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• • wellington.scoop asks: why is NZTA so unpopular?

    • 23 Jan 2010
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • Over on wellington.scoop Lindsay Shelton is asking how the NZ Transport Agency has become the object of so much contempt from local communities. He notes that even columnist Karl du Fresne at the Dominion Post is increasingly skeptical about the performance of this agency: read more
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • District Plan 74 (Utilities) Accepted By WCC

    • 30 Apr 2010
    • Wellington VHF Group
    • We have been informed that District Plan Change 74 has been accepted by the Wellington City Council and now will become part of the District Plan. This change introduced Amateur Antennas as part of the plan and gave hams in Wellington a number of rights. read more
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• • I’m So Happy Here at Kemp

    • 16 Dec 2024
    • Wellington City Mission
    • I moved to New Zealand with my husband and our two children back in 1988. New Zealand was very short of trained mental health nurses then, and I was one... Read more » The post I’m So Happy Here at Kemp first appeared on Wellington City Mission.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Mission News 12 months ago by feedreader
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• • We’re all part of this community

    • 16 Dec 2024
    • Wellington City Mission
    • I knew a fair bit about the Wellington City Mission from my previous role at Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL). There, we took a people-orientated perspective of economic development... Read more » The post We’re all part of this community first appeared on Wellington City Mission.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Mission News 12 months ago by feedreader
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    Navigating the Digital World with AMP Volunteers

    • 12 Nov 2023
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Recently, an article about our partnership with AMP to help seniors improve their tech skills was published in the Listener and NZ Herald. Click on the image to read the article. The post Navigating the Digital World with AMP Volunteers first appeared on Age Concern Wellington.
    • Accepted from Age Concern Wellington feed 25 months ago by feedreader
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• • This is what community is all about

    • 24 Mar 2025
    • Wellington City Mission
    • Robert first came to our Community Lounge when we were in Newtown. He wanted to be a part of a positive place as he tried to find a new focus... Read more » The post This is what community is all about first appeared on Wellington City Mission.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Mission News 9 months ago by feedreader
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Facebook: Kiwi lives don’t matter

    • 10 Apr 2019
    • Jack Yan
    • As someone who read Confucius as a young man, and was largely raised on his ideas, free speech with self-regulation is my default position—though when it becomes apparent that people simply aren’t civilized enough to use it, then you have to consider other solutions.
    • Accepted from Jack Yan posts 80 months ago
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    • blogs
  
  

• • Your support shows we’re not alone

    • 20 Jun 2024
    • Wellington City Mission
    • My life used to look very different. I was working as a beautician at a very well-respected day spa, while also studying to be a nurse and raising my five... Read more » The post Your support shows we’re not alone first appeared on Wellington City Mission.
    • Accepted from Wellington City Mission News 18 months ago by feedreader
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    ENewsletter for July

    • 23 Jul 2024
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • KIA ORA Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. We have some fantastic events coming up – including guided tours of Pukeahu National War Memorial Park and a Curious Conversation with Brad Cohen – Director of the New Zealand Opera. Don’t miss out! Read the full newsletter here
    • Accepted from Age Concern Wellington feed 17 months ago by feedreader
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• • Kapiti Handover

    • 5 Apr 2022
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 19/03/2022 - 11:45 - 13:45 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  6 A runabout broke down off Kapiti Island and K2 Rescue went out to pick them up. It turned out that they were from Mana. K2 requested that we do a handover to free them up for other likely jobs in their area. MR1 went out and rendezvoused with them, then towed the vessel into Mana Marina. Resources Attendees:  Carl Nixon Mark Presling Neil Cornwell CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 44 months ago by feedreader
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• • Don’t miss your once-a-year chance to visit Randell Cottage

    • 25 Oct 2024
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Join us at 14 St Mary Street between 1 and 4 pm on Sunday 27 October to see our historic Cottage, enjoy a free afternoon tea in the garden and listen to readings from local poets and authors.
    • Accepted from Randell Cottage Writers Trust news 14 months ago by feedreader
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    Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • MixClub

