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    More rare maidenhair spleenwort.

    • 15 Mar 2009
    • Te Papa's blog
    • The rare, tetraploid maidenhair spleenwort  (Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens) has only recently been rediscovered in New Zealand.  Several people have contacted me with possible additional sightings. As described by the Scoop website, Jack Ritchie had a maidenhair spleenwort self-sow on a rock used to construct a water feature in his nursery, Tree Guys, in Otane. Jack [...]
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• • Weekly Report 18th October

    • 14 Oct 2009
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Well, with some of the weather we've been having, there’s not much to do, so why don’t you check out the photo gallery on the website – Stan has some great photos posted, with a recent ‘old’ one of Mike Candy – taken so long ago he doesn’t look old enough to have been taken away from his mother…
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• • First candidates meeting tonight!

    • 8 Sep 2010
    • WCC Watch
    • The good people at the Ngaio Progressive Association are hosting the very first meet the candidates evening for the 2010 elections. Tonight they are hosting both the Mayoral and Onslow-Western candidates. Date & Time: Thursday 9 September 2010, 7.45pm  Location: Ngaio School Hall, 45 Abbott Street, Ngaio  For a full list of meetings, please see the council website.
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    Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Weekly Report for Sunday Oct. 16

    • 12 Oct 2011
    • Wellington Runners & Walkers (WRW)
    • Hi Everyone Past President Gordie has run his 50th Marathon and is in his 50th year. Go read the article Dave Green has posted on the website. Well done Gordie. And here is a classical comment I can't resist making. 50th Marathon? 50 years old? Sounds as if Gordie is having an 'L' of a time.*
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• • 2012 NZ Junior Open Summary

    • 10 Jul 2012
    • Table Tennis Wellington
    • The results are in from the TTNZ NZ Junior Open (Canterbury) so I am pasting some here (full results will be available on the TTNZ website). Full team results are here. Great news! Thom Nguyen won the under 18 Boy’s singles (3-0 vs. Kevin Wu). Thom Nguyen is also named the Table Tennis New Zealand [...]
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• • 2012 Old Boys' Cup

    • 20 Feb 2012
    • St Patricks College, Silverstream
    • Tuesday 21 February 2012: Stream's annual athletic battle with its brother school, St Patrick's College Town, takes place today at Newtown Park, Wellington. On Monday, Streamers performed the haka to spur on their athletes in Tuesday's competition. During the competition, results and photos will be updated on the website. All parents are welcome to come and support.
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    St Patricks College Silverstream, Fergusson Drive, Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand
  
  

• • Airport Roading and Carparks

    • 16 Jul 2013
    • Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Rongotai Progressive (Residents) Association
    • Wellington Airport will provide an update on the carpark works at the end of this month which will include flyers to residents surrounding the airport. This update will also include development works occurring over the next couple of years as outlined in their annual report. Here is a link to the current information on their website.
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    Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Season’s greetings to community rugby supporters

    • 17 Dec 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Club Rugby wishes you and your family and friends (and your opposition) the very best wishes this holiday season. May you eat plenty, drink festively and most importantly rest up and re-charge ahead of another big year of community rugby in 2024. As well as covering some sevens rugby here on our website and on...
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    Kayak Krazy Mana 10km Event Information – Sunday 26th June

    • 3 Jun 2016
    • Mana Kayak Racing Club
    • Date: Sunday 26th June 2016 Venue:  Porirua Harbour, Onepoto Rowing Club/Mana Kayak Racing Clubrooms Entry Info:      Enter Online at www.canoeracing.org.nz by clicking here, or on the day (please bring the entry form from the website) see below.   Race Categories This 10km race will be split into 3 races (2 for younger paddlers) with points for […]
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    Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington Schools Road Cycling Champs 2019

    • 11 Aug 2019
    • College Sport Wellington
    • It’s on again folks! This year it’s just the Hill Climb and a new Criterium course around the YMCA. Grades are Year 7/8, U15, U17 and U20 More detailed information and entry form to come on the Wellington Schools Cycling website: http://groupspaces.com/WellingtonSchoolsCycling/ The post Wellington Schools Road Cycling Champs 2019 appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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    Short Passes 19 July (news in briefs)

    • 19 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • John Monu flies in to score the match sealing try for Wainuiomata against Avalon on Saturday. PHOTO: Hugh Pretorius. For galleries from the weekend visit our photos website HERE Some mouth watering Swindale Shield match-ups in this coming weekend’s sixth round. Hire a helicopter or catch a ride with Dave Lintott to see parts of...
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Champion Teams 016: Hutt 1934

    • 25 Jun 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Hutt side won the Jubilee Cup twice in the early 1930s, the second of which was the first time they contested the famous McBain Shield against Petone, winning 6-5. More about Alexander McBain below, from an article published on this website on 12/4/18: In 1886, the small Horowhenua settlement of Manakau was created around...
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    Mountain Turks

    • 20 Dec 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Not a hut, not a tank, but a Turk working bee……this line from the Mountain Turk Club website intrigued me as I was hobbling around Wellington in a moon boot last February. I quickly agreed to fly south to Queenstown to assist the Mountain Turk Club building a Turk for a weekend, light relief as ... Read more
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    WTMC Annual General Meeting (AGM), 7 April 2021, 7.30pm

