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• • Weekly Report for Sunday May 15

    • 10 May 2011
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Hi Everyone In order to make sense of this report, you will need to read last week's. It was posted last Thursday and Stan sent out the noticifation twice, but it didn't get to members. He is liaising with the service provider to sort out the problem. Click on 'articles > Robjuliorum' and you can access last week's report.
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• • Social Barfly

    • 21 Sep 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The Masked Barfly has been busy in the last little while soaking up the scene and hanging around the hors d'oeuvres in our buzzy little town.  As could be expected the Masked Barfly favours fecund environs where one can imbibe a good compost of booze, blood and guts, gossip and culture.    Some bullets of buzz: read more
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• • Wishbone blows, harder

    • 19 Jan 2011
    • The Wellingtonista
    • In case kinda nasty and over-priced food, and rumoured worker exploitation weren’t reason enough to dislike the (surprisingly-successful) Wishbone, how about this for some odious sentiment: Said by Barbra Streisand, apparently The internets suggest that the quote should actually read “eating only the top half of each slice”, but frankly that doesn’t even make sense.
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    Lake Angelus – Nelson Lakes National Park

    • 16 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • At lunchtime on Friday 3rd January, our group of 7 EM trampers along with the MF group, met at the Wellington train station bound for Nelson Lakes National Park. We had a smooth sailing across the Cook Strait before bad weather hit Wellington! However, we didn’t escape the rain in Picton. As the rain pelted ... Read more
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    Te Puia Hot Springs – Kaweka Forest Park

    • 16 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Ten of us (4 M and 6 EM trampers) met at 1pm on Waitangi Day (a Thursday) for the drive to Kaweka Forest Park. After stopping for leg stretches in Shannon and Woodville, and a meal in Hastings. We arrived just before dark at the road end campsite and pitched our tents for the night. ... Read more
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    Queen Charlotte Track – Marlborough Sounds

    • 16 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Although relatively close to Wellington, a WTMC trip to the Queen Charlotte Track involves quite a bit of logistical organisation. It involves bookings the ferry, accommodation in Picton, and water taxis to and from the track. WTMC ran two concurrent QCT trips on the Matariki long weekend, which allowed us to incorporate the club van ... Read more
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    Construction Sub-Committee – Terms of Reference

    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards
    • At the 2024 AGM, attendees discussed the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Construction Sub-Committee. Topics discussed included updating the ToR to include future stages of the project, ensuring membership of the committee is updated as the project progresses, and what delegations should be set for the sub-committee. The revised ToR were agreed by the... Read More
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    Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards, Beach access, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington Community Fund – Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

    • 15 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Community Fund
    • Tēnā koutou katoa. The Wellington Community Fund Board is delighted to announce that Sue McCabe is our new Chief Executive Officer. This follows a recruitment process that attracted a large number of very high calibre applicants. Sue brings the leadership, skills, experiences, relationship focus and commitment to progress Wellington Community Fund’s vision of thriving communities... Read more »
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    BRET MCKENZIE speaks with THE DOMINION POST about revisiting a...

    • 3 Jul 2014
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • BRET MCKENZIE speaks with THE DOMINION POST about revisiting a childhood favourite, the Dr Seuss classic ‘Gerald McBoing Boing’ leading up to his performance alongside Orchestra Wellington.  "Bret McKenzie has his two young children to thank for being reacquainted with the classic story of a boy who "didn’t talk words" but "went Boing Boing instead". Read MORE 
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    Wellington City Council releases pre-election report for 2025

    • 10 Jul 2025
    • Thorndon Residents Assocation
    • With three months before the people of Pōneke vote for future Councillors and a new Mayor, Wellington City Council has released its 2025 pre-election report. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REPORT (PDF) This statutory report provides an overview of the significant challenges and opportunities Pōneke faces, so the general public and candidates running for Council […]
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    Insects of Takapourewa / Stephens Island

    • 11 Feb 2015
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Te Papa vertebrate curator Dr Colin Miskelly recently led a team that visited Takapourewa / Stephens Island Nature Reserve, to select and gather up 100 fairy prion chicks to move to Mana Island near Wellington. This is the fourth in a series of blogs about the project and the wildlife of Takapourewa. Takapourewa holds a... Read more »
    • Accepted from Te Papa blog feed 130 months ago
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    Stephens Island (Takapourewa), Marlborough, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  
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    POP gets ready to pop!

