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    A Christmas Carol: A Retrospective of Ghosts Revisited

    • 9 Dec 2013
    • Circa Theatre
    • This was one of our most popular posts in drama on the waterfront history - it was originally published exactly a year ago during the first season of Ray Henwood's A Christmas Carol and has received so many hits since, we thought we would bring it back again for your 2013 viewing pleasure.
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    Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Joan Rivers had better facelifts, but it’s the future of the black cab

    • 6 Jan 2014
    • Jack Yan
    • Part of me admires Nissan for going after the taxi market in a big way in New York and London.    Another part of me wonders why on earth the London Hackney Carriage solution is so ugly.    I think Nissan should have asked Mr Mitsuoka for advice on how to Anglicize one of its […]
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• • The real privacy policy

    • 26 Jan 2014
    • Jack Yan
    • Documentaries such as Terms and Conditions May Apply (embedded here) and Doc Searls’ The Intention Economy got me thinking about our privacy policy.    We have one for our company, but how do we really use your private data? It got me thinking.    Since we’ve been online for longer than most people, we have […]
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• • Strong season for premier teams

    • 29 Nov 2015
    • Wellington Tennis Club
    • Congrats to all the Wellington Tennis Club premier teams for their strong play in the pre-Christmas season. Women’s premier 3 finished second (The team’s only loss was by just one set to the grade winners Pinehaven.) Women’s premier 1 finished third Men’s premier 2 finished fourth Men’s premier 1 finished fifth
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    Phoenix agree to Payne transfer

    • 18 Jun 2026
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Tim Payne is making a lifechanging move to one of South America’s biggest clubs. The Wellington Phoenix have accepted an undisclosed fee from Club Olimpia for the All Whites fullback to join the 48-time Paraguay champions. The transfer is subject... The post Phoenix agree to Payne transfer appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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• • New to Coaching or interested in Coaching in the future?

    • 9 May 2016
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Sport Wellington’s Getting Started in Coaching courses are practical, interactive and aim to give coaches the confidence to coach!! COMMUNITY COURSES (PARENTS/TEACHERS/CLUB COACHES) DATE LOCATION TIME REGISTER 11 May 2016 Upper Hutt – St Patricks College (Silverstream), 207 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt 6:30pm – 8:30pm REGISTER 30 May 2016 Wairarapa – Wairarapa Sports House, Corner of Jackson & Chapel Streets, Masterton 6:30pm – 8:30pm REGISTER 1 June 2016 Wellington – National Hockey Stadium, 9 Mt Albert Rd, Berhampore, Wellington 6:00pm – 8:00pm REGISTER  Registration is essential and places are limited For more information about the course check out the video on the Sport Wellington website – http://www.sportwellington.org.nz/getting-started-in-coaching-gelcc/  
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    Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Now With Speaker Details: Public Meeting: For A More Liveable Wellington, Monday 28 August

    • 22 Aug 2017
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • Our speakers are: Roger Blakeley: Introduction – Let’s Get Welly Moving’s principles and objectives   Paula Warren: The sustainable transport hierarchy and why LGWM’s outcomes should reflect it   Barry Mein (LGWM): LGWM’s progress towards meeting its objectives   Russell Tregonning: Transport, climate change and public health: transport choices are health choices   When: Monday 28 August, doors open 5.30pm, 6pm sharp start, 7.30pm close Where: Wellington Central Library, Mezzanine Floor Meeting Room All welcome to hear how sustainable transport design for Wellington benefits everyone—walkers, cyclists, public transport users, and drivers—reducing traffic volumes, lowering carbon emissions, and making a healthier city. Doors open 5.30 for 6pm sharp start. We’ll hear from our speakers, then have a panel discussion, with time for one-on-one discussions afterwards. Facebook event.
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 109: Don McIntosh

    • 22 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • This week’s history profile is Don McIntosh, this one originally scheduled to be published in a couple of weeks. But the sad news just crossed our desk that he has passed away in Levin aged 94, so bringing it forward to honour him here in our way with an article and profile. Rest in peace...
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 123: Bill Dick (Petone)