    • 8 Apr 2021
    • Newtown Festival
    • Newtown Ave Block Party // 11:00 – 1:00pm MixClub is… Four DJ’ing friends bringing their Berlin- and London-acquired love of minimal, deep house and techno to the Wellington scene.  Expect some nice, subtle and tasty tunes. Mmmm…
    • Accepted from Newtown festival 2019 56 months ago by feedreader
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Old Timers Day

    • 21 May 2012
    • Stop Out Sports Club
    • Terry Killalea, Jimmy MCCreadie and Warwick Gendall at last weeks Old Timers Day. A good win by the 1st team, 3-1 over Petone and the 2nds 6-2 winners over Tawa made the day even more enjoyable!  
    • Accepted from Stop Out news 44 months ago by feedreader
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • BNU Masters 3 v Stop Out Black - 17 July at Hutt Raceway

    • 5 Aug 2010
    • Brooklyn Northern United AFC
    • 1-4 (HT 0-0) Stop Out requested that as they were having a club anniversary day they wanted each of their teams to play at their new grounds at Hutt Raceway, and we were agreeable to this.
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    All Wired Up but Going Nowhere Fast

    • 27 Sep 2010
    • Keith Johnson
    • I have been wittering on the while about the constant de-wiring of trolley buses just down from our house at the Reef Street turning circle on the No 1 Route from the Railway Station to Island Bay.
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    • trolley-buses

    Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • HIBS Runners Up at NZC Cup

    • 30 Nov 2012
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The HIBS Year 7/8 Cricket team performed creditably at the recent National Finals. In their first sojourn into this event the team gained second place with 2 wins, and 1 loss to last year’s champions Tauranga Intermediate
    • Accepted from Cricket Wellington news 156 months ago
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• • 2015 school term dates

    • 6 Aug 2014
    • Brooklyn School
    • TERM 1                                             Tuesday 3 February – Thursday 2 April                                                                                                                                                           TERM 2                                             Monday 20 April – Friday 2 July                                                Teacher Only Day Friday 29 May   TERM 3                                             Monday 20 July – Friday 29 September                       TERM 4                                             Monday 12 October – Thursday 17 December       
    • Accepted from Brooklyn School news 136 months ago
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    • primary

    Brooklyn School, 58, Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand
  
  

• • 4WD user benefit from fee removal

    • 22 Jun 2016
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • 4WD users to benefit from fee removal in Akatarawa Forest Drivers in 4WD trips in Akatarawa Forest are set to benefit from the removal of a $15 access fee charged by Greater Wellington Regional Council from 1 July.
    • Accepted from GW Feed 114 months ago
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• • Premiers back to winning ways against Avalon

    • 13 Apr 2019
    • Old Boys - University Rugby Club
    • No official match report today but I can tell you that although the match-sheet says that all the scoring was done between numbers 1 to 10, it was far from 10 man rugby at Nairnvile Park today.
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• • Conservation week kicks off

    • 2 Nov 2014
    • Te Motu Kairangi
    • Did you know that hangehange has a wonderful scented flowers or that weta do disperse seeds of some plants? Conservation Week started on Saturday (1 November) and the theme for 2014 is "Discover the world where you live".
    • Accepted from Te Motu Kairangi blog 68 months ago by feedreader
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    • conservation

    Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • RSSL Netball Finals

    • 22 Sep 2020
    • 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.
    • Accepted from College Sport news HTTPS 63 months ago by feedreader
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Bike tune up at A Very Aro Xmas

    • 19 Nov 2020
    • Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
    • Come along on 5 December 2020 a day of festivities in Aro Street Park where Cycle Wellington in conjunction with Mechanical Tempest will have a tune up stand and volunteers fixing up bikes! We’ll be set up from around 10AM until 1pm. Hope to see you there with your bike! More info about the event available here.
    • Accepted from Cycle Aware Wellington posts 61 months ago by feedreader
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    Bond Banter 15 March (news in briefs, information, social media round-up)

