and maybe a dance off or two!We will have delicious platters on the night and an opportunity to win a free drink on the night :)Teams please let your team managers know if you will be coming by this Sunday 5pm! Team managers please reach out to Louise Newman (from the Island Bay Committee) to let her know your team's approximate numbers by Sunday 20 September & your team's players player & top scorer – louisejanenewman@gmail.comSee the poster below for details on costs, venue, time. If you pay beforehand it is an absolute bargain!
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FOMI work trip – 4-6 September 2020 – seabird, flax weevil and lizard monitoring, plus planting and weeding
- Friends of Mana Island
- Under COVID Level 2 our numbers were restricted to 10 volunteers. High winds and unfavourable tides on the Friday brought our trip forward to midday. Only 1 person had to drop out, leaving a party of 9. DOC ranger Nick told us about successful takahe transfers onto and off of Mana in preceding days. He […]
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Ed Chaney Cup champions
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Our Premier Reserves have rounded out a successful season for our club by winning the Ed Chaney Cup...
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OBU and Wainuiomata win major silverware on Finals Day
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE By Steven White and Adam Julian Old Boys University and Wainuiomata annexed the major spoils on Wellington club rugby’s Finals Day at the Petone Recreation Ground this afternoon. OBU sides won both finals played on Petone #1, winning the coveted Jubilee Cup and the Colts John E Kelly Memorial Cup deciders....
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Wellington club rugby 26 September updates (Finals Day)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Draws & Results HERE or scroll down for teamlists FINALS DAY Premier (Jubilee Cup) 26/9/2020 2:30pm Northern United RFC 🆚 Old Boys University RFC Premier (Hardham Cup) 26/9/2020 2:20pm Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC 🆚 Wainuiomata RFC Premier (9-12 play-off) 26/9/2020 2:10pm Poneke FC 🆚 Upper Hutt Rams RFC Premier Reserve (Ed Chaney Cup) 26/9/2020...
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
- Nga Uruora - Kapiti Project
- Paul Callister September 2020 We are proud of the work Ngā Uruora has carried out on the Paekākāriki-Pukerua Bay escarpment and surrounding areas.
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Annual General Meeting - Manawa Karioi
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 155 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, on Sunday 27th September at 1.30 pm. All Welcome. AGM Agenda AGM Minutes 2019 <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " >
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Growing vaccines
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Gerd Mittelstädt from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Ferrier Research Institute is contributing to the search for a COVID-19 vaccine by finding a rapid way to produce the proteins needed to assess potential vaccine components.
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University researchers close to turning point with solar power research
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Nathaniel Davis from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Chemical and Physical Sciences says he and his research team are at a significant turning point in their solar power research.
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Funding supports cancer, meningitis research
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington researchers have received funding to help progress research into cancer and meningitis.
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Gaming for health
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Researchers at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington are developing a video game aimed at helping young people boost their mental health.
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A tightrope act in Newtown
- Wellington Scoop
- On Wednesday last week, a responsible Covid-19 community meeting in Newtown heard constructive suggestions for the increasingly polarizing WCC Draft Spatial Plan. A hundred or so people attended spaciously, while 50 others obliged and walked home to join the other 400 on the live Facebook stream.
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Weekly News For Friday 25th September 2020
- St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
- Kia ora e te whānau, Near our house there was a group of very large pine trees to which theRead More
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St Andrew's on the Terrace, 30, The Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Grand Final Day
- Island Bay United AFC
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Just over a day to go before the Island Bay United's first team's Capital 1 Grand Final grand final against Lower Hutt City.
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St Mary’s and Manukura draw Hurricanes Girls decider
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian Insanity is a shared experience in 2020 and evidently that reality extended to the Hurricanes Secondary Schoolgirls Final at a windswept Hataitai Park this afternoon. St Mary’s and Manukura shared the Rex Kerr Cup 10-10 after an epic struggle and a 45-minute second half injury delay. The match started franticly, with Manukura...
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Resilient leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Jennifer Moxon’s career in the technology sector has seen her lead through times of change and disruption.
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From the archives
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- Craigie Sinclair, Manager, Information and Records Management at the University, selects a few favourites from the archives she keeps and shares the stories they tell us.
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A potential disaster for US law
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has triggered a political fight over the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice, which has the potential to set back the constitutional rights of millions by decades, writes Hayden Thorne.
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Newsletter Sept 2020
- Friends of Maara Roa
- Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 20+ years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am at the Cannons Creek entrance to Belmont Regional Park. The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. September ... Read more
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Wellington’s University strengthens its commitment to sustainability leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is proud to sign up to ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets as part of the Climate Leaders Coalition.
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Defending the streets of Newtown
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Forty Students in CSW Series
- Orienteering Hutt Valley
- The CSW Series finished last Sunday at Queen Elizabeth Park. Forty students from Hutt Valley schools or members of OHV took part.
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Newsletter Week Ending 27 September
- Karori Anglican Churches
- SUNDAY SERVICES UNDER COVID-19 ALERT LEVEL 1Given Wellington’s recent move to Alert Level 1 and keeping in line with the Government’s guidelines, from this Sunday we are going back to having a 9.
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21 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
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14 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- Jaz Hamilton scored exceedingly well in D Grade with 98.
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RSD Drop 2!!
- Slow Boat Records
- After a couple of false starts(!!), and with the dropping of the nationwide covid alert levels, Slow Boat is thrilled to finally be able to bring you some form of celebration – the second of three 2020 RSD drops, this Saturday, the 26th September, featuring a nifty, stripped-back instore performance from Auckland indie rock up-and-comers Daffodils, ahead of their show at Meow later that evening, celebrating the release of their excellent “Boys” EP on vinyl, which will be for sale instore!On top of this, you can expect a smattering of limited RSD vinyl and some mighty good cheer as we celebrate independent record stores, music and togetherness!! We would ask that you are super considerate of each other, and give each other space – we will be limiting the number of people instore at any given time, and the band will be performing at around 2.30pm – can’t WAIT to see all your smiling faces!!See you all here!! XX
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Annual General Meeting
- Newtown Residents' Association
- The Association’s 2020 AGM was held on Monday 21st September 2020.
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Something’s Brewing – Craft Beer Tasting Night
- Upper Hutt City Football
- Get your taste buds tingling at Upper Hutt City Football’s first ever craft beer tasting night! ***THIS SATURDAY*** Saturday, 26 September 2020 7pm-midnight Maidstone Park Clubrooms Something’s Brewing promises not to disappoint.
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A Master’s or PhD as your next step
- Victoria University of Wellington
- As deadlines approach to apply for postgraduate research at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, we look at the benefits and get tips from Master's and PhD students.
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Sekhar Bandyopadhyay appointed Emeritus Professor
- Victoria University of Wellington
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21 September 2020
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14 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- Jaz Hamilton scored exceedingly well in D Grade with 98.
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Shave 4 a Cure
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Kea End of Term Disco Party
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Unrolling Line
- Black Coffee
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > When I'm lost in train station mazes, I lose not only where I'm going and how to get there but a little of myself.
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The ideology and psychology behind tax promises
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The stakes are not so high with New Zealand's National and Labour parties that a voter must choose between outright communitarianism and libertarianism, it's more a question of degree, writes Dr Jonathan Barrett.
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RSSL Netball Finals
- College Sport Wellington
- Five-peat for St Mary’s College in Regional Netball competition St Mary’s College won a five-peat of the Wellington Division 1 Regional Netball League titles on Monday night, beating Hutt Valley rivals St Oran’s College 39-27.
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Generation 2 My Health Passport Available Now
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Level 1 means all go for Love Local Expo
- Porirua City Council
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September Meeting - Join us for dinner at 6:30
- Wellington VHF Group
- September Meeting - Join us for dinner at 6:30 ZL2HD Mon, 09/21/2020 - 17:52 Breaking News: With the return to level 1 this week, we are going to have our 50th celebration dinner at 6:30 pm at the meeting room in Tawa.