    • 22 Apr 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Prop Bill Dick was one of those players that binds the club competition and makes it stronger. The reliable, consistent Dick played in Petone’s front row for more than a decade throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s and was later President of Petone. Dick was a four-time Jubilee Cup winner – in 1956,...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Fitter and faster: Esi Komaisavai leading Paremata-Plimmerton to more success this season

    • 22 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: A familiar sight for opposition players. Esi Komaisavai heads off to score another try. Photo: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian For the best part of a decade, Esi Komaisavai has been one of the most exciting players in Wellington rugby. The 2019 Jubilee Cup winner enjoyed a stellar spell at Northern United, where he...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sideline Conversions 23 June (some rugby news and information to start the new week)

    • 22 Jun 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: fulltime at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. One round to play in the Premier Swindale Shield and Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield competitions and several teams will be looking for a pot of gold to improve their chances when the Championship rounds kick off in a fortnight. Swindale Shield matches at...
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• • A tribute to David Kernohan

    • 24 Aug 2025
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • On Thursday 17 April we bid a sad farewell to one of our founding members and previous Chair of the Trust, David Kernohan who passed away suddenly at his home in Carterton. As a Trust we have shared many wonderful memories of David all of which have enabled us to deepen my appreciation for his […]
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• • The Water is Wide – Flooding May 2015

    • 21 May 2015
    • Save Takapu Valley
    • 120 mm of rain in 24 hours, 60 of it in one hour.     There was a fair bit of damage to public infrastructure.  The Wellington water main was undercut in a few places, power poles were washed out and fell over, requiring replacement and relocation. Although this was a pretty epic flood, the… Read More
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    Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • September activities at Wellington Tennis Club

    • 29 Aug 2019
    • Wellington Tennis Club
    • Spring is nearly here and that means one thing … tennis! To kick off the new season, we have a range of activities coming up in September: 7 September (Saturday), 9am: Working bee (reserve day is 8 September, if wet on the 7th) 14 September (Saturday): Social tennis and get together, indoor courts Renouf Centre.
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    Some players to watch in club rugby this year

    • 14 Mar 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    •   By Scott MacLean, Adam Julian and Steven White One of the great things about club rugby is that every year some players break out and create a reputation and put themselves into the major representative picture. We’ve chosen a player from each of the 14 clubs who we think can do that in 2020...
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    Short Passes 1 June

    • 31 May 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Bernie Fraser scores in Bernie’s Corner in Wellington’s 1982 Ranfurly Shield defence against Hawke’s Bay. Wellington won 13-12. PHOTO: John Selkirk.  It’s the start of June and – all going well – a return to rugby is imminent. Just one more weekend to cut the lawns before the rugby starts up again on 13 June...
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    Short Passes 22 June (breakfast edition)

    • 21 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Ories tighthead prop Whetu Henry discusses the aftermatch with referee Newson at the Polo Ground. Ories met a 3-11 defeat to Hutt Old Boys Marist in their season opener. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. More photo galleries HERE  Draws & Teamlists HERE  That’s week one done and dusted – a trying day for rugby on Saturday, and...
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Rebels and the BS

    • 21 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy Uneasy sits the crown. Or less Shakespearean, when are the Hurricanes going to have their banana skin game. The BS game, of course, is the one that they surely can’t lose, yet by season’s end will be the deciding factor in say, coming first, or fourth – or worse. When you’re top...
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    Hurricanes v Fijian Drua and Crusaders Opening two rounds Stat Attacks

    • 24 Feb 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • In association with Hurricanes statistics compiler Peter Marriott, the Stat Attack returns in 2025. Starting the new season, the Hurricanes played their 408th and 409th Super Rugby competition matches against the Crusaders in Christchurch and the Fijian Drua in Napier. Facts and figures from both matches (starting with the most recent one) below. Round 2...
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 105: Frank Crist

