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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Italy

    • 21 Nov 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy We are clearly disrespecting Italy by rushing to write the summaries of Razor Year One. So, apologies to that fantastic country – but a victory is highly unlikely, unless they flood the arena in Turin and bring in the sharks. Assuming the All Blacks add another win, they’ll end the year with...
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• • 15m Yacht with broken rudder

    • 26 Dec 2020
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 26/12/2020 - 09:10 - 16:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  75 A 15m yacht broke its rudder approximately 2NM west of Mana Island whilst crossing to the South Island. MR1 was tasked by Police to tow them home. By the time we got to them the wind had got up to 25-35kts and they had drifted 7NM west of Mana Island. We towed them back in challenging conditions and put them at anchor just outside the Mana bar, as they were unable to cross it at low tide. Vessel Details Length:  15.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine bvinnell Carl Nixon CMFF Jake_Presling Mark Presling Neil Cornwell espi Stevensea Trevor Burgess zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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• • DANSS classes to 10 July

    • 25 Jun 2022
    • Danss
    • Kia ora koutou Here is the Sunday night DANSS timetable at Thistle Hall through to 10 July - hope to see you there! 12 June Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Cha Cha Cha/Rumba Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Waltz/Jive  19 June  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Gypsy Tap/Evening 3-Step  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Merrilyn/Charmaine  26 June  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Quickstep/Waltz  Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Foxtrot/Tango  3 July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm -Guest Teachers, Keri and Philip Porter, on basic Rumba theory Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Guest teachers, Keri and Philip Porter, on basic Waltz theory  10 July  Beginners: 7 pm to 8 pm - Revision Intermediate: 8 pm to 9 pm - Revision
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    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Magic Anzac Day Rounds of the past 25 years

    • 22 Apr 2026
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Trytime for Ories in their one-point Anzac Day win over Pōneke in 2015. Saturday’s fourth round of the 2026 Swindale Shield will be the fifth time that club rugby has been played on Anzac Day since our records began in 2002 (Anzac Day also fell on a Saturday in 2001 but we don’t have...
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• • Putting the OW in Wellington's WOW!

    • 6 Aug 2023
    • Wellington Orienteering Association
    • Putting the OW in Wellington's WOW! Cool club stuff… for you! View this email in your browser Cool club stuff… for you! Ngā mihi nui! Message from Paul All of us in Orienteering Wellington love orienteering, and I believe ‘fun through participation’ is the number one reason motivating you, me, and all others to continue attending events.
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• • Titaua Peu – 2025

    • 22 Jan 2025
    • Randell Cottage Writers Trust
    • Titaua is considered one of the principal French-speaking voices in the literature of the Pacific, with her writings focusing on Polynesian society, the impact of colonialism and the place of women. Titaua plans to use her residency to continue working on a major project comprising three volumes, presenting a near future marked by a reverse […]
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    Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington College and Nelson College to contest 99th Quadrangular Final

    • 24 Jun 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Wellington College and Nelson College will meet in the Final of the 99th Quadrangular Tournament that is being played in Christchurch this week. Thursday’s final follows day one results, which saw Nelson College beat Whanganui Collegiate 43-17 and Wellington College overcome tournament hosts Christ’s College 33-13. Wellington College held Christ’s College scoreless in...
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    Ridgeline Extension combines with Starfish

    • 21 Jun 2019
    • Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    • To make it easier to navigate the park, and given they're very similar style trails, we're combining Ridgeline Extension and Starfish into one trail: Starfish. New signs and mapboards will be installed around the park over the next few weeks which include the new SWIGG and Starfish trails. Check out the latest trail info at https://www.trailforks.com/trails/starfish/
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    Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hurricanes v Sunwolves Stat Attack, plus Perenara closing in on try scoring record

    • 2 Mar 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • TJ Perenara – one try away from equalling Christian Cullen as the Hurricanes’ most prolific try-scorer.  See below for the team’s all time top 10 leading try scorers. Photo: Peter McDonald. By Peter Marriott  The Hurricanes won 62-15. The Hurricanes have now won all four of their Super Rugby matches played against the Sunwolves. The Hurricanes...
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    Swindale Shield opening weekends in photos

    • 19 Mar 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: HOBM lock Jeremy Thrush scoring one of his two tries in the Eagles’ 29-6 win over the Wests Roosters in the opening round of the the 2008 Swindale Shield at neutral Porirua Park.   The opening round of the 2020 Swindale Shield was scheduled to be played this weekend. Covid-19 has forced the competition’s...
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The Lodge Custodian’s Day Off

    • 20 Feb 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The life of the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge custodian in summer is unfortunately one of making unending and excruciatingly stressful decisions. Especially if the twenty guests are Year 13 college students staying for a week. It all comes about because the students have been instructed by their school teachers to do without argument exactly as told ... Read more
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    Two Thumb Range

    • 12 Jan 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • As is a common occurrence, this trip started life as three days of perfect weather camping in the basin below the Dasler Pinnacles and attempting to climb one of the Pinnacles. Of course, the weather made us consider a few alternatives as there had been some significant rain during the week previous, which meant we ... Read more
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    A Classy Evening - a Victorian themed dinner at Crossways

    • 7 Jul 2008
    • Keep Crossways Community House
    • Saturday 12 July - View photos hereWinners of the Nouveau Victorian Chic 2008 - Joanne Newman, Ralph Pannett, Elaine HamptonEntertainment from Sheba Williams, Ben Parsons, Amiria Grenell & Tola from Harriet & the Matches, Paula Hunt DanceCuisine from local restaurants and local chef's - Strawberry Fare, One Red Dog, Kai in the City, Kosmos Greek Taverna, Caffe L'affare Rugby screened upstairs
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    Return to community rugby values key to rugby’s re-start says Potter

