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• • Karori and Easts to meet in much anticipated Wilkinson Pearce Cup final at the Basin

    • 31 Mar 2011
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Eastern Suburbs and Karori meet in the 2010/11 Wilkinson Pearce Cup final this Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the Hawkins Basin Reserve
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    City Streets package to provide more choice and ways for Wellingtonians to get around

    • 18 Aug 2021
    • Let's Get Wellington Moving
    • The City Streets package to be considered by Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over coming weeks will support the wider Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme
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    City Streets package to provide more choice and ways for Wellingtonians to get around

    • 18 Aug 2021
    • Let's Get Wellington Moving
    • The City Streets package to be considered by Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency over coming weeks will support the wider Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme
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    Get Ready for the 2025 Season: Northern United P1 and P2 Men’s Preseason Training

    • 4 Feb 2025
    • Northern United Hockey Club
    • As we gear up for an exciting 2025 hockey season, Northern United Hockey Club is thrilled to announce the preseason training schedule for our Premier 1 (P1) and Premier 2 (P2) men’s teams.
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• • Sore Losers: Nick Smith and the Government Water Down the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund

    • 7 Jul 2017
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • The rules of the Ministry for the Environment’s Environmental Legal Assistance Fund, which groups including Save the Basin have used to help fund legal challenges to infrastructure projects, have now been changed so that such applications can be arbitrarily declined, by: The inclusion of a new criterion to consider whether providing ELA funding to the applicant for its involvement in the legal proceedings, will contribute to impeding or delaying the ability of people and communities to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being in relation to important needs, including employment, housing and infrastructure.   I was rung by a Stuff journalist about this and responded on behalf of Save the Basin: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94323541/quiet-change-to-public-fund-for-environmental-legal-challenges A subsequent exchange in Question Time (see below) makes it very clear that Nick Smith had the Government’s Basin Reserve flyover defeat in mind when he made this move. Nick Smith and the Government appear to think that fits of pique make good public policy. We beg to differ. Question Time 9. EUGENIE SAGE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: By how much has annual funding for the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund been cut since 2013/14? Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The budget this year is $600,000 per year, as it was last year and the year before. For the 4 years prior to that the budget was $800,000 per year but was repeatedly underspent. The spend in 2013-14 was $555,000, and the average actual spend was $520,000. As much as I like the Minister of Finance, I do not like under-spending my vote so I reduced the budget in 2015-16 and transferred it to increased support for collaborative processes. This is also consistent with our blue-green philosophy of supporting people to find solutions rather than spending it on legal aid to fight disputes. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that he created a new criterion for the fund recently so that community groups wanting to challenge council decisions in the courts are likely to be denied funding if their case might “impede or delay” a development project? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes, I have changed the criteria. A new consideration is the issue of housing and infrastructure. The Government makes no apologies for making it harder for groups to get Government money to stop houses and infrastructure from being built. It does not prevent funding being provided in those sorts of cases, but it requires the panel to give consideration to the broader public interest. It simply does not make sense for the Government to be using public money to stop transport projects being built and stop houses being built with legal aid funding. Eugenie Sage: Does he believe that Forest & Bird would have received funding to mount a legal challenge to Bathurst Resources’ proposed coalmine on the Denniston plateau if this new criterion had been in place? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: There is an independent panel that makes the decisions on the issue of the legal aid. What I have added to the criteria is that, alongside the environmental things, issues like infrastructure, jobs, and housing have to be a consideration. But it still will be an independent consideration for the panel. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that last year he gave himself the power to decide which cases and which community groups would get environmental legal aid, stripping this power away from the Ministry for the Environment’s chief executive? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Each year Ministers make a decision about the level of delegations. In this particular case, I decided not to delegate to the Ministry for the Environment, albeit I note that I followed the panel’s advice in every case. In the event that I do not follow the panel’s advice it will be a matter of open public record. Eugenie Sage: Why will he not just own the fact that his Government is trying to stop legal challenges that might impede environmentally destructive development, like the coalmine on the Denniston plateau, the Ruataniwha Dam, and the Basin Reserve flyover? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I know of many Wellingtonians who would be concerned that the Government was spending money on stopping roading through to the airport being constructed with legal aid funds. So the Government has deliberately put into the environmental legal aid criteria that the panel needs to consider issues like infrastructure and housing. To quote the Minister for Infrastructure: “We are the infrastructure Government.”, and we want to see New Zealanders being able to get around and have a roof over their heads.9. EUGENIE SAGE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: By how much has annual funding for the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund been cut since 2013/14? Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The budget this year is $600,000 per year, as it was last year and the year before. For the 4 years prior to that the budget was $800,000 per year but was repeatedly underspent. The spend in 2013-14 was $555,000, and the average actual spend was $520,000. As much as I like the Minister of Finance, I do not like under-spending my vote so I reduced the budget in 2015-16 and transferred it to increased support for collaborative processes. This is also consistent with our blue-green philosophy of supporting people to find solutions rather than spending it on legal aid to fight disputes. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that he created a new criterion for the fund recently so that community groups wanting to challenge council decisions in the courts are likely to be denied funding if their case might “impede or delay” a development project? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes, I have changed the criteria. A new consideration is the issue of housing and infrastructure. The Government makes no apologies for making it harder for groups to get Government money to stop houses and infrastructure from being built. It does not prevent funding being provided in those sorts of cases, but it requires the panel to give consideration to the broader public interest. It simply does not make sense for the Government to be using public money to stop transport projects being built and stop houses being built with legal aid funding. Eugenie Sage: Does he believe that Forest & Bird would have received funding to mount a legal challenge to Bathurst Resources’ proposed coalmine on the Denniston plateau if this new criterion had been in place? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: There is an independent panel that makes the decisions on the issue of the legal aid. What I have added to the criteria is that, alongside the environmental things, issues like infrastructure, jobs, and housing have to be a consideration. But it still will be an independent consideration for the panel. Eugenie Sage: Can he confirm that last year he gave himself the power to decide which cases and which community groups would get environmental legal aid, stripping this power away from the Ministry for the Environment’s chief executive? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Each year Ministers make a decision about the level of delegations. In this particular case, I decided not to delegate to the Ministry for the Environment, albeit I note that I followed the panel’s advice in every case. In the event that I do not follow the panel’s advice it will be a matter of open public record. Eugenie Sage: Why will he not just own the fact that his Government is trying to stop legal challenges that might impede environmentally destructive development, like the coalmine on the Denniston plateau, the Ruataniwha Dam, and the Basin Reserve flyover? Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I know of many Wellingtonians who would be concerned that the Government was spending money on stopping roading through to the airport being constructed with legal aid funds. So the Government has deliberately put into the environmental legal aid criteria that the panel needs to consider issues like infrastructure and housing. To quote the Minister for Infrastructure: “We are the infrastructure Government.”, and we want to see New Zealanders being able to get around and have a roof over their heads.
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    Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • What does a Council need to do to create a more sophisticated and cosmopolitan city?

