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    Te Herenga Waka ranked in top 10 for ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’

    • 1 Jun 2023
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has been ranked in the top 10 globally for ‘Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions’ in the international Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2023.
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• • COVID-19: Return to full timetables on trains and buses under level 3

    • 22 Apr 2020
    • Metlink
    • Following the Government’s COVID-19 alert level 3 announcement, Metlink has revealed its plans to return to full regular timetables on buses starting on Sunday 26 April and trains on Monday 4 May.
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    • covid-19
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• • Easts and Karori to meet in three-day Pearce Cup Final over Easter

    • 27 Mar 2013
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Wellington club cricket supremacy is on the line this Easter Weekend when 10-time champions Eastern Suburbs and Karori clash at the Hawkins Basin Reserve in the Final of the Wilkinson Pearce Cup.
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    Basin Reserve, Buckle Street, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  
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    Keeping the Council and the Airport honest, or will Tangaroa have the last word anyway?

    • 31 Jul 2015
    • Guardians of the Bays
    • Over the last couple of months two important developments occurred regarding the proposed Wellington Airport Runway Extension: Its $90m co-funding by Council found its way into the LTP – despite significant opposition against it, but with some very important caveats Nature has shown us on several occasions just how insane the proposal is to put such vulnerable infrastructure into the Cook Strait. In addition, WIAL met with the directly affected residents of Moa Point to update them about the work they’re doing in relation to the airport extension. We will discuss these two points in separate blogs, so let’s have a look at how the Long-Term Plan consultation went first… Despite being touted as a great success by its proponents, with apparently only a ‘noisy minority’ of people opposing the $90m for the runway extension that was ring-fenced in the LTP, this really doesn’t stack up on closer scrutiny. Strathmore Park blog has written about this extensively, eg here, here and here, but it was clear during consultation that both the Council and WIAL got quite rattled once submitters started asking some difficult questions. The WIAL CEO went as far as swearing – twice! – during his oral submission when he commented on the report by NZIER reviewing EY’s economic impact statement  that they prepared for BARNZ, the Board of Airline Representatives. However, upon reading the EY report’s full page of caveats it becomes very clear that the content cannot be relied upon as a fair representation of the truth, not that that stopped Justin Lester from insisting that ‘the numbers are sound’. When the Councillors were asked if they had actually seen any plans or designs so far for the $90m of ratepayer money they were willing to put forward, they looked on rather blankly. It is a sad indictment that you even have to ask a public official if they would pay a builder millions up-front for building their house without having seen any designs or plans, but as we suspected, the answer to that question was a resounding ‘no’. However, despite all of this, and the fact that the submission process may well have violated Section 93B under the Local Government Act as well as there being questions about whether the Mayor and Deputy Mayor fulfilled their own code of conduct in relation to giving at least the appearance of open-mindedness and independence during a public consultation process, the majority of Councillors signed off this mad plan to ring-fence almost $100m of our money for this ‘white elephant’ (according to John Key). On a very positive note, however, our and many other submitters’ strong objections did lead to some extremely important caveats and amendments being included. The LTP now says that the Council will make a final decision on this project and whether to commit funding to construction once: WIAL has obtained resource consent for the project The Council has received and considered a cost-benefit analysis and business case from WIAL that will be independently reviewed. Other key considerations that the Council has said will need to be considered before it makes its final decision relate to: The resilience of a runway extension to weather and climate change The proposed investment vehicle and any revenue agreement Satisfactory airline commitments Funding arrangements for construction and confirmed construction costs The governance and management structure to oversee construction. The Council has also said it will undertake further public consultation before making a final decision on whether to commit funding to construct the runway extension. It is our expectation that it won’t ever get that far as the business case simply won’t stack up, but at least we now have some protections in place to stop the Council from just gifting a private company several million dollars more on top of what ratepayers have already given without setting out some clear requirements first. By the way – to this date, it seems not a single report (other than the EY statement) or progress update has been received by Councillors from WIAL for the almost $3m they gifted the airport for undertaking the resource consent application (back in May 2013 and then again in December 2014), which may be a breach of contract. Presumably, the Mayor would have received updates during board meetings in her role as Director but it does not seem as if this information flowed on to the rest of the Council. This again raises the potential conflict of interest of the Mayor who sometimes seems to take her position as a WIAL Director more seriously than her mandate to the city and its ratepayers. Why has no one wondered about this lack of progress or at least started asking some hard questions before signing off the money in the draft LTP? All this makes it clear that it is really important to make sure that the Council will stick to what it has approved in the LTP in relation to the runway extension instead of rolling over again and doing WIAL’s bidding based on no more than one-sided, overly optimistic and inadequate information and PR spin. It is also really important that all, but especially the most severely affected residents, have a fair say during this process which to date has been intransparent and inadequate. So far, the involvement and conduct of the Council has not led us to believe that they are overly interested in due diligence but we hope that the new caveats will ensure that we are protected against pushing ahead with a project where the main benefit seems to go largely to the airport company, but the main costs, risks and impacts sit squarely on the ratepayers and residents.
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    Spreading Holiday Cheer: Age Concern’s Christmas Initiative To Help Reduce Social Isolation And Loneliness

