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    The Glasgow Street Girls

    • 24 Apr 2024
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Ruth Smidt, Margaret Pointer, and Annette Pearson met in their first year at Victoria University of Wellington back in 1968. While they were all from different backgrounds, and studying different degrees, they became firm friends. Fifty-six years later, they returned to the University and their first flat on Glasgow Street to reminisce days gone by.
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    Age Concern’s position on key election issues for seniors

    • 27 Sep 2023
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • In the run-up to the general election on 14 October 2023, Age Concern New Zealand has issued a document listing key issues of concern for older people in New Zealand. The aim is to inform aspiring politicians and the wider New Zealand population of these issues and advocate for action to address and improve the ... Read more
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    Weekly News 25 September 2023

    • 25 Sep 2023
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • This week Results Sri Chinmoy 24-hour race The Sri Chinmoy 6, 12 and 24-hour races were held in Auckland this weekend. Liam Jones was 3rd male and 4th overall in the 24-hour race, running 184.514km. and Gordon Pal was the 6th male, running 173.299km in 24 hours. Results Notices Nau mai Welcome to new club […]
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 061: Artie Lambourn

    • 26 Sep 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Arthur ‘Artie’ Lambourn was a regular fixture of Petone and Wellington teams throughout the 1930s. His name is linked closely to rugby in the region in the years up to World War Two, and he played 45 first-class games for his province from 1932-39 and 40 matches for the All Blacks between 1934-38. Lambourn was...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Lost Tribe Aotearoa

    • 19 Dec 2023
    • Newtown Festival
    • Lost Tribe Aotearoa (LTA) are an 8-piece family-based band who share conscious messages through their lyrics. Their sound is an eclectic mix of roots, dub, rock, ska and blues and they are well known for their high energy live shows and the contagious uplifting vibes their music evokes. Lost Tribe Aotearoa’s talent was spotted in […]
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    EASTER - Come & Join Us

    • 28 Feb 2024
    • St John's in the City
    • Good Friday 29 Mar 2024, 10:00am Easter Sunday 31 Mar 2024, 10:00am Come and join us as we enter into these holy days of Christ's death and resurrection. All are welcome as we tell the story and experience the presence of God's grace with us, in our unity with the Church all around the world.
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    St John's, Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hurricanes v Brumbies Stat Attack

    • 29 Apr 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricane faced the Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the clash against the Horsemen by Hurricanes statistician Peter Marriott below. Round 11 v Brumbies: Won 35-29 The Hurricanes and the Brumbies have now met on 33 occasions. The Hurricanes have won 14 matches and the Brumbies 19. There have...
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    Link here to club rugby Tipping Competition 2025 (with prizes)

    • 28 Mar 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • For the first time online, a Wellington club rugby tipping competition is being run. The inaugural online tipping competition is for the Wellington men’s Premier competition – the Swindale Shield and Jubilee Cup and Hardham Cup competitions. The link is here: https://www.faceyoursfears.com/games/WGTN2025/join Please head over and sign up with a username of your choice at...
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    Wellington Lions v Taranaki Facts & Figures

    • 30 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Each week throughout the NPC, Hurricanes and Wellington statistician Peter Marriott provides the numbers and statistics, records and happenings that you need to know about the game that has just played. Next up is the Wellington v Taranaki eighth round match from New Plymouth this past Saturday. +++++ Round 9 v Taranaki: Lost 20-39 The Wellington Lions...
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    What Really Makes Us Happy?

    • 29 Apr 2024
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Asking yourself what really makes you happy can cause some brain-strain; thinking about your life and the times when you’ve been most happy. But getting people to respond to this question is not the best way to measure what really makes us happy. Our memories are often flawed and bitsy and can be very creative ... Read more
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    The passing of Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII

    • 30 Aug 2024
    • Upper Hutt City Council
    • On behalf of Te Kaunihera o Awa Kairangi ki Uta (Upper Hutt City Council) and the Upper Hutt community, Mayor Wayne Guppy, Elected Members and staff are saddened by the loss of Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII. Our thoughts are with Tainui, the wider Kiingitanga and all Māori. Naa koutou i tangi, naa tatau katoa.
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    Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 6 2024)

    • 30 Aug 2024
    • Wellington High School
    • Immerse yourself in the theatrical proficiency of our year 11 students as they showcase playwright Bernard Beckett. Go for gold with our underwater hockey teams and shout for encores at the recent Talent Quest. Choose your 2024 NCEA subjects and plan ahead for 2025 courses at upcoming university sessions. 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 (Term 3, Week 6 2024)

    • 30 Aug 2024
    • Wellington High School
    • Immerse yourself in the theatrical proficiency of our year 11 students as they showcase playwright Bernard Beckett. Go for gold with our underwater hockey teams and shout for encores at the recent Talent Quest. Choose your 2024 NCEA subjects and plan ahead for 2025 courses at upcoming university sessions. 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)
  
  

• • Groove Council

    • 29 Jan 2025
    • Newtown Festival
    • Adored among the venues and boardrooms of Pōneke, 5-piece jazz-house disco band Groove Council means business. On their agenda is an uninterrupted dose of live, jazz-house dance music that’s sure to keep feet moving and hearts smiling all night long. When in session, the council fuses DJ sensibilities with live band flare and jazz-informed improvisation, […]
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    Kepler Track – Fiordland National Park

    • 20 Oct 2023
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • An overly excited group of eight met at Wellington Airport at 8.15am on a Saturday morning for a flight to Queenstown. Dick and Beverly were already down south and would be meeting us at Queenstown airport. This is one thing I have come to enjoy about WTMC – I knew Noel and Jane, but the ... Read more
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• • Elliot & Vincent