    • 15 May 2010
    • Sharon Blaikie
    • It must:Foster cultural, economic and sporting ties with the rest of the worldCelebrate the wide variety of cultures that thrive in our City Promote and protect Maori culture which plays such a strong part in forming our identity as New ZealandersMake sure there are venues and facilities for the wide range of activities that interest Wellingtonians Promote the arts and appreciation of the artsPromote sports and sporting events – the Sevens is ours.Ensure all Wellingtonians have access to books, DVDs, CDs, and the internet – a must in the information agePromote architecture that does justice to our unrivalled natural environment
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    Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council win Supreme Award at Local Government Excellence Awards

    • 12 Jun 2025
    • Predator Free Wellington
    • Predator Free Wellington and Wellington City Council have won the Supreme Award at the LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards held at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre this evening. The LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards celebrate programmes, projects, and approaches…
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    Tākina - Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Another local election, another low turnout? Syncing local and general elections could be the answer

    • 23 Sep 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • There's growing evidence that syncing local and general elections is one way to increase voter turnout and improve local democracy, writes Julia Talbot-Jones.
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    Weekly Bulletin: Staying Connected as a Church - Sunday 22nd December and CHRISTMAS DAY 2024

    • 18 Dec 2024
    • St John's in the City
    • Kia ora St John’s whānau, Christmas is less than a week away – and we have a special Carol Service this Sunday! This Sunday we will sing lots of carols, led by the large Christmas Choir.
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    St John's, Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Greater Wellington and Metlink flying the flag for climate action at Round the Bays

