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• • SkySports Visits Stream in Preparation for Coll Traditional

    • 20 May 2010
    • St Patricks College, Silverstream
    • Wednesday 19 May 2010: SkySports presenter Ken Laban today visited Stream with his film crew in preparation for next week's televised Traditonal against Wellington College.
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    St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
  
  

• • Frozen Berries and Jam Jars for Market Night

    • 7 Sep 2015
    • Kilbirnie School
    • Can you please see if you have clean jam jars with lids for the market night?  Also frozen berries (but not strawberries) have been requested.
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    Kilbirnie School, 72, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Newlands Ki O Rahi Team qualifying for Nationals 2024

    • 2 Mar 2023
    • Newlands College
    • A great day out for Ki ō Rahi team at the CSW Mixed Ki ō Rahi Tournament on Wednesday 1st March. Our team placed 3rd in the tournament qualifying for the Ki ō Rahi Nationals for 2024 in Christchurch. This tournament is also a stepping stone for our team as they prepare for their first […]
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    Newlands College, 68, Bracken Road, Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Government announces preferred option for Wellington’s Mass Rapid Transport future

    • 28 Jun 2022
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington welcomed an announcement by Transport Minister Michael Wood and Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson this morning which outlined the Government’s preferred Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) option for the Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) programme. The preferred option, known as option 1, focuses on south coast light rail and a new public transport tunnel – helping move the most people possible to and from Island Bay and surrounding suburbs, beautifying the Basin Reserve, supporting the most housing and urban development of all the options, and making city streets better for everyone
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• • Junior Athletes Track & Field Acknowledged for Achievement Awards  

    • 23 Mar 2025
    • Athletics Wellington
    • Junior Athletes Track & Field Achievement Awards During the concluding stages of the Junior Championships, the trophies were awarded to the season leading performers for… Read More »
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    New beginnings for New Zealand’s Best Emerging Bookseller

    • 12 Aug 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Lisa Adler had her last day at the bookstore where she learned her trade last month. But for Lisa, it’s not the end—just another chapter.
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• • Stars of tomorrow sign for Wellington next season

    • 6 Apr 2010
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Cricket Wellington, through the support of Railway Metro New World, has secured the services of 2 young cricketers for next season – Michael Pollard and Tom Blundell.
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• • Wellington trio in White Ferns for England series

    • 6 Feb 2012
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Wellington Blaze trio Lucy Doolan, Sian Ruck and Liz Perry have beeb selected in the 14-player White Ferns squad for the upcoming series against England
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• • Wakefield returns to bolster Blaze for last round against Central

    • 20 Jan 2011
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Captain Megan Wakefield returns from a hamstring injury to lead the Blaze in their final round against the Central Hinds in Palmerston North
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    New research shows health benefits for Wellington's backyard trappers

    • 13 Apr 2020
    • Predator Free Wellington
    • Time spent involved in backyard and reserve trapping is improving the health of Wellingtonians. Researcher Dr Danielle Shanahan from Zealandia's Centre for People and Nature surveyed 1200 Wellington residents, and found that levels of depression, anxiety and stress are lower in people who spend more time in…
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    Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wairarapa Police looking for Raukawa Collins, wanted to arrest

    • 27 Apr 2011
    • Wellington District Police
    • Wairarapa Police are looking for Raukawa Collins, also known as Raukawa Hunt, wanted to arrest for...
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    The ‘Dvorak For Lunch’ All Star Ensemble rehearsing...

    • 8 Apr 2018
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • The ‘Dvorak For Lunch’ All Star Ensemble rehearsing ahead of this Friday’s lunchtime concert at St Andrew’s on The Terrace. 12.15pm and only $10 on the door.
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• • Shorter commute for dialysis patients on the way

    • 12 Feb 2020
    • Hutt Valley District Health Board
    • Hutt Valley and Wairarapa patients will soon face a shorter commute for dialysis treatment with the establishment of a new satellite dialysis unit next to Hutt Hospital.
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Training for our officials – Level A Throws course

    • 2 Oct 2020
    • Athletics Wellington
    • Training for our officials – Level A Throws course   A group of our Wellington officials attended a Level A throws training course at Hastings over 19-20 September.
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    A precedent for a Kaiwharawhara to Petone boardwalk

    • 15 Dec 2010
    • Wellington Region Cycleways
    • Surely a precedent has been set for the link between Wellington and Petone with the building of Auckland’s boardwalk along the rail line in the Orakei Basin.
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• • Templeton’s ton sets up day two for Karori

    • 3 Apr 2011
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Hamish Templeton resumes day 2 of the Wilkinson Pearce Cup final on 176 not out, batting Karori into a strong positon at 381 for 9 at stumps
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The ‘Dvorak For Lunch’ All Star Ensemble rehearsing...

