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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 078: Roy White

    • 9 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Flanker Roy Maxwell White was Wellington’s first post second world war captain, an All Black and later a Wellington selector and leading administrator at his Petone club. White was Wellington’s captain between 1945-48 and he played 10 games and four tests for the All Blacks in 1946-47. He played 67 first class games, spanning 1939-52....
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Record Safari Entry

    • 13 May 2007
    • City Safari
    • As of yesterday entries had reached 110 teams totalling 285 people - surpassing last year's figure already! Heaps of families, and at the top, orienteer Bill Edwards who regularly wins 3hr afterwork rogaines which he does for training could challenge last year's winners Andy Foster and Greg Thurlow, and Crazyman top team Al Cross and Jill Westenra.
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    Weekly News: 10 March 2025

    • 10 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • This week Results Athletics NZ Track and Field Champs Congratulations to Joe Martin, who won the U20 800m in a time of1:52.93 and the U20 1500m in a time of 3:58.45, and to Beth Garland who was 11th in in the 1500m in 4:33.63 and 6th in the senior 5000m in 16:50.37. Notices 2025 Event […]
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• • 16. South Stage

    • 10 Feb 2025
    • Newtown Festival
    • Boogie along to some of Aotearoa’s finest makers, movers, and shakers at one of the Festival’s most popular stages, presented by Radio Active.FM and Coffee Supreme. This year, House of Bonnie and Neptune Collective have joined forces to programme a wāhine and gender-diverse fronted lineup spanning jazz, folk, electronic soul, dream-pop, rnb, garage, techno & more, as […]
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• • The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 11, 2025)

    • 11 Apr 2025
    • Wellington High School
    • Discover the rich culture of Japan through the lens of our language students. Run, skip or walk to raise awareness and funds for the Cancer Society. Applaud the academic achievements of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds and tune into the melodic musical experiences at Tauranga and Castlepoint. This and much more in the end of term Wrap Up.
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    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The Wrap Up (Term 1, Week 11, 2025)

    • 11 Apr 2025
    • Wellington High School
    • Discover the rich culture of Japan through the lens of our language students. Run, skip or walk to raise awareness and funds for the Cancer Society. Applaud the academic achievements of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds and tune into the melodic musical experiences at Tauranga and Castlepoint. This and much more in the end of term Wrap Up.
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    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Triangle Hut Traverse – Ruahine Forest Park

    • 11 Oct 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Highlights and top tips Friday 5 September Saturday 6 September Deliberations The adventure begins The adventure gets real The evening Sunday 7 September All in all, once back in the van and warm and dry, we all reflected on what will be a truly memorable trip and the awesome group of people we had shared ... Read more
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    Free service from the fire service

    • 11 Dec 2024
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Fire and Emergency New Zealand offer free Home Fire Safety Visits to people, family and whānau who require fire safety advice. Recently one of our staff received a Home Fire Safety visit from the Fire Service and was suitably impressed with the efficiency and with the information provided. A Home Fire Safety Visit is a ... Read more
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    Knockout club rugby to bring extra intensity

    • 12 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Wainuiomata host Northern United and Avalon are away at Paremata-Plimmerton in tomorrow’s Hardham Cup quarter-finals. By Scott MacLean We’ve reached knockout rugby; Win and move on, lose and you’re done. In the Premier grade, 12 teams are in action tomorrow, and half of them will be playing their final matches of the season tomorrow....
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Takatāpui Kōrerorero

    • 13 Aug 2025
    • Toi Pōneke
    • Our panel of artists from Utu ā Matimati Takatāpui Art Collective will discuss elements of our kaupapa, inspired by our latest magazine. Topics of decolonizing mental health and art spaces within this modern world and society, the importance of our existence as takatāpui and how visibility and solidarity are integral to surviving in this political climate.
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    Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Phoenix in Thriller at Stadium