    • 16 Mar 2021
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Ahead of our next AGM, available on the website here are the WTMC Annual Report 2021 (under Annual Reports ) and the WTMC Financial Statement 2010-2021 (under Financial Reports). At the AGM we will be electing a new WTMC Committee for the April 2021 to March 2022 year. We will also vote on changes to ... Read more
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    From the President …in September 2021 …

    • 23 Sep 2021
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Tēnā koutou Although Covid-19 continues to present challenges for us all, there’s still lots happening and to get involved in. Wellington is fortunate to be back to covid-19 alert level 2 so we’re able to run most club trips again with a few extra considerations. The new trip schedule is on the website here. A ... Read more
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    Let’s Get Wellington Moving replaces leaf rating visuals with written descriptions

    • 12 Nov 2021
    • Let's Get Wellington Moving
    • Let’s Get Wellington Moving has removed the ‘climate friendly’ leaf rating visual icons on its engagement website hello. lgwm. nz and replaced these with written descriptions to summarise more fully the projected impacts on carbon emissions of its four transformational options. “Determining potential carbon emissions for the programme options is a complex process incorporating many variables.
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    Newsletter August 2021

    • 20 Aug 2021
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 21 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment www.maararoa.org.nz Inquiries E: info@maararoa.org.nz August 2021 newsletter: Planting progress paused Planting progress paused AGM report: inspiring presentation Look at our new website Annual subscriptions now due Planting progress paused News of the Level 4 lockdown has put a pause on ... Read more
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    Maara Roa (Cannons Creek lakes towards Duck Creek pathway), Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    November 2021 Newsletter

    • 14 Nov 2021
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 21 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark by the Porirua College gymnasium.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: www.maararoa.org.nz ... Read more
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    Beyond Christmas - The Great Big Wellington Waterfront Clean-up 2022 - coming in January!

    • 10 Dec 2021
    • Inner-City Wellington
    • From the website On January 28th 2021, we’re running our annual beach clean-up of Wellington Waterfront in collaboration with the amazing Wellington Museum! Join us with your whānau before school starts up or walk down on your lunch break – all welcome to stay for as little or as long as you would like! Find out more here
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    March /April 2022 newsletter:  Welcome news

    • 31 Mar 2022
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 21+ years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: ... Read more
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    June 2022 newsletter:  AGM at new venue; Farewell to a founder

    • 24 Jun 2022
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 22 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: ... Read more
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    Maara Roa (Cannons Creek lakes towards Duck Creek pathway), Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    July/August 2022 newsletter

    • 30 Jul 2022
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 22 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: ... Read more
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 055: Eric Tindill

    • 15 Aug 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Eric Tindill is one of Wellington’s most celebrated all-round sportsmen. His sports journey has been well-canvassed, and every Wellingtonian knows his story. But here it is below to document for our website. Tindill is the only man to have ever represented New Zealand in both Test rugby and Test cricket. He also refereed both cricket...
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    Wellington v Taranaki 1953: the high point of a golden year

    • 25 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Athletic Park’s Western Bank filling up fast 10 minutes after gates have opened at noon for a 3.00 pm kick-off between Wellington and Taranaki. Photo: EP 29/8/1953 The following story was previously published on this website in 2014 – so re-posting below for those that may have missed it then, ahead of Sunday’s NPC...
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    Hauhungatahi: Off the beaten track

    • 27 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The idea for this trip came up as I was looking for off the beaten track options to put on the trip schedule. I remembered seeing this video of Sarah adventuring through the Hauhungatahi Wilderness Area, and found this old trip report on the website. Good enough to hatch a plan.  While I was confident ... Read more
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    The day Wellington teams re-took the Ranfurly Shield off Southland and beat the All Blacks

    • 1 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • This is a previous article on this website from 2016. Re-publishing it here ahead of the Wellington Lions versus Southland match and the second All Blacks versus Argentina fixture this coming weekend. World War One disrupted a great era for Wellington rugby teams. Wellington had captured the Ranfurly Shield in 1914 off Taranaki and was...
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• • Road works in Island Bay

    • 3 Sep 2022
    • Island Bay Residents' Association
    • Please find attached the September 2022 Council maintenance and minor works programme. The recent wet weather is affecting timing of works as crews work to clear slips and repair roads. For the latest information please check out the weekly roadworks report on the WCC website.  Roads – Road works and road closures – Wellington CityContinue reading "Road works in Island Bay"
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    Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    July 2023 newsletter: AGM votes for change

    • 3 Aug 2023
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 23 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College. The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: www.maararoa.org.nz ... Read more
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    Great regular reads: urban development, housing, landuse

    • 6 Sep 2024
    • Talk Wellington
    • What’s neat to read? A few go-to sources for great thinking about what’s physically between (and under) the streets and roads, and getting a steer for how to act on that In no particular order… Obviously, start with the landing page of this very website and scroll to the categories. Click and you’ll get a...
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    December 2022 Newsletter

    • 12 Dec 2022
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Friends of Maara Roa (FMR): 22 years bringing biodiversity back to the Cannons Creek catchment Working bees are every fine Saturday; meet at 9.30 am in the carpark at the back of Porirua College.  The nursery group meets every Thursday from 10 am to noon, in the grounds of Aotea College in Okowai Road. Website: ... Read more
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