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    Sam Wildig

    • 2 Apr 2023
    • Black Coffee
    • <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > My compositions come directly from my own experience, such as my local surroundings, places I’ve explored or friends I was with. I try to keep the subjects varied to reflect the diversity of New Zealand landscapes.  Architecture is my main passion and I enjoy painting the bright and colourful street scenes around Wellington to capture the way they harmonise with the surrounding nature. I’m currently based in Hataitai and hope to paint more harbour views of Wellington in the coming months. 
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    Black coffee, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Soft Serve Social — Urban Dream Brokerage

    • 3 Jun 2023
    • Urban Dream Brokerage
    • A collective desire for joy, safety and empowerment has created a need for Playescape - an urban swing set. What are the ways we can feel present, calm and connected when we are alone in public space at any time of day? Playescape will be a valuable experiment in re-balancing personal/emotional wellbeing in the urban environment of Te Aro. The act of sitting alone on a bench in the street is something that everyone should feel safe to do. However, in reality that isn’t always the case. Can we change this?
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    Glover Park, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    It’s not just about transport. It’s about our city and the quality of our environment

    • 23 Aug 2011
    • Wellington Scoop
    • However you describe it, the 380-metre-long structure that the Transport Agency wants to build from Tory Street to the Mount Victoria Tunnel would change the Wellington cityscape forever, and not for the better. We’ve been wrong to describe it as a flyover. It’s much bigger than that. And the Transport Agency is wrong to describe it as a bridge. In reality it would be an elevated highway – which is an approach to road design from the early 20th Century that’s out of favour in most places.
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Radio EXPO 2008

    • 13 Dec 2007
    • Wellington VHF Group
    • The Combined Amateur Radio Clubs of Wellington invite you to attend the annual Wellington Radio EXPO '08 to be held on Saturday 15 March 2008. A sale of Amateur Radio and electronic items open to members of the public. Entrance fee (buyers) is a $4.00 door charge. Vendors entry is covered by their table space purchase. Date: Saturday, 15 March 2008 Time: Doors open for vendors at 7.00 am. Doors open for the public at 10.00 am. Venue: Knox Church, 574 High Street, Lower Hutt Talk in: Climie 730 - call ZL4FUN for driving instructions, or any other information. read more
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    Whither Cuba?

    • 24 Oct 2011
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Gosh – that was a surprise! Our venerated local broadsheet, el Domino Postale, appears to have gone and written an excellent, thoughtful article on what we need to do with Cuba St. Have they got a new reporter perhaps, one who is actually interested in matters more important than cute doggies or cats stuck up trees? There is hope, at least – keep an eye out on Nikki McDonald. The article raises some serious points, which I think that we have also raised before – what to do with a street whose charm lies in it’s eclectic collection of semi derelict buildings?
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Flyover vote

    • 20 Mar 2013
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Later today the Council will vote on their support of the flyover. Related to this, an interesting tidbit came out yesterday and almost slipped me by: “Steps to move state highway traffic off Vivian St are among measures needed to ease the impact of a Basin Reserve flyover, Wellington City Council says.” Holy-moly. That’s new. Up until now some Councilors have been willing to admit privately that the way the Ngauranga to Airport “strategy” completely ignores Vivien Street is absurd. But the Council in an official capacity has, as far as I know, never said anything to this effect before.
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    Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Meet the Candidates meeting: 7pm Thursday September 4th, St Anne’s Hall

    • 22 Aug 2014
    • Newtown Residents' Association
    • At St Anne’s Hall, 22 Emmett Street, Newtown The General Election 2014 is on September 20th Newtown Residents Association and St Anne’s Newtown are hosting an evening to meet some of the candidates for the Rongotai electorate Among the candidates who have agreed to attend this gathering are: Sultan Eusoff, Chris Finlayson, David Kent, Annette King, Russel Norman & Bruce Welsh The meeting will be moderated by Patrick Morgan.  All are welcome to attend this meeting to listen to what they have to say and to ask questions.  The formal part of the meeting will be followed by supper
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • 75th Jubilee Programme

