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• • 20 June 2021

    • 23 Jun 2021
    • Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club
    • Club Shooting Wynter Tickle led D Grade this week with a 94.
    • Accepted from Brooklyn Smallbore Rifle Club 2021 54 months ago by tonytw1
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    Royal Tiger Range, Russell Terrace, Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    2022 Swindale Shield draw released

    • 25 Nov 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • See the 2022 Swindale Shield draw below – a commentary story to follow.
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• • Impossible Things

    • 24 Jan 2022
    • Thistle Hall Community Venue
    • Humanity has a long history of creating extraordinary tales from ordinary things.
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    Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Speed Drawing Workshops

    • 21 Apr 2022
    • Toi Pōneke
    • Tackle the blank page in a Speed Drawing workshop with Rosa Allison.
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    Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Footscray Avenue, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Celebrating alumni mentorship

    • 26 Sep 2022
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The University is celebrating a decade of its Alumni as Mentors programme.
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• • Vicar's Letter - 20 May 2022

    • 19 May 2022
    • All Saints Hataitai
    • ​Kia Ora All Saints, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about connection.
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    All Saints Anglican Church, 90, Hamilton Road, Hataitai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Weekly Wrap-Up (Term 1 – Week 2)

    • 8 Feb 2019
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates 11 February: Year 9 Meet the teachers @ 6pm (Riley Centre) 11-13 February: 9Kelly Noho Marae 14 February: WHS Aroha day to choose activities for the year 18 February: Whānau hui @ 6pm 26-28 February: 9Riley Noho Marae 1 March: Athletics Day 4-6 March: 9Royal Noho Marae 6-8 March: 9Howell Noho Marae NOTE: You can access the school calendar on our website: WHS School Calendar Important Information Year 9 Meet the Teacher Evening — 11 February, 6pm, Riley Centre Year 9 parents and caregivers are invited to our Meet the Teacher evening on Monday 11 February. Beginning with an address from the Principal, Dominic Killalea, parents and caregivers will then have the opportunity to meet with their student’s rōpū teacher and to meet parents and caregivers of others in the class.   Year 9 Noho Marae – starting next week Beginning next week Year 9 rōpū will experience noho marae, a great way for students to solidify their social connections and begin to feel more a part of the school community. Students will also have fun and challenge themselves as they take part in a wide range of activities including an overnight camp in the Taraika marae, swim, kayak and visit Adrenaline Forest.   What’s happening? Farewell to Andrew Savage, Deputy Principal On Tuesday, we farewelled Andrew Savage who has been one of our Deputy Principals since 2012. Andrew leaves WHS to take up a post at the Teaching Council and their gain is most certainly WHS’s loss. Many staff took the opportunity to speak at Andrew’s farewell, recognising his many qualities and numerous contributions to WHS and enjoying musical contributions from Fritz Wollner and Andrew himself.     Safer Internet Day #SID2019 – 5 February 2019 This week marked international Safer Internet Day 2019 so we thought we would share some new resources from Netsafe. You might find some of their conversation starters for ‘Teens (14-18)’ and the resource links useful: Managing Time Online: How would you tell if you were spending too much time online? If you wanted to cut back, what are some ways you would try to do this? Catfishing: What do you know about catfishing? How do you tell if someone really is who they say they are online? Social Media vs Reality: How well do you think social media reflects people’s real lives? How do you tell when someone is getting paid to promote content on social media? Online Bullying? What does online bullying look like? What’s the difference between bullying & banter? What advice would you give to a friend who was being bullied? Sending Nudes: How common do you think sending nudes is? What are the risks? What advice would you give to a friend who has had their nudes shared without their consent? Online Pornography: What do you think are some of the differences between pornography and sex in real life? What would you do if you saw pornography that upset you? WHS Community Education Centre have a “We Need to Talk About Porn” talk for parents of teens, coming up on March 20th from 6-8.30pm – $30 – call 04 385 8919 or go to www.cecwellington.ac.nz  to enrol. Student Services counter opening hours  Open for Parents: 9.00-10.30; 10.45-12.30; 1.00-3.30 Open for Students: 11.00-11:20, 1:30pm – 2:15, 3:20-3:30 From the Garden It is one of the most productive times of year in the school’s garden. AgHort teacher, Claire Neiman shared photos of just some of the produce harvested from the garden over the past few days. Sport Thank you to all the students who have returned their Sports Registration Forms. If you still have to return your registration form, please hand it to Student Services by Monday 11 February. Summer sports and some winter sport pre-season practices start next week. Please be aware that if your son/daughter has been selected for a summer sports team, this takes priority over the winter sport preseason training.  If you have concerns about any sport or training please feel free to contact me to discuss options on sport@whs.school.nz Weekly sports draws are always displayed on the sports noticeboard outside the office in the Lower Gym as well as on the school website.  On the website, www.whs.school.nz click on the sports icon then select sports draws. From the drop down arrow select your child’s sport. Finally, for all netballers, click and read important information about the 2019 season. Coming up this week we have: 8 February: Volleyball Seniors starts 9 February: Cricket starts 11 February: Netball preseason practices  12 February: Football preseason practices, Yoga starts 13 February: Rugby preseason practices,  Tennis Lessons start, Volleyball Juniors starts 16 February: Futsal Juniors starts  18 February: Futsal Seniors starts    
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    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The Mutton Birds live instore at Slow Boat!!!