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Junior & Youth Prizegiving
- Island Bay United AFC
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > IBU Junior/Youth Prizegiving 2020 - 27th September Wow, what a year we've had - from not knowing if we'd get a season to have a pretty great run of fine weather to get most games played. Now its time to celebrate all our fabulous players, coaches, managers and referees. Bring a plate and join the junior management team at the IBU Junior Prizegiving on Sunday 27th September at IBU Clubrooms, Wakefield Park. 2020 IBU Junior/Youth Prizegiving schedule Time Grade Number of teams 9.30am –10.15am First Kicks 6 10.30am - 11.15am 7th 5 11.30am - 12.30pm 8th 6 12.45pm - 1.30pm 9th 5 1.45pm - 2.30pm 10th 5 2.45pm - 3.30pm 11th 5 3.45pm – 4.30pm 12th 3 4.45pm - 5.45pm GOSL 6 6.00pm – 8.00pm 13th/15th 8 We look forward to seeing you there if you have any question please contact the Junior Coordinator
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Election 2020 – voting from hospital
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- Due to COVID-19, Electorate Returning Officers will not be collecting votes from patients in hospital either in the lead up to or on Election Day. Hospitals will also not be used as designated voting places. However, people who cannot get to a voting place because they are in hospital can still vote.
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Sign languages are real languages
- Victoria University of Wellington
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Badminton Team Finals – Results
- College Sport Wellington
- The Junior and Senior Badminton Champs results are as follows: Juniors JUNIOR BOYS DIV 1 Semi Final: HIBS 1 Beat Tawa 1, 6-0 Final: HIBS 1 Beat Scots 1, 5-1 JUNIOR BOYS DIV 2 Semi Final: Naenae 1 Beat Onslow 4, 4-3 on countback Final: Well.
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A spike in vaccine development
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Davide Comoletti is playing a pivotal role in New Zealand’s drive to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
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School Notices - 21 September 2020
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- It's the last week of Term 3, and everyone is looking forward to the holidays, however, there are still a few things happening .
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Messengers of Peace
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Victoria Invitation 242 Pairs
- Victoria Bowling Club
- Updated results after each round will be available on the Victoria 242 Pairs page on the website here: Victoria 2-4-2 Pairs The post Victoria Invitation 242 Pairs first appeared on Victoria Bowling Club.
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One win, one loss in semis
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Our Premiers have fallen in a tight Jubilee Cup semi final while our Premier Reserves are through to their final...
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Wellington club rugby scoring updates 19 September (semi-finals)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Premier (Jubilee Cup) 19/9/2020 2:45pm Petone 🆚 Northern United RFC 19/9/2020 3:00pm Marist St Pats RFC 🆚 Old Boys University RFC Premier (Hardham Cup) 19/9/2020 3:00pm Tawa Rugby Football Club 🆚 Wainuiomata RFC 19/9/2020 3:00pm Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC 🆚 Oriental Rongotai FC Premier (9-12 play-off) 19/9/2020 2:45pm Upper Hutt Rams RFC 🆚...
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Weekly News for Friday 18th September
- St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
- Kia ora e te whānau, I’m adjusting to passing the Peace on Sunday mornings without shaking hands. How are youRead More
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Kōwhai, ngaio, and swamp flax – key to the region’s ‘well-bee-ing’
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Bee Aware Month is the buzz word on the region’s streets; the perfect time to sweeten up your native planting skills and support bees which are key to our community health and resilience.
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Holocaust studies receives philanthropic funding boost
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A generous philanthropic gift will support Master’s-level research in Holocaust studies at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Netball season round up
- Newlands College
- After a late start to the netball season we managed to get 10 weeks of competition for this year which we were all thankful for.
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Lady Todd Memorial Prize a boost for Nursing student
- Victoria University of Wellington
- "We hear of people who have gone on to make an enormous impact on the world and it started with the kindness of a stranger.
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A ‘third referendum’ on Jacinda Ardern’s leadership
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Alongside referendums on legalising recreational cannabis use and the End of Life Choice Act, New Zealand's 2020 general election has become, in effect, a referendum on the Prime Minister’s instincts, judgment and determination, writes Professor Stephen Levine.
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Antiques High Tea - Sun 18 Oct
- Hataitai Community Website
- Upstairs at the Hataitai Centre (former Hataitai Bowling Club) 157 Hataitai Rd, Hataitai $30/ ticket (additional 30c booking fee) - https://www.
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Hataitai Community Market - Sat 3 Oct
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Meeting on the WCC Draft Spatial Plan, 16th September
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- We had a meeting to discuss the Draft Plan last night.
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Newsletter Week Ending 20 September
- Karori Anglican Churches
- NEW BUILD LATEST NEWS!We are very pleased to announce that we have selected Choice Commercial Interiors as the building contractor to be involved with us early in the design phase.
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Adam Art Gallery’s new intern announced
- Victoria University of Wellington
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Jubilee Cup semi on Saturday
- Marist St Pats Rugby
- Marist St Pats will host Old Boys-University in a Jubilee Cup semi final on Saturday; this is what you need to know...
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Wiping out ‘dark patterns’ in digital design
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need a 'building code' to protect our online privacy, write Dr Cherie Lacey and Alex Beattie.
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Let’s follow Wales’ lead in language regeneration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Mere Skerrett wonders why, as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s official languages, te reo Māori gets only one focal week, as she ponders the likelihood England would have an ‘English Language Week’ or Germany a ‘German Language Week’.
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Tackling renewable energy infrastructure challenges
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher will play a lead role in a new project designed to improve our power grids to suit increased use of renewable energy.
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Tawa AFC – Matchday Programme 19/20 September 2020
- Tawa AFC
- Finally we have reached the end of the season.
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University receives funding boost to build high-power electric motors for rail, shipping and aviation
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Low-emission electric aircraft seem like a dream today but work is under way on the technology needed to keep planes flying in a decarbonised world.
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'Music nerd' unearths forgotten Flying Nun recordings
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Student William Daymond is a self-confessed music nerd who has landed the perfect internship helping to examine and describe the collection of iconic record label Flying Nun.
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St. Barnabas Church Bulletin September 2020
- Roseneath Residents Association
- Keep up to date with the news and happenings from St. Barnabas Church and find out what’s going on this September.
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Projects underway to support Porirua’s growth
- Porirua City Council
- A new roundabout is underway in Kenepuru
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Sewn with love
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Kathryn Van Woerkom provides support for patients and their relatives as a hospital chaplain. Recently, she has also been very busy sewing hundreds of reusable masks.
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School Production tickets now available
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- Tickets for all shows are now available from the school office.
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Wairarapa school nurtures muddy paddock into thriving wetland
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Kahutara School is fostering students’ connection with te taiao (nature) by developing a wetland to encourage biodiversity back to the local area, following the school’s participation in the Whitebait Connection programme.
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Research to inform national cervical screening programme
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- Researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded more than $1 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to develop the evidence-base for an effective national HPV screening programme for detecting changes that may lead to cervical cancer.
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Research opens the way to new drugs
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A surprise finding in the microscopic “assembly line” which constructs some types of anti-cancer and antibiotic molecules could have major benefits for our health.
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The pursuit of comfortable homes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Germán Molina Larrain is helping to make comfortable homes a reality for more New Zealanders.
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Basketball teams make finals
- Newlands College
- Congrats to our Newlands Senior A & B Boys teams who have both made the finals night at the ASB on Friday. In Division 3, Newlands Senior A had a convincing 89 – 42 win v HVHS 2 and will take on Naenae in the final. In Division 5, Newlands Senior B had a close 68 – 61 win v Raphael House and will take on St Pats Town 3 in the final.
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Winter Tournament Round Up
- Newlands College
- The first week of September usually signals Winter Tournament week for schools around NZ.
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QMC Parent Interviews – How to connect on Microsoft Teams
- Queen Margaret College
- Queen Margaret College is looking forward to connecting with parents & caregivers for interviews over the coming days.
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100 Games for Onslow Captain Holly Kelman – A Proud Achievement
- College Sport Wellington
- Onslow College First XI captain Holly Kelman only found out about her milestone in the build-up to last Wednesday’s final regular season Regional Premier 1 Capital Football Trophy league match against Paraparaumu.
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Whakahau i ētahi atu ki te kōrero, ki te ako hoki i te reo Māori; whakauruamai hoki te reo Māori ki tōu ao (encourage others to use and learn te reo Māori; welcome Māori language into your life)
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Māori Language week has been celebrated each year from 1975.
