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    Weedy ferns

    • 23 Mar 2009
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Chris Horne of the Wellington Botanical Society recently sent me a fern frond they collected on one of their trips. Although the frond is small and lacking the diagnostic reproductive characters, I think it is the introduced holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum). It looks like the shining spleenwort (Asplenium oblongifolium), but the flanges, or ‘teeth’, of the [...]
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    Man of sorrows

    • 9 Apr 2009
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Te Papa has a strong collection of Colin McCahon’s early religious works, including three paintings from 1947 that depict events from story of the Passion: Christ taken from the cross, Entombment (after Titian), and King of the Jews. One of the enduring myths surrounding McCahon’s early paintings is that were rejected by critics. This is summed [...]
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• • Indoor community sports centre may force flyover

    • 29 Apr 2009
    • While I certainly don't want to give up on fighting to stop the flyover being built at the Basin Reserve, a friend recently pointed out that there is another issue that I had not yet considered. And, it is one that could quite likely lead to construction of both the flyover and duplication of the Mt Victoria Tunnel.
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Feilding 7s Blitz tournament on Saturday

    • 14 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Sevensvember continues on Saturday with the inaugural Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament. The Rosebowl Blitz 7s tournament tournament hosted by the Feilding Yellows club features 12 men’s teams in a one-day shootout at Johnston Park. There are four Wellington teams, including three club sides ahead of the scheduled two-leg WRFU club sevens on 22 and 29...
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    Longo named in PFA team of the season

    • 14 May 2025
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Further recognition for Wellington Phoenix captain Annalie Longo. The decorated midfielder has been voted by her peers into the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) Ninja A-League team of the season, as one of seven substitutes. It is the first time Longo,... The post Longo named in PFA team of the season appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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• • Ten Years in Pōneke: Part Five – Somes Speedrunning

    • 13 Jan 2026
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Or, hey I was supposed to finish all of these articles in 2025 but then life happened so I guess we’re doing little quests in 2026 as well. [Warning: This piece talks about disease, war and death.] Matiu / Somes Island is the ever-present spectre looming in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara, one of three islands that the harbour […]
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• • Fem-Cat Friday is back!

    • 24 Jul 2009
    • CataBlog
    • Yep - it's been a while, I know. No promises, but I'm going to try to get back to highlighting one of the girls in the shelter looking for a new home each Friday. (If anyone can think of a better name than Fem-Cat Friday, please let me know!) Man-Cat Monday is also planned to follow.
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    Finding our voices

    • 23 Oct 2009
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Earlier this week Hongoeka marae in Plimmerton was filled with the sounds of taonga pūoro (Maori musical instruments) – accompanied by the buzzing of  sanders and the call of tuis flitting among the flaxes. I was one of twenty Te Papa staff who took part in a three day wānanga on taonga pūoro, tutored by members of Hau Manu.
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• • Heart Foundation Racer Cycling the Length of NZ

    • 18 Nov 2009
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • As a paid up member of the Marathon Clinic but a fleetingly seen one this year (due to injuries !) I wonder whether I could post a notice on the web site.   I do volunteer work for the National Heart Foundation and have a particular interest in the field as a Cardiologist at Capital and Coast Health.
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• • Saturday April 17th Club Roundup 2010

    • 19 Apr 2010
    • Oriental Rongotai Football Club
    • Phew-two close shaves. The Polo ,sun drenched as ever, was no place for the faint hearted with two one point wins - to the Colts and Premiers - while our Senior 1sts’ and Senior 3rds enjoyed comfortable wins, the Reserve side held off a “big” OBU team but losses for our fledgling 80/80s’ and the Elders.
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• • Low-income voters give election feedback

    • 1 Dec 2011
    • Downtown Community Ministry
    • Low-income voters want support to get jobs was the key message delivered in the Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) waiting room today. Especially those who need ‘a second chance’ because previous criminal convictions are preventing them getting a look-in to the job market. One respondent was emphatic that “people change and we need another shot at a job”.
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• • Sarah Jane is leaving the centre

    • 19 Apr 2011
    • Aro Valley Community Centre
    • Sarah Jane Parton, one of our coordinators, will be leaving the centre on the 5th of May. She has been with the AVCC since March last year, but is heading overseas with her family for a few months and then taking on some new projects that will leave her too busy to continue on as a coordinator.
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    Leave your guns behind in the Mild Wild West!

