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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Blues and 50th cap for James Blackwell

    • 24 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • James Blackwell (Petone) will play his 50th match for the Hurricanes when they take on the Blues in round two of the Super Rugby Pacific competition this Saturday in Dunedin.  By Kevin McCarthy  Round one down and in a season like no other, it still feels like a season like every other. In short, a...
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Highlanders

    • 4 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy  Typically, as I’m watching the closing stages of a Hurricanes match, I am thinking about what I can write about in the following week’s column. Last weekend, at the 70th minute mark, I was thinking, oh no, I’ve to write THAT column. The one where the Hurricanes lose, and you try to...
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    The Monday Wrap 4 April (community rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 3 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The opening weekend of Swindale Shield results are in the bag, and there will be no lounging around for defending champions Old Boys University who will want to bounce back quickly from their week one defeat to Petone in round two. They play Wainuiomata at William Jones Park this coming Saturday for the Peter Dunford...
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Sargeson Prize entries opened on 1 April

    • 7 Apr 2022
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Entries opened on 1 April for the 2022 Sargeson Prize and close at 11.59pm (NZST) on 30 June 2022. There is no entry fee, and entries are limited to one per writer, per division. First offered in 2019, the Sargeson Prize is New Zealand’s richest short story prize, with a first prize of $10,000, sponsored […]
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    Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 012 Mot Welch

    • 10 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Welch family football team in 1892. Mot Welch is standing on the right with the cane and listed as the line umpire. Perhaps he was injured at the time and was on touch judge duties? Maurice ‘Mot’ Welch was one of four brothers who in 1888 founded the Taita club, changing their name to...
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    Final round showdown for Swindale Shield

    • 24 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • After meeting last week, Paremata-Plimmerton are back home tomorrow in a local derby encounter against Northern United, whilst the Rams are in town to meet the Wellington Axemen.  By Scott MacLean and Steven White Draws & teamlists (as received) HERE  Petone or Hutt Old Boys Marist? One of those teams will be lifting the coveted...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Weekly News for Friday 8th July 2022

    • 8 Jul 2022
    • St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
    • Hooray, finally I have gone unconditional on the sale of my house in Auckland, and I have also gone unconditional on the offer of a house here in Wellington. Hopefully I will complete selling and buying in one hit, fingers crossed. So soon you won’t have to put up with my housing woes much longer. […]
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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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    Weekly E-News for Friday 29th July

    • 29 Jul 2022
    • St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
    • Mōrena A few days ago I received an unexpected windfall. One of my friends had had a death in her family and was helping to clear out her relative’s house. They came across her stash of embroidery threads, accumulated over the years, as the lady was a keen cross stitcher. Knowing that I am also […]
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    St Andrew's on the Terrace, 30, The Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Review: Shift Your Paradigm

    • 29 Jul 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Shift Your Paradigm Reviewed by Lox Dixon Shift Your Paradigm (No Chairs Required) begins by welcoming us into the Dome space at BATS Theatre, for a chair seminar. The stage is sparse. Two cheap desks are set up, one to either side of stage, and an object (presumably a chair) covered by a sheet, sits […]
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    2022 September Concert Change

    • 20 Aug 2022
    • Chamber Music Hutt Valley
    • Due to the withdrawal of one of its members from public performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, the concert by the Aroha String Quartet scheduled for Tuesday 20th September has been replaced. CMNZ is pleased to present – but note the change of date: New Zealand String QuartetWednesday 28th September – 7.30 pmSt Marks Church, Woburn […]
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• • A tale from Zimmerframe Racing 11

    • 31 Oct 2022
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • 1993 a last race in Auckland on REVS (the Ross 1066); 1995 a last stand on the hull that was the growing REVS that we all know here in Wellington (the Ross 12 version.) Two little boys, and a 9 year gap until one day in early 2002 a 1966 Wagstaff skiff Moth was donated [...]
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    Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103, Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sideline Conversions 19 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 18 Jun 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Another exciting day at Ngati Toa Domain for Paremata-Plimmerton’s supporters on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. +++++ Morning edition: Welcome to the deepest, darkest week of the year. We have one round to play in the 2023 Swindale Shield and several other competitions are heating up considerably. Premier Swindale Shield matches are a glance this coming...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sideline Conversions 27 May (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 26 May 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Upper Hutt Rams J8s after winning the first men’s club rugby title of the year, the Reserve Grade first round division one Mike Copeland Cup. They were unbeaten in five matches. The MSP Internationals won the division two first round title with six consecutive wins. The teams have this coming weekend off before starting...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington club rugby Gains & Losses 2022

    • 30 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The 2022 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. Round one Swindale Shield teams will be named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday. As always there is player movement between clubs and new players from school First XVs and some others from overseas set to join the playing ranks...
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    Why is city change so damn hard?

