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    Queens Birthday honours for Victoria University of Wellington community

    • 4 Jun 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Fifteen alumni were among the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington community members recognised for their achievements in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
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• • Autumn is the time for rats to seek shelter

    • 16 Mar 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Rats will now be busy making a home for the winter and that home may well be your roof space, basement, woodshed or compost heap.
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    Top Eight Scramble Now On For Mid Table Protagonists

    • 23 May 2008
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The race for the 2008 Swindale Shield looks set to go down to the wire over the next three weeks with just a bonus point...
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• • Pearce Cup team of the Week for 19 January

    • 22 Jan 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wilkinson Pearce Cup team of the Week for 19 January after the opening day's play of two-day Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches
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• • Nominations called for Outstanding Young Employee of the Year

    • 24 Aug 2012
    • Porirua Chamber of Commerce
    • Nominations for the Outstanding Young Employee of the Year are once again being sought as part of the annual Westpac Porirua City Business Excellence Awards.
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• • Erosion Control funding increase confirmed for Greater Wellington Region

    • 10 Jul 2015
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Last week Nathan Guy, Minister for Primary Industries (MPI), confirmed Greater Wellington Regional Council as one of six regions to receive a share of $8.
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    Blockbuster Saturday of rugby coming up for Wellington fans

    • 9 Oct 2015
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A blockbuster Saturday is in the wind for local rugby players and supporters, with four consecutive matches at three different venues to set schedules to.
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• • England test spinner Scott Borthwick to play for Johnsonville

    • 14 Oct 2015
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Scott Borthwick made his England debut in an Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground – now he will play for Johnsonville in Wellington club cricket.
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    Nature article poses choices for the future of Antarctica

    • 13 Jun 2018
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Choices made in the next decade will have long-term consequences for Antarctica and the globe, according to research published today in the journal Nature.
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• • Firebirds unchanged for first knockout fixture of the season

    • 26 Nov 2018
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wellington Firebirds are once again unchanged for their Ford Trophy elimination final against the Auckland Aces at Eden Park Outer Oval in Auckland tomorrow.
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• • Nominations called for Outstanding Young Employee of the Year

    • 24 Aug 2012
    • Porirua Chamber of Commerce
    • Nominations for the Outstanding Young Employee of the Year are once again being sought as part of the annual Westpac Porirua City Business Excellence Awards.
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• • Wairarapa Police seek man with 16 warrants for his arrest

    • 23 Nov 2010
    • Wellington District Police
    • Wairarapa Police are looking for 21 year old Tristan Abraham who has a total of 16 warrants for his...
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• • Weekly Report for Sunday Feb 12; Jillian Preston, Vice President

    • 8 Feb 2012
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Robs off hopity hopity hopping around Brazil, so I’ll be filling in for him for the next few weeks.
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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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• • Join us for a Storm Family & Friends Game Day!

    • 17 Jan 2024
    • Wellington Storm Floorball Club
    • Have you been wanting to scratch the floorball itch over the summer break? Come along to a social afternoon of floorball for Storm family and friends.
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    Fascination for law and languages inspires court interpretation PhD

    • 25 Sep 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • What really goes on when someone is translating for speakers of other languages? Tineke Jannink is a graduate of a degree programme that provides the answers.
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• • Hell Wellington Firebirds squad for HRV Cup Twenty20 opener

    • 16 Dec 2011
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Muttiah Muralidharan and Brendan Taylor join Jesse Ryder and the Hell Wellington Firebirds team in Auckland on Sunday for the first round of the HRV Cup.
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    Tickets are still available for the upcoming Lower Hutt &...

    • 9 Feb 2015
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • Tickets are still available for the upcoming Lower Hutt & Paraparaumu Fringe 2015 shows BABY POPS - ABRACADABRA! To secure yours, head to FRINGE.CO.NZ or TICKETEK NEW ZEALAND
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• • Points Table for Race 4 - Final - Tineli Winter Series

    • 13 Aug 2021
    • Kapiti Cycling Club
    • The finale in the 2021 series (the first for 2 years - Covid dealt to 2020) was a windy affair, but at least it was dry - credit to Kapiti Coast winters for 4 fine Saturdays in a row (we won't talk about the first one!)  The strong westerly wind certainly made it interesting - lots of tactics required (and used!) and the bunches broke up in every grade.
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• • AGM 17th October 2022 – Call for nominations and submissions

    • 19 Sep 2022
    • Island Bay Residents' Association
    • Our AGM will be held on Monday 17th October. It is only 6 months since our last AGM due to the fact that the March AGM was delayed from 2021. Nominations are open for a position on the committee. We also invite the submission of Notices to be voted on at the AGM. The deadlineContinue reading "AGM 17th October 2022 – Call for nominations and submissions"
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• • A further call for stallholders on the Village Green

    • 11 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Folk Festival
    • The stalls of the Village Green are one of the things that adds to the colour and vibe of the Festival, but one that has thinned out a little over recent years. We are keen to try to build it up again. There are spaces available for folk to sell folk-related craft and produce. Last … Continue reading A further call for stallholders on the Village Green
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    Brookfield Outdoor Education Center, 562, Moores Valley Road, Homedale, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5373, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • For sale: a home of the little blue penguins

    • 27 Aug 2010
    • Wellington Scoop
    • Consistency must count for something in Mayor Kerry Prendergast’s strategy, but it was conspicuous by its absence in a 24-hour period this week. On Tuesday, she honoured Forest & Bird and their project to save little blue penguins. One day later came her action to remove from city ownership and protection a piece of land that is a home for some of those same little penguins.
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• • Police search for missing tramper in Lower Hutt

    • 9 Jan 2010
    • Wellington District Police
    • Members of Wellington Search and Rescue spent several hours last night searching for a man who failed to return from a walk in the Rimutaka Forest Park on Friday afternoon. A Team consisting of 2 LandSAR volunteers and 3 Police SAR members including a Police dog handler located the male just after 5am this morning next to the Orongorongo River, several kilometers from his home. He was cold and hungry, but otherwise in good health. He had not allowed sufficient time to return home in daylight, so eventually had to stay put.
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• • City for People launches campaign to promote affordable housing

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • A City for People
    • A new campaign has launched to support Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows.
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• • Seamus Kane dominates Wellington Roads for Winter Clean Sweep

    • 19 Aug 2023
    • Athletics Wellington
    • Seamus Kane dominates Wellington Roads for Winter Clean Sweep Good fields of over 320 athletes took to the roads in Wainuiomata Regional Park in cool… Read More »
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    City for People launches campaign to promote affordable housing

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • A City for People
    • A new campaign has launched to support Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows.
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• • Pearce Cup team of the Week for 2 February

    • 4 Feb 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wilkinson Pearce Cup team of the Week for 2 February after the first day's play of round two Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
    • Accepted from Cricket Wellington news 159 months ago
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• • Premier Grade team of the Week for 2 February

    • 4 Feb 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 2 February after the first day's play of round two Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
    • Accepted from Cricket Wellington news 159 months ago
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• • Premier Grade team of the Week for 9 February

    • 11 Feb 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 9 February after the second day's play of round two Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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• • Premier Grade team of the Week for 16 February

    • 18 Feb 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 16 February after the first day's play of round three Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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