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• • Wellington Cup Carnival Shaping to be Most Memorable Ever

    • 18 Jan 2007
    • Wellington Racing Club
    • The 2007 Century City Developments Wellington Cup Carnival is shaping up to be the most memorable ever if the quality of horses targeting the meeting and oncourse entertainment is anything to go by. Top class wine and thoroughbred racing is the order of the day at the Wine & Racing Festival on Saturday, January 20.
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    Isuzu UTE A-League Round 26 Match Preview

    • 11 Apr 2025
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Another chapter will be written in the burgeoning rivalry between the Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory at Sky Stadium on Saturday night. It’ll be the eighth meeting between the two sides over the past two seasons with the honours even... The post Isuzu UTE A-League Round 26 Match Preview appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Sideline Conversions 11 August (some news and information to start the new week)

    • 10 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Action from the Wellington U19s match against the Canterbury U19s on Saturday. This team will see better days over the next few weeks as their campaign continues. Photo: Andy McArthur. A cold weekend in the lower North Island, but there was plenty of good rugby to warm things up. A recap on some observations and...
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    Polls: Who do you think will win the Jubilee and Hardham Cups

    • 10 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • There are three weeks to play in the Wellington Premier club rugby competitions. There are six teams left standing in the Jubilee Cup, and after this coming weekend there will be four, then two then we will have the 2024 champion. Who do you think the winner on Saturday 27 July will be? Eight teams...
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• • REVIEW: The Aviators

    • 18 Jun 2007
    • Mighty Mighty on Saturday was thick with 'funk, crunk and grime' courtesy of The Aviators. The funk is obvious - these boys are so full of it you could imagine them dancing themselves off the edge of the building and on the way down too, where they would get up and just keep on dancing.
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    Sideline Conversions 12 May (some news and information to start the week)

    • 11 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The dying stages of a high-paced Swindale Shield fixture at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. Monday morning edition – updates expected. It’s come along just like that, but the halfway stage of the Swindale Shield arrives this weekend, which means that the race to make the top eight Jubilee Cup for...
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    Sideline Conversions 12 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 11 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wellington College players celebrate their win over Scots College on Saturday. They will play the Premiership final next Sunday against St Pat’s Silverstream, their first final appearance since 2017. Photo: Andy McArthur. Another full weekend of club, college and representative rugby is in the books, and attention turns to what is coming up. So a...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington club rugby live scoring and updates 12 April

    • 11 Apr 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday) Club Rugby in association with TRIBE bring you up-to-date Scores from Wellington Club Rugby CLICK Below for More Live Scores WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Round 2 teamlists at this link...
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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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    Isuzu UTE A-League Round 8 Match Preview

    • 13 Dec 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Wellington Phoenix head coach Giancarlo Italiano is ready to resume “business as usual” when Macarthur FC visit Sky Stadium on Saturday evening. A derby defeat to Auckland FC last weekend has not changed anything in the Phoenix camp. “Morale is... The post Isuzu UTE A-League Round 8 Match Preview appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 13 April

    • 12 Apr 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s the second round of the 2024 Wellington club rugby season today. After an intriguing first round of matches across all grades last Saturday, all eyes will be on many result today. A number of teams chasing first wins or improved performances, while many are looking to make it two from two to start the...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Argentina 2.0

    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy I predict a Bring Back Fozzie sign will be waved on Saturday at Eden Park. Such is the (all) black humour we may need in the rest of the season. Of course, it wasn’t meant to be this way, yet the Razor honeymoon is already cut short. I wrote a few weeks...
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    Kate Sheppard Cup Semi-Final Preview

    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix women’s reserves are ready for their biggest game of the season. They’re hosting reigning National League champions Auckland United at Fraser Park on Saturday afternoon in the semi-finals of the Kate Sheppard Cup. Phoenix women’s reserves head... The post Kate Sheppard Cup Semi-Final Preview appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Sideline Conversions 15 September (some rugby news and information to start the new week)

    • 14 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Members of the Wellington Centurions side after their 116-point match against Canterbury B on Saturday, a positive way to finish the season for most of this side. Photo: Andy McArthur. Monday morning edition – updates expected throughout the day. It’s the last week of winter, with the spring equinox coming up this weekend, and with...
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• • The obligatory election commentary

    • 24 Nov 2011
    • Wellington Region Cycleways
    • On Saturday this site has to go off-line for the day so to stay within the electoral laws (I don’t understand why, and it seems pretty dumb to me) and I hope you all turn the voting experience into a positive activity, by walking or cycling to your nearest booth and casting your ballots.
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• • Zealandia is freelandia

    • 13 Oct 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • This weekend – 16 and 17 October, admission to Zealandia is free! Admission to Wellington’s world-first wildlife sanctuary, ZEALANDIA, is free for all locals this Saturday and Sunday! We are now 15 years into an incredible journey to restore a corner of NZ as closely as possible to the way it was before humans arrived.
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    Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Stream Foots it with Best at Nationals

