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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika

    • 23 Mar 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy Four games in and the Hurricanes sit third in Super Rugby – although it doesn’t feel like they’ve done anything terrific yet in the season. They could have not squandered a late bonus point against the Waratahs last weekend, and losing to the Blues was ugly, but there’s not much else to...
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    Upsets and thrillers mark opening day in Wellington club rugby

    • 1 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Petone made a fast start to the Swindale Shield with a big win over Northern United. PHOTO: Andy McArthur.  By Scott Maclean & Steven White Week One results (individual scorers to be added once known) HERE The long-awaited 2023 Wellington Club Rugby season kicked off this afternoon in blustery and sometimes showery conditions, and defending...
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    Changing Street Parking: strategy vs world

    • 3 Apr 2023
    • Talk Wellington
    • In city transport, if you sort out parking, everything becomes possible. And if you fail to sort out parking, everything will be way harder. Auckland’s followed Wellington in making a good parking strategy, so let’s hear how that went! Hosted by MR Cagney’s parking guru Scott Ebbett, it’s a great listen starring one of the...
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    High scoring matches highlight Swindale Shield third round

    • 15 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Johnsonville celebrate one of their tries in their 42-7 win over Hutt Old Boys Marist this afternoon at Helston Park. PHOTO: Natural Light Photography. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Results and scoring (individual scorers added when received) HERE  The third round of the Swindale Shield played in sunny, windy conditions around the Wellington region...
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    Ask Me Anything: Reuben Paterson

    • 21 Apr 2023
    • City Gallery
    • Exhibiting artist Reuben Paterson sits down to answer questions submitted by our audience. What is your advice to young artists? What is the inspiration behind your work Koro? What is your view on secondary art markets and equity for artists? Best and worst things about working with Glitter? Reuben answers these questions and more. The […]
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• • Submit against NZTA’s highway through our city

    • 3 Dec 2025
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • After the defeat of the Basin Reserve flyover and the partial failure of Let’s Get Welly Moving, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and Government are once back again with a new roading proposal – a highway through the city. We are encouraging all those to opposed to this idea to submit by Sunday 14th […]
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Asbestos Cladding in New Zealand Homes: A Cautionary Tale for DIY Renovators

    • 1 Jan 2024
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • For a substantial period of New Zealand’s building history, asbestos was a common material used in the construction of homes. While it offered durability and fire resistance, we now understand the significant health risks posed by asbestos, especially during renovations where the material can be disturbed. Historically, wood was the predominant material used for the […]
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    Robust family man and rugby coach Willie Leota has passed away aged 46

    • 8 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Willie Leota has passed away. Photo supplied. By Adam Julian Robust family man and rugby coach Willie Leota has passed away aged 46. There was a considerable shock in the Wellington rugby community when the Western Suburbs stalwart and leading First XV coach was lost on July 8, 2024. Willie was reserved when discussing his...
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    Last club rugby final, U85kg matches, First XV semi-finals and week two of representative rugby tomorrow

    • 9 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean & Steven White Updated:A buffet of rugby on tomorrow. A preview and some teamlists as received below. Club The Reserve Grade Division 2 Final for the Alan Seerup Cup is tomorrow at Evans Bay Park at 2.30pm, between the MSP Internationals and the Wests Roosters Mixed Veges. This will be one not...
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Argentina in Wellington

    • 9 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy The times are about to get serious for Scott Robertson. Though not with the opening double header against Argentina. Indeed, they’re not fixtures to get the pulse racing, unless you are Ian Foster who probably still has sweats over making history with twin losses against the Pumas. It’s unlikely that history will...
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    The need for speed (volume 1)

    • 9 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Club Rugby has a growing collection of tries in our video content folders going back almost a decade that are tagged to individuals and matches. A new occasional series starts below recapping many of these tries. What better place to start this off by highlighting some outside backs tries that we have captured in this...
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    Wellington club rugby one-off club sevens tournament on Saturday

    • 9 Nov 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Details of the tournament below, but not the draw, which is expected to be released by Friday afternoon. Check both WRFU channels and club pages for this. We will also add it in here once received. Wellington’s leading sevens players will need to hit the ground running on Saturday morning at Trentham Memorial Park at...
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    Debra Bustin: Illustrated Talk

    • 15 Dec 2022
    • City Gallery
    • City Gallery Wellington is excited to share an illustrated talk by artist Debra Bustin presenting her history of art making and exhibition. With exhibitions described in the press as ‘opulent phantasmagoria’ and ‘unexpected and undecipherable’, Debra Bustin has led an ambitious and challenging art practice spanning several decades. In this illustrated talk using documentation rarely […]
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    Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Bleeding star

    • 17 Dec 2022
    • Newtown Festival
    • Bleeding Star is Jude Savage, Carlos Bellamy, Kindekel Banda- Moyes and Otis Hill. Inspired by the long marriage of melody and noise they deliver a set of carefully considered cuts that are disarmingly raw and intuitively crafted.  Hot off the back of a hometown performance supporting Daffodils and The Lazy Eyes and a spot at […]
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• • Goodnight My Darling

    • 15 Dec 2022
    • Newtown Festival
    • A strong songwriter, storyteller, an avid explorer and human experience researcher Goodnight My Darling draws upon her adventures living and performing abroad in Melbourne, Japan and most recently Berlin.Her artistic endeavours began from a young age, singing for Kapiti based bands, choirs and learning to play trumpet, taught by her grandfather who was a conductor […]
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    Review: Big J: A New Legacy