    • 26 May 2015
    • Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade
    • Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade's 75th Jubilee is happening this Queen's Birthday Weekend!  The official programme for Saturday's public events is as follows: 9:00am Street parade starts travelling from Stokes Valley RSA to Stokes Valley Fire Station 10:00am Open Day begins at the fire station 10:30am Ladder display 11:00am Kitchen fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 11:30am Road Crash Rescue demonstration 12:00pm Kitchen Fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 12:30pm Boom display 1:00pm Grand Finale                         Please note timings are only a guide and may be subject to change
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    Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • 75th Jubilee Programme

    • 26 May 2015
    • Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade
    • Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade's 75th Jubilee is happening this Queen's Birthday Weekend!  The official programme for Saturday's public events is as follows: 9:00am Street parade starts travelling from Stokes Valley RSA to Stokes Valley Fire Station 10:00am Open Day begins at the fire station 10:30am Ladder display 11:00am Kitchen fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 11:30am Road Crash Rescue demonstration 12:00pm Kitchen Fire display and Wainuiomata VFB Competition Team display 12:30pm Boom display 1:00pm Grand Finale                         Please note timings are only a guide and may be subject to change
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    Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • The city chocolate fix

    • 31 Oct 2012
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Hurray, another guest post from Heather at Foodie Gems of Wellie Where to go in the city for a quality chocolate fix between usual excuses – chocolate festivals, Valentines, Easter, Xmas, national chocolate day, your birthday, your best friend’s birthday, White Day in Japan, Chocolate Dipped Fruit and Fondue day in the US (hmmm, any others?)? Follow me, and know that the calories will go straight out the bottom of your legs if walking… Start at Bohemein Fresh Chocolates, 109 Featherston Street (unless it’s Sunday and then start at the Esque stand at the City Market in the Chaffers Building).  A two-bite sensory experience of fresh ingredients, no preservatives, and interesting flavours.  To be eaten within 2-3 weeks if you take some away and can hold out that long. Try the award-winning Sea Salt Caramel. Call past Kirkaldie and Stain’s gourmet shop to pick up your favourite Schoc tablet.  The Xmasy Frankincense, Myrrh and Gold is all go again. Pop into The Chocolate Cake Company in Capital on the [Lambton] Quay (a mouthful in more ways than one!) to order a take-home dense and delicious chocolate mud cake for sharing.  To appease the guilt of hogging out all day by yourself.  Unless its Sunday, and then order online once home and you’ve licked away any telltale chocolate moustache. The next stop should be Tempt Cupcakes in the Old Bank Arcade (front corner of Smiths The Grocer) to see if you can resist a Chocolate Caramel or Traditional Moist Chocolate Cake creation.  Just beautiful to behold. As you stroll up Willis Street, stop by Butlers Chocolates near the Manners corner.  Whilst not a local producer, they offer some nicely packaged goodies for Xmas stockings, and have a delightfully sunny afternoon upstairs balcony for a wee chocolatey rest if required. For the regularly-voted best hot chocolate in the city, proceed to Scopa on the corner of Cuba and Ghuznee Streets.  One of those experiences that just simply should be on your bucket list.  Although the shot size is very cute, go for the regular at least.  If you’re gonna do it, do it thoroughly. I’d suggest a sit down in a dark quiet room by about now, so loop around to lower Taranaki Street and Hashigo Zake (downstairs below Zibibbo), and order up a Rogue Chocolate Stout.  And if you’re hungry, one of Hashigo Zake’s famed gourmet pies to go with it. And for a dessert finale, uplift your stomach and meander along to Matterhorn opposite the bucket fountain in Cuba Street, and order up the Eight Textures of Chocolate ‘Thai Style’.  A clever and delicious finish. From here there are a range of buses and taxis nearby, who will take your chocolate-satisfied self wherever you need to go….
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The Urban Dream Brokerage

    • 26 Jul 2011
    • Architectural Centre Inc
    • Friday 29th July, 6pm Illot Theatre, Wellington Town Hall. Three property owners and managers, four artists and an engaged audience are coming together to discuss the question: how can vacant commercial space be more creatively utilised to provide a more vital inner-city? You’re invited to attend The Urban Dream Brokerage, a live art and property panel pitching session. In a live local twist on reality TV formats like Dragon’s Den, artists and then property developers and owners pitch their creative ideas for city vacant spaces to a panel of their opposite. Walking down the city street, what does your dream realty look like?
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• • Public transport in Wellington. Are we on track?