    • 15 Dec 2023
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Age Concern in the news… Christmas is a time for giving, and Age Concern Wellington staff are excited to don Christmas hats and become Santa’s elves for a day, delivering Christmas Gift bags to isolated and lonely seniors.
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    The Shit Kid

    • 16 Sep 2022
    • Bats Theatre
    • A physical, funny, and distinctly kiwi solo show by award-winning writer and comedian Sarah Harpur.
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    BATS Theatre, 1, Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Finalists found in college and lower grade club rugby as representative season gets underway

    • 5 Aug 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • A tense and willing Premiership semi-final today saw St Pat’s Silverstream hold off Wellington College. They will meet Scots College in next week’s semi-final. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Adam Julian The finalists have been determined for next week’s Premiership and Premier 2 First XV college competitions and Reserve Grade and U85kg Division...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Skiing and Hiking at Mt Ruapehu | Staying on the Mountain at the WTMC Lodge

    • 23 Oct 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Skiing and Hiking at Mt Ruapehu | Staying on the Mountain at the WTMC Lodge Skiing, hiking and family day walks at Mt Ruapehu — including the Tongariro National Park and particularly the Whakapapa area, including route guides and photos — with practical information on staying at the WTMC Lodge in Iwikau Village. WTMC Mt Ruapehu Lodge ... Read more
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    Human connection key to fusing fashion with full-time study and part-time work

    • 17 May 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Lexie Etherington graduates this year, and has spent the last three years balancing work, study, umpiring, and getting hot chocolate with friends.
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• • Flocking incredible: Predator Free work breathes new - and old - life into Miramar Peninsula

    • 1 Apr 2021
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • Predator Free Wellington (PFW)’s mahi in Miramar has seen the peninsula transformed into a safe haven for our native wildlife, with a steady resurgence of tui, kererū, kākā, kākāriki, geckos, and more unexpected visitors besides.
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    Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Oroya and Melvin Day Fellowship deepens our understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand art history

    • 20 Feb 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Matariki Williams is the current recipient of the Fellowship and has spent the summer researching and teaching an intensive undergraduate course on contemporary Māori art.
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    Sir Maarten Wevers - advocating for a stable, effective, accountable, and lawful democratic government

    • 29 May 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • When Sir Maarten Wevers completed his Bachelor of Science in pure and applied mathematics at Te Herenga Waka―Victoria University of Wellington, he did not anticipate he would one day become principal adviser to Prime Ministers of New Zealand.
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    Me Tū ā-Uru: An Action Plan for a Flourishing and Abundant Environment

    • 20 Apr 2023
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • An action plan developed by leading Māori researchers and practitioners that calls for shared authority of Aotearoa’s special places to ensure a flourishing environment for future generations was launched yesterday at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Rutherford House.
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• • Mark Cleary to play for Firebirds against Stags and Knights in HRV Cup

    • 6 Dec 2010
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Opening bowler Mark Cleary, from Victoria, Australia, will play for the Hell Wellington Firebirds in their next two HRV Cup Twenty20 matches, against the Central Stags in Nelson on Thursday and the Northern Knights at the Basin Reserve on Sunday.
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    Wellington Phoenix and New Zealand Football announce partnership to support development of Kiwi talent

    • 18 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Wellington Phoenix and New Zealand Football have today announced a significant talent development partnership to support the growth and progression of the next generation of Kiwi players.
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• • CSW Stakeholder Update, 8 February – School Events and Competitions Operating Under CPF Red

    • 8 Feb 2022
    • College Sport Wellington
    • Dear students, staff, family members, partners and supporters of College Sport Wellington, Over the past few weeks the team at College Sport Wellington have been working to determine what competitions/events can proceed under the Red setting of the COVID Protection Framework.
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• • Belmont Park’s Korokoro track closed between Cornish St and Korokoro forks due to slip

    • 15 Jul 2016
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    •   The Korokoro track has been closed between Cornish St and Korokoro Forks because of a slip that has undermined the track and made it unsafe for public use.
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• • Queer History Month: Queer History in the Making: A Show and Tell Community Event

    • 23 Aug 2015
    • Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians
    • Show and Tell will be held at the National Library of New Zealand, corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington from 11am to 3pm, on Saturday, 12 September 2015.
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    MSP Blues and Tawa Titans both set for U85 kg Division 1 final