    • 8 Apr 2018
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • The ‘Dvorak For Lunch’ All Star Ensemble rehearsing ahead of this Friday’s lunchtime concert at St Andrew’s on The Terrace. 12.15pm and only $10 on the door.
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    Northern Men Take Premier 2 Championship For Second Year

    • 16 Sep 2019
    • Northern United Hockey Club
    • <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Photo by Lewis Bishop The Northern Men’s team have completed a double, winning their Premier 2 grade for the second year running. In a repeat of last years’ final, they met a strong Tawa Titans team, who were looking to complete their commanding season and push for promotion to the top tier competition. Northern’s ‘Honey Badgers’ had met Tawa five times already this season. During regular-season games, they had come out worse off, but in both the two previous finals matches - in the grading round final and the first semifinal, Northern had held the Titans to a draw, before besting them in penalty shoot-outs. It was after that penalty shoot-out win in the semi-finals that Northern went straight through to the grand final, while Tawa had to fight Hutt United in a second semi. The Northern boys, however, had a free weekend after their friendly match was cancelled. Northern went into the match looking like the underdogs, but went 1-nil up early after a mis-timed strike from player-coach Nathan Croad found the back of the net. The Titans had to wait until the second half to reply, taking the score to 1-1, and looking like the teams would be going to shoot-out for a third time. However, a goal from youngster and Capital rep, Samuel Bishop, put the ball away to bring the Badgers back into the lead. While Tawa’s attack was fierce, and keeper Sam French was called upon to make several saves throughout the game, as the clock counted down, the match felt firmly within Northern control. The Northern team continued to push for the entire 70 minutes, with midfielder Olly Wright chasing down a ball hit out of the Northern defensive 25, to take it into the Tawa circle. While Northern wasn’t able to capitalise off Wright’s attack, 2-1 was how the match ended, with the Northern United boys claiming the championship for the second year running.
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Look out for Transpower vehicles in the park

    • 21 Jan 2019
    • Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    • There’s a fair amount of Transpower NZ traffic on Snakecharmer and other 4WD tracks around the park, as they prepare for more work on the powerlines in February.
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    Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hawk's Newsletter #2 for '24 - Swindale kicks off!

    • 3 Apr 2024
    • Johnsonville Rugby Football Club
    • Welcome to our second newsletter for 2024 and only a few days to go until we kick off! I'm sure the excitement is building and we are all...
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    Johnsonville Rugby and Football Club, 80, Helston Road, Paparangi, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Applications open for Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship 2026 

    • 9 Sep 2025
    • Sisters of Compassion
    • This scholarship is intended to support students by providing financial assistance with tuition fees. The post Applications open for Suzanne Aubert Tertiary Scholarship 2026 appeared first on compassion.org.nz.
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• • Special award to zl2aoh for processing 34,000 qsls!

    • 14 Dec 2007
    • ZL6QH Quartz Hill User Group
    • In November 2007 The Quartz Hill Management Committee awarded a certificate to the ZL6QH QSL Manager, Ralph Sutton ZL2AOH, for his outstanding achievement in processing 34,000 QSL requests.
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• • Cricket Wellington capping ceremony for age grade sides

    • 10 Dec 2009
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Cricket Wellington held its capping ceremony for the U15, U17 and U19 age grade sides in the Long Room at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve on Wednesday.
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• • University buildings used for major emergency exercise practice

    • 1 Oct 2024
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • On Saturday 5 October, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus will be one of the sites across the Wellington region used for a major emergency exercise.
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    Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Woodcock named in BLACKCAPS Twenty20 squad for Pakistan

    • 22 Dec 2010
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Hell Wellington Firebirds all-rounder Luke Woodcock has been selected in the 14-man BLACKCAPS Twenty20 squad for the upcoming National Bank Series against Pakistan beginning 26 December 2010.
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    Second Māori language learning app developed for beginners

    • 12 Feb 2015
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Education has released its second te reo Māori learning app—Puna—which is available for free on the App Store and Google Play.
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• • Consultation delivers expanded bus service for Churton Park

    • 20 Feb 2015
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Two new bus routes - to provide a more convenient, affordable service that meets the needs of rapid growth - are being proposed for Churton Park residents after extensive community consultation.
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    Churton Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  
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    Waiting for light rail? Let’s build a busway now!