    • 30 Mar 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • Pictured above, one of “the worst council meetings of all time” happening around the country as inner city residential suburbs become the battleground of our age. Tune in to hear why we’re bad at city change – and hopefully some ways to make good change easier Making good change is every city’s challenge so for...
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• • Personality of the Year 2022 – Cameron Hodges

    • 29 May 2022
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • Awarding someone the Personality of the Year is a satisfying task to do, but also tricky with all the great humans we have in the Club. Spoilt for choices I do believe though that it is the right one. So let’s gets on… The personality for the year 2022 is relatively new to the club [...]
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    Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103, Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    100 Premier games this weekend for Jerome Vaai

    • 2 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White. Photos by Chainsaw Photos.  Jerome Vaai is contributing towards the next generation of Norths players. “I’ve got six kids and one on the way, due in a couple of weeks.” All so far have played rugby for the Norths Juniors, just like Jerome did before he left for his secondary schooling at...
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    Fixing Wellington’s Water Woes

    • 4 Sep 2022
    • Sarah Free
    • There is no doubt we have been through a difficult time with our water infrastructure. My view is that generally aging infrastructure combined with damage from the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake accelerated breakages, and repairing this is not helped by a diminished workforce at Wellington Water (they are currently down one third of their staff). In […]
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    Weekly news for Friday 25th February 2022

    • 25 Feb 2022
    • St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
    • Last week, the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill passed. The Parish Council submitted on this bill, and allowed me to use the oral submission time to talk about my lived experience of Conversion practices. Our submission obviously had an impact, as one of the MPs mentioned part of my story in her speech on the second […]
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    Meet the Women Who Ride at Night

    • 3 Mar 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • How do we make Wellington’s nights safer for all? The women who ride at night remind us that questions of liveability can’t just stop when the sun goes down. Vivian Ortiz is one of seven women who will be featured in an upcoming documentary all about women who cycle at night. Her experience has got...
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• • Let’s Get Wellington Moving: give your views on four mass transit and State Highway 1 options by Friday 10 December

    • 6 Dec 2021
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • Let’s Get Wellington Moving: time to give your views on four mass transit and State Highway 1 options that affect the Basin Reserve precinct Six years after the Basin Reserve flyover proposal was finally defeated in the High Court, Let’s Get Wellington Moving has announced four options for mass rapid transit and State Highway One […]
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    Hurricanes v Crusaders Stat Attack

    • 23 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Jordie Barrett started at Fullback for the 58th time (including the match against the British & Irish Lions in 2017) for the Hurricanes in their season opener against the Crusaders last Saturday and is now one start ahead of Cory Jane in that position. At the top of the list though is Christian Cullen who...
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    Sideline Conversions 27 January (first news and happenings column of the year)

    • 26 Jan 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The sixth and latest Club Rugby jigsaw puzzle has just dropped – the Heartland Championship one. Our first news in briefs, happenings and titbits column of the year. As has been the case previously, the intention is that this column will come out on Mondays every week throughout the rugby year, as we set...
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    Wellington College win St Pat’s Town Traditional and competition opener

    • 25 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wellington College after their win over St Pat’s Town, their 82nd win in this match that started in 1885. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Ian Knightly Wellington College have opened the 2022 Wellington First XV Premier One season with a 29-21 win over St Pat’s Town in sunny conditions at home this afternoon....
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    All aboard the Zane train

    • 8 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Zane Ainslie playing for Hutt Old Boys Marist against Petone in their recent Mcbain Shield match. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Adam Julian Agile and astute, Zane Ainslie has been one of the best performed fullbacks in the Swindale Shield. He has been a key strike weapon for Hutt Old Boys Marist who are third in...
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    Ultimate guide to tech innovations in rugby

    • 21 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ultimate guide to tech innovations in rugby Tech innovations are a great way to boost sports performances and achieve better results. No matter what niche you play in, there’s probably some tech that could elevate your game. However, one sport in which tech is particularly beneficial is ruby. This worldwide famous game has developed over...
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    U16 North Island Netball Tournament – Cara McCully

    • 28 Jul 2022
    • Newlands College
    • Congratulations to Cara McCully one of our Newlands 1 Netball players who had a successful Netball Representative season. Cara was a member of the U16 Wellington Black Netball Team who were Runners up in the U16 North Island Netball Tournament that was played in the first week of the Term 2 holidays. Over the season […]
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v South Africa 1.0

    • 4 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy You may have heard there’s a rugby match or two at altitude in the next two weekends. You remember rugby – as opposed to enjoying talking about rugby administration. Just where do you sit on the spectrum about the Great Trek then? At one end, you will be wishing the All Blacks...
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    Hurricanes U18s and U16s competitions and Ranfurly Shield defence on Saturday

    • 23 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s Finals Day in the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council’s U18 competition and Wellington’s first and only Ranfurly Shield of the year, in matches on Saturday. All six U18s teams in the Hurricanes U18s still standing are in action tomorrow in three matches, two in Napier and one in Whanganui. In Napier, Poverty Bay U18s takes...
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    MOVIES: dive into cool places

    • 6 Oct 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • two/fiftyseven welcomes you to a free film series on the places we live, our relationship to them, and how we make them our own Wellington’s grooviest collaborative space – above Unity Books – is showing some ace movies! The next one is Wed Oct 19th –  short NZ films about our place. November’s is called Ever...
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