    • 29 Aug 2013
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The MSP Blues and Tawa Titans teams in action when they met back in June at Te Whaea in the decider of the first round JC Bowl, which MSP won 16-12. Photo courtesy of MSP Rugby. To the fair-weather supporter, one thing that has seemingly been a given all season has been that the MSP Blues will march to another Paul Potiki Shield U85 kg Division 1 title. After all, the Blues have been the dominant team of this grade for the last few seasons and indeed the most consistent performing team across all of Wellington Senior rugby in this time...
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Reading Group 22 May 2025: Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris

    • 22 May 2025
    • Friends of Te Papa
    • Our Reading Group takes place on the third and fourth Thursday of the month. Te Papa Press, Thursday 22 May: Groundwork: The Art and Writing of Emily Cumming Harris By Michele […]
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • FOMI work trip – 29 Nov-Dec 2019 – monitoring flax weevils, flutterers, lizards and litter

    • 17 May 2020
    • Friends of Mana Island
    • The weather relented and allowed us easy passage on Friday. Nick and Gen, Theo and baby Georgia were at the boat to meet us after their 2 month stint on parental leave. Nice to see them back. Will led a large group to monitor fauna on the 80 flax bushes in his research project. Helen […]
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    Mana Island, Moki Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Bond Banter 21 June (some news in briefs and information to start the week)

    • 20 Jun 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Morning edition: Welcome to winter solstice day – it is all down hill to summer after today. After 10 weekends of mostly benign weather and often balmy conditions, wintry weather arrived on Saturday. Around about halftime in the seven Premier matches, the skies darkened further and drizzle turned to steady rain. Mud and rain made...
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    The Rugby Wrap 14 November (some rugby news and happenings to start the week)

    • 13 Nov 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • And that is that. The concluding weekend of rugby in Wellington for 2022 was a surefire blockbuster, with some thrilling sevens rugby played in at times testing conditions at Trentham Memorial Park on Saturday. Thankfully the skies cleared and the heavy rain stayed away for much of the tournament, and the field dried out. Ories...
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    A-wim-o-way-Wade-Brown channels Peg Bundy and lashes Seven Sharp

    • 27 Oct 2015
    • WCC Watch
    • Not content with helmet hair for Hillary and onesies for the papers, the Mayor of our Capital city, Celia Wade-Faux-pas decided to go for a Jungle Book/Peg Bundy look as she talked to the nation on Seven Sharp when it covered the $54 million Panda Palace.
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• • We'll no longer be clipping tickets between Woburn and Petone stations before you board

    • 23 May 2011
    • Tranz Metro
    • From Wednesday 25 May, if you're boarding the train on the Hutt Valley Line between Woburn and Petone, you'll no longer see extra staff clipping tickets and checking monthly passes at your platform.
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Bond Banter 12 July (some news and information to start the week in rugby)

    • 11 Jul 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Tawa and Petone are both back in action this coming weekend. Tawa travel to play Ories in the Jubilee Cup and Petone host Paremata-Plimmerton in the Hardham Cup. PHOTO: Stewart Baird.  MORNING EDITION: Week two of the new Jubilee Cup/Hardham Cup series this coming Saturday, plus the Reserve Grade Division 1 and Colts Division 1...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 53 months ago by feedreader
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The Monday Wrap 1 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 31 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Monday morning edition: Two weekends to play in Wellington club rugby competitions three in college rugby and representative rugby just getting underway. The three are set to intersect this coming weekend, with feature club semi-finals, the final round of what is now a highly compelling First XV competition and some representative games, home and away....
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    The Monday Wrap 1 August (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 1 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Monday midday edition: Two weekends to play in Wellington club rugby competitions three in college rugby and representative rugby just getting underway. The three are set to intersect this coming weekend, with feature club semi-finals, the final round of what is now a highly compelling First XV competition and some representative games, home and away....
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    Smoother bussing and safer biking in Newtown? Now, or maybe not for a decade!

    • 25 Aug 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • If you want a decently bikeable and more bus-friendly route between Newtown centre and the city, anytime within a decade, you need to give this a cheerful positive shove, now! Window closes this Wednesday! We have a partial separated cycleway and partial dedicated bus lanes in Newtown. Yes, you’ve probably submitted supportively on this before...
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Representative rugby, Club Rugby Reserve Grade Div 2 final and three college finals tomorrow

    • 8 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean It’s the second weekend of the representative season and opening day for some of the WRFU’s flagship teams and the next of the club finals, the Reserve Grade Division 2 decider, as well as some college finals and semi-finals tomorrow. Club Just five WRFU competition matches on the slate tomorrow. The Reserve...
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