    • 15 Jul 2013
    • Te Papa's blog
    • The past week has been an exciting week for Warhol: POP – Open Lab’s collaboration with Te Papa in response to Warhol: Immortal. Tickets have gone on sale, the Facebook page has launched, and our hype video has been released! We’ve been busy finalising our designs for promoting the event and building the components for... Read more »
    • Accepted from Te Papa blog feed 149 months ago
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Mount Hikurangi – Ruakumara Forest Park (Stragglers, Stunning Views, Beach Vibes and Robbie Burns)

    • 16 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Highlights– The breathtaking summit of Mt Hikurangi and its cultural significance– Winter Solstice fire ritual – letting go and inviting in– Sunrise at Hikurangi Hut – with views that lingered, then 360-degree views of the East Cape and Raukūmara Ranges from the top of the Maunga– Whāngārā Beach, bach, and blissful atmosphere– Hot soak at ... Read more
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    French Connection – Lisa Renard, intern at Te Papa

    • 13 Dec 2013
    • Te Papa's blog
    •   Lisa Renard, Tamahou Temara and Tracey Kuiti on top of Wainuiomata Hill, Saturday 5 October 2013. Photo and caption courtesy of Tamahou Temara. Lisa Renard- Te Papa intern from the University of Strasbourg, France Lisa is a PhD student and studies at the University of Strasbourg in social and cultural anthropology with Prof Denis... Read more »
    • Accepted from Te Papa blog feed 144 months ago
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Product Review Fuze Slenderize Tropical Punch

    • 23 Jan 2014
    • Now, you may be questioning if Hydroxycut can help you shed excess weight. And you may be wondering if Hydroxycut is just an additional trend dieting pill. Well, as you read this, you will begin to understand why Hydroxycut is one of the much more well-liked dieting tablets on the market these days. Although benefits […]
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    Mt McKerrow – Remutaka Forest Park

    • 16 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • This was an easy day tramp to Mt McKerrow. The weather was chilly when we left the Catchpool carpark, but after a few minutes we had warmed up enough for most people to remove some layers. The first 20 minutes or so along the Five Mile Loop track is pretty flat, but the track up ... Read more
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    HIV Enlightenment and a Jolt to the System

    • 16 Sep 2024
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • A recent training session for staff at Age Concern Wellington Region caused me to adjust one of my innate or unconscious biases, and review some of the others. Abby and Heather from the Positive Speakers Bureau addressed us on HIV awareness with particular attention to ageing with HIV through their involvement with Positive Women Inc. ... Read more
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• • General grants closing early this year

    • 16 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Community Fund
    • WCF’s General Grants funding will be closing early this year. No applications for General Grants will be accepted after 5pm 30 September 2024, until the new financial year (1 April 2025). He Rau Aroha remains open. Why we are doing this A higher demand and lower budget has seen us grant over half of the... Read more »
    • Accepted from Wellington Community Fund 2023 17 months ago by feedreader
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• • Wanted: a creative Marketing and Communications Advisor!

