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    Review: Effy

    • 7 Oct 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Reviewed by Lox Dixon. Presented as a part of the TAHI Festival, 2022.  Effy is a piece of physical theatre performed by a masked actor, and featuring no verbal communication. The show takes place in what ostensibly looks like a public park. A rubbish bin sits on one side of the stage, an old wooden […]
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• • Review: Olive Copperbottom

    • 12 Nov 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Leaving Circa on Wednesday after the opening night of Olive Copperbottom, one of the many things I was feeling was deep regret that it was the very first of Penny Ashton’s shows that I’d seen, and I’d missed so many others.  Ashton is a bright light.  Her energy, her wit, and her joy were incandescent […]
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    Hot reads: resource management law reform

    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • It’s a busy time and our whiskers are twitching about lots of things we’re seeing. One of a few hot topics this week – and add any good reads in the comments! There’s a general vibe that the RM reforms released a couple of days ago are… marginal improvements on what’s in the current RMA....
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• • Mana Mokopuna Voices

    • 27 Feb 2025
    • Newtown Festival
    • Mana Mokopuna, the Children and Young People’s Commission, is excited to bring a series of engaging and creative activities for young people at this year’s Newtown Festival. Our goal is to amplify young voices and ensure that what matters most to them is heard loud and clear. The “What Matters Most Kete Korero”, is one […]
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pakai Turia RIP – extremely gifted and consistently exciting

    • 27 Jan 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White & Adam Julian Extremely gifted and consistently exciting – Pakai Turia, has tragically passed away it has been announced on Monday afternoon. A leading player in the Wellington College First XV, Turia spent eight seasons playing first-five and fullback for Pōneke between 2014-2022, with one additional season in 2020 for Hutt Old...
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    Au revoir Oldie!

    • 9 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Ben Old is the second Wellington Phoenix player to secure a life-changing move to one of the world’s top leagues following the men’s record-breaking 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League season. The young attacking midfielder has signed with AS Saint-Étienne, who have... The post Au revoir Oldie! appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Roaring Stag Hut – Tararua Forest Park

    • 9 Jun 2023
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Day one – The tramp started with a meet up at Wellington train station under a reasonably grey sky. The drive was long, so it was hard to pick what the weather was going to be like when we made it to the start point – but we ended up with rain. Steady slow rain. ... Read more
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• • Get fit with Les Mills Boot Camp!

    • 29 Oct 2006
    • St Mary's Old Girls Netball Club (SMOG)
    • Les Mills latest new addition to their fitness programme is a Boot Camp, starting early November. It is a military style programme that will challenge you and commit you to making a change. You’ll be one of a team of recruits led by certified instructors, who will take you through five weeks of intense [...]
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• • Sundays big dig

    • 8 May 2007
    • Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    • This is one of the last workpartys before the rally on Lazy Fern, the track is looking awesome but still needs some finishing touches . We are aiming this Sunday to work on some of those switch backs and get the top section of the track to 1 meter wide, a true beginner standard width.
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    Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Ten Years in Pōneke – Part Three (AN EGG HUNT RETROSPECTIVE)

    • 10 Apr 2025
    • The Wellingtonista
    • One of the first things that happened when I moved to Pōneke in 2015 was the Big Egg Hunt. From March to April 2015 100 giant eggs were hidden around Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch, with the eggs being auctioned off to fundraise for Starship at the end of the quest. I love a little quest, […]
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    Review: Grifted & Talented

    • 9 May 2025
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Reviewed by Bethany Miller Firstly, what a brilliant premise for a comedy game show. Being one of those “gifted” kids, I was taken by the name from the start – the nostalgia of a school programme for unconventional thinkers that I realise now were probably all the oddballs and undiagnosed neurospicy types. Honestly, a lot […]
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    Midweek match for the Mike Gibson Trophy between Wellington Lions and Otago

    • 10 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Wellington Lions and Otago meet in Dunedin tonight for their ‘storm week’ Wednesday night fixture at Dunedin Stadium. The Lions will be playing for their sixth straight wing to start their season, with one eye on the Ranfurly Shield challenge next Sunday against Tasman. As such a number of players have been rested (plus...
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    My Brilliant Divorce Begins

    • 29 Apr 2008
    • Downstage Theatre Blog
    • With the first few days of rehearsal over, Ginette McDonald and Geraldine Brophy are getting into the swing of things. We now have a vague blocking of almost the entire show and Ginette is quickly memorising her lines, allowing her to truly dive into the rehearsals. A big task for a one woman show.
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    Hannah Playhouse, 12, Cambridge Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 01 Feb 2009

    • 28 Jan 2009
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Hi Everyone   Well – what a great turnout last Sunday. There must have been well over 120 Clinic members and visitors packed into the meeting room. They say that every four people are the equivalent of one 1000 watt heater and this became apparent and we sweated and oozed the time until our runs/walk.
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• • Bill McKay ~ talking about the Gordon Wilson Flats (RNZ)

    • 11 Sep 2025
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • On the 23rd of June (2025) Bill McKay, urban issues correspondent for RNZ, discussed “the government’s decision to introduce a bill to demolish Wellington’s Gordon Wilson Flats.” Bill suggests it is a ‘new low’ that the government worked on an RMA amendment to demolish this single building. the greenest building is the one that is […]
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    Gordon Wilson Flats, Maurice Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    More Affordable Bus Fares for Wellington City?