    • 19 Jan 2023
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Reviewed by Nadia Freeman Jacob Dombroski is all heart in his performance of Big J A New Legacy. It is clear that he relives the feelings of every story he shares. This vulnerability is most evident during his dance pieces. From krump to graceful, emotive sections, his actions are deliberate. He can switch from raw […]
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    Hana Mason selected for Global Amateur Tour – Equestrian

    • 29 Jan 2023
    • Newlands College
    • Congratulations to Hana Mason who has has been selected to travel to Morocco in April this year for the Global Amateur Tour. Hana has been selected with a handful of other NZ equestrian riders and will complete some training and competition and will be supported by Lucy Olphert one of NZ’s show jumping riders. Congratulations […]
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    Newlands College, 68, Bracken Road, Newlands, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Rebels

    • 2 Mar 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy. We couldn’t lose to the Rebels tonight, could we? Yes, we could.  But surely it hasn’t been keeping any Hurricanes fans sleepless this week, sweating like the players were in last weekend’s thumping of the Reds. If you can’t win the title in rounds one and two, you surely can as I...
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• • Pasifika Stage

    • 4 Mar 2023
    • Newtown Festival
    • We are welcoming a brand new stage featuring our talented Pasifika community. Catch dance, music, even opera ! Located in the lovely grassy area of Mercy Park, accessible via Emmett St (or even Green St, Minerva St or Daniell St). Brought to you by the 2023 Census, Statistics New Zealand, and thanks to St Annes.
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    Hurricanes U20s come from behind to beat Highlanders U20s

    • 22 Mar 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • In a thrilling encounter at Owen Delany Park in Taupo this afternoon, the Hurricanes U20s defeated the Highlanders U20s 36-26 to book their place in the final against the Blues U20s this coming Saturday. The Hurricanes team was: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hurricanes (@hurricanesrugby)   It was a tough start...
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    Wellington club rugby gains and losses 2023

    • 28 Mar 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The 2023 Wellington club rugby season kicks off this coming Saturday. Round one Swindale Shield teams will be named here in the Draws & Results section (above) on Friday by the noon hour. As usual there’s plenty of player movement between clubs and players coming into senior rugby from school. There’s also the usual smattering of...
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    The A-Z of Wellington club rugby 2023

    • 30 Mar 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean The 2023 club season kicks off this weekend with the first of 13 rounds in the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield along with the Premier 2 Harper Lock Shield and Under 85kg JC Bowl competitions. The Colts and Women are also in action, with their competitions to start proper in coming weeks. Our...
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Highlanders

    • 7 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy The organisation I work with is sending a couple of people to over the Rugby World Cup in France later this year. Cue the jokes – no need to book anywhere past the quarterfinals then. Black humour of course, or in this case All Black black humour. The classic get-in early defence...
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    Second round Swindale Shield continues on Easter Saturday, Women’s competition underway

    • 7 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Northern United No. 8 Luca Rees with ball in hand in his side’s win over Avalon on Thursday night. PHOTO: Chainsaw Photos. By Steven White & Scott MacLean The second round of the 2023 Swindale Shield continues tomorrow with the remaining five matches to be played, while it’s the also the second round of the...
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    Paremata-Plimmerton pip Ories as Rams, OBU and Petone make it two from two

    • 8 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Two bonus point wins to start the 2023 season for Old Boys University and two defeats for Hutt Old Boys Marist. Photo: Andy McArthur. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Draws & Results HERE (individual scoring to be added as and when received) Paremata-Plimmerton will be devouring their Easter eggs tomorrow morning after their 21-17...
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    On the lack of importance of footway clutter

    • 11 Apr 2023
    • Talk Wellington
    • Ever notice how cluttered footpaths can be? This can cause serious issues but a lot of this clutter is necessary. Guest writer Craig Stansfield asks what if the solution is rethinking how our roads are laid out in the first place. This article was written by guest poster Craig Stansfield. Footways are important things. Those...
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    Third round blockbusters in club rugby on Saturday

    • 14 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Upper Hutt Rams will be hoping to make to make it three wins from three when they host the Wellington Axemen tomorrow, with the Hinaki-Mei Axe on the line.  By Scott Maclean Draws & teamlists for round 3 HERE  Tomorrow sees the commencement of the remaining WRFU grades, but our first weekend with a...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Barrett and Rams Bonding Strong 

    • 19 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Tynan Barrett lining up a kick a fortnight ago against Poneke. Photo: Upper Hutt Rams. By Adam Julian The Upper Hutt Rams appear to be a different beast in 2023. The Rams have won three consecutive matches to start the Swindale Shield. They won four matches in each season between 2019 and 2022. “Upper Hutt...
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    O’Brien a welcome addition to WRFU Academy and MSP Swindale Shield squad

    • 26 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White Jack O’Brien has come down to Wellington from Hamilton this year to join the WRFU Academy and Marist St Pat’s and has already left his mark. A strapping midfield back with a cool head, O’Brien has shown both qualities in his first two Swindale Shield matches for his new club. This past...
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Brumbies tonight

    • 27 Apr 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy  There’s a sense for the Hurricanes that their season starts tonight. The meaningful season that is. I’ve struggled this year to get a gauge on how they’re really tracking – and their soft early draw has not helped. Sitting atop the table a couple of weeks ago, I hope no-one took that...
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