    • 26 Aug 2007
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Fourteen and half thousand of us watched the Phoenix get their A-League campaign under way with a thrilling 2-2 draw at Westpac stadium this afternoon. An estimated (by myself and a couple of other self-appointed experts) couple of thousand more were stuck in queues for the first quarter and gave up and went home.
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    REVIEW: Johnny Corker

    • 31 Aug 2007
    • Wellington Live Music
    • It was a real family affair at Happy on Thursday, with Tim Beals and his sister Holly, and then Johnny Corker performing with his partner Julie Thompson. It’s always interesting to see the way solo or duo acts create dynamics, and Johnny and Julie did it in an unusual way, with Julie playing a cello as the second instrument.
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    Aisle be Back: Super Rugby underway this weekend

    • 13 Feb 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The pre-season crowd in Wainuiomata last Friday in their second pre-season match. By Kevin McCarthy Aisle be Back returns for another year of hard-hitting analysis and insight mixed with an often light-hearted take on all things Hurricanes and Super Rugby, and later in the year international rugby and the NPC. Crusaders at home versus Hurricanes....
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    D.I.R.T.: Disaster Innovation Research & Teaching | Vogelmorn Upstairs

    • 14 Oct 2025
    • Vogelmorn Community Group
    • The disaster has happened! Luckily we have our DIRT container in place… What are we grabbing out of it? What have we planned and prepared as a response? How are we now able to help our community? Come and learn in a fun and relaxed way to help make yourself and our community better prepared to handle disruptive events.
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    Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Mornington Road, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Weekly News 14 October 2024

    • 14 Oct 2024
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • For news, calendar and chat, don’t forgot to check out our app This week Results Bernie Portenski Memorial Cup The sun shone, there was a “gentle” breeze, and 51 happy competitors from Scottish, Olympic, Aurora Harriers, Kapiti, and Wellington Harriers competed over the 9.5km course and enjoyed a great post-race afternoon tea. Once adjusted for […]
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• • Senior House Rugby Kicks Off

    • 15 Sep 2009
    • St Patricks College, Silverstream
    • Monday 14 September 2009: The Senior House Rugby Competition kicked offtoday with matches between Marist and Chanel, and Patrick and Trinity. Open running games produced entertaining rugby with Chanel and Patrick winners in the first round. The competition continues all week. A sausage sizzle was held by Young Vinnies as a fundraiser for their 2010 Mission to Samoa.
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    St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
  
  
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    McBain Shield top billing in clutch Swindale Shield eleventh round

    • 14 Jun 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Big games tomorrow for both Poneke and Oriental-Rongotai, with the former away to play Johnsonville and the latter at home at the Polo Ground hosting Swindale Shield frontrunners Old Boys University. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Scott MacLean and Steven White The annual McBain Shield (since 1934) between Petone and Hutt Old Boys Marist is the...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The Wrap Up (Week 7, Term 2 2024)

    • 14 Jun 2024
    • Wellington High School
    • Recharge and revitalise both your body and soul in a tranquil retreat setting. Encourage the voracity of our Year 9 readers to reach their leaderboard potential. Benefit from in-school career support at upcoming career workshops and dust down your glad rags for the 2024 Senior Ball. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The Wrap Up (Week 7, Term 2 2024)

    • 14 Jun 2024
    • Wellington High School
    • Recharge and revitalise both your body and soul in a tranquil retreat setting. Encourage the voracity of our Year 9 readers to reach their leaderboard potential. Benefit from in-school career support at upcoming career workshops and dust down your glad rags for the 2024 Senior Ball. This and much more in this week's Wrap Up.
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    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    A Baldy – South King – Mitre Flats Hut adventure – Tararua Forest Park

    • 14 Apr 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The original plan for this trip was to head into Atiwhakatu Hut on Friday night, climb Baldy Peak and then go on to the Broken Axe Pinnacles and McGregor Biv on Saturday and then back to Holdsworth Lodge via Angle Knob and Jumbo on Sunday. While Saturday’s weather looked pretty good, Sunday’s forecast was for ... Read more
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• • WCC: Campaign Against Illegal Motorcycle Parking