    • 24 Nov 2015
    • Aro Valley Community Centre
    • Come and hear a discussion of the merits of Bus Rapid Transit or Light Rail for Wellington Greater Wellington: Cr Paul Swain Wellington City Council: Cr Andy Foster FIT Wellington: John Rankin Trams-Action Wellington: Demetrius Christoforou Moderator: Dave Armstrong Date: Wednesday 2 December 2015 Time: 6 to 8pm Venue: Aro Valley Community Hall, 48 Aro Street, Wellington Koha:$15 ($5 students and unwaged) in support of our cause FIT Wellington is for Fair, Intelligent Transport Spending more on public transport, walking and cycling, and less on roads. is better for the city, the environment and the economy Wellington’s main bus route is overloaded and an obvious solution is light rail
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    Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • The First Announcement of CubaDupa 2020

    • 25 Nov 2019
    • Cubadupa
    • CubaDupa Returns to the Streets with a Beautiful Disruption Wellington’s favourite neighbourhood comes alive with colour, art, music, parades, dance, food, and thousands of creative people the weekend of 28-29 March 2020   WELLINGTON, NZ — All of New Zealand is invited to celebrate the country’s most vibrant and creative street festival, CubaDupa, disrupting the heart of Wellington on 28 and 29 March 2020. The multi-arts programme returns to the streets in a big and beautiful way—with a dozen stages, over 100 food stalls, special creative zones, 100,000 friends and neighbours, and one beautiful disruption after the other. “Our iconoclastic Te Aro neighbourhood will be filled with sights and sounds, parades and drum beats, street installations and public art”, says Festival Director Gerry Paul, who has programmed the most ambitious CubaDupa ever. “And at the heart of it all, ready to transcend the ordinary, are over 1500 artists and performers from the region and around the world”. Music is the very core of CubaDupa, and there will be no shortage of aural disruption in 2020. The festival will present a diverse free live music programme showcasing almost every genre. VNZMA winner Troy Kingi brings his irresistible galactic funk, alongside rising Hip Hop star JessB. Contemporary Canadian folk group The East Pointers join the party with their high-energy take on the Celtic tradition. Making the trip from across the ditch are Bullhorn, an epic 10-piece brass ensemble fronted by the extraordinary rapper Roman MC. Local groove masters Dr Reknaw and emerging New Zealand rockers H4lf Cast add their grooves to the weekend celebration. Musicians, sound experiences, and immersive electronic wizardry become a cornerstone of the 2020 CubaDupa with the festival’s most ambitious project ever, Cubasonic. The mass musical interruption—conceived by New Zealand’s leading composer John Psathas—involves nearly 500 musicians lining the street, twelve conductors above the crowd, a custom-made overhead sound system, and a locally-invented Tesla coil synthesiser known as Chime Red. Defying words, Cubasonic will be presented once each day—uniting the entire festival site with a ten-minute musicalhappening unlike anything ever attempted in New Zealand. The project is a true partnership of creative community, generously supported by Creative New Zealand and involving Orchestra Wellington, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, The Nudge, Boat and a mass of Batucada drummers. “CubaDupa is one of Wellington’s primary lightning rods, generating and releasing a massive, positive energy charge into the city every year,” says Psathas. “Festivals offer unique opportunities for ambitious ideas. At their best they give us experiences we never forget, experiences that exceed our expectations both in the witnessing of art and in the moments of massed connection that sneak up and take us by surprise. Cubasonic, played throughout the heart of Cuba Street, will be vast, epic, and monumental.” The 2020 musical acts will be presented across twelve stages, including the brand new Radio Active Upper Cuba SoundSphere, Wellington Airport Swan Lane, the Garage Project Wild Workshop stage, and a Glover Park zone designed in partnership with Massey University’s College of Creative Arts. “Festival audiences can experience an abundance of music, dance, street theatre and art activations taking place throughout our Te Aro precinct” says Paul. “After finding your groove with JessB or