    • 20 Oct 2019
    • Talk Wellington
    • One question on the mind of everyone suffering from Wellington’s transport problems is – when will Let’s Get Wellington Moving actually get us moving? Guest poster Marko Garlick sees a supercharger hiding in plain sight There seem to be lots of abstract projects planned to be delivered, maybe years from now: urban State Highway 1 “improvement” with more tunnels, and a rapid (or maybe just frequent) mass transit line from Lambton through Newtown and to the Airport.  But where will these actually go? And how do we deal with difficult questions about flows around the Basin Reserve? Wellingtonians waiting for new transport infrastructure to be built… Where does mass transit go? For mass transit, there are many things to consider. Is it along the waterfront quays or along Lambton Quay / the Golden Mile? Along Taranaki St or along Cambridge Terrace? Where does it go through the Basin Reserve? Many people are speculating. And the big one: light rail or trackless trams, or both? Mock-up of a route down Taranaki St What about the urban motorway? The LGWM proposal has a pretty good plan to maintain the amenity of the city above. They want to underground the motorway from the Terrace to Mt Vic. A new Te Aro park will be created on top. However people are questioning the need for more lanes created by a new Terrace and a new general traffic Mt Vic tunnel. More lanes in urban motorways creates induced demand. More lanes means make people drive more which kills off any travel savings created by the bigger road. It’s a transport strategy just as smart as trying to lose weight by buying bigger pants! Bigger roads take up valuable space and just fill up with more traffic (looking at you Auckland, thanks for showing us what not to do) This uncertainty is paralysing! Those who are in the “pro-car” camp say they like mass-transit but that must come after their bigger road. Those in the “pro-PT” camp want light rail first and a smaller road. Finger-pointing and party lines are drawn. Tough and costly decisions will have to be made about irreversible projects around the Basin. Once you make a flyover, tunnel or lay down tracks you can’t (quickly) go back. I think we can break out of this inaction and stupor with an interim middle ground: a busway. Case Study: Auckland’s Northern busway The idea for this has come from the success of Auckland’s northern busway. It is a dedicated two-lanes for buses from the northern foot of the Harbour Bridge up SH1 to Constellation Drive with world-class stations and frequent congestion-free services into the city.  It has seen year-on-year double-digit growth numbers over its 11 years in service, and is being extended to Albany and beyond shortly. Eventually tracks will be laid down for a second-harbour crossing for light-rail. Radical incrementalism Initially the busway was just a narrow shoulder each side of the northern motorway. People were sceptical initially but its success was undeniable and has provided the basis for upgrades and extensions. What the Northern busway shows is that doing something now, and building on it, is more practical and politically palatable than trying to justify a massive spend up front. This is applicable to Wellington’s light rail situation. It is relatively low-cost initially, can display almost mass-transit qualities and is more flexible as progress is made towards light-rail. Why a busway? A busway is what Wellington needs now. We cannot wait another 10-15 years for a big decision on the Basin and Mt Vic tunnel. A busway will provide many benefits: It is far cheaper to implement right away and far quicker to implement (I envisage 3 years for the first stage).It also demonstrates demand for mass-transit and will allow us to see whether a certain route is a good idea or not.It also allows for land-use intensification now, providing greater density and amenity to a future light rail line. What will it look like? So what would this look like? I think that the busway should start at the train station, go along the waterfront quays, and then either go along Taranaki St or Cambridge/Kent Terrace. Ideally, it should run in the centre of street with weather protected stops and room for cycleway and signal-priority. Stops should mirror light rail ones, being spaced out for speed and reliability.  Along most of the route the buses could probably hit 60km/h speeds, congestion free, all day. [Ed: just let that sink in. Congestion free. A clear run.] Separate branding would be an excellent addition. The Northern Express (NEX) is what Auckland has; the Wellington Express (WEX) is what we could have. This post is about incrementalism and the key takeaway is something half-done is better than waiting ages for the ‘perfect’ solution. If the busway is barebones at first before getting upgrades then so be it. The mess at the Basin can be avoided by stopping bus priority at the start, then resuming it into Newtown. This is what the Northern Busway does with dedicated lanes ending at the Harbour Bridge, then resuming on Fanshawe St. What the waterfront quays look like now (shudders). Hardly the “walkable city”. A thing of beauty: What a complete Wellington busway could look like The busway can be upgraded over time. Greenspace, cycleways, better stops, a possible underpass on Waterloo Quay to connect to the railway station. Summing up In an ideal world, we can all agree on the light-rail and grade-separation issues at the Basin and they may already have been implemented. But that is not the case. Although there is lots of details to work, the principle of a busway now then future conversion to higher-capacity light-rail is a sound one in my mind. Do you have any ideas why Wellington has not had bus priority – via a busway, or anything else – for so long? What do you think of fast buses in the city centre, and in the suburbs? A version of this post was originally published on TraNZport; see the original here. Image credits Cover image by Smarter TransportSkeleton waiting, original unknownTaranaki mock-up by LGWMAuckland rush hour by Getty imagesAuckland busway by Greater AucklandQuays now, screen grabBusway by AT
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • John Key Rotary Breakfast raises Funds for Wellington Children’s Hospital

    • 8 Aug 2007
    • Wellington Health Foundation
    • The Rotary Club of Port Nicholson recently held a fundraising breakfast at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington for 220 guests. Funds raised are to go to Wellington Children&#8217;s Hospital. Ian Patterson from Just Patterson Real Estate auctioned off a number of items at the breakfast. The Foundation is very appreciative of the support of the Rotary Club. Funds raised will go towards much needed equipment in the childrens hospital.
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• • Natural Resources Plan provides certainty for resource use

    • 30 Jun 2015
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council today approved a ground-breaking new Proposed Natural Resources Plan that sets out rules and guidelines for protecting and sustainably using natural resources in the region.
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