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Caroline Laurent is the Randell Cottage French resident, 2021
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- Caroline Laurent will join the Randell Cottage writer residency programme as the 2021 French artist in residence. Born in 1988 and of French-Mauritian origins, Caroline grew up between French Polynesia, Bordeaux, Italy and Paris, where she currently resides. She still travels regularly to Mauritius to visit her maternal family. Caroline is a graduate of modern […]
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Badminton teams make Senior Teams Finals
- Newlands College
- Congrats to our Newlands 2 & 4 Boys teams and our Newlands 3 Girls teams who have taken out their respective Northern Zone leagues and will represent the Northern Zone at the Zone Finals this coming Friday. The results will be posted here on Monday!
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Boys 2nd XI Football make final
- Newlands College
- The Boys 2nd XI football team sprung a surprise in the Division 4 semi final beating previously unbeaten Wellington College 5, 6-3. They now come up against Hutt International 4 in this weekends final.Congrats to the team and management.
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Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori
- Porirua City Council
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Remembering Titahi Bay Marines Hall
- Porirua City Council
- The Council is seeking public views on how to memorialise the Marines Hall in Titahi Bay, should it be demolished.
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A radical fix for our broken justice system
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Justice reinvestment is a game-changer that redirects spending on criminal justice into social justice initiatives to strengthen communities and reduce social harms, writes Professor Elizabeth Stanley.
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School Notices - 14 September 2020
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Amesbury School Level 2 boundary.
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Applications Invited For 2021 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
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- Applications are now open for the 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship.
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Result: Philp Shield
- Olympic Harriers
- We had six teams of 7: two runners doing 3 laps, two runners doing 2 laps, two runners doing 1 lap, and one walker doing 1 lap. (Some teams had extras, in which case the best 7 results counted.)
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Adventure at Wainui
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Two Shields to Hataitai
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- Marist St Pats are the 2020 Swindale Shield champions! Our Under 85s also won their final to earn the Tony O'Brien Shield...
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Wellington club rugby scoring and results updates 12 September
- Wellington Club Weekly
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Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: September 14th – 20th Monday 21st – Friday 25th September: Mental Health Awareness Week Course choices for 2021 for current Years 9—12 to be entered in the portal: Sunday 20th September Friday 25th September: End of Term 3 Important Information Year 9 Choices for Year 10 in 2021 The Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2021 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/ Your student is invited to explore the options available. They will receive a copy of the planning sheet in rōpū and the planning sheet is also included as the last page in the booklet online. Choices can be made online in the Student Portal from Monday 14th September. It would be appreciated if students can have their options entered by Sunday 20th September (note: this is earlier than reported in the email home). Senior Course Choices for 2021 The second part of senior course choice selection for 2021 is now underway. Students now need to re-confirm their subjects on the portal by Friday 18th September. Please note there have been considerable movements with the lines to eliminate as many clashes as possible. It is unlikely there will be significant changes to the lines from now, so students are strongly advised to choose non-clashing subjects if possible. However, students who still have a problematic clash should indicate this on the updated lines sheet (which will be given out at rōpū) and give this to their rōpū teacher. Concerning online content Netsafe has received several reports about a concerning video that was shared on social media. It has now been removed from Facebook. The video has been shared on other social media sites, such as Tik Tok and Instagram, and the platforms are actively removing this video. Regardless of whether students have seen the video or heard about it second-hand, young people may experience emotional distress given the nature of this content. As a school, our best advice is to make sure that your students are supported and have avenues to talk about how this content may be affecting them. If students do come across copies of the video being shared, we’d strongly encourage them to report it to the social media site or website that it’s on, and to report it to Netsafe. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Helping students exposed to upsetting content Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633 Achievements Debating Finalists! A huge congratulations to our Junior Prem and Prem B teams who have made it through to their regional finals for debating! The Junior Prem team of Sky Gobbi, Liv Calder, Tom Bonert, and Fergus Martin-Edgar, won their semi-final debate last Tuesday against Samuel Marsden. The Senior Prem B team of Julia Randerson, Alex Buyck, Corwin Heath-Cameron, and Rata Petherick won their semi-final debate this week against Scots. It is a very impressive result for Wellington High School debate teams to make it into two finals! We are very proud of both teams and wish them all the best for their finals. Also — a special congratulations to Julia Randerson who qualified for Wellington Black (one of the two Wellington regional teams) a couple of months ago. Her team made it to the national semi-finals for debating after winning four of their preliminary debates! Katherine Mansfield Short Story success! Congratulations to Nadezhda Macey for winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award 2020 with her story ‘Matahiwi’, and to Cadence Chung for her Highly Commended story ‘The End of the World’. Wellington High School was the only school to have two students short-listed — a great achievement. Both pieces of writing received glowing praise and you can enjoy all the short-listed stories online at: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/km-short-story-competition. Nadezhda received a $500 cash prize and the eleven short-listed students were presented with certificates by guest judge Tina Makereti at the annual award ceremony at the National Library on Tuesday night. [Image right: Nadezhda and Cadence are pictured with Tina Makereti, Principal Dominic Killalea and Head of English Faculty, Caitlin Reilly.] What’s happening? Mural workshop with Sheyne Tuffery This week a group of art students joined Sheyne in developing a design for a mural for the level 2 linkwell. This is a WCC funded project that Sheyne has been working on for some months. Sheyne’s mural work can be seen on Wallace Street and Hopper Street. We look forward to seeing the final results — BSJ WHS Tramping Club heads to Atiwhakatu Hut Last weekend, 18 students tramped to Atiwhakatu hut. We walked from Holdsworth station car park along the river to Atiwhakatu hut and back. Students cooked their own meals and lit the fire for a cosy night. A little rain failed to dampen our spirits; there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! — AEJ/PAB From the Greenhouse! From the school garden greenhouse this week orchids for WHS reception. Grown with care by the senior horticulture students. He Kākano news Our He Kākano students have enjoyed an outdoor education week. We visited the learning centre at the Botanical Gardens to learn about how produce grows from a seed to a fruit and vegetable. There were opportunities to pick our own carrots too! A visit to Toi Art at Te Papa had us in a colour room with some interesting group photos. Sports Underwater Hockey Congratulations go to Carlos Relph and Henry Murdoch from our Senior Open team for their selection to the U18 Central Zone B team, and to Milly Woodbury from our Senior Girls team for her selection to the U18 Central Zone A team. We wish them good luck at nationals. Well done to them, and something to aim for in future years for our junior players Junior Girls’ Football Our Junior Girls’ Football played their last game this week, this is the first team we have had in this grade for a number of years and we are looking forward to having a team in this grade for years to come. Huge thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle for really driving this team and making it fun for all the girls. Winter Tournament Our Girls’ Football 1st XI finished their Round robin the Regional Premier 2 competition in 3rd place with Semi Finals, and possibly Finals, to come. At the Winter Tournament, the girls place 12th which is their best finish to date. A special thanks to Isobel Smith, Heidi Coleman, Ella Blakely, Gala Baumfield, Emma Allen, Kayla Landers and Isla McInnes who all competed in their final tournament for the school. Also, thanks to Will Dewhirst who has done a great job coaching. Our Boys’ Football 1st XI finished their last game of the Round Robin D1 competition, finishing unbeaten after 7 games. So, we have finished 1st with 17 points (5 wins and 2 draw). We are heading now into Semi Finals on Saturday 12 September. Our Boys’ Hockey 1st XI are currently in 2nd place in the P3 division and are hoping to compete at the final in week 10. The boys competed hard at Winter Tournament week and finished it off with a win over Newlands. Big thank you to Will Pinckney, Jess Johnson and Kether Gati for looking after the team. Netball: Last year our Senior A netball team won their grade and this year they have done it again! Well done, too, to our Senior B team who won their grade too. Great things are coming from these young strong wāhine…and our Year 13s finishing on a high. Senior A – Isobel Smith, Tilly Coup, Rebecca Te Kahika, Senior B – Lily Parkin-Foon, Mai Cooper, Emily Rosemergy
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Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8)
- Wellington High School