    • 17 Feb 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • With the region back to COVID-19 Alert Level 1, Greater Wellington councillors are getting ready, getting set, and raring to go represent the council’s climate goals at Brendan Foot Supersite (BFS) Round the Bays.
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• • Past, present and future stars on show in Wellington Wanderers - Governor Generals’ XI match

    • 15 Feb 2012
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The stars of the past, the present and the future were on show on Sunday as the Wellington Wanderers Cricket Club XI defeated the Governor Generals' Colleges XI by 40 runs in their annual match.
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    OBU and MSP to meet in Premier Reserve final; new Colts champion to be found

    • 8 Aug 2015
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The Hutt Old Boys Marist and Marist St Pat’s lineout jumpers meet and greet in today’s Ed Chaney Cup major semi-final, won by MSP.
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• • Fixing a problem: why Wellington needs light rail, and why it’s not too expensive

    • 17 Jun 2013
    • Wellington Scoop
    • Wellington’s transport model has failed to deliver, and all the recent studies show more of the same is going to make things worse. We need a different approach if we want a vibrant, economically successful city.
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• • Newtown and Berhampore Community Emergency Response Plan – meeting 9/12/14 at 6pm, Newtown Park

    • 19 Nov 2014
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • A group from Newtown and Berhampore have been working with Jason from WREMO, Anna and Renee from the Newtown Community Centre and Claire, our NRA President, to develop a plan for how our community would look after itself for the first 72 hours following a disaster.
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    Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    SEED AND SEEDLING SWAP: Join us for the launch of Seeds to Feeds Island Bay!

    • 8 Oct 2025
    • Seeds to Feeds
    • We're starting a new group dedicated to building a kai secure Island Bay, and we'd love for you to be a part of it! When: Saturday, 18th October, 10 am - 2 pm Where: Seed to Sea, 38 The Parade, Island Bay What to expect: Seed and Seedling Share: Bring your extra seeds and seedlings to swap, or just come and pick up some new ones - we have plenty! Learn & Create: Discover how to create new plants from your seeds and make your own seed packets. Delicious Treats: Enjoy coffee, fresh herbal tea, and tasty treats. Garden Open Day: Explore the beautiful garden at Seed to Sea and meet the chooks! Share Your Ideas: We want to hear your thoughts on how we can create a kai secure Island Bay. Seed and seedling swaps are an awesome opportunity for gardeners of all skill levels to collaborate and share what they might have an abundance of. It's a great way to save money on buying new seedlings, an opportunity to learn from others, and can lead to new varietals in your māra. Bring something to share if you can, but if not, come as you are – we'll have plenty for everyone!
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    Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Metlink to slash off-peak fares, make weekends and public holidays free for children

    • 25 Aug 2022
    • Metlink
    • Off-peak fares on Metlink public transport services will be reduced and children will ride for free on weekends and public holidays, as part of a package of concessions agreed today by Greater Wellington. Fares are currently discounted by 25 percent to encourage off peak travel, but the regional council today agreed to increase the discount to 50 percent, which will also apply to concession holders. Greater Wellington Transport Committee Chair Roger Blakeley said he was pleased the council had adopted the recommendations of the Future Fares Subcommittee.
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• • We learn reading and writing at school. Why not educate kids about mental wellbeing too?

    • 16 Jul 2019
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Dr Dougal Sutherland from the School of Psychology asks why we learn reading and writing at school but not the equally important skills of emotional awareness and management.
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• • Easts qualify top for One-Day final; Karori, Onslow and Taita all still alive

    • 23 Dec 2012
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Karori, Onslow and Taita will be playing for the right to join confirmed top qualifiers Eastern Suburbs in the Wilkinson Ewen Chatfield Cup One-Day Final in the last round of matches when the competition resumes on 12 January.
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Former player recalls Poneke and Oriental joining forces to win back-to-back Jubilee Cups

    • 29 Jul 2015
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • In 1942 Poneke and Oriental joined forces to compete in the Wellington club championship, owing to the second world war and the depleted numbers playing in the Senior competitions.
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• • Te Herenga Waka researchers awarded nearly $1 million to investigate better government and public policy

