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    Hewitt and Poneke hoping to progress in Jubilee Cup this weekend

    • 7 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Poneke return home to Kilbirnie Park to host Tawa in one of two major Jubilee Cup knockout fixtures this Saturday. This is a replay of their match just three weeks ago at the same venue, won 29-21 by Tawa. Poneke are also coming off a 24-19 loss to Hutt Old Boys Marist last Saturday but...
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington Lions announce 32-player squad for upcoming NPC

    • 10 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Former St Pat’s Silverstream and current Northern United outside back Losi Filipo is one of a handful of new Wellington Lions-contracted players from last year for this year’s NPC, announced on Monday morning. Filipo has previously played nine matches and made four starts on the wing for the Wellington Lions between 2017-19. He joins previously...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pioneers of rugby in Wellington 020: Nathanial ‘Ranji’ Arthur Wilson

    • 19 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Nathanial ‘Ranji’ Arthur Wilson was a leading player and later captain of the Athletic club team that won a five-peat of Senior Championship titles between 1911-15 (one shared), played 75 times for Wellington between 1906-1920 and played 10 Tests for the All Blacks between 1908-1914. Of West Indian and English parentage, Wilson later served in...
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    President’s Column – July 2022

    • 11 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The Club continues to do well and I’ve continued with meeting my target of participating in at least one Club trip per month.  Monique led a group of us to the Kaweka Forest Park over the Matariki weekend where we enjoyed some great tramping country, lovely bush, beautiful streams, excellent views of snow clad mountains ... Read more
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    Eight club and college champions found on dramatic afternoon of rugby

    • 13 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Petone Colts celebrating winning the Division 1 title this afternoon. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Steven White, Adam Julian and Scott MacLean. Half a dozen club rugby champions were found at a sun-drenched Fraser Park this afternoon, while finalists were found in one other club rugby grade and most of the college rugby competitions...
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    Crafting “age-friendly” towns for an ageing population

    • 18 Aug 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • What does it take to design a city that serves you for life? And why do many, including the World Health Organization, consider age-inclusivity particularly valuable? It’s easy for certain groups or dimensions to be overlooked when designing towns, neighbourhoods and facilities. Age is one such dimension; we often prioritise young and middle adults when...
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    2022 Best of the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival National Tour coming to Wellington

    • 17 Aug 2022
    • 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! We’ll be screening the best of the festival for both NZ made and international films. The festival started in 2002 and is internationally recognised as one of the world’s premier mountain film festival ... Read more
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    Clubhouse farewell 30 October 2022 – we’re demolishing our building

    • 4 Oct 2022
    • Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards
    • Sadly we are set to demolish the clubhouse building and it’s only fitting that we give it one last hoorah. Sunday 30th October 12.30pm We invite all Paekākāriki community members, surf club members past and present, to join us from 12.30pm on Sunday 30th October to formally farewell the building that has served us for the better... Read More
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    Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards, Beach access, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Upper Hutt Rams v Old Boys University scoring highlights

    • 19 Jun 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Upper Hutt Rams sealed their 2023 Swindale Shield Jubilee Cup spot and put themselves on track to make the top four and earn a semi-final with one week to space with this 31-25 win over Old Boys University. OBU scored a converted try on fulltime to give themselves a bonus point and to stay...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Understanding dementia

    • 15 Dec 2021
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Understanding Dementia Do you want to get a better understanding of the issues surrounding dementia – one of the major health issues of the 21st century? A typically Australian MOOC could help. The Wicking Dementia Centre based in the University of Tasmania is offering a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), about the latest in dementia ... Read more
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    Wellington goes Solo in 2022 All Black Sevens Squad

    • 13 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Roderick Solo on debut for Oriental-Rongotai in the 2020 Swindale Shield. Photo: Andy McArthur. Oriental-Rongotai’s Roderick Solo is a new face in the All Blacks Sevens squad for 2022. The fleet-footed former Scots College flyer is one of five new faces in this year’s national men’s sevens set-up. Solo joins Leroy Carter (Bay of...
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    “Climate change is real. Your carbon footprint is a scam.”

    • 23 Jan 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • Climate change’s key battleground isn’t in engineering or technical fields, it’s hearts and minds. And one of the most famous “tools” we’ve been given may be designed to stall good change “What are you doing to reduce your carbon footprint?” “Help decrease your carbon footprint!”“Company-wide, we’re shrinking our carbon footprint” WE all hear this a...
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    On the other end of the phone

    • 20 Feb 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • If you have a problem about some issue as an older person, or concerns about one of them, who do you call? Obviously an organisation with the name Age Concern will have the answer. If you ring Age Concern Wellington Region (ACWR) more often than not Ann Dalziel will respond. She is the “go-to” person ... Read more
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    Ruapehu Lodge Update – April 2022

    • 25 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Our lodge has had a reasonable amount of use over summer although a bit disappointing as there could have been a lot more use and as one passerby said it looked a bit forlorn all locked up with no activity. This time of the year there has been some superb weather on the mountain as ... Read more
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    Weekly News for Friday 20th May 2022

    • 20 May 2022
    • St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
    • I hosted the monthly “inner-city” ministers’ luncheon yesterday. We had eight people from the Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist church attend. The first to arrive was a “pastor” from the Baptist church, he told me that he was a pastor in one of the Southern suburbs of a Baptist church and was looking for another […]
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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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    Swindale Shield Petone’s to lose with Poneke, HOBM and OBU pushing hard