    • 24 Jun 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Frank Crist was a leading player in Wellington club rugby for the Wellington Axemen and for the Wellington representative team, who went on to become one of the leading local First XV coaches of all time. Crist was also a World War two fighter pilot and squadron leader. William Frank Crist was born in Dannevirke...
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    Eight club rugby finals at Kilbirnie Park and Evans Bay Park tomorrow

    • 25 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean All roads (actually one road so plan your journey accordingly) lead to Kilbirnie and Evans Bay Parks tomorrow with no fewer than eight club rugby finals at these two neighbouring grounds. The day culminates in the presenting of the 97th Jubilee Cup sometime after 4.30pm to either Tawa and Hutt Old Boys...
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    In the nick of Trei – Mu on his miracle match winner

    • 28 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wainuiomata’s players celebrate against Petone. PHOTO: Joe (Tackld). By Adam Julian  “It was super clean. You can’t rob me of that. You can’t do the dirty on me.” “Did I do something wrong? I was onside. I was one hundred percent certain I got it down.” These are the immediate thoughts of Trei Mu after...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Sargam

    • 25 Jan 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • SARGAM was formed over a year ago through connections, old and new. We are a band of three young families, united by our passion for Indian classical and Fijian Indian folk music. SARGAM is an intergenerational affair. While on stage you may only see one generation of parents and children, in reality, some of the […]
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• • The Water is Wide – Flooding May 2015

    • 21 May 2015
    • Save Takapu Valley
    • 120 mm of rain in 24 hours, 60 of it in one hour.     There was a fair bit of damage to public infrastructure.  The Wellington water main was undercut in a few places, power poles were washed out and fell over, requiring replacement and relocation. Although this was a pretty epic flood, the… Read More
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    Takapu Valley, Wellington City, Wellington, 5028, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Short Passes 28 September (news in briefs and happenings)

    • 27 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The weekend saw the season come to an end with Finals Day at Petone and the College Premiership yesterday, but it’s one that we almost didn’t have when the country was plunged into lockdown over the Covid-19 pandemic back in March. Club Rugby would like to acknowledge all those – players, coaches, support staff, sponsors,...
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    Billy Wallace competition Team of the Season 2020

    • 2 Oct 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above clockwise from top right: Willie Fine, Tom Maiava, Tuakana Metuarau, Sam Reid, Isaac Bracewell and Bruce Kauika-Petersen all make the starting XV in this season’s Best & Fairest competition team. The winner of the competition – either Reid or Kauika-Petersen – will be announced at the upcoming WRFU Community Awards.  By Scott MacLean One...
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    Aisle be Back: Bledisloe #4 in Brisbane

    • 5 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy He is of course one of those players who was marked down at an early stage as a potential Rolls Royce, but sadly with a Ford Escort engine.Let’s try this experiment. Treat Akira Ioane as if you’ve never seen him before, when he starts his first test this weekend in Brisbane. Akira...
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    Snailing around Ruahine Corner Hut

    • 29 Oct 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Any trip worth its salt has an epic long drive and it seems this one was no different – it involved Matt having to do a superb job navigating around a pack of farm dogs that seemed intent on stopping the club van progressing up the road – I think they got the club van ... Read more
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    Formidable Fui chasing a Fourth Jubilee Cup Triumph

    • 23 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Jubilee Cup Final draw HERE  By Adam Julian “This has been one of my hardest seasons. The younger guys coming through make you feel even older and the whole COVID disruption was a big challenge. Still, I’ve enjoyed it. Playing every club has allowed me to reconnect with old friends and that’s put into perspective...
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    Porirua City’s Long Term Plan: submission guide!

    • 25 Apr 2024
    • Talk Wellington
    • LTPs are always pretty important but the 2024-24 one is extra so. Make sure your submission’s in by 5pm Friday 26th April – as little as 10 minutes with this post by Porirua resident (and TW convenor) Isabella This post has some submission tips (AKA the thinking behind the submission guide), then the actual content....
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)