    • 31 Jan 2020
    • Slow Boat Records
    • Good lord – what a marvellous event – hard to think of a more ‘Wellington’ thing than The Mutton Birds playing the song of the same name here at Slow Boat instore here on a Friday evening for a packed store full of deliriously happy fans, smack dab in the middle of their two sold-out shows at San Fran!!We were treated to a half-hour set of stone-cold classic songs like “Anchor Me”, “White Valiant” and my personal fave, “Like This Train” by this brilliant band – a pointed reminder of the way their music has lodged in our collective pyches – for which we are immensely grateful to the band, their management and crew, and genial soundman Bob – a wonderful, unforgettable moment in the store’s storied history, and one captured for posterity with some fine video clips (including this one https://www.facebook.com/159129047505886/videos/1317027751832660/, where I tragically dropped my phone part way thru…!!!)So – just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone who made it down, and especially the band – Don, Dave, Alan and Ross – for giving your time and talent so generously – absolutely magical, spine-tingly stuff!!!Love on ya, XX The Slow Boat Crew XX
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    Slow Boat Records, Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington Jazz Festival

    • 2 Oct 2023
    • Wellington Jazz Cooperative
    • 25-29 OCTOBER 2023 · Don’t Miss a Beat The WJC pop-up Jazz Club will be downstairs at 216 Cuba Street. WE have put together a program of 9 top quality gigs. Tickets available now on Eventfinda.co.nz
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Blood cancer treatment breakthrough

    • 3 Nov 2023
    • Capital & Coast District Health Board
    • Today saw the announcement of a major breakthrough in the treatment of an incurable blood cancer, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which involved Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley clinical and research teams in a very successful trial.
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Kelburn Community Garden, First Birthday & Harvest Celebration

    • 28 Feb 2024
    • Seeds to Feeds
    • Join us in celebrating our first year of being a community garden! As part of the Seeds to Feeds March Harvest Festival we invite you to join us for a midday picnic at the Kelburn Community Garden.
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    Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    An interdisciplinary approach to creating believable digital characters

    • 9 Jun 2025
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The development of a machine-learning tool that will help digital developers create animated characters with more emotional depth is underway by a team of researchers spanning four disciplines at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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• • Blood cancer treatment breakthrough

    • 3 Nov 2023
    • Hutt Valley District Health Board
    • Today saw the announcement of a major breakthrough in the treatment of an incurable blood cancer, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which involved Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley clinical and research teams in a very successful trial.
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    Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    2023 Hawkes Bay Open Report

    • 5 Jul 2023
    • Table Tennis Wellington
    • A small contingent of Wellington players went to the Hawkes Bay Open on Saturday 1st July. Everyone came back with a measure of success. But the honours went to our youngest player 11 year old Zoe Mildenhall.
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    Pet night – show & tell

    • 6 Aug 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Scouts either bought a photo of their pet (or for the brave; the real thing). We talked about the responsibilities & chores that come with having a pet, and talked about the benefits they experienced & fun they’d had…
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • July 2021 Residents’ Association meeting minutes

    • 22 May 2023
    • Pukerua Bay Residents Association
    • Tuesday 13 July 2021 Jack Marshall – PPC democratic Services Team (Representation review) Brian Sullivan (a visiting member of the community) Murray Altheim (a visiting member of the community) Josh … July 2021 Residents’ Association meeting minutes Read More »
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• • Here We Go Again!