    • 12 Dec 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • New fund supports research on lobbying and political influence.
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    WCC Watch Soapbox: Simon Woolf – Great Advocacy is Essential in a Cohesive and Collaborative Council

    • 30 Sep 2013
    • WCC Watch
    • Next we on the WCC Soapbox is local business owner and independent Onslow-Western Ward candidate Simon Woolf. Leave your questions and comments for Simon below. If you want to contribute […]
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• • How my Dad called the primary and the election for Donald Trump ages ago

    • 11 Nov 2016
    • Jack Yan
    • FJM88NL, licensed under Creative Commons I’ve had a phone call and a lot of comments on this in the last couple of days: my Dad, who is 81 with early-stage Alzheimer’s, called the US presidential election for Donald Trump months ago.
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    The eye and the turtle: students create posters with a personal connection for Te Papa

    • 23 Nov 2021
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Taita College students Ema Pasikala, Vika Tupou, Jaspreet Singh, Hunter Robinson, and Junior Misa with their posters, 2021. We’ve just pasted some eye-catching new posters around town, made by students from Taita College. Communications Advisor Sasha Borissenko and Senior Digital Editor Daniel Crichton-Rouse hear their stories. Next time you’re out and about in Wellington, there’s a chance you might spy a giant eye and a turtle. Take a closer look – they’re rich with detail.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Google tracks your searches, and uses them, even when your web history is turned off

    • 22 Jan 2014
    • Jack Yan
    • My dislike of Google is no secret, and, as a precaution, I have every known Google tracking setting turned off. I even block the Doubleclick and YouTube cookies. However, I have to manage a page at Google Plus—and Google cleverly tracks you through its Plus service.    It doesn’t lie about it: When you use […]
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    Mark Dunajtschik and Dorothy Spotswood onsite to mark milestone in New Children’s Hospital build

    • 29 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Health Foundation
    • Our skyline looks a little different this morning!  Wellington Region’s New Children’s Hospital took another significant step towards completion on the weekend, when builders McKee FEHL removed the multi-storied crane, allowing the new hospital to be completely enclosed and interior work to take place.
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• • Public Transport Voice submission and presentation to GW Economic Welfare Committee 3/2/2011

    • 6 Feb 2011
    • Sustainable Wellington Transport
    • Public Transport Voice, one of the organisations active in Sustainable Wellington Region Transport,  spoke in the public participation session of the Greater Wellington Regional Council Economic Wellbeing Committee on 3 February, about a range of issues, and tabled a paper for consideration by the committee.
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    Bond Banter 17 May (NEWS IN BRIEFS AND SOME RUGBY INFORMATION TO START THE WEEK)

    • 16 May 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The sun sets on Mt Kilmister at the conclusion of the Old Boys University-Wainuiomata match on Saturday. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. Heavy overnight and morning rain gave way for a bright sunny and rather warm afternoon for club rugby on Saturday. There were good crowds at several venues and much interest.  As the photo above shows,...
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The Monday Wrap 11 July (some rugby news and updates for early in the week)

    • 10 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Morning updates: It’s the 2022 Jubilee and Hardham Cup semi-finals this coming Saturday – and everything else other than club rugby being played this weekend is either a distraction or unfortunate timing! The semi-finals at a glance are: Jubilee Cup: Petone v Tawa and Hutt Old Boys Marist v Northern United Hardham Cup: Old Boys...
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Day 7 – Walsh & Gill in Shot this afternoon and Willis in semi-final this evening

    • 4 Aug 2021
    • Athletics Wellington
    • Shot Final and Willis semi-final today Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill will be the focus in the morning session as they look for medals in a very competitive shot Put final  this afternoon.
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• • A plant-based diet and kerbside collection of food waste: More ways to cut emissions

    • 10 Jun 2022
    • Low Carbon Kapiti
    • By Paul Callister Plant-based diets and better managing food waste provide ways of reducing emissions. According to OraTaio: NZ Climate and Health Council co-convenor Dr Alexandra Macmillan a plant-based diet with less meat and dairy could transform the country’s health while also slashing emissions.  The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also promote switching to a […]
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