    • 10 May 2015
    • Samaritans
    • Marketing and Communications Advisor • Part time • CBD location • Fixed term employment One of Wellington’s most respected charities has an exciting opportunity to grow your career. Celebrating 50 years of operation in the Wellington region, we are looking for an energetic person who is keen to get experience in all aspects of marketing and communications. read more
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    Reusing Te Papa’s collections images, by the numbers

    • 9 Apr 2015
    • Te Papa's blog
    • In June last year we began making high-resolution images available for download, for collection items where copyright (or cultural rights) would allow us. We went live with 14,000 images under a Creative Commons licence, and 17,000 under No Known Copyright Restrictions statement. You can find out a bit more about what those statements means on... Read more »
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    In Case of Emergency

    • 16 Jul 2025
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • One of the more comforting aspects of the modern cell phone is that it can be used in an emergency, even if it is locked and you do not know the password. It allows anyone to ring 111, but you can also programme it to allow calls to designated people, such as close friends or ... Read more
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    It’s Almost Time for Making Connections

    • 17 Sep 2025
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Join us for Making Connections at the St James Theatre on Tuesday 7 October for a celebration with our senior community members. This special event shines a light on ageing well, fostering connection, wellbeing, and joy for seniors across Wellington, Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui. From inspiring speakers to service providers and wellness ... Read more
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• • Wait until April to apply for general grants

    • 14 Jan 2024
    • Wellington Community Fund
    • In March last year, WCF announced some changes to our funding to manage a smaller available grants budget. Despite these measures, we have not quite made it to the end of our financial year (March 31) and have granted 100% of our general grants budget (pending decisions at our board meeting in February). This means... Read more »
    • Accepted from Wellington Community Fund 2023 23 months ago by feedreader
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    2024 Registrations are OPEN!

    • 15 Feb 2024
    • Onslow Junior Soccer Club
    • 2024 Registrations are OPEN! We are now accepting registrations from all players turning 5-15 years, for this year’s winter football season CLICK THIS LINK TO REGISTER NOW Boys and Girls have the option of playing in the Mixed competition, played… » read more The post 2024 Registrations are OPEN! appeared first on Onslow Junior Football Club.
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    Mt Fyffe – Hapuku Hut loop – Seaward Kaikoura Range

    • 17 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Day 1 Our group gathered at the Railway Station at 2.30pm and, along with Jane’s group, jumped in the club van to catch a 4pm ferry to Picton. The sailing was smooth and pleasant. We drove south from Picton, with lovely views of valleys as the sun set, until we arrived at the Kaikoura Top ... Read more
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    Ten Man Hut and Kaikawaka Villa – Tongariro Forest

    • 16 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Monique kindly offered to be the designated driver for the club’s Tongariro Alpine Crossing by Moonlight weekend – foregoing the Crossing to drop off and collect the groups of trampers throughout the weekend. However there was still sufficient time between shuttling for her to explore the area… Ten Man HutThis hut, located in the Tongariro ... Read more
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    Tongariro Alpine Crossing by Moonlight – Tongariro National Park

    • 16 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Coinciding with the first full moon of 2024, this was a weekend dedicated to moonlight Tongariro crossings. The plan was for groups of different grades to start the Crossing at various times throughout Saturday afternoon and evening (either walking or running), so they would each complete the track at night and enjoy the bright light ... Read more
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    Wharepapa Hut Bush-Bash – Remutaka Forest Park

    • 16 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • We knew the Papatahi Crossing track was overgrown and, besides visiting Wharepapa Hut, we also wanted to see the extent of the growth to help decide whether the club should help DoC maintain the track. We met at Wellington Railway Station and headed over the Remutaka Hill in Mon’s car, arriving at the road end ... Read more
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    Mt Holdsworth day walk – a hiker’s point of view

    • 11 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Mt Holdsworth day walk – a hiker’s point of view A video of a day walk to the summit of Mt Holdsworth in the Tararua Range from a hiker’s point of view. Includes walking time for sections of the track. There is even some snow to add to the spectacular view from the peak. For ... Read more
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    Build Update – 6 August

    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards
    • Homestead have been making great progress on site. The prep for the slab is finishing up and the backfill of the site is well underway. Weather permitting, the slab on the south side of the building will start being poured later this week, with the rest happening over the next week. This means the project... Read More
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    Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards, Beach access, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)