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    Big guns flex their might in fifth round matches

    • 30 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Old Boys University fullback Te Wehi Wright enters the field to play his 100th Premier match today. Petone first five Carne Greene also played his 100th match. Both players celebrated with emphatic wins, OBU beating Poneke 51-18 and Petone defeating the Wellington Axemen 71-19. By Steven White, Adam Julian and Martyn Bridge Saturday evening round-up:...
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    Hurricanes v Brumbies Stat Attack

    • 4 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott. The Hurricanes dipped out to the horsemen from Australia on Sunday. Some fact and figures from that game below. Round 11 v Brumbies: Lost 25-42 This was the 28th meeting between the Hurricanes and the Brumbies. The Hurricanes have won 12 times to the Brumbies 16. To date there have been no...
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    A century of games for Paremata-Plimmerton good reward for James Corcoran

    • 4 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • James Corcoran (centre, headband) rallying his troops in a Swindale Shield match last year. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Steven White Head north, young man. That is what Paremata-Plimmerton captain and lock James ‘Smokey’ Corcoran did at the start of 2016, and this coming Saturday he is in line to play his 100th Premier match for...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Weekly News for Friday 6 May 2022

    • 6 May 2022
    • St Andrews on the Terrace Presbyterian Church
    • Another lovely day in the capital.  I’ve just returned from chaplain’s assembly at Queen Margaret’s College.  It was a live-stream service led by Rev Deborah Wilson the chaplain in which girls participated with readings and prayers.  The theme was Mother’s Day.  I look forward to their Founder’s Day celebrations in August this year.   This Sunday […]
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    St Andrew's on the Terrace, 30, The Terrace, Paekākā, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Guardians support councillors’ move to oppose airport expansion

    • 10 May 2022
    • Guardians of the Bays
    • Guardians of the Bays are supportive of the initiative by five City Councillors for the council to publicly oppose the expansion of Wellington Airport. City Councillors will vote on Thursday on whether to issue this statement. If passed, it will send a clear message to the Airport that Wellington, through the voices of its City Council, is […]
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    Moorby flourishing at the Hurricanes

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Josh Moorby playing for the Upper Hutt Rams a fortnight ago. He scored a try in a 21-21 draw with Johnsonville.  By Adam Julian Josh Moorby has been turning heads with his startling form for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby. On Sunday the fullback scored three tries in the record 67-5 win against Fijian Drua...
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hurricanes v Fijian Drua Stat Attack

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: TJ Perenara leads the Hurricanes out on Sunday Perenara in a Hurricanes record 62nd Super Rugby match at the Westpac/Sky Stadium. By Peter Marriott Round 12 v Fijian Drua: Won 67-5 The Fijian Drua is in its first year of Super Rugby and is the 19th different franchise the Hurricanes have played against. Of...
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    Petone win seventh straight after McBain miracle

    • 14 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White and Adam Julian Petone are the outright leaders of the Swindale Shield regardless of any pending catch-up games, winning their seventh straight match in a dramatic fixture for the McBain Shield against Hutt Old Boys Marist this afternoon. Petone never led until the 84th minute, and when the winning moment arrived it...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • On-demand public transport launched in Wellington

    • 16 May 2022
    • Metlink
    • On-demand public transport was launched in Wellington for the first time today, as part of a 12-month Metlink trial in the suburb of Tawa. Using a mobile phone app designed by Via, people in Tawa can order rides from buses operating without set routes between flexible pick-up and drop-off locations, or ‘virtual stops’.
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hurricanes v Waratahs Stat Attack

    • 17 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricanes earned a late 22-18 win over the Waratahs in their latest match in Sydney on Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the game below, by Peter Marriott. Round 13 v Waratahs: Won 22-18 This was the 25th meeting between the Hurricanes and the Waratahs. The Hurricanes have won 15 times to the...
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• • MATARAU – New group exhibition at City Gallery big on scale and ambition

    • 26 May 2022
    • City Gallery
    • City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi’s exhibition Matarau responds to our turbulent times and exploresthe role that art can play in navigating new found complexities of everyday life. Matarau is a group exhibition of contemporary Māori art, guest curated by Walters Prize-winning Pōnekeartist, writer and curator, Shannon Te Ao. It features all new work made […]
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    Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Force

    • 26 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy I’m having some elective surgery today. Will go well I am sure. Then again, I might wake up 28 days from now, and there’s a zombie apocalypse, and no-one can tell me how Super Rugby went. Life wouldn’t be worth living. Or I wake up 28 days from now, and there’s no...
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• • Sex Workers of Aotearoa; A Day in the Life of exhibition

    • 29 May 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Back for the fourth year in a row – Sex Workers of Aotearoa; A Day in the Life of – is an annual art exhibition in which all art has been created by current or past sex workers. The artwork is for sale, showcasing various mediums; photography, ink, paint, mixed media, cross-stitch, sculpture, poetry and more. The […]
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    Key club rugby clashes tomorrow as first round finish draws closer

    • 10 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Poneke are back on Kilbirnie Park tomorrow to host near-neighbours Marist St Pat’s, while Paremata-Plimmerton welcome Johnsonville on to Ngati Toa Domain and Ories meet Tawa at Lyndhurst Park. PHOTO: Dan Taylor. Draws & Teamlists (as received) HERE By Scott MacLean and Steven White It’s a clutch weekend for club rugby protagonists in the leading...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Swindale Shield Petone’s to lose with Poneke, HOBM and OBU pushing hard

    • 11 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Poneke captain Galu Taufale scores one of his two second half tries today in his team’s 31-29 win over Marist St Pat’s. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White and Martyn Bridge Swindale Shield Results & Scoring (as received) HERE  The 2022 Swindale Shield is seemingly Petone’s to lose, after beating the Avalon Wolves 52-19 for...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Mother Wolf – Liz Nanai inspiring She-Wolves 