- Important Dates Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: September 14th – 20th Monday 21st – Friday 25th September: Mental Health Awareness Week Course choices for 2021 for current Years 9—12 to be entered in the portal: Sunday 20th September Friday 25th September: End of Term 3 Important Information Year 9 Choices for Year 10 in 2021 The Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2021 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/ Your student is invited to explore the options available. They will receive a copy of the planning sheet in rōpū and the planning sheet is also included as the last page in the booklet online. Choices can be made online in the Student Portal from Monday 14th September. It would be appreciated if students can have their options entered by Sunday 20th September (note: this is earlier than reported in the email home). Senior Course Choices for 2021 The second part of senior course choice selection for 2021 is now underway. Students now need to re-confirm their subjects on the portal by Friday 18th September. Please note there have been considerable movements with the lines to eliminate as many clashes as possible. It is unlikely there will be significant changes to the lines from now, so students are strongly advised to choose non-clashing subjects if possible. However, students who still have a problematic clash should indicate this on the updated lines sheet (which will be given out at rōpū) and give this to their rōpū teacher. Concerning online content Netsafe has received several reports about a concerning video that was shared on social media. It has now been removed from Facebook. The video has been shared on other social media sites, such as Tik Tok and Instagram, and the platforms are actively removing this video. Regardless of whether students have seen the video or heard about it second-hand, young people may experience emotional distress given the nature of this content. As a school, our best advice is to make sure that your students are supported and have avenues to talk about how this content may be affecting them. If students do come across copies of the video being shared, we’d strongly encourage them to report it to the social media site or website that it’s on, and to report it to Netsafe. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Helping students exposed to upsetting content Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633 Achievements Debating Finalists! A huge congratulations to our Junior Prem and Prem B teams who have made it through to their regional finals for debating! The Junior Prem team of Sky Gobbi, Liv Calder, Tom Bonert, and Fergus Martin-Edgar, won their semi-final debate last Tuesday against Samuel Marsden. The Senior Prem B team of Julia Randerson, Alex Buyck, Corwin Heath-Cameron, and Rata Petherick won their semi-final debate this week against Scots. It is a very impressive result for Wellington High School debate teams to make it into two finals! We are very proud of both teams and wish them all the best for their finals. Also — a special congratulations to Julia Randerson who qualified for Wellington Black (one of the two Wellington regional teams) a couple of months ago. Her team made it to the national semi-finals for debating after winning four of their preliminary debates! Katherine Mansfield Short Story success! Congratulations to Nadezhda Macey for winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award 2020 with her story ‘Matahiwi’, and to Cadence Chung for her Highly Commended story ‘The End of the World’. Wellington High School was the only school to have two students short-listed — a great achievement. Both pieces of writing received glowing praise and you can enjoy all the short-listed stories online at: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/km-short-story-competition. Nadezhda received a $500 cash prize and the eleven short-listed students were presented with certificates by guest judge Tina Makereti at the annual award ceremony at the National Library on Tuesday night. [Image right: Nadezhda and Cadence are pictured with Tina Makereti, Principal Dominic Killalea and Head of English Faculty, Caitlin Reilly.] What’s happening? Mural workshop with Sheyne Tuffery This week a group of art students joined Sheyne in developing a design for a mural for the level 2 linkwell. This is a WCC funded project that Sheyne has been working on for some months. Sheyne’s mural work can be seen on Wallace Street and Hopper Street. We look forward to seeing the final results — BSJ WHS Tramping Club heads to Atiwhakatu Hut Last weekend, 18 students tramped to Atiwhakatu hut. We walked from Holdsworth station car park along the river to Atiwhakatu hut and back. Students cooked their own meals and lit the fire for a cosy night. A little rain failed to dampen our spirits; there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! — AEJ/PAB From the Greenhouse! From the school garden greenhouse this week orchids for WHS reception. Grown with care by the senior horticulture students. He Kākano news Our He Kākano students have enjoyed an outdoor education week. We visited the learning centre at the Botanical Gardens to learn about how produce grows from a seed to a fruit and vegetable. There were opportunities to pick our own carrots too! A visit to Toi Art at Te Papa had us in a colour room with some interesting group photos. Sports Underwater Hockey Congratulations go to Carlos Relph and Henry Murdoch from our Senior Open team for their selection to the U18 Central Zone B team, and to Milly Woodbury from our Senior Girls team for her selection to the U18 Central Zone A team. We wish them good luck at nationals. Well done to them, and something to aim for in future years for our junior players Junior Girls’ Football Our Junior Girls’ Football played their last game this week, this is the first team we have had in this grade for a number of years and we are looking forward to having a team in this grade for years to come. Huge thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle for really driving this team and making it fun for all the girls. Skateboard success Congratulations to Gala Baumfield who top scored across all competitions with 85/100 to win the Senior Girls’ section at the regional Skateboard Champs this week. Winter Tournament Our Girls’ Football 1st XI finished their Round robin the Regional Premier 2 competition in 3rd place with Semi Finals, and possibly Finals, to come. At the Winter Tournament, the girls place 12th which is their best finish to date. A special thanks to Isobel Smith, Heidi Coleman, Ella Blakely, Gala Baumfield, Emma Allen, Kayla Landers and Isla McInnes who all competed in their final tournament for the school. Also, thanks to Will Dewhirst who has done a great job coaching. Our Boys’ Football 1st XI finished their last game of the Round Robin D1 competition, finishing unbeaten after 7 games. So, we have finished 1st with 17 points (5 wins and 2 draw). We are heading now into Semi Finals on Saturday 12 September. Our Boys’ Hockey 1st XI are currently in 2nd place in the P3 division and are hoping to compete at the final in week 10. The boys competed hard at Winter Tournament week and finished it off with a win over Newlands. Big thank you to Will Pinckney, Jess Johnson and Kether Gati for looking after the team. Netball: Last year our Senior A netball team won their grade and this year they have done it again! Well done, too, to our Senior B team who won their grade too. Great things are coming from these young strong wāhine…and our Year 13s finishing on a high. Senior A – Isobel Smith, Tilly Coup, Rebecca Te Kahika, Senior B – Lily Parkin-Foon, Mai Cooper, Emily Rosemergy The post Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8) first appeared on Wellington High School.
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Run Jump Throw training for clubs
- Athletics Wellington
- Run Jump Throw training for clubs Where: Newtown Park When: Sunday 22 November 2020, from 10:00am to 3:00pm Cost: Free The Athletics New Zealand Run Jump Throw programme helps children aged 6-9 years to develop athletics-specific skills in a fun, inclusive way that encourages Kiwi kids to participate in our sport.
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Summer season planning calendar – 2020-21
- Athletics Wellington
- Summer season planning calendar – 2020-21 We have prepared a draft planning calendar for the 2020-21 season, showing planned events at Newtown Park, together with a range of other events in various locations that may be of interest to athletes and officials.
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Spatial Plan Community Meeting - Wed 23 Sept
- Hataitai Community Website
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Weekly news for Friday 11th September
- St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
- This week in the Season of Creation we focus on rivers. Rivers are a transient state of water. Water evaporatingRead More
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Aotearoa's poets of the future feature in National Schools Poetry Awards
- Victoria University of Wellington
- E Wen Wong, a Year 13 student from Burnside High School in Christchurch, has won the 2020 International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) National Schools Poetry Award.
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Newsletter Week Ending 13 September
- Karori Anglican Churches
- GODZONE KIDS SESSIONS – 11AM SERVICEParents, just a reminder that whilst following the Covid-19 Alert Level 2 restrictions, please take your kids directly to their Godzone sessions.
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7 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- Congratulations to Cassie Truscott and Jack Day on recording new 20-shot PBs yesterday (189.
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Labour and National 'lock in existing tax unfairness'
- Victoria University of Wellington
- ‘Vertical’ equity, ‘horizontal’ equity—whichever way you look at it, New Zealand's major parties' tax policies are too conservative, writes Dr Jonathan Barrett.
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NZ leg of global research into election social media
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers are conducting the New Zealand leg of an international project to analyse how political actors use social media to target, inform, interact with, mobilise and pursue voters in elections.
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Crane Removal this Sunday, Churchill Drive.
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- naylor Love will be removing one of the Tower Cranes this Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September.
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Council’s Planning for Growth
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- Our city is growing, and the District Plan is up for review.
