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    Fijian Flyers win Bula 7s tournament at Porirua Park

    • 14 Jan 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur The Wellington Fijian Flyers Black team won today’s second annual Bula Aotearoa 7s tournament at a sun-drenched Porirua Park, to usher in the new year of rugby. The Fijian Flyers Black side timed their run to the title to perfection, beating last year’s runners-up the Whanganui Fijians 19-7...
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Review: The Sensemaker

    • 1 Mar 2023
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Produced by ‘Woman’s Move’ from Switzerland and co-directed by choreographers Elsa Couvreur and Iona D’Annunzio. The Sensemaker starts as a clever and understated comedy that uses dance, movement and sound as its main devices. Theatre like this is at its best when minimal and perfectly timed, which is a key strength of The Sensemaker. The […]
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    Wellington College hold on to beat St Pat’s Town in Premiership opener

    • 17 May 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White. Photos by Andy MacArthur. Wellington College have held on to beat St Pat’s Town 16-14 in their Wellington Premiership First XV opener at a sunny Evans Bay Park this afternoon. For the most part, the match never reached any great heights in terms of skill and execution, but for drama and excitement...
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    Nick Robertson – Hundred and still flying

    • 2 May 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Nick Robertson celebrated his 100th game for Poneke on Saturday by doing what he does best – scoring tries. The Filipino flyer dotted down twice from fullback in a 28-43 loss against Petone. He has scored 66 tries in red and black and reckons the second try he scored against the Villagers is...
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    St Pat’s Silverstream defend First XV Premiership with emphatic win over Wellington College

    • 10 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White Photos by Andy McArthur St Patrick’s College, Silverstream are back-to-back Wellington Premiership First XV champions. Silverstream defeated Wellington College 35-14 in today’s final at Porirua Park to complete an unbeaten Premiership season and win their ninth title overall. It was a cold afternoon with lashings of icy rain blowing down Jerry Collins...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Now We’re Flying!

    • 19 Jun 2009
    • Snapper card
    • We’ve had a busy week here at Snapper, rolling out the ability to pay for your bus fare by Snapper on Valley Flyer and Airport Flyer buses. The first Snapper-enabled bus left the Waterloo depot in the early hours of last Sunday morning and by lunchtime every Valley Flyer bus had been fitted out with Snapper equipment.
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Feilding High School beat Silverstream, St Mary’s win well, St Pat’s Town miss out to Australian visitors

    • 11 Apr 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • St Pat’s Silverstream are held up over the line on of four occasions in their match with Feilding High School this afternoon. The visitors continued their strong start to the season by winning 26-17. By Adam Julian and Steven White Feilding High School have continued their encouraging start to 2024 with a 26-17 victory over...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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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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    Wellington Lions v Counties Manukau Quarter-final stat attack

    • 15 Oct 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wellington beat Counties Manukau in their NPC quarter-final at home last Friday night. Facts and figures from the game below by By Peter Marriott. Quarter-final v Counties Manukau: Won 29-14 Wellington and Counties Manukau have now met on 39 occasions in the NPC. Wellington has won 24 of those matches, Counties Manukau has won 13....
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• • Death On Wgtn Line

    • 4 Nov 2010
    • Auckland Trains
    • Long delays for Wellington commuters today. In what was officially described as being caused by a “medical emergency,” a man was hit by a train near Kenepuru and died. Buses replaced trains on the line until this afternoon. The train involved was the Capital Connection as it travelled into Wellington. Counselling was offered to the driver.  Passengers were unharmed.
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    Hurricanes v Chiefs Stat Attack

    • 16 Apr 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes beat the Chiefs 36-23 in their Super Rugby match at Wellington on Saturday night to maintain their seven from seven winning record. Some facts and figures from the contest below by Peter Marriott. Week 8 v Chiefs: Won 36-23 The Hurricanes and the Chiefs have now met on 44 occasions....
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    Hastings BHS beat Scots and other First XV rugby matters

    • 16 May 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Stoic Hastings Defy Scots despite a red card Hastings Boys’ High School completed a successful pre-season with a 33-17 victory over Wellington Premiership Champions Scots College in Strathmore this afternoon. Hastings, 2017 and 2019 national champions, have won their last three matches against Wellington College, Feilding High School,...
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    Strathmore Park, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    St Pat’s Silverstream overpower St Pat’s Town in midweek Traditional

    • 16 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • St Pat’s Silverstream hooker Riley Browne on the way to the tryline in the first half. He also helped set up another try in the second half to help end St Pat’s Town’s challenge in their annual midweek traditional. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur St Patrick’s College, Silverstream: 38 (Osaiasi Manu, Elijah Solomona 2,...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Reserve Grade finalists found, college final winners crowned and wins for Wellington U19s and Māori sides

    • 16 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Hemi Fermanis surges ahead for Wellington Māori in their win against Wellington Samoa at Ngati Toa Domain. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Photos by Andy McArthur An action-packed day of club, college and representative rugby today. A round-up of it all in club, college and representative order below. Club The Wellington Axemen and Tawa...
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 20 Feb 2014: Fourth Four Plinths Sculpture launched

    • 20 Feb 2014
    • Wellington Sculpture Trust
    • Glen Hayward’s Rita Angus grew her own vegetables was launched by the Mayor of Wellington at a function on site by the national museum Te Papa on the evening of 19 February2014 before a crowd of about seventy persons. Other speakers were the Chair of the Wellington Sculpture Trust Sue Elliott, and the sculptor Glen Hayward.
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• • Workshop build advances