Bullhorn, join The Ping Pong Party People in a wildly creative table tennis championship, visit Shabby Salon for a drop-dead gorgeous makeover, then jump into the Weddings-and-Funerals installation.” Another new element making its debut at the 2020 CubaDupa is the Mammoth Circus Tent in the Wilson Carpark on Ghuznee St. The bold and colourful venue will host energetic performances and workshops for all ages by day, and transform into a saucy cabaret show by night. “It’s part of our desire to grow the festival in new ways, add interesting platforms, and showcase even more artistry and performers from all around the world” says Paul. “Families will experience circus shows by fabulous acts like COLOSSAL Productions, 3 Speed Crunch Box or Seven Deadly Stunts during the day, and then the older crowd can enjoy comedy and more provocative cabaret after dark”. A theme running through much of the 2020 CubaDupa programme is Intergalactic Madness—alien visitors, strange messages, and wondrous disruptions from other worlds. Big Nazo will invade from Rhode Island, with generous support from the Embassy of the United States of America, for their debut visit to New Zealand. The outlandish collective of visual artists, puppet performers and costumed musicians will bring their alien creatures to the streets and stages of CubaDupa. Closer to home, Alien Junk Monsters add their psychedelic recycled trash costumes—and a few new otherworldly offspring. And for the first time ever CubaDupa will play host to BodyPalooza, a new national body paint competition featuring over 30 artists and models painted as alien visitors. “There’s an eclectic and eye-opening experience for everyone at CubaDupa, because it’s a fearless celebration of who we are as a diverse and creative city, and what we have in this iconic neighbourhood”, says Eric Holowacz, CEO of Creative Capital Arts Trust. “Whether you are into new bands, raucous parades, or the search for extraterrestrial life, CubaDupa has it. I love it, because the weekend is always a highlight of the summertime, and an immersion in culture, creativity, and community.” For culinary disruptions that satisfy any appetite, the Moore Wilson’s Street Feast returns to CubaDupa, with over 100 food stalls and a diverse range of local vendors and culinary experiences. “CubaDupa is going to be the highlight of our upcoming tour in New Zealand”, says Koady Chaisson, of Canadian contemporary indie folk music trio The East Pointers. “We love playing in New Zealand, as there are a lot of similarities to our home in Prince Edward Island, but we don’t have anything like CubaDupa. We’ve heard such amazing things about this festival – this is going to take things in NZ to the next level. We can’t wait to get to Wellington and help light it up” The 2020 festival will take place on 28 and 29 March throughout the Cuba Street Precinct in the Te Aro neighbourhood of Wellington. To learn more about artists, programming, and opportunities at the 2020 CubaDupa, visit www.cubadupa.co.nz.   CubaDupa is presented by the non-profit Creative Capital Arts Trust, and receives essential support from WellingtonNZ, Wellington Regional Amenities Fund, Wellington City Council, Wellington Airport, Cato Brand Partners, and generous sponsors such as ANZ, Kāpura/Wellington Hospitality Group, Creative New Zealand, ZM, The Wellington Company, Massey University College of Creative Arts, LightHouse Cinemas, Wellington Community Trust, Havana Coffee Works, Rogue & Vagabond, Fortune Favours, Garage Project, Orchestra Wellington, NZSO, Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, Victoria University, Embassy of the United States of America, Australian High Commission, Embassy of Ireland | New Zealand, Wellington Night Market, Wilson Parking and KPMG.     FOR MEDIA ENQUIRIES Name: Cheree Ridder Email: Chereeridder@gmail.com Phone: 027 577 3520 Other contacts: Creative Capital Arts Trust Toi Poneke Arts Centre 65 Abel Smith Street, Level 2 Te Aro, Wellington CubaDupa 2020 Teaser Video: https://youtu.be/V-kF32KIyYQ Web – www.cubadupa.co.nz Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/cubadupa/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cubadupa/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/cubadupa
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    Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Weekly Bulletin: Staying connected as a church - 9 October 2022