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Goochy raises a ton
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Jacob Gooch running strongly against the Wellington Axemen in a recent match. Last Saturday he played his 100th Premier match for Petone. This Saturday Petone meets Northern United at Porirua in a must-win match to advance to the Jubilee Cup semi-finals. By Adam Julian July 25, 2020, music is rumbling, the chat is short, shrieking,...
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7 September 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- Congratulations to Cassie Truscott and Jack Day on recording new 20-shot PBs yesterday (189.
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Ray Martin – Bowls NZ Emerging Player of the Year
- Victoria Bowling Club
- Ray Martin won the Bowls NZ Emerging Player of the Year award for the 2019-20 year, big congratulations to him.
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World famous Masters Quiz Night... at the clubrooms Thursday 17th of September... doors open at 6pm
- Island Bay United AFC
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Great raffle prizes & auction.
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Rams and Eastbourne set for U85kg Paul Potiki Shield decider
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The U85kg competition comes to a close in Wellington this Saturday with the Division 1 Paul Potiki Shield and Division 2 Tony O’Brien Shield finals. The latter is being played at Hataitai Park at 12.45pm between the Wellington Axemen and Marist St Pat’s, while the former for the Division 1 spoils is being contested at...
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A return to normality? Not for everyone
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A vaccinated Aotearoa of late 2021 may look a bit like pre-pandemic New Zealand, but it could be a microbially more dangerous place for some, writes Professor Nicholas Agar.
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Swindale Shield decider
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Under 85s to contest final
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Outcomes from the AGM
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Significant, Long-lasting Changes to Hataitai are Planned
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- Don’t put it off - have your say NOW on the Councils draft spatial plan.
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Breaking out of neoliberalism’s ‘iron cage’
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Punishing anti-competitive conduct and the abuse of market power by corporates, and protecting consumers, will only come with a radical reform of the 1986 Commerce Act, argues Dr Geoff Bertram.
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Council advised, roadworks in our area
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- We receive regular updates from Wellington City Council about upcoming roadworks.
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Our 2019-20 Annual Report has been published
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- It’s been another busy 12 months at Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park - check out our annual report for a summary of all our achievements and a sneak peek at what’s coming up next. https://makarapeak.bike/201920-annual-report
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Glenburn Station: Field Trip
- Wellington Photographic Society
- Join us at Glenburn Station in the Wairarapa Coast for a memorable weekend of photography and fun with fellow photographers.
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Year 3-6 Amesbury School Athletics Day
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- Our Year 3-6 Amesbury School Athletics day is coming up very early in Term 4 on Tuesday 15 October (Week 1) at Newtown Park.
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ringcraft moana jewellers
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- Jewellery designer Rob Wright and Belinda Lubkoll, a combination of New Zealand meets Europe.
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What’s the big fuss about Māori seats on councils?
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Annie Te One explains why embedding Māori representation in local government shouldn’t be such a big deal.
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100 UP FOR ASHA STROM
- Wellington United AFC
- Wellington United's latest centurion, Asha Strom, is something of an unsung hero. Playing in a defensive midfield role she doesn't get in the spotlight like those that score the goals, she just gets on with her job, a job she does so well and has set a very high standard in she really has to have an exceptional game to get noticed. 2018 Dutch import Suzanne Giesen, commented on her time at the club "it was fantastic playing with Asha, as she did all the hard work which allowed me to push forward and attack more" Playing in the role she does, Asha doesn't get many chances to score goals, and while she has scored just four in her 100 games they have all been memorable shots from about 25-30 meters. Goals that her teammates have dubbed "Asha specials"
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Council secures 90% funding for Eastern Porirua neighbourhood improvement project
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- Porirua City Council successful in bid for funding from Waka Kotahi Transport NZ's Innovating Streets programme.
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August 2020 Residents Association meeting minutes
- Pukerua Bay Residents Association
- Tuesday, August 11, 2020Pukerua Bay RSA, 5-7 Wairaka Road Present: Paul FitzGerald (Chair), Nikky Winchester (Secretary), Iain McLean, Kate Dreaver, June Penhey, Margaret Blair, Mel Galletly, Bill Jackson, Nathan Waddle (PCC)Community: Pat Hanley, Moira LawlerApologies: Pauline Morum, Jonathan Harker, Jenny Brash (GWRC)Approval of previous minutes: moved Iain McLean, seconded Bill Jackson, none opposed, carried. Porirua City Council update Nathan explained that the District Plan has been approved, and PCC is now taking feedback and submissions on it; it will go into action in early 2021. PCC is about to start running workshops on the Long Term Plan. A workshop is being held tomorrow with NZTA regarding the plans for revocation of SH1 and SH58 post-Transmission Gully. Matters arising Iain, Kate and Nikky met to discuss the Village Planning survey. Kate has since talked to PCC about whether they will pay for design, advertising and printing. The hope is to get the survey circulated soon, and to organise a drop-in session one Saturday at St Mark’s. The intention is to present the results at this year’s AGM. Financial $0.14 interest has been received this month. Correspondence No correspondence has been received. Progress on action items Action: Bill/Jon to discuss options for cloud storage. The Committee confirmed a strong preference to use a free public service, rather than a paid service. Action: Jon to add the information about the 25 memorials around the village to the RA website once Margaret has collected the information.Action:Jon and Pauline will meet as the new Fundraising committee, and present proposals to the Committee.Action:Pauline/Iain/Kate to continue investigating options for organising a silent art auction in November/December.Action:Margaret to remove Brian Sullivan and Pauline Morse as signatories from the PKBRA bank account as they are no longer committee members.Action: Margaret/Nikky to discuss the process for adding Nikky to the list of signatories.Action: Paul to write a proposal about amendments to the RA Constitution.Action: Iain/Paul to ask PCC to send their monthly updates to secretary@ and chair@ and remove all other names from their mailing list.Action: Jon to ask Dave Pepperell about posting information on the website about the Surfers Seat event.Action: Jon to create a page for He Ara Pukerua on the RA website.Action: Margaret to organise the seat plaque for Ernie Amey and Kath Fowler. Projects update Muri Platform building The signed lease papers have not yet been received back from Kiwirail confirming the lease. This should be in hand before the official launch event on 5 September. Action: Iain/Paul to follow up with Kiwirail. Food forest/community garden and He Ara Pukerua The Muri Station platform building and panels will be formally opened by the Mayor on Saturday 5 September at a launch commencing at 10.30am, followed up with tours around the food forest, where entertainment and refreshments will be available. Paul has asked PCC if the trees around the platform can be trimmed in advance of the event. Action: Jon to create a page on the RA website. Penguin survey Pauline Morum forwarded an email from Glenda Robb at the Kapiti Coast Biodiversity Project. A survey will be carried out in late September with a penguin dog, to track the local little blue penguins. Glenda has offered to do a brief talk at the September Committee meeting. Action: Paul to respond to Glenda and invite her to talk at the Committee meeting on 8 September.Action: Jon/Nikky to promote meeting/talk online.Action: Iain to look for name of DOC contact person re the installation of new signage about keeping dogs on a lead at the beach. Waste Free PKB Waste Free PKB’s collections have been extended to include metal beer bottle caps and wine bottle tops, metal jar lids, metal and plastic drink bottle tops, milk bottle caps, bread tags, can tabs, eyeglasses, facial skincare product packaging (plastic and glass containers plus lids, droppers and other complex closures), and writing instruments (including pens, felt tip pens, highlighters, markers, mechanical pencils and correction fluid – but not wooden pencils and chalk). This is in addition to the collections that have been in place since January 2019, which includes oral health products (toothbrushes, clean and empty toothpaste tubes and dental floss containers), AA and AAA batteries, and a number of different brands of coffee capsules. Action: Bill to investigate possibility of recycling computer equipment. AGM The AGM needs to be held in October, probably after the October committee meeting (scheduled for 13 October). It was suggested that Glenda Robb be asked to present the results of the penguin survey. Action: Paul to investigate a suitable date for using the School and Community Hall. Other business NZTA are keen to further extend Ara Harakeke; the next stage is from Pukerua Beach Road along SH1. A surveyor will be considering a possible route so as to avoid the slope and zigzag. Meeting ended: 8.25pmNext meeting: 8 September 2020
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Update – Bupa Care Home 122 Churchill Dr
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- Naylor Love have provided an update on September works at the 122 Churchill Drive site, which can be read in full by clicking here.