    • 26 Apr 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The challenges community rugby faces in getting back on its feet are considerable, but current Hurricanes Chairman and former Marist St Pat’s Jubilee Cup winning captain and coach Iain Potter is optimistic. “Even though this year is going to be a disaster in some respects, rugby is well-positioned to keep its place as one of...
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    NZ Sub Antarctic Islands

    • 12 May 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Aimee visited the Sub-Antarctic Islands and Antarctica in January 2020 and writes about the part of her journey that fascinated her the most – the wildlife. The hurricane force winds, towering waves and bitter cold of the Southern Ocean might lead one to think that the Sub-Antarctic Islands and Antarctica must be inhospitable and lifeless ... Read more
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    From the Vault: Week 12 matches in photos

    • 4 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Left wing Chase Tiatia with the winning try in the dying embers of the 2014 Jubilee Cup opener at the Basin Reserve between eventual champions Hutt Old Boys Marist and Old Boys Marist. HOBM won this one 30-27.  If the season ran its usual course, Week 12 of the Wellington club rugby season would be...
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    Liberty A-League Round 21 Match Review

    • 24 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Canberra United have handed the Wellington Phoenix their ninth one-goal defeat of the 2023-24 Liberty A-League season. United have beaten the Phoenix 1-0 in their penultimate round match at McKellar Park in Canberra. Golden boot leader Michelle Heyman was ultimately... The post Liberty A-League Round 21 Match Review appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Great Days in Club Rugby 010: Upsets and Boilovers

    • 23 Apr 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • In 2016 when first-five Greg Mullany scores one of his two tries for Poneke to win the game and end OBU’s 19-match winning streak. Photo: Andy McArthur. Since the first season that the Jubilee Cup was contested in 1929 there have been approximately 8,000 Senior A/Premier club rugby matches contested in Wellington. In this new...
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    Manning joins men’s staff as second assistant and head analyst

    • 22 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Wellington Phoenix head coach Giancarlo Italiano has made just one change to his staff for the 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League. Up and coming Australian coach Jordan Manning has been appointed the Phoenix men’s second assistant and head analyst. Manning has... The post Manning joins men’s staff as second assistant and head analyst appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 080: Ray O’Callaghan

    • 23 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Thomas Raymond ‘Ray’ O’Callaghan was a goal-kicking second-five or fullback who left his mark on the local game as a player over several seasons and then as a coach a decade later. O’Callaghan won two Jubilee Cups playing for the Marist Brothers Old Boys club, and later one as Marist’s head coach. These Jubilee Cup...
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    Sideline Conversions 22 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)

    • 21 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Stanley Solomon runs around to score in Wellington’s record-breaking win over Southland on Sunday, against some of his future teammates when he joins the Highlanders later this year. Photo: Stewart Baird. The rugby spotlight falls on Whanganui this week with the three-day HYRC U16s tournament. There has already been one round played last weekend, but...
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    Laursen still going strong after 150 Premier games

    • 24 Apr 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White When Club Rugby caught up with Brandyn Laursen in 2017 he was flatting with a group of Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles teammates and was just starting out as a qualified builder. Now he’s a Kapiti Coast family man with a one-year-old son and is in business with his former rugby playing...
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    OPPO extend their support for the Nix

    • 25 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix are delighted to announce OPPO have signed on for a fifth season as one of the club’s principal partners. The global smart device brand have been backing the Phoenix since 2021 when OPPO were front-of-shirt sponsors for... The post OPPO extend their support for the Nix appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Blues

    • 16 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy I am quite ashamed. After four plane flights over about 45 hours, spread across three weeks, with one cancellation and about eight million security checks, I arrived home to a quarantine hotel and tuned in 43 SECONDS late for the Hurricanes v Highlanders kick-off. I do not intend to repeat the exercise...
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    Club rugby to come alive in round five

    • 17 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean Swindale Shield teamlists HERE  Tomorrow see’s one-third distance reached in the Premier season with the fifth round of the Swindale and Harper Lock Shields, with it again looking like ideal mid-winter conditions for playing rugby. No fewer than three players rack up centurion milestones tomorrow; two in the black and white hoops...
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Crusaders this Sunday

    • 23 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy The Hurricanes have been using the famous 2016 drubbing of the Crusaders in Christchurch as motivation for the big game this weekend. Personally, I think they’d be better off with just remembering last year’s semi-final on the same ground, the Hand of Sam game. You’d have to be a very one-eyed Cantab...
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• • 2020 Best of the NZ Mountain Film Festival National Tour coming to Wellington

    • 29 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The best of the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival National Tour is once again coming back to Wellington with a double feature! The festival started in 2002 and is internationally recognised as one of the world’s premier mountain film festival events. It’s NZ’s original mountain film festival with an international adventure film maker’s competition, as ... Read more
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    From the President … in July

    • 30 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • It’s so good to be able to tramp again and to be able to focus on the new normal as a club. Last weekend we had five overnight trips running, very exciting after months of no trips and then only day trips! I was fortunate to go on one (Aorangi Crossing) – and have also ... Read more
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    Short Passes 7 September (news in briefs to start the week)

    • 6 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • One week to play before the end of the round-robin club rugby season. Will Marist St Pat’s blitz the Wellington Axemen and win the Swindale Shield outright? Will it be shared or will Norths, OBU or even fourth placed Petone come through to win or share the first round spoils? There is also the matter...
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    Lions to play Auckland for Fred Lucas Cup on Sunday

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above Peter Umaga Jensen scored one of the fastest tries from the opening kick-off in NPC history last year against Auckland. Sunday’s clash between Wellington and Auckland promises to be a blockbuster and a big game for the Lions after losing their season opener to Waikato.  The Wellington Lions are seeking a fast rebound from...
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