    • 31 Jan 2006
    • Wellington Chess Club
    • The Wellington Chess Club opens for the year again on January 31st, and the action starts immediately with the Summer Cup. This is a classic eight round open Swiss event, which generally features a lot of upsets.
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• • And Meowff gets back from the vet again

    • 15 Jun 2006
    • CataBlog
    • Meowff's been with us for well over a year now and none of us can figure out why no one has chosen her. She's a lovely quirky wee cat, and very playful with an incredibly lovely personality.
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• • Building rumours: 9-13 Stout St

    • 24 Oct 2006
    • WellUrban
    • An architect from a major firm suggested that an office building of at least 20 storeys is planned for 9-13 Stout St, currently the site of a multi-storey carpark on the corner with Ballance St.
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    Eleven metre anacondas

    • 4 Apr 2007
    • Wellington City Libraries
    • Among our most recent science books this month we have: the complete history of the universe, how to cut a cake (and other mathematical conundrums), eleven metre anacondas, and a story of arctic tragedy and continental drift.
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    The Sassy Sexy Gorgeous Hilarious Comedy Show

    • 14 Feb 2025
    • Bats Theatre
    • After a sold out season at the NZ International Comedy Festival, Josh Metcalfe and Melissa Lawlor are coming to Wellington. A split bill show where Josh and Melissa will do 30 mins each of sassy stand up.
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    BATS Theatre, 1, Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    UHCF Fantails – Football for Girls (ages 7-10)

    • 10 Apr 2025
    • Upper Hutt City Football
    • We’re delighted to announce that we’re bringing the NZ Football MILO Fantails to Upper Hutt! This programme is perfect for girls aged 7-10 who want to give football a go in a fun and safe environment.
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Three Take Drink Control

    • 27 Nov 2007
    • Wellington Orienteering Association
    • Runners were faced with a dilemma at tonight's O-Max. One of the "any 4 out of 7" controls was waist-deep in the surf! Although very close to a compulsory control only three took the dip.
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• • Third LINAC announcement welcomed

    • 13 Feb 2008
    • Capital & Coast District Health Board
    • The Chief Executive of Capital & Coast DHB, Dr Derek Milne, says today’s announcement that Wellington Hospital will get a third Linear Accelerator (LINAC) represents a significant boost for cancer services in the central region of New Zealand.
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• • Construction methodologies

    • 13 Aug 2008
    • Eye of the Fish
    • There are still many good signs of a healthy construction industry in Wellington, with a number of apartment projects underway. Two of these under construction at present are interesting as they show such different methods of construction.
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• • Steakout

    • 25 Sep 2008
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Looking for a good steak in Wellington? A week or so ago this Wellingtonista was & after consulting my colleagues, I can report back on two of the finest steaks I have tasted in this city (yes, two).
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• • 127th Season Prize Giving

    • 1 Jun 2010
    • Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club (Inc)
    • With the season drawn to a close last Saturday was time to celebrate the sailing successes of the club at the annual prize giving. A large crowd gathered in the Wardroom to hear who had won what.
    • Submitted by tonytw1
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    Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, 103, Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Variation 11 to go ahead?

    • 9 Nov 2009
    • Eye of the Fish
    • In a possibly controversial move, the City Council variation 11 has been recommended to proceed, by the independent commissioners. The Council itself will make a decision on whether or not to accept the commissioners decision on Wednesday.
    • Submitted by tonytw1
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• • Gillette Cup day one results: Christchurch and Palmerston North claim big wins

    • 10 Dec 2009
    • Cricket Wellington
    • Christchurch Boys High School, with a 143-run win, and Palmerston North Boys High, who romped to a nine-wicket victory in their game, were the big winners on day one of the 2009 Gillette Cup tournament.
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• • Oriental Rongotai Sunday Showcase - 7th November

    • 15 Oct 2010
    • Oriental Rongotai Football Club
    • Oriental Rongotai are putting together a 'skill showcase' on Sunday 7th November at The Polo Ground, Park Rd, Miramar at 2:00pm for 'rugby playing' school leavers or for anyone that just wants to 'have a go'.
    • Submitted by tonytw1
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    Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)