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• • Best of the week 7-14 July 2024

    • 14 Jul 2024
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Here’s what’s good and Wellington-related this week! Best book that every Wellingtonian should read because I just did and wow Sodden Downstream by Brannavan Gnanalingam. This has sat neglected on my bookshelf for far too long after it came out in 2017, but as our public transport gets worse, terrible weather events get more frequent […]
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    Some light reading in our Enews for July

    • 15 Jul 2025
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • It seems hard to believe, but half the year has gone already! July also marks the beginning of a number of changes in government and/or local body charges such as bus fares and GP fees (more details below). There are also increases in some government payments and benefits. We hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter. It’s ... Read more
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    Build Update: Let the earthworks begin!

    • 14 Apr 2024
    • Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards
    • 13 April 2024 Today we had a working bee on site to clear vegetation and prepare the grounds for Mills Albert to arrive and begin site scraping. Thanks team! 15 April 2024 Today, Mills Albert arrive on site to start silt fencing, building temporary pathways and other site preparations. Next week, Homestead Construction will fence... Read More
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    Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards, Beach access, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Cascade Hut via Hinemaiaia Track – Kaimanawa Forest Park

    • 15 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Snow on Ruapehu!Our journey began with a scenic drive on Desert Road – with a radiant full moon and snow was glittering on the peaks of Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Ruapehu. Being the shortest day of the year (June 21), not many people were out tramping. After a skilled late-night drive through winding roads and ... Read more
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• • Issues for Residents raised at TRA 2012 AGM

    • 17 Aug 2012
    • Thorndon Residents Assocation
    • A range of important issues for residents emerged at the Thorndon Residents' Association Annual General Meeting. If you have an interest in:- earthquake prone buildings- traffic and parking - your responsibilities when someone (or something) damages your sewer pipe buried under the public street?- regional governancethen, take a moment to read the draft minutes from the TRA AGM
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    Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – the aurora and the honey mead

    • 15 May 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – the aurora and the honey mead At the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge the Teddy Bears Tramping Club enjoyed viewing the aurora and then also the tasty honey mead Today was an exciting time for us teddy bears at the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge. First there was an activation of the lahar warning system ... Read more
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    Mt Ruapehu day walk and the ice cave

    • 16 Apr 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Mt Ruapehu day walk and the ice cave. A day hike from the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club (WTMC) Mt Ruapehu Lodge to a spectacular ice cave in the Summit Plateau Glacier Sarah enjoys staying at the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge. Mainly because it is easy there for her to make tasty pancakes and raisin scones. ... Read more
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• • Wellington 2040: A smart green city - a “freakin fantastic” idea

    • 16 Jun 2011
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • This post is really just a heads-up for those of you who don’t keep up with the Dom-Post (and let’s be honest, they don’t really offer much reason to do so), but here is an article (via stuff.co.nz) that should have some interest for our members: Wellington 2040: A smart green city Although I recommend you read [...]
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• • Make a submission and support Option X

    • 23 Aug 2011
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • Submissions on the Basin Reserve flyover close this Friday 26 August, so make your voice heard today. You can use our submission guide (the link is in the menu to the right), and please support the best urban design outcome for Wellington - Option X. It's the high-quality transport solution that Wellington genuinely needs. read more
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• • Weekly Report for Sunday Oct. 16

    • 12 Oct 2011
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Hi Everyone Past President Gordie has run his 50th Marathon and is in his 50th year. Go read the article Dave Green has posted on the website. Well done Gordie. And here is a classical comment I can't resist making. 50th Marathon? 50 years old? Sounds as if Gordie is having an 'L' of a time.*
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• • Weekly Report for Sunday May 15

    • 10 May 2011
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Hi Everyone In order to make sense of this report, you will need to read last week's. It was posted last Thursday and Stan sent out the noticifation twice, but it didn't get to members. He is liaising with the service provider to sort out the problem. Click on 'articles > Robjuliorum' and you can access last week's report.
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• • Social Barfly

    • 21 Sep 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The Masked Barfly has been busy in the last little while soaking up the scene and hanging around the hors d'oeuvres in our buzzy little town.  As could be expected the Masked Barfly favours fecund environs where one can imbibe a good compost of booze, blood and guts, gossip and culture.    Some bullets of buzz: read more
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• • Wishbone blows, harder

    • 19 Jan 2011
    • The Wellingtonista
    • In case kinda nasty and over-priced food, and rumoured worker exploitation weren’t reason enough to dislike the (surprisingly-successful) Wishbone, how about this for some odious sentiment: Said by Barbra Streisand, apparently The internets suggest that the quote should actually read “eating only the top half of each slice”, but frankly that doesn’t even make sense.
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    Developing WTMC’s capability to lead trips – Intermediate Bushcraft Course

    • 16 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • As part of the club’s efforts to develop new and emerging trip leaders, the club ran an Intermediate Bushcraft Course over the weekend of 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2025. We were extremely grateful for the financial support offered in the form of a Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) training grant. Dominic and Dave from the ... Read more
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    Lake Angelus – Nelson Lakes National Park

    • 16 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • At lunchtime on Friday 3rd January, our group of 7 EM trampers along with the MF group, met at the Wellington train station bound for Nelson Lakes National Park. We had a smooth sailing across the Cook Strait before bad weather hit Wellington! However, we didn’t escape the rain in Picton. As the rain pelted ... Read more
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    Te Puia Hot Springs – Kaweka Forest Park

    • 16 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Ten of us (4 M and 6 EM trampers) met at 1pm on Waitangi Day (a Thursday) for the drive to Kaweka Forest Park. After stopping for leg stretches in Shannon and Woodville, and a meal in Hastings. We arrived just before dark at the road end campsite and pitched our tents for the night. ... Read more
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    Queen Charlotte Track – Marlborough Sounds