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School Notices - 7 September 2020
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- Amesbury School Level 2 boundary.
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A city with a vision? AKL x WLG
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- Wellington’s got a lot of bustle and noise (Let’s Get Wellington Moving – Spatial Plan – new subdivisions – convention centre – library) but where’s the coherent vision? Hey Auckland – can we learn some things? The Wellington Urbanerds invited some insightful Aucklanders to talk about the Auckland City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) because it’s getting a lot of positive interest in nerdy circles nationwide, and we thought “Wellington needs one of those to galvanise our progress!” But it turns out that the CCMP is not the cause of Auckland’s progress – it’s a milestone marker of a bigger evolution in Tāmaki. Auckland City Centre’s chief urban designer George Weeks was insightful, visually engaging and occasionally very funny. Auckland city centre’s chief transport designer Daniel Newcombe injected insights that were pithy and thought-provoking. All up it’s worth watching the video – details at the bottom. But this post has some of the big insights for Wellington that we took away. Hat tip to Charles Dawson for invaluable note taking. A galvanising vision, with a strong whakapapa What makes the CCMP unusual as an official planning document, Weeks told us, is that it’s not “a planner’s plan” – 2,000 pages of vision down to prescriptive requirements. Instead it’s “the brochure for the city centre”. He told us that “with the 2012 CCMP, we thought it was better to have a 200 page document that 10,000 people see, or at least have skimmed, than a 2,000 page document that 100 people read in detail. We have used this approach to shape the 2020 CCMP.” It has had a major refresh in the last 8 years and the 2020 version is quite something. Galvanising vision Weeks took us through how the updated CCMP works: how it delivers on the Auckland Plan’s promise of life in Auckland, through the city centre’s form and function. It’s worth laying these out because while we definitely have bits of the formula, there’s some powerful elements we’re missing. Experience of being there The Auckland Plan (essentially the Tāmaki-Makaurau 30-year plan) sets out ten Outcomes for the city – effectively the promise of life experience that you should get, being in Auckland. The whole super-city is supposed to fulfil these promises, and the city centre’s no exception. In the CCMP, the ten citywide Outcomes or life promises are intertwined with eight place-specific Transformational Moves. The latter are the major initiatives to change the physical environment of the city centre so it can deliver those outcomes – the good Auckland experiences – for anyone who’s there. A lot of this has come into the 2020 CCMP thanks to Access for Everyone (A4E), the city centre’s transport programme done to support the CCMP refresh process (more on A4E later). Street forms and place shapes… So the 2020 CCMP has street explainers that show – conceptually but with a lot of verisimilitude – the components of the streets and buildings, the overall shape of the whole public realm that’s needed for the city centre to give people that great experience. a generic “transit street” explainer – from the CCMP These explainers are conceptual, but are tied enough to specific places, that everyone can see the trajectory of how their specific bit of the city will be changing, but crucially they can see a really solid why. …because This means “X street, and its environment, should have Y shape and form because…”. We saw, for example, that one of the biggest streets in the Learning Quarter, Symonds Street, will be a transit street for all these reasons: Symonds St, for example, needs to become a transit street not because of some abstracted notion of “sorting out the transport” but because it is at the heart of Auckland’s city centre universities, and “transit street” is the form for Symonds Street that will let it best serve people in the Learning Quarter with the good experience the Auckland Plan promises. Weeks flicked through a few examples of how the CCMP is signalling change to the built environment of Tāmaki’s city centre (which is pretty interesting – have a play here, the 2020 version is fully digital!) Our impression of all this was that the CCMP, thanks to the Auckland Plan and Access For Everyone (the transport dimension), has pretty well integrated two things that any self-respecting city needs to integrate. This is the roles of movement (transport) and place or exchange (destination activity) in any given area of the city centre. And Auckland manages to integrate these with a nice clear Why and Because for each set of changes. [Hold on, is that anything special? We know about this stuff… This tight integration – of form to function, place with movement, built form to people’s lived experience – seems pretty elementary for self-respecting cities. And you’d be forgiven for assuming Wellington has that integration in place. Indeed, things like the street concepts in Auckland’s 2020 (refreshed) CCMP don’t look too dissimilar to what LGWM put out for the Golden Mile. And the material coming out from LGWM and the Central City elements of the Spatial Plan and Wellington 2040 use a lot of the right words. Golden Mile concept from LGWM But in listening to Weeks’ presentation, we realised just how explicit and unequivocal the CCMP and A4E are about the why, the because for the physical city changes they describe, anchored home to that lived experience promised in the Auckland Plan. And the locked-in coupling between the place / destination train and the movement / transport train so they’re pulling each part of the city in the same direction towards that better experience for all Aucklanders. This coupling is something we’re muddling around in Wellington. We’re hedging our bets on saying explicitly what lived experiences we want to prioritise and privilege in our city centre. This means the transport planning and place planning are making (at best) vague bows in each other’s direction, with lots of hedging our bets about whether and how we’re prioritising “drive-through” vs “go-to” in our city centre. OK back to the presentation…] Galvanising and enabling Weeks told us that in the CCMP, when you combine the Auckland Plan’s Outcomes and the CCMP’s Transformational Moves, the product is the city centre “Opportunities”. Opportunities are projects, quite specific things, and there are quite a few listed. click on the image to have a play in the CCMP Opportunities But they’re not a set of business-case investments that clamp tunnel-vision onto ambition. They seemed to be as much illustrating the kinds of projects that would make the city centre better at giving people that great experience of Auckland living. As Weeks emphasised: “anyone can come up with an Opportunity”. (We imagine the galvanising could run like this… Hello, I’m a developer looking at buying or developing neighbouring Building X and Building Y, I can see the direction of profitable change and unprofitable change that I could make to that property, given the trajectory of change in its environment. And I can make up a project that creates a much better laneway space between them, plus better delivery access, better stormwater handling, and augmented residential-plus-commercial uses… This bundle of investments will make me money, and enhance really well that little corner of the city – so public investment and other private are likelier to come join me… ) CCMP’s generic laneways explainer (click to expand) Lesson for Wellington: let the vision be the vision, get other activity making it reality A big lesson for Wellington, Weeks said, was to “be clear about what different plans are to do. The City Centre Masterplan sets the vision, which allows many actors to work out how to deliver its different facets, or to develop their own ideas too.” The CCMP is only the green-circled bits in this picture. CCMP: a strong whakapapa The CCMP’s technical pedigree is strong – it makes good application of internationally-accepted principles of urban physics and urban dynamics. But – as Weeks put it – if the CCMP can “see further, it’s because [it is] standing on the shoulders of giants”. Complementing the CCMP’s technical pedigree is its collective human ancestry: the people, organisations, and relationships that have coalesced around it, the support that it’s known and seen to have, and the mana that this contributes to its strong legitimacy and mandate today. From the presentation a few points stood out on each of these… The technical pedigree of the CCMP Weeks and Newcombe gave us a whistle-stop tour of the set of transport and urban planning documents of which the 2020 CCMP is the progeny. Auckland Unitary Plan – The supercity’s first joined up District Plan, the “rulebook” for implementing the Auckland Plan. Forced much more collaboration in planning, for everything. City Centre Future Access Study – NZTA, Ministry of Transport, Auckland Council, Treasury, Auckland Transport found the City Rail Link would blitz all other 46 options for getting people to and from the city centre. The City Rail Link (CRL) – an underground railway link turning the city centre heavy rail terminus into a through-station, building 4 new underground stations. Doubles the number of Aucklanders with 30min access to city centre. After years of arguing, finally underway once tax was to pay 50% (thanks ATAP). Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) (2016-17, updated 2018) Auckland-region-wide (not just one bit) merit-based priority list of all the big-ticket transport projects, costed and agreed by all funders and deliverers. Crucially: first acknowledgement by central government that Auckland couldn’t road-build its way out of its traffic problems Business Case for Walking – first quantification of the value of city centre walking to Auckland’s economy, done in 2017. [Hey “walkable capital”, where’s ours?] The creation of documents always sounds more coherent in retrospect, but Weeks and Newcombe emphasised that it’s not been a nice clean sequential progress. Key principles of urban physics (like the role of people walking) have only been given oxygen relatively late in the sequence. The need to get tax funding to co-fund megaprojects has meant a lot of back-and-forth raruraru with central government, and between the various bits of Auckland’s council family. And some great documents – like the Business Case for Walking mentioned above – have no official legal weight: a decision-making body can completely ignore them if it wants. But we heard that the various documents have meant that amongst the bureaucracy and other government power-holders, there’s been an accumulation of key principles of good urban physics, akin to accumulation of organic matter. Sometimes it’s just leaves falling, but sometimes there’s a large trunk. These accumulations in the establishment’s hivemind make it much harder to go back and relitigate, as there’s been some crystallisation in the thinking. (Though, of course, as Newcombe noted, that doesn’t stop people trying!) Access for Everyone – the complementary transport element of the City Centre Masterplan which was developed as part of the CCMP refresh – is a great example. In traditionally car-mad Auckland, the entire Auckland Council voted unanimously to begin A4E trials “enabling a decisive mode shift away from private vehicles, to make better use of finite city centre space and improve the quality of the environment.” Wow. Access For Everyone’s car-free Queen Street / Horotiu Valley with Low Traffic Neighbourhoods around. And no more driving through the city centre! The human side of CCMP’s whakapapa We heard that a major benefit of the sequence of documents was the relationships and conversations that a document creates a pretext to have. There’s been a lot of investment in behind-the-scenes engagement, with big stakeholders in the city. This has paid off in an unusual level of big players’ trust and buy-in to the vision and the big moves to get there. From large developers, through Heart of the City (the inner city Business Improvement District), through the AA, NZTA, to the City Centre Residents’ Group (fun fact: 40,000 people live in Auckland’s city centre alone). This good stakeholder engagement bears fruit: it enabled councillors to support the 2020 CCMP relatively easily, despite it having relatively little engagement from the wider public (a few hundred submissions compared with the Unitary Plan’s ~10,000). It’s not a coincidence that Precinct Properties has seen fit to drop a billion (with a B) dollars of its shareholders’ money into the Commercial Bay development – Weeks observed that it’s on the strength of the new trust and joined-up thinking developed through the CCMP process. Daniel Newcombe spoke from experience about the collaboration that had eventually started to come, once “you can get people to stop introducing competing plans” and come together. Sometimes this requires biding your time, working by osmosis, and finding the sensible individuals in an organisation on whom to work, and building coalitions that chip away at antipathetic organisations. Getting people to issue formal letters of support on behalf of their organisations can be extremely powerful, he said. Iwi influence We heard that one major improvement of the 2020 refreshed CCMP over the 2012 original is the inclusion of Māori outcomes. For the refresh, the ADO worked closely in partnership with Auckland’s Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum to develop a Māori outcomes plan. This work shaped Transformational Move 1: Māori Outcomes, with proposals for a papa kōkiri at the waterfront and a whare tāpere at Aotea Square. The 2020 CCMP manifests the Auckland Plan’s Māori Identity and Wellbeing outcome and Te Aranga Māori Design Principles via Outcome 1: Tāmaki Makaurau – Our place in the world. It sets out the big interventions and systemic changes to bring mana whenua presence, Māori identity and life into the city centre and waterfront. There are some big-ticket, high-visibility things and pervasive, interwoven ones. To our (Pākehā) ears this sounded pretty great… Attack of the roadcones! Plans are essential, but how do you get them going, especially when there’s so many large, cumbersome players with inertia? Weeks had peppered the presentation with cool before-and-after shots of some iconic Auckland changes, including Te Ara i Whiti / the (pink) LightPath, and localised street improvements like our favourite, O’Connell Street (below). O’Connell Street. oh.yes.melbourne We know (though the webinar didn’t go in depth here) that much of Auckland city centre’s evolution that you and I can see today was driven by the Auckland Design Office, with Auckland Transport and Auckland Council partners. Their projects opened people’s eyes to how good street change could be done, and that actually the good “urban physics” did apply in Auckland too. And they gave Auckland council family a chance to practice delivering street change together, and figure out how it can be done without anyone losing an eye. They did it with a combination of a figurehead / champion / lightning rod / air cover for the ground troops (AKA Ludo-Campbell-Reid) plus a ninja team of designers, engagers and doers, doing on-the-ground projects that brought to life the good practice of urban design. Projects like Fort Street, O’Connell Street, Fort Lane, and Jean Batten Place showed that – contrary to received wisdom – replacement of on-street car parking with high-quality streetscape was good for business. Collaboration with Auckland Transport led to the creation of a pop-up cycleway along Quay Street (well before the Innovating Streets for People pilots) which is now being incorporated into a permanent street redesign that will finish this year. It’s not been an easy road: by now, ten pilots of the street changes for Access for Everyone were supposed to be underway, following that unanimous Council vote, but just one (High Street) has been. And the ADO has now been disbanded, allegedly due to their irritating conservative parts of the establishment with cost-cutting as a pretext. But there’s momentum now… Auckland’s changing, and has lessons for us Throughout the session the Zoom chat pane had been running hot with questions and comments from the “floor” (aka the online audience). Weeks and Newcombe took questions from the pane and from the Urbanerds presenters, and a few highlights stood out including lessons for Pōneke… Lesson for Wellington: get partners on the same transport page Weeks’ and Newcombe’s first lesson was to get a multi agency agreement on transport together. It can’t just be the city council or regional council. It has to have central government buy-in; they can’t be pulling in the other direction from the city or region with their ambitions for the city’s transport. Updated ATAP, with all the partners This consensus shifts the conversation from “Do we need that good stuff replacing the bad stuff?” to “When do we need it?”. You have to keep the focus at that “when” level, not allowing relitigation of the fundamental principle of urban physics that you’ve achieved consensus on. We wonder: is this LGWM? Is it shifting our conversation? Is NZTA pulling in the same direction as the city, as the regional council? Lesson for Wellington: generate the brochure, together A second big lesson is that you have to have the vision, the brochure, the clear picture of the good life that your city wants to give everyone who’s in the city centre, whatever they’re doing there. This has to be the rationale for any the physical changes that you entertain or consider. The Auckland Plan’s 8 outcomes – promises of the experience of life in Auckland, that the CCMP too must deliver This “brochure” must be developed hand in glove with the actors we want to be supporting it, building on any public mandate you already have but not driven by the wider public. This conversation with the big players should not feel like it’s led by any one player (developers, or transport-planners, or inner-city-residents, or businesses – nor even, we wonder, council?). What it must be is very good quality engagement that builds a strong trust and instils a foundation layer of commitment to (or at least grudging acknowledgement of) solid urban physics, and the trajectory of change needed throughout the city. Lesson for Wellington: CBDs are doomed Listener Sally asked whether a focus on a city centre had been overtaken by COVID and its boost to working from home, and localism, especially in Wellington where there’s such a large commuter population. Weeks’ answer put it in much more professional terms, but the message came through clearly: if your city centre is mostly a Central Business District, where “business” is the dominant activity, it’s doomed. Monocultures always make a system vulnerable to shocks, in agriculture, horticulture and in cities If it’s a central city, with a hundred or a thousand different reasons for people of all different walks of life to be there, then it’ll be fine – it’ll change and adapt, but the power of people wanting to be there is the lifeblood of a city. “The death of the city has been predicted since the invention of the city, in the Bronze Age” Weeks observed – “and if you’ve got an actual city, it won’t happen.” We wonder… how much of Wellington’s central city is a dead zone by 6.30pm? How much are we reinvigorating and diversifying the reasons to be there? Lesson for Wellington: lock all good plans to something with teeth Weeks emphasised that the power of these plans comes from linking area plans and other non-statutory plans to ones with statutory power. So despite being a non-statutory document, the City Centre Masterplan carries weight because they mapped its outcomes tightly against the Auckland Plan (the statutory 30-year plan for the whole city) and councillors have voted overwhelmingly in favour of it. diagram showing how the CCMP is making good on the Auckland Plan’s promises, in the city centre We definitely don’t yet have the vision and its trust, nor the solid hook between statutory and non-statutory … but we have some elements of the recipe. We wonder… how much of the CCMP-style whakapapa do we have, if not the actual document? Could we build these levels of trust and vision together? Some Wellington City Council planning and design gurus attended the session and helpfully fielded some questions about where Wellington was at. Our one-liner summary was: it’s not going to hell in a handcart, but it’s definitely all up in the air. Smart engagement from Urbanerds listeners and Talk Wellington readers is really needed. We’ll pick up “so what for us?” in the next post. Here’s the video: link, passcode SUa&tOC5 Meantime… where have you seen signs of a clear vision of good Wellington city life, for everyone?