    • 11 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Poneke captain Galu Taufale scores one of his two second half tries today in his team’s 31-29 win over Marist St Pat’s. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White and Martyn Bridge Swindale Shield Results & Scoring (as received) HERE  The 2022 Swindale Shield is seemingly Petone’s to lose, after beating the Avalon Wolves 52-19 for...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sims proving sustainable at Tawa

    • 28 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian “Lyndhurst Park is out of the way from where most people would have thought I’d gone, but I was convinced to stay after one pre-season training,” George Sims reflects upon his decision to play rugby for Tawa. The Wellington Under-19 halfback can already claim a Jubilee Cup win. On Saturday he helped...
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The Gardener Scam

    • 22 Jul 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Scammers are resourceful crooks, so it pays to be vigilant if or when you receive offers that seem too good to be true. The problem is that scammers can operate over a wide range of activities. The latest one we have heard about is the Gardener Scam. A casual recommendation or even a cold call ... Read more
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    President’s Column – August 2022

    • 17 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Welcome to the August President Column.  The Tramping Club has had another good month and I’ve maintained my at least one Club trip per month.  I went on a day trip lead by Jacqui to Smith Creek Shelter via the old Dobson hut site.  We enjoyed a chilly but sunny day to the Southern part ... Read more
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    The Monday Wrap 29 August 2022 (some rugby news and happenings to start the week)

    • 28 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • There are four school rugby tournaments this week, three in Wellington/Hutt Valley and one in Levin. Invitational U14 tournament, at Wakefield Park. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Featuring: St Pat’s Town, Rongotai, Scots, St Bernard’s, Silverstream, Wellington College, Rosmini (NH), Feilding (MRU), Orewa (NH) and St Thomas’ (Canty). Hurricanes U15 Boys tournament, at St Pat’s Silverstream, Fraser...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Being the best you in a dystopia

    • 11 Sep 2022
    • Low Carbon Kapiti
    • One person’s Utopia is another’s Dystopia By Anthony Britton, 12 September 2022 Dear reader if you’re having a bad day you may find this article hard to read, it was very hard to write without feeling depressed and without hope. The Covid-19 pandemic, with the misery, suffering and death this has brought all around the […]
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    Ranfurly Shield challenge for Wellington on Saturday in 100th match

    • 15 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Hawkeye and Leo the Lion in the 1960s, prior to another tight tussle between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. It was recently asked of a long-time supporter what would you rather Wellington held at the end of the season if you they could have one but not the other, the National Provincial Championship title or the...
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    Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 030 George Aitken

    • 20 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • One of Buller High School’s favourite sons, the multi-talented George Aitken captained his then Westport District High School’s First XV aged 14 and first represented Buller as a 16-year-old in 1914. He played for his home province for two seasons, before moving to Wellington and bursting on to the Wellington club, university and provincial rugby...
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    The Triangle Trio – Triangle hut via Rangiwahia

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • We started walking about 8.30pm, easily finding the path in the dark aside from one accidental diversion (missing the hairpin turn in the track). At 10pm we arrived at Rangiwahia hut to our dream scenario of many spare bunks and a blazing fire. (Note: DoC’s new booking system is finally open and you now need ... Read more
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    Seniors’ Seminar Day

    • 20 Oct 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Age Concern Wellington Region contributed Wellington City Seniors’ Week this year by hosting many events, including a special Seniors’ Seminar Day. The aim was to develop an event to spotlight Seniors’ Week and help seniors connect with one another while learning some new things. Several experts presented talks on four separate topics of interest to ... Read more
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    The Monday Wrap 7 November 2022 (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 6 Nov 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A rip-roaring opening American Ambassador’s 7s series on Saturday, with some spectacular rugby at times. Kind weather and few issues. The series is the Upper Hutt Rams’ to lose, but  first leg runners-up Oriental-Rongotai will come back stronger, as will Old Boys University as the countdown commences for silverware Saturday. Some chitter-chatter that that one...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pioneers of rugby in Wellington 051: Evan ‘Ted’ Jessep

    • 18 Jul 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The first hooker to play in the All Blacks in the hooker position when New Zealand adopted the three-man front row, and one of a select group of players to play for both the All Blacks and the Wallabies. Evan ‘Ted’ Jessep also won a Jubilee Cup with his Wellington club Poneke in 1932 and...
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 060: Herb Lilburne

    • 19 Sep 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Herb Lilburne could be one of the most valuable players to have ever transferred from Canterbury to Wellington. In the 1920s and 1930s, New Zealand rugby and especially Wellington was blessed with super-talented backs that were popular and helped draw big crowds to the game in an era of wing forwards and 2-3-2 scrum formations...
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    Wellington club rugby Finals Day live scoring, live streaming and live listening updates and links

    • 26 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s week 17 of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today and this year the union is holding six finals in one hit at Porirua Park. Finals today are: Colts Division 2, Vic Calcinai Memorial Cup: Northern United v Paremata-Plimmerton, Porirua Park 2, 11.00am. Colts Division 1, John E Kelly Cup: Hutt Old Boys Marist...
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Milan Kriletich leading from the front at MSP

    • 27 Jun 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Beware the Red Machine. For many seasons, that was a given at this time of year, as Marist St Pat’s were synonymous with title success. But they have only played in two finals in the past decade. That last one in 2021 also coincides with the year that current captain and openside flanker Milan Kriletich made...
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