    • 14 Dec 2010
    • St Patricks College, Silverstream
    • Saturday and Sunday, 11 and 12 December 2010: The Secondary School Nationals were held last weekend in Hastings with a large Stream contingent contesting National Secondary titles. While not everyone got onto the podium there were some impressive personal best times as well as times that set new Stream records. Full results are below:
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    St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
  
  

• • Wellington Police investigate attempted abduction and robbery of 18 year old woman

    • 29 May 2011
    • Wellington District Police
    • Wellington Police are investigating an attempted abduction and robbery of a young woman in the central city in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 18 year old was walking home on Taranaki Street around 6:20am, near the Salvation Army store and the old Amalgamated Video building, where she noticed two men acting suspiciously.
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• • Firebirds playing Canterbury on Wednesday

    • 12 Mar 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wellington Firebirds play their sixth round-robin match of their Ford Trophy One-Day campaign on Wednesday against the Canterbury Wizards at Hagley Park in Christchurch. There is one change to the Wellington Firebirds squad from that which met the Auckland Aces on Saturday, with Steve Murdoch returning from injury and replacing Tom Blundell.
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    Lots of interest in developing Kilbirnie walkway

    • 1 Sep 2013
    • Sarah Free
    • It was heartening to see the number of residents who dropped into Rongotai College on Saturday afternoon to give their views on what could be done with the Kilbirnie drainage land. I was only there from about 1.30pm to 2.30pm, but in the time I was there , I heard so many good ideas expressed. […]
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    Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Keep Newtown Clean 2014

    • 9 Jan 2014
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • Happy New Year. The first Keep Newtown Clean for the new year is on Saturday 11 Jan at 9am to 12.30pm. Newtown is looking good and its staying clean and tidy ….we just need to maintain the standard now.  We have noticed that the tagging is not returning like it used to and that if […]
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sideline Conversions 17 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 16 Jun 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Norths halfback Jayde Burns is pursued by Tawa flanker Hemi Fermanis on Saturday. It was mostly Norths doing the chasing as Tawa won 69-0. Photo: Chainsaw Photos. More photos from this past weekend (and more to come) HERE Monday morning edition – updates expected: Two more rounds to play in this year’s Swindale Shield competition,...
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    Clutch matches as midpoint of first round reached

    • 17 May 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Petone return home tomorrow to host Oriental-Rongotai on their Old Timers’ Day, while Northern United are back at Porirua Park to play Poneke tomorrow. By Scott MacLean & Steven White This Saturday marks the midpoint of the first round club rugby competitions in Wellington, and with it a series of important matches for many teams....
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• • Demolition by ignorance?

    • 26 Sep 2016
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • On Saturday morning (10 September 2016) on The Nation, the Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett, claimed that she was doing everything “humanly possible” to address the homelessness situation.  It is undisputed that there is insufficient social housing, and not enough is being done fast enough. In early September, the media stated that there were “hundreds […]
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Force

    • 18 Apr 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricanes and Crusaders in action last week in Wellington. This weekend the Hurricanes play the Western Force in Perth on Saturday night at 9.35pm – a club rugby friendly time with some clubrooms likely to be packed to the gunnels watching on their big screens. By Kevin McCarthy Nothing is more certain in life...
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    Matchday Scoring highlights: Wellington Māori v Wellington Samoa

    • 18 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The two teams met in their annual ‘Clash of Cultures’ fixture at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. The match was contested in bright sunshine and with a moderate northerly breeze but on a heavy and sticky field following winter rain. Both teams took a long time to find their combinations and connections with plenty of...
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• • FOMI work trip report – 3 & 4 June 2023

    • 18 Mar 2024
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • Richard Nichol and I (Dale Shirtliff) boarded Mataara 2 at 7.15am Saturday 3rd June. Richard is an ecologist and works on the West Coast. Richard had not been to Mana before and it was clear the trip was a highlight for him. After the biosecurity check and a cup of tea Richard and I headed […]
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    Mana Island, Moki Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hurricanes region U16s and U18s matches in Wellington, U85kg representative team on the road

    • 20 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White & Scott MacLean Up until yesterday all roads led to Maidstone Park. But that has changed owing to the poor condition of both fields at the Upper Hutt venue. A change in both venues and kick off times for the four matches in Wellington on Saturday see games split between Evans Bay...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Plenty to play for in 12th round Premier and Premier 2 matches as Women’s champions decided

    • 20 Jun 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Keanu Kotuhi gets his pass away for Wainuiomata against Avalon last Saturday. Both sides have plenty to play for this weekend. By Scott MacLean Its the winter solstice tomorrow this weekend and then it’s all downhill to summertime and paddling pools, but for a number of teams it is a case of sink or...
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Today speaks for tomorrow – Teru Time Reaches 200 games for Wainuiomata

    • 20 Jun 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Teru Time playing in Wainuiomata’s recent win over Oriental-Rongotai – one of his favourite matches in green and black. Photo: Dave Brownlie By Adam Julian Teru Time will play his 200th match for Wainuiomata against Johnsonville at Helston Park on Saturday. Reflecting upon his milestone with the Wainuiomata squad on Tuesday night, Time said to...
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)