    • 14 Mar 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Monday morning edition: A big weekend of rugby coming up, as the autumnal leaves sweep closer. A number of pre-season club rugby matches involving Wellington teams, the start of the Manawatu club rugby season and the Hurricanes returning home to Wellington Stadium for their second Super 5 match, in a must-win match against the Chiefs,...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 57 months ago by feedreader
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    Hurricanes v Highlanders Stat Attack

    • 29 Mar 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott. The Hurricanes tasted victory in Dunedin this past weekend. Below are some facts and figures and notable statistics from the game. Round 5 v Highlanders: Won 30-19 The Hurricanes record against the Highlanders is now played 36, won 21, lost 15 and drawn none. The Hurricanes 21st victory against the Highlanders equals...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 56 months ago by feedreader
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    Bond Banter 12 April (NEWS IN BRIEFS, RUGBY INFORMATION FROM THE GROUND UP)

    • 11 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Week one of Wellington club rugby in the books (and week four of Manawatu and week two of Hawke’s Bay, as far as other notable Hurricanes region club competitions go). More than one comment has described the first day of Wellington club rugby on Saturday ‘interesting.’ On paper, Poneke’s 68-5 win over Wellington to retain...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 56 months ago by feedreader
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• • Five-minute bird counts resurrected on Mana, April 2021

    • 16 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • Earlier this year Colin Miskelly produced a proposal to resurrect the 5-minute bird count surveys on Mana. The island is the focus of one of the most comprehensive ecological restoration programmes in New Zealand. However, there is little information published on how the landbird community on Mana has changed over time. The last farm stock […]
    • Accepted from Friends of Mana Island feed 56 months ago by feedreader
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    • kapiti

    Mana Island, Moki Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Speargrass weevil survey gets underway, Feb 2021

    • 16 Apr 2021
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • Late in 2020 Colin Miskelly proposed a one-off survey of speargrass weevils on Mana Island for early 2021. The expectation was for similar surveys to be undertaken occasionally (e.g. at 3–5 year intervals) to assess whether speargrass weevils are being impacted by the Beauveria fungus that is being spread by the flax weevils. The background to […]
    • Accepted from Friends of Mana Island feed 56 months ago by feedreader
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    • kapiti

    Mana Island, Moki Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Nelson College convincing winners over Rongotai and St Pat’s Silverstream

    • 16 Apr 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian and Steven White. Photo by @tackld  Nelson College have sounded a warning to their southern rivals with two convincing victories over Rongotai College and St Patrick’s College, Silverstream on their short Wellington tour. Rongotai was slain 77-7 on Wednesday and Silverstream subdued 40-5 on Friday. Nelson used 25 players across both games...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 56 months ago by feedreader
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    Ories and Paremata-Plimmerton win Women’s club rugby titles

    • 27 Jun 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian and Steven White  Oriental Rongotai flipped a 5-15 halftime deficit to defeat Norths 26-15 in the final of the Tia Passi Memorial Trophy at Jerry Collins Stadium on Saturday. It is the third time since 2017 Ories have won the Wellington Championship, remembering only the Rebecca Liua’ana Trophy was awarded last year due to...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 53 months ago by feedreader
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    • plimmerton
    • rugby

    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington Pride hold off spirited Otago in Women’s NPC opener

    • 18 Jul 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian The Wellington Pride opened their 2021 Farah Palmer Cup campaign with a 13-5 victory over Otago at Jerry Collins Stadium this afternoon. The match kicked off in inclement conditions with heavy rain and skies as dark as an afternoon in  Edinburgh. Despite the sun coming out later in patches, the handling of...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 53 months ago by feedreader
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