    • 30 Jan 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • Elliot & Vincent are a two-piece drums and guitar band from Tamaki Makaurau, New Zealand. Elliot Finn (lead vocals, drums) and Vincent Cherry (guitar) were once casually asked by a friend if their non-existent “band” would play at a house party. They had no songs and only one week to write them. Equipped with Vincent’s […]
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    Vogelmorn Community Yard Sale

    • 30 Aug 2023
    • Vogelmorn Community Group
    • Join Us at the Vogelmorn Community Yard Sale! Date: Sunday, 24th September 2023 Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location: Vogelmorn Community Green Discover hidden treasures and one-of-a-kind creations at the Vogelmorn Community Yard Sale! Gather with fellow bargain hunters, craft enthusiasts, and sellers for a day of shopping, mingling, and community fun.
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    Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Mornington Road, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Review: Prima Facie

    • 1 Jul 2023
    • The Wellingtonista
    • By Nadia Freeman Prima Facie shares an authentic story of a woman’s experience of assault and navigating the judicial system to seek justice. The nearly sell-out season demonstrates that despite the raw and challenging subject, there is a strong calling for stories like this.   Rape is a word people don’t want to say, and for […]
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    Nix unveil new home strip for the 2024-25 A-Leagues

    • 1 Oct 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix have released their eye-catching new playing kit for their matches at Sky Stadium and Porirua Park this season. In a departure from recent seasons the Phoenix men and women will have dedicated home and away strips during... The post Nix unveil new home strip for the 2024-25 A-Leagues appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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• • Estère Lola (DJ set)

    • 1 Mar 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • Estère’s unique brand of Electric Blue Witch-Hop creates an unparalleled melange of sounds. Both a producer and artist, Estère references a vast range of genres including electronic, hip-hop, RnB and folk music. Estère bedecks her production with a rich elastic voice that she uses to convey the stories and emotion found within her lyrics. The […]
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    Club rugby to heat up on back of stormy weather week

    • 2 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Leaders Oriental-Rongotai are back at home this Saturday against Tawa, as are Old Boys University who are back in OBU colours and back at Rugby League Park to host Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Tane Nathan. By Scott MacLean and Steven White Winter weather has definitely arrived in the capital this week, and while the forecast for tomorrow...
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    Plimmerton, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The allure of Rakiura’s Tin Range – a solo FMC scholarship

    • 3 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The allure of Rakiura’s Tin Range A solo expedition to rugged southern Rakiura including an ascent of the granite peak Gog, partly funded by a Simon Bell scholarship with the FMC New Zealand. Rakiura anchors more than Maui’s canoe. It anchors in its rocks, rivers and rugged shores, and in its garnishment of plants and animals, ... Read more
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    From the President – August 2025

    • 3 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Kia ora, We have had a lot of events in the past few weeks, and I have really enjoyed meeting more members and getting a better understanding of what you think makes the club tick. This month read on to find out about: As always, I welcome your comments and feedback. Please feel free to ... Read more
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    Volunteering on Kapiti Island

    • 20 Jul 2023
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Volunteering on Kapiti Island On Friday at 8am I was waiting with Anne, Jamie and nine other volunteers to jump in the boat and head across to Kapiti Island to volunteer for three days doing trapline work on the island. On arrival we headed straight to the biosecurity room to go through all our gear and ... Read more
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• • Chase Woods

    • 5 Feb 2025
    • Newtown Festival
    • For the past five years, rapper Chase Woods and producer Shush have been locking in, making music that’s real, raw, and full of pride in being Māori. Their sound is a mix of everything they love—boom bap, jazz vibes, UK drill, UK garage, and house, kind of like a “50c mix” where every track hits […]
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    Helping seniors with technology

    • 4 Jul 2023
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Nothing changes faster than technology! For many seniors, the rapid pace of change with technology can cause stress and worry, especially when the way we do everyday things like banking is being steered online. Age Concern’s Tea and Tech day is all about helping seniors build confidence online and with their devices. It’s a drop-in ... Read more
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    Hurricanes v Chiefs Stat Attack

    • 6 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hurricanes squared off against the Chiefs this past Saturday night. Some facts and figures from the clash against the Chiefs by Hurricanes statistician Peter Marriott below. Round 12 v Chiefs: Won 35-17 The Hurricanes and the Chiefs have now met on 47 occasions. The Hurricanes have won 24 matches and the Chiefs 21. There...
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    Wellington Lions hunting five-peat of wins over Waikato in second round clash

    • 7 Aug 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Losi Filipo and teammates celebrate a try when the Lions and Waikato last met in the NPC, in last year’s semi-final win. In 2023 Filipo scored a hat-trick against Waikato. He starts on the right wing and his Petone teammate Tjay Clarke on the left wing in Hamilton on Saturday. Often on the great plains...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Nam Chucks

    • 3 Feb 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • Deep appreciation and respect for Soundsystem culture, Nam Chucks repping for wahine to create magical and conscious vibrations. Music, her healer, creator, protector and destroyer of all them evil tings. Show coordinator/selector homebass Radioactive 88.6fm, Big up bless up The Session, Newtown Sound, Strictly 138, Taniwhas Den, Momentum Crew, Surface Pressure, Mayhem Soundsystem, Section 9, […]
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Stall applications are now closed

    • 4 Dec 2024
    • Newtown Festival
    • We have never closed the bookings in December before, but we have enough applications now to fill our site, with space reserved for some local retailers and for special zones such as Little Poland and the Pasifika stalls. Those stallholders will be invited to apply, and we will send them the link. Please email us if you […]
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