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Pukerua Bay's place in region's rail history commemorated
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- Muri Station may have closed, but it has become a place to talk about Pukerua Bay's colourful history.
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He Ara Pukerua Historic Display & Community Garden Family Fun Day
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- Despite the gloomy grey weather, the Pukerua Bay Family Fun Day went ahead as planned, attended by Crs Josh Trlin, Nathan Waddle, and Porirua City Mayor Anita Baker, for the opening of the new Muri Station historic display and Community Garden opening.
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Hawks push MSP close as OBU put the hammer down in Swindale matches
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Frontrunners Marist St Pat’s came from behind to edge Johnsonville 26-24 in today’s Swindale Shield round. PHOTO: Tom Minton. Draws & Results HERE By Steven White, Scott MacLean and Adam Julian Marist St Pat’s are odds-on to win this year’s Swindale Shield next Saturday and also qualify top for the championship semi-finals the weekend after,...
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Articles and responses to the WCC Draft Spatial Plan
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- Firstly, this is a link to the comprehensive Our City Tomorrow- Draft Spatial Plan and another one to a Summary of Our City Tomorrow – Draft Spatial Plan See more at https://wellington.
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Wellington club rugby score updates Saturday 5 September
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- Draws & Results HERE Premier (Swindale Shield) RESULT* Avalon Rugby 07 v 45 Northern United RFC RESULT* Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC 24 v 22 Poneke FC RESULT* Johnsonville RFC 24 v 26 Marist St Pats RFC RESULT* Petone 46 v 22 Paremata-Plimmerton RFC RESULT* Tawa Rugby Football Club 60 v 07 Upper Hutt Rams...
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Heartstopper at Helston Park
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- Our Premiers used a 'get out of jail free card' to escape with a bonus point win over Johnsonville on Saturday...
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Weekly news for Friday 4 September
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- Kia ora e te whānau, How exciting it is to come to this Season of Creation. We notice that thereRead More
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Tawa AFC Matchday Programme 5/6 September 2020
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- We have some great news inside, so open the link below to read all about it.
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Strong messages about justice reform
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Christine McCarthy looks at New Zealand political parties' criminal justice policies ahead of the general election, and argues open prisons would have a much better shot at prisoner reintegration than our current prison infrastructure.
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Light Optics - Koru Hub Science Inquiry
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- I got sidetracked in Koru Hub last week.
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Hataitai Litter Blitz - Sun 13 Sept
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Hataitai Community Market - Sat 5 Sept
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- We’ve a full house, so come on down and find yourself a treasure or a treat.
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Roger Robinson Scholarship backs great futures for student runners
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A new scholarship, that will support students who run competitively, has been established by Emeritus Professor and prolific runner, Roger Robinson.
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Why we must decolonise mental health
- Victoria University of Wellington
- We need to decolonise our mental health system if we want revolutionary change, says Dr Sarah Pinto in response to the Chief Ombudsman's report on human rights violations in mental health facilities.
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Darfield quake 10 years ago revealed secrets
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Ten years ago a magnitude 7.1 earthquake ripped a 30-kilometre gash across the Canterbury Plains, revealing previously hidden faults and changing our understanding of earthquake science.
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2020 Prize Giving
- Ngati toa Sea Scouts
- Well, prize giving was a hoot! With two scouts and four venturers in attendance, they only just out numbered the five leaders who were there as well.
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Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Further Action about the WCC Draft Spatial Plan
- Newtown Residents' Association
- Come to our Public Meeting on Wednesday 16th September, 7.
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Newsletter Week Ending 6 September
- Karori Anglican Churches
- EVENSONG THIS SUNDAYRay Muller is leading the 6.
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2020-21 Opening Day – 12 September
- Victoria Bowling Club
- Opening Day for the new season is coming up on 12 September! From 1pm, we’re having an Open Day roll-up for members and non-members, so bring your family, your neighbours and your workmates to come have a bowl. The official opening is from 6pm. Opening Day 2020-21 Mt Victoria Bowls Facebook Event The post 2020-21 Opening Day - 12 September first appeared on Victoria Bowling Club.
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Victoria Bowling Club, Rixon Grove, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Daily checks help keep kororā safe
- Wellington City Council
- Every morning before work begins along Cobham Drive, workers check for kororā (little blue penguins) which could have taken refuge over night.
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Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Porirua’s rich cultural tapestry
- Porirua City Council
- Pacific Language Weeks are a great way to celebrate our Pacific cultures.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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31 August 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- Congratulations to Megan Brodie who recorded three new PBs this week, culminating in a 99.
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Royal Tiger Range, Russell Terrace, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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31 August 2020
- Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
- Congratulations to Megan Brodie who recorded three new PBs this week, culminating in a 99.
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Royal Tiger Range, Russell Terrace, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Building Project Consultation Open Day – 3pm Sunday 13 September 2020
- Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards
- We are inviting all interested community members to the Paekakariki Surf Club Sunday 13th September at 3pm for a discussion around our new building plans.
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Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards, Beach access, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Improving youth sport worldwide
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Justin Richards is part of an international project to determine what we know—and don’t know—about the benefits of sport, particularly for young people.
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Primary care nurses’ strike
- Hutt Valley District Health Board
- Hutt Valley DHB is aware that some primary care nurses will be undertaking strike action for eight hours tomorrow (Thursday 3 September).
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Strengthening history at the seams
- Wellington City Council
- The future of a 122-year-old building in the heart of Newtown is looking rosier thanks to a helping hand from Wellington City Council.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Library needs to foster connection and collaboration
- Victoria University of Wellington
- While Wellington's boarded-up central library is a sad prospect, the city and its communities are now presented with an exciting opportunity, writes Professor Anne Goulding.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Road Running Championships
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- 19 September 2020 Reservoir Road, Wainuiomata COVID19 and the Road Champs The Road Running Championships are planned to go ahead at Level 1 or Level 2.
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September/October Holiday Program... book now!
- Island Bay United AFC
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Get all the details here
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COVID-19’s effect on assisted reproduction
- Victoria University of Wellington
- New Zealand's rules for assisted reproduction need to be re-assessed in light of the pandemic closing down international travel and access to options overseas, writes Associate Professor Rhonda Shaw.
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Don’t let the gunman make his own myth
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Nicholas Agar explains why we don't want to give Christchurch massacre murderer Brenton Tarrant access to the outside world but the outside world needs access to him.
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The value of disagreeing in good faith
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Things are generally better when we can disagree in public without doubting our opponents' motives, write Dr James Kierstead and Dr Michael Johnston.
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Unique version of Frances Hodgkins survey show
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi is giving Wellingtonians an opportunity to see a significant survey of work by Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), one of the country’s most important expatriate artists of the twentieth century.
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Annual Horsey Night is on!
- Stop Out Sports Club
- This is fantastic fun event. Run exclusively by the Senior players, all proceeds go back to support the club. The post Annual Horsey Night is on! first appeared on Stop Out Sports Club.
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School production 2020
- Kilbirnie School
- The Kilbirnie School Production is back this year with three great acts to entertain and amaze you! Tuesday 22- Ngake Hub presents: OFF THE PLANET.
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COVID-19 impacts on Porirua Businesses ongoing
- Porirua Chamber of Commerce
- Results from the recent Central New Zealand business confidence survey reveals that Porirua businesses are feeling optimistic about their own businesses,…
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Sarah McLeod-Venu Shooting for Netball Success
- Wainuiomata High School’s Sarah McLeod-Venu was recently selected in the Central Manawa Beko League squad and has been captaining her school team to a winning run in Division 2 of the Wellington Regional school competition.
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Navigating Covid Level 2
- Orienteering Hutt Valley
- Welcome to the pre-entry era under Covid Level 2. But we are miles better off than Auckland which still has a gathering limit of 10.
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