    • 4 Aug 2013
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • <!-- da2a.script_load(); //--> Another milestone was reached on Friday 2 August with a third portal frame lifted into position for our workshop extension. Two portal frames arrived by truck, fresh from blasting and priming at Steam and Sand Porirua, and welding at MJH Engineering. Fabrication of the steel beams and components had earlier been completed by trust members.
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    Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • At arm’s duration: The plasticity of depth judgment

    • 25 Jan 2014
    • (Medical Xpress)-People have a distance at which they are best able to judge depth. That distance, it turns out, is dictated by how long people understand their arms to be. Researchers showed this in the Journal of Neuroscience by tricking subjects with virtual reality into thinking their reach was longer than it really was. The […]
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• • It’s still wise to bet against Facebook

    • 26 Jan 2014
    • Jack Yan
    • A non-peer-reviewed academic article from Princeton predicts Facebook will be toast by ’17, and Facebook has very cleverly responded using similar methodology to say that Princeton will have no students by 2021. The lack of review on the former left it wide open for the Facebook attack.    However, it’s not unwise betting against Facebook. […]
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• • low cost flights

    • 26 Jan 2014
    • Are you ready meant for a vacation otherwise a life-size trip?, other than it feels like the age of effortless take a trip is over. With rising fuel prices and airlines struggling to continue floating in a weakened market, you run a explore designed for contemptible flights and are bombarded by options and mystified by […]
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    All Blacks v England test series stat attack

    • 16 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott The All Blacks have just completed a two-test series over England, winning both internationals narrowly. A comprehensive Stat Attack follows by Peter Marriott, starting with the second test this past Saturday in Auckland and the first test in Dunedin below that. New Zealand v England in Auckland: Won 24-17 New Zealand and...
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    REBLOG Keith Johnson: Why can’t WIAL pay for the proposed runway extension?

    • 1 Dec 2015
    • Guardians of the Bays
    • BBC AND BBBC I was sort of retained as an ‘economist’ by the Guardians of the Bays ginger group that has been formed to contest the Wellington Airport Runway Extension Project – with our tiger-lady organizer Dr Sea Rotmann setting me to tackle the Notorious Business Case that has been recently developed by the consulting group Sapere.
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• • My favourite modernist building … College House

    • 5 Sep 2016
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • A mature work by what was at the time a young practice. Architecture is foremost about creating space and College House, Christchurch (Warren and Mahoney, 1964-70) does this. Much better than most. The quad is the star. In the finest tradition it organises the site. It is well proportioned and is surrounded by the buildings. […]
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    Sizeable Scots Stop Stoic Stream in Premiership Decider

    • 13 Aug 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Scots College are Wellington Premiership championships for the fifth time, puffing, limping, and praying their way to the finish in a 29-27 victory over St Patrick’s College, Silverstream. Ahead 29-10, with less than 20 minutes remaining, it appeared the Presbyterians’ power had quashed Catholic courage. Instead, Scots steamrollers...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Naholo impresses as Hurricanes enjoy convincing pre-season win over Moana Pasifika

    • 16 Feb 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Kini Naholo scoring one of his eye-catching tries late in the game in the Hurricanes’ 9 tries to 4 Super Rugby pre-season win over Moana Pasifika this afternoon. By Adam Julian and Steven White. Photos by Mike Lewis Pictures and Andy McArthur. Hurricanes 59 Du’Plessis Kirifi 2, Kini Naholo 2, Peter Lakai, Reon Paul, Kyle Preston...
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    St Pat’s Silverstream the Kings of college rugby in Wellington

    • 18 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur St Patrick’s College, Silverstream is irrefutably the best rugby school in the capital. The Upper Hutt-based Catholics won four grades in 2024, their nearest rivals one. The First XV Premiership is the most coveted prize and in the final at Jerry Collins Stadium, Silverstream overpowered Wellington College 31-12....
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Ford to stop selling passenger cars in the US and Canada, save for Mustang and Focus Active

    • 26 Apr 2018
    • Jack Yan
    • The Ford Focus Active: by the turn of the decade, this will be the only four-door passenger car Ford will sell in the US and Canada In a surprise move, Ford has announced that it will cease selling passenger cars in the US and Canada by the early 2020s, excepting the Mustang and the Focus Active.
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    Weekly News 19 August 2024

    • 19 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • This week If you want your event added to this list, contact us by Sunday evening. Results World Masters Athletics Championships, Sweden Massive congrats to World Champion Peter Stevens on winning the World Masters Athletics Championship’s M60 2000m steeplechase in an outstanding time of 7:01.43 (breaking the Wellington age record by nearly a minute). Here […]
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    Silverstream see off Rongotai with ease in midweek traditional 

    • 19 Jun 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White and Adam Julian Photos by Mike Lewis Pictures St Patrick’s College, Silverstream eased to a 73-0 win over Rongotai College in their midweek First XV traditional and round five First XV Premiership fixture on their home grounds this afternoon. Elsewhere, St Bernard’s College beat Hato Paora 46-22 in their traditional today. Silverstream...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Review: The Drifting Room

    • 1 Mar 2024
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • By Paul Harvey What: ‘The Drifting Room’ by Stephen Bain, an event part of The Performance Arcade – Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts Where: Waterfront, East side of Te Papa When: Thursday 22nd February (2pm) How: 8 people enter a tent-like, lightweight structure with the intention to move around, sense and observe the world beyond its […]
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Wellington College beat St Pat’s Town in gritty Premiership opener

    • 21 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wellington College right wing Shea Boshier attacks the line in the lead-up to the opening try and only try of the first half. By Adam Julian Photos by Andy McArthur Wellington College has opened the Premiership with a gritty 18-13 victory over St Patrick’s College, Wellington. An arm-wrestle was expected at a sun-drenched Evans Bay...
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