    • 31 Aug 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • Campaign Against Illegal Motorcycle Parking31.08.09 Free parking for motorcycles and scooters hasn’t stopped riders from illegally parking on inner-city footpaths and roads and we’re about to get tough on offenders. Over the past year we have provided extra on-road parking spaces for about 100 motorcycles and scooters in the inner city, bringing the number [...]
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    At Annette King's Rongotai Electoral Clinic at the Baptist Church, Island Bay

    • 7 Aug 2010
    • Keith Johnson
    • Lovely food - lovely people.Photo of Annette and myself with Dr Demissie and his wife. She has been in New Zealand for 6 years and he has recently joined her. They are recent settlers in New Zealand from Ethopia.What about someone giving them a real start and helping to find Dr Demissie a real job? They are really nice folk.
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    Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    From the President – January 2024

    • 25 Jan 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Kia ora, There is a lot to cover this month! Changes on the Committee, Membership renewal, new members night, and more: WTMC December and January recap: Committee, trips and lodge updates Volunteers needed! Paua and Lodge bookings, New members night Coming up in February If you have any questions, comments or ideas please get in ... Read more
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    Mākara Peak's 25th birthday party

    • 12 Mar 2024
    • Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    • The official opening of Mākara Peak as a mountain bike park was celebrated 25 years to the day on the 11th of March 2024 at a wee gathering of past and present visionaries and sloggers who have been involved in the creation and evolution of the Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park over the last two and a half decades.
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    Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 064: Leslie Arthur Thomas

    • 12 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • LA “Shag” Thomas played several seasons for both Petone in club rugby and Wellington in representative rugby between 1917-28 and two years in the Hawke’s Bay in 1920-21. Thomas won four Wellington Senior A Club Championship titles with Petone, including three in succession 1922-24, and he made the All Blacks in 1925 and played three...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Club Rugby pre-season schedules for this weekend

    • 14 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Wedged between the Ides of March today and St Patrick’s Day on Sunday is the third Saturday of pre-season club rugby matches and off-field training and events for Wellington’s 14 Premier clubs and clubs further up the line in Lower North Island Hurricanes territory. There is just one scheduled pre-season interclub Premier fixture between two...
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    Best & Fairest competitions teams of the season

    • 15 Oct 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • One of our regular post-season pieces is to compile teams based on the Men’s Billy Wallace and Women’s Erin Rush Best & Fairest standings, representing the outstanding and consistent performers across the many weeks of the club season. With the winners – Men’s joint-winners Sam Clarke from Paremata-Plimmerton and Marist St Pats’ Milan Kriletich and...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 108: Trevor Riley

    • 15 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Trevor Riley was one of a group of leading first-fives competing in a healthy rivalry with each other and helping to showcase the high standard and popularity of Wellington club rugby in the first half of the 1950s decade. Riley was Hutt’s first-five and later captain, until his move to Poverty Bay and then Auckland...
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• • Diwali 2011

    • 26 Oct 2011
    • Wellington Indian Association
    • May the festival of lights be full of joy and prosperity. As the holy occasion of Diwali is here and the atmosphere is filled with the spirit of mirth and love, here’s hoping this festival of beauty brings your way, bright sparkles of contentment, that stay with you through the days ahead. Best wishes on Diwali and New year.
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• • Jenny Brash – after 12 years, where next?

    • 25 Sep 2010
    • Wellington Scoop
    • She has also been an active (and vocal) supporter of the demolition of loan sharks in Porirua, telling a local newspaper “I hate them” and they are “an absolute exploitation”. Also during her time, she has helped start the clean-up the harbour, campaigned for Transmission Gully, and supported and initiated the harbour strategy. So where to from here?
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    Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)