    • 16 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Although relatively close to Wellington, a WTMC trip to the Queen Charlotte Track involves quite a bit of logistical organisation. It involves bookings the ferry, accommodation in Picton, and water taxis to and from the track. WTMC ran two concurrent QCT trips on the Matariki long weekend, which allowed us to incorporate the club van ... Read more
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    Construction Sub-Committee – Terms of Reference

    • 15 Aug 2024
    • Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards
    • At the 2024 AGM, attendees discussed the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Construction Sub-Committee. Topics discussed included updating the ToR to include future stages of the project, ensuring membership of the committee is updated as the project progresses, and what delegations should be set for the sub-committee. The revised ToR were agreed by the... Read More
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    Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards, Beach access, Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington Community Fund – Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

    • 15 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Community Fund
    • Tēnā koutou katoa. The Wellington Community Fund Board is delighted to announce that Sue McCabe is our new Chief Executive Officer. This follows a recruitment process that attracted a large number of very high calibre applicants. Sue brings the leadership, skills, experiences, relationship focus and commitment to progress Wellington Community Fund’s vision of thriving communities... Read more »
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    BRET MCKENZIE speaks with THE DOMINION POST about revisiting a...

    • 3 Jul 2014
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • BRET MCKENZIE speaks with THE DOMINION POST about revisiting a childhood favourite, the Dr Seuss classic ‘Gerald McBoing Boing’ leading up to his performance alongside Orchestra Wellington.  "Bret McKenzie has his two young children to thank for being reacquainted with the classic story of a boy who "didn’t talk words" but "went Boing Boing instead". Read MORE 
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    Wellington City Council releases pre-election report for 2025

    • 10 Jul 2025
    • Thorndon Residents Assocation
    • With three months before the people of Pōneke vote for future Councillors and a new Mayor, Wellington City Council has released its 2025 pre-election report. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REPORT (PDF) This statutory report provides an overview of the significant challenges and opportunities Pōneke faces, so the general public and candidates running for Council […]
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    Penguin update – Wellington & Malborough news

    • 29 Oct 2014
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Since we blogged 2 weeks ago, the Te Papa team working on little penguins has started a second front of activity in Marlborough, based at Motuara Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. Almost all of the birds from the Wellington Harbour nests have had their tags retrieved, and are going to either locations within the harbour or... Read more »
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Insects of Takapourewa / Stephens Island

    • 11 Feb 2015
    • Te Papa's blog
    • Te Papa vertebrate curator Dr Colin Miskelly recently led a team that visited Takapourewa / Stephens Island Nature Reserve, to select and gather up 100 fairy prion chicks to move to Mana Island near Wellington. This is the fourth in a series of blogs about the project and the wildlife of Takapourewa. Takapourewa holds a... Read more »
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    Stephens Island (Takapourewa), Marlborough, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  
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    POP gets ready to pop!

    • 15 Jul 2013
    • Te Papa's blog
    • The past week has been an exciting week for Warhol: POP – Open Lab’s collaboration with Te Papa in response to Warhol: Immortal. Tickets have gone on sale, the Facebook page has launched, and our hype video has been released! We’ve been busy finalising our designs for promoting the event and building the components for... Read more »
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Mount Hikurangi – Ruakumara Forest Park (Stragglers, Stunning Views, Beach Vibes and Robbie Burns)

    • 16 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Highlights– The breathtaking summit of Mt Hikurangi and its cultural significance– Winter Solstice fire ritual – letting go and inviting in– Sunrise at Hikurangi Hut – with views that lingered, then 360-degree views of the East Cape and Raukūmara Ranges from the top of the Maunga– Whāngārā Beach, bach, and blissful atmosphere– Hot soak at ... Read more
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• • Product Review Fuze Slenderize Tropical Punch

    • 23 Jan 2014
    • Now, you may be questioning if Hydroxycut can help you shed excess weight. And you may be wondering if Hydroxycut is just an additional trend dieting pill. Well, as you read this, you will begin to understand why Hydroxycut is one of the much more well-liked dieting tablets on the market these days. Although benefits […]
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    Mt McKerrow – Remutaka Forest Park

    • 16 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • This was an easy day tramp to Mt McKerrow. The weather was chilly when we left the Catchpool carpark, but after a few minutes we had warmed up enough for most people to remove some layers. The first 20 minutes or so along the Five Mile Loop track is pretty flat, but the track up ... Read more
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    HIV Enlightenment and a Jolt to the System

    • 16 Sep 2024
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • A recent training session for staff at Age Concern Wellington Region caused me to adjust one of my innate or unconscious biases, and review some of the others. Abby and Heather from the Positive Speakers Bureau addressed us on HIV awareness with particular attention to ageing with HIV through their involvement with Positive Women Inc. ... Read more
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• • Wanted: a creative Marketing and Communications Advisor!

    • 10 May 2015
    • Samaritans
    • Marketing and Communications Advisor • Part time • CBD location • Fixed term employment One of Wellington’s most respected charities has an exciting opportunity to grow your career. Celebrating 50 years of operation in the Wellington region, we are looking for an energetic person who is keen to get experience in all aspects of marketing and communications. read more
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    Reusing Te Papa’s collections images, by the numbers

    • 9 Apr 2015
    • Te Papa's blog
    • In June last year we began making high-resolution images available for download, for collection items where copyright (or cultural rights) would allow us. We went live with 14,000 images under a Creative Commons licence, and 17,000 under No Known Copyright Restrictions statement. You can find out a bit more about what those statements means on... Read more »
    • Accepted from Te Papa blog feed 128 months ago
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)