    • 10 Sep 2025
    • Sarah Free
    • Fare Zone boundaries in Wellington City are quite small, so our bus users can easily pay two or three zones to travel a relatively short distance! As seen from this schematic, you would get a lot further for your one, two or three zones if you were in the Hutt Valley or Porirua. I would […]
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Eman Sparking up the Rams

    • 11 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Emmanuel Solomona is one of the most charismatic and damaging midfield backs in Wellington Premier club rugby. With his purple hair, mischievous grin, and hulking physical presence, Solomona is affectionately known as the ‘Eman’ – vital for Upper Hutt in their best season since making the Jubilee Cup semi-finals in 2005. The...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    A closing pop-up sale for fat babes as yet another business closes

    • 11 Sep 2024
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Remember how I promised to post more often and I haven’t really delivered on that? Well I’m trying to get less busy so I can. Truly I am. And one of the ways I’m doing that is by closing the House of Boom. Please tolerate me while I cut’n paste this in third person rather […]
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    Centurions playing Canterbury, U16s and U18s teams in action and U85kgs rugby tomorrow

    • 12 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean One group of representative players finish for the year on Saturday, while another competition kicks off. The Wellington Centurions senior men’s side will be hoping to finish their 2025 representative season with a flourish against their Canterbury counterparts at Rugby League Park, whilst the Hurricanes U16s get underway with their first round...
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    Nix sign rising star

    • 12 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix have moved quickly to secure one of the stars of New Zealand’s FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying campaign. The Phoenix have signed Hamilton Wanderers winger Luke Brooke-Smith on a three-year contract, the first two years of which... The post Nix sign rising star appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Hurricanes U18s competition and National Knockout Cup matches tomorrow

    • 13 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s the second round of the Hurricanes U18s competition for the Trustbank Central Shield tomorrow, while the National U85kg Knockout Cup returns with quarterfinals including two at Evans Bay Park. Representative In the Hurricanes U18s competition, there is just one match in Wellington tomorrow, with first round winners the Wellington Centurions U18s and the Hawke’s...
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    Wellington College topple St Pat’s Silverstream, wins for Wairarapa, Taita and St Pat’s Town

    • 12 Jun 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • There were four First XV matches in the Wellington region today, headlined by the blockbuster St Pat’s Silverstream – Wellington College fixture that was won by Wellington College 27-24. More on this match under the sub-heading below. That Silverstream – Wellington College was one of two contests to start the fourth round of the...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Building rumours 20: The Victoria Quarter

    • 12 Nov 2007
    • WellUrban
    • There hasn't been much publicity about this, but it could be one of the biggest developments, residential or otherwise, to hit Wellington in a long time.It's called the "Victoria Quarter", and it's planned to take up all of the large vacant site that currently hosts the Sunday market, bordered by Victoria, Vivian and Willis streets.
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• • Holy Smoke!

    • 14 Apr 2008
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The historic St Peters church, on the corner of Willis & Ghuznee St, is currently on fire. There are seven fire appliances and one ambulance attending the fire, and just now they seem to have stopped the smoke belching out of the doors and windows. More updates & photos as they come to hand... read more
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    HMS New Zealand: ‘A grim and formidable fighting machine’

    • 20 Mar 2009
    • Te Papa's blog
    • One hundred years ago, Britain’s Royal Navy was threatened by the modern fleet being built by Germany. In March 1909, the New Zealand Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, responded to the defence crisis by promising that New Zealand would underwrite a ship for the Royal Navy. He declared: ‘We distant sons desire to stand in any [...]
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• • The Big Chill

    • 28 Jan 2010
    • Downtown Community Ministry
    • Wellington summer? No, it’s an appeal to help DCM purchase a new freezer for the FoodBank. Last Friday, the large chest freezer which has served us well for over 15 years finally died. We’re now down to just one freezer and haven’t got enough space to freeze all the food donations that come in.
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• • Youth Scheme Team get off to good start in Sydney

    • 9 Feb 2010
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • A team representing Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club has got off to a good start in the Hardy Cup being sailed out of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Australia. The team consisting of Josh Junior (helm), Tim Coltman (mid) and Chris Jones (bow) won four of their five matches on day one of the regatta.
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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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    A Viable Arch Centre Alternative?

    • 17 Jul 2011
    • Eye of the Fish
    • We’re part of the way through the public “consultation” phase of the NZTA schemes for “improvements” around the Basin Reserve, and so far we’ve only heard one side of the story. For whatever reasons, political, Machiavellian, or incompetence, only the “two options” have been proffered to the public by the roading lobby. That’s a real [...]
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Why Wellington needs light rail, and why we can afford it

    • 10 Aug 2010
    • Wellington Scoop
    • One of the biggest daily problems facing Wellingtonians is transport – the simple act of getting from A to B, especially at peak times. In some areas even quiet weekends can be difficult. Yet the current mayor and councillors seem to have little idea of the extent of the problem, let alone how to fix it.
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• • Te Waharoa is now live

    • 2 Feb 2012
    • Victoria University Library
    • Te Waharoa is a new way to search Library resources. Te Waharoa means the gateway. Through one simple search, it provides instant access to a breadth of authoritative content — digital and print, audio and video, single articles to entire e–journals, and every format in between. It is a great starting point for your research.
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