    • 23 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Avalon She-Wolves celebrate the fulltime whistle in the Division 2 final against Wainuiomata. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. By Adam Julian In 2017 Avalon had six registered women’s players. On Saturday the She-Wolves defeated Wainuiomata 19-12 in the Izzy Ford Cup second round, Women’s second division final. Today they have 32 registered players. Hard work, a...
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Silverstream beat Rongotai, Wellington College miss out at Quad, St Mary’s win title

    • 29 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian and Steven White Updated: St Mary’s College have won the Wellington Premier 1 Schoolgirls title, beating a combined Wainuiomata High School/Sacred Heart College team 24-5 in the final at Porirua Park this evening. St Mary’s led 7-0 at halftime. St Patrick’s College, Silverstream have retained the Old Boys Cup with a 27-3...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    All Blacks v Ireland First Test stat attack

    • 5 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott The All Blacks won their first test of the series against Ireland in Auckland on Saturday. Some fact and figures from that game below. New Zealand v Ireland: Won 42-19 New Zealand and Ireland first met in a test at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on 25 November 1905. New Zealand won the...
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    Cool and controlled – Ollie Michie 

    • 6 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ollie Michie in action in his Premier debut in early May in the match between Paremata-Plimmerton and Old Boys University. PHOTO: Stewart Baird. By Adam Julian Oscar Wilde once said, “Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the centre of the city.” How then does a young referee deal with some...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Masks

    • 28 Sep 2022
    • Hutt Valley Fencing Club
    • Not a helmet. Made from a steel mesh and kevlar bib, a mask protects your face, head and neck from being hit by a fencing weapon. There are 3 different types of masks depending on what weapon you choose to fence. There are a couple of key difference to note about these. Foil The foil mask … Continue reading Masks →
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    Desperation, Defence, Delany

    • 28 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian The last time Wellington held opponents try-less in consecutive games before 2022 was in 1999. Caleb Delany wasn’t even born in 1999 but the blindside flanker has been an integral part of a new-found Lions fortress. The Ranfurly Shield is safe for the summer following a 34-6 account of Waikato on Saturday. ...
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    Higgins signs on with Hurricanes for next two seasons

    • 3 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Riley Higgins scoring one of his two tries in this year’s Jubilee Cup final. Norths beat Petone 23-20. PHOTO: Car Earlier this season, Riley Higgins joined a select group by making his Super Rugby debut before his National Provincial Championship one. Higgins came off the bench against the Fijian Drua in Wellington, also becoming one...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Reflections on Sufficiency and Simplicity

    • 7 Oct 2022
    • Low Carbon Kapiti
    • By Sahra Kress, community midwife, 8 October 2022 “When we lose the Earth, if we lose the Earth,oh how desperately we will long to go back to how it was. How we will wish that we had not taken all of this for granted” Peter Kalmus, NASA scientist And how we will wish that we had […]
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    Petone’s Peter Lakai joins Hurricanes for next three years

    • 12 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Hurricanes Media and Club Rugby Club rugby’s loss will be Super Rugby’s gain over the next three years, with young-gun Petone and former St Pat’s Silverstream No. 8 Peter Lakai joining the Hurricanes for the 2023, 2024 and 2025. The 19-year-old loose forward joined the Wellington Lions NPC squad in 2021 as injury cover,...
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    Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Silver Linings Du’Plessis Kirifi Leads Lions to NPC Semis

    • 13 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Du’Plessis Kirifi leads the Lions charge against Taranaki earlier this season. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Adam Julian Seven weeks ago, Wellington Lions captain and openside flanker Du’Plessis Kirifi led his side to a horror 6-15 loss to the Northland Taniwha on his club home ground at Jerry Collins Stadium. The Taniwha kept the Lions...
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    The Monday Wrap 17 October (some rugby news and information to start the week)

    • 16 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Junior Time-Taotua and Faifili Levave taking the attack to Horowhenua-Kapiti for Ngati Porou East Coast on Saturday at Levin in their Lochore Cup semi-final. The Pair was joined by OBU player Morgan Poi and Wainuiomta midfielder Tyler Tane as Wellington club rugby players on the field, while others such as Norths duo Boston Hunt...
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    Hosea Gear helping to inspire Ngati Porou East Coast in Heartland Championship

    • 18 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian This article first appeared on NZR channels and has been re-posted and updated with permission. Ngāti Porou East Coast hasn’t competed for a trophy in the Heartland Championship since their miraculous victory against Whanganui in the 2012 Meads Cup final. This Saturday the Coast hosts Mid Canterbury in the Lochore Cup final...
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    Big Bird adding Steel to Lions

    • 20 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Dominic Bird soaring high for the Lions in last Friday’s 54-19 semi-final win over Auckland. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. Steven White Dominic Bird is used to winning. The tallest ever All Black played 53 games for Canterbury between 2011 and 2017. In that period the red and blacks won six NPC Premiership titles. By contrast...
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    Aisle be Back: The NPC Final, the Women’s World Cup continues and the All Blacks coming up fast

    • 21 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The National Provincial Championship cup would sit nicely alongside the Ranfurly Shield.  By Kevin McCarthy Watching the Lions blitz Auckland last weekend, I kept pondering quite what it is that means Wellington-based sides almost invariably choose to play open and attacking rugby. I’m not old enough to remember further back than Bernie and Stu. Maybe...
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    All Blacks v Wales Stat Attack

    • 8 Nov 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The All Blacks defeated Wales this past Sunday in the second leg of their end of year Northern tour. Some fact and figures from the match by Peter Marriott below.  New Zealand v Wales: Won 55-23 The seventh test the All Blacks ever played was against Wales at the old Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff,...
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