    • 18 Apr 2011
    • Circa Theatre
    • Howdy partners! Saddle up the old bronco and bring all of your little cowpokes down to Circa during these here school holidays for a bit of fun with the Improvisors! Greg “DeadWood” Ellis, one of them outlaw Improvisors, tells drama on the waterfront how they rustled up the latest school holiday kids show, The Mild Wild West.
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    Circa Theatre, Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • AV Collection Moved to Central Library Level 2

    • 2 Mar 2012
    • Victoria University Library
    • The collection of audio-visual resources held in the Central Library has moved from Level 9 to Level 2 Closed Reserve. This includes DVDs, CDs, and VHS. The collection is being moved as part of the Central Library Redevelopment, one piece of the Campus Hub Project. We are moving the AV collection now to minimise disruption during trimester 1.
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• • BUSK: Basketball Jones

    • 17 Feb 2012
    • Newtown Festival
    • Basketball Jones (aka Sean Kaata Dwen) started dribbling at a very early age.  Then one day he was given a basketball. He played basketball at junior school, high school, university and circus school.  His unique and understated presentation of world-class basketball juggling has earned him invitations to perform all across the globe at festivals, events and on television.
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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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• • Not in a month of Saturdays

    • 22 Sep 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • You know how we had a blue moon this New Year's Eve right?  And how that is kind of a freak occurrence when you think about it right? Well this Saturday is the blue moon of markets, there are two only once-a-monthers and one super-special- souped-up weekly market being held in our fair city.
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 050: Joey Sadler

    • 11 Jul 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Bernard “Joey” Sadler was a supernova who burst on to the scene after leaving Wellington College in 1932 and rose to be the number one halfback in the land less than three years later on the 1935/36 tour of Britain, before he was cut down with injury the following year forcing his premature retirement aged...
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• • Benjamin Makisi

    • 13 Feb 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • One of the best ever tenors produced in New Zealand, has graced theatres around the world and was in a position where he had to move to London as that was where the demand for work was. A multi award winning performer, Makisi had returned to New Zealand with his wife, Maina, due to the Pandemic. […]
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    Queen Charlotte Track – Marlborough Sounds

    • 11 Nov 2023
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • 18 months after the trip, we realised that no trip report had been written. Here is one; better late than never. Because our trip was at the Easter long weekend, we had to camp because all indoor accommodation had been booked out well in advance. But I think most of us didn’t mind camping. On ... Read more
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    How we got here: housing

    • 12 Mar 2024
    • Talk Wellington
    • There’s a lot written about housing in Aotearoa New Zealand but one piece we’d recommend in early 2024… It’s a piece by Eleanor West and Marko Garlick, pillars of the Wellington pro-density urbanism movement A City For People. It’s called Upzoning New Zealand, published in the online magazine Works In Progress. The standfirst says it...
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    Club Rugby pre-season schedules for this weekend

    • 14 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wedged between the Ides of March today and St Patrick’s Day on Sunday is the third Saturday of pre-season club rugby matches and off-field training and events for Wellington’s 14 Premier clubs and clubs further up the line in Lower North Island Hurricanes territory. There is just one scheduled pre-season interclub Premier fixture between two...
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    Wellington against international teams: versus South Africa 1956

    • 28 Apr 2015
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Match Details Result: South Africa 8 – Wellington 6When: 23 June 1956, at Athletic ParkWeather: Cloudy Crowd: 45,000 The Tour The 1956 Springbok tour will go down in folklore as one of the greatest rugby winters in New Zealand, not just for the All Blacks’ 3-1 series win, but the events leading up to it and surrounding it.
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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
    • Accepted from Wellington Samaritans's blog 133 months ago
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• • XI National Spanish Debate Competition

    • 22 Jun 2015
    • Wellington High School
    • Was held on 12 June at Rangitoto College, Auckland with 16 teams from different schools around the country. WHS team consisted of Taran Molloy, Sarah Asher, Rose MacKenzie and Jack Comer Hudson. They got through to the semifinal against Kings College (Auckland), losing to them by one point. Kings College went on to win the competition.
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    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, 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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• • The Basin Flyover Board of Inquiry Decision Was Clear. Why Are Councils and NZTA Ignoring It?

    • 16 Oct 2014
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • One of the most interesting (and I wish I could say surprising) things about reaction to the Board of Inquiry decision to decline resource consent for a Basin Reserve flyover is how reluctant the New Zealand Transport Agency, many local councils, and flyover cheerleaders in the business community have been to examine what the Board actually said.
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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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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• • Summer Aikido Challenge

    • 16 Jan 2015
    • Aikido Shinryukan Wellington
    • Invite one person you know to come and try Aikido for free in February. There is no commitment to stay, no previous experience is required and you don’t need to wear any fancy training gear. We offer a wide range of classes during the week. Our Monday and Wednesday 6-7pm time slot is ideal for […]
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    Prince of Wales Park Water Reservoir, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 2012 – a lot of Table Tennis played!

    • 22 Dec 2012
    • Table Tennis Wellington
    • Best wishes from TTW to all players for the holidays and the New Year. Last week (12/12) saw the second of the one-off trial 2-player handicap-teams events (the first was here). This followed the previous week’s December 5th end of the spring composite teams interclub. We had more people for this second event where we [...]
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