    • 5 Oct 2022
    • St John's in the City
    • Kia ora St John’s whānau, This Sunday we have 10,000 reasons for our hearts to sing, as we pray for those who live in our city! <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > It is the middle weekend of the school holidays, and so we will stay together for the whole worship time, celebrating Communion together too. If you can’t gather in the city, and you want to join the worship service via Zoom, here are the details to access the live-stream: Zoom Meeting ID: 370 260 759Passcode: worship The link to join the Zoom worship service is below. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/370260759?pwd=b2ZkajZ5d28rTy9EN1VKZDJUM3N4dz09   If using your phone: dial 04 886 0026 (Meeting ID: 370 260 759#, Passcode: 1560107#) This is the link to the printable Service Sheet  <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ws84o51zzseszij/9%20October%202022%20Order%20of%20Service.pdf?dl=0" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" > Printable Service Sheet <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/370260759?pwd=b2ZkajZ5d28rTy9EN1VKZDJUM3N4dz09" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" > Link to Zoom Service   OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT... RAISING THE STANDARD OF GIVING We are invited to reflect on how our giving is an important part of living out our faith. ‘Raising our standard of giving’ – describes the thoughtful re-examination of our giving as an important expression for our faith. Together we are thinking about our values, re-examining our giving habits accordingly, making carefully thought-out decisions, and re-arranging our priorities in using money to enable us to carry out these decisions. We give meaningfully, not because the Church needs it (it does, of course) but because as Christians we need to give for our own sake spiritually.More information will be provided in the coming weeks to help us re-examine our giving. <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " >   ANNUAL REPORT AND AGM The Annual Report of St John’s in the City for the year ended June 2022 is available on the St John’s website: https://www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz/publications-and-archiveI know you will enjoy the collection of stories and experiences shared in the various contributions. The Annual Performance Report (financial) is included there also.Printed copies of the Annual Report will be available closer to the time of the Annual General Meeting, which is after the Sunday morning service on the 30th October 2022 in the St John’s Centre.   FELLOWSHIP GROUP Our next speaker will be Ken Edgecombe, who will share with us memories of his time as Chaplain at St Margaret College, the school that St John’s in the City built!We will meet on Tuesday 25th October 2022 at 11am in the hall. Please bring finger food for lunch.   NAME TAGS As we turn our Vision into action, one very easy and practical way we can build community is to wear a name tag.Please keep your name tag on when you come over for Morning Tea in the Centre, and there will be a receptacle to drop your name tag into before you leave.   ONE CONFERENCE This leadership training conference for the Presbyterian Church is being hosted at St John’s in November (2pm 17th of November - 2:30pm Saturday the 19th of November).We will have many folks travelling from out of town and many have asked if there is any possibility of being billeted. Would you like to consider billeting out-of-town attendees to the conference?Conference attendees will have all meals provided at the conference except breakfast. If you can offer billeting please fill in this form One Conference Billet Host Form or email grace@presbyterian.org.nz <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " >   NEW WINE FESTIVAL At this all age festival many voices worship the One. 19th-23rd January 2023 (Wellington Anniversary Weekend) at Wairarapa College in Masterton.For more details and to register to go (along with others from St John’s): https://newwine.org.nz/   VOICES IN THE WIND CONCERT “Treasures from American Composers” is a concert happening twice: 7.30pm Friday 14 October at St Barnabas Mana, and 3pm Sunday 16 October at Khandallah Town Hall.Tickets $20, $15 unwaged. See Linda Van Milligan 027 2889210 for tickets.   The grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Allister
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    St John's, Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Results: Sanders Gough Robbie Burns Shields

    • 28 Jun 2016
    • Hutt Valley Harriers
    • Sanders Gough Robbie Burns Shields Hosted by Hutt Valley Harriers Saturday 25 June 2016 Senior Women/Masters Women – 6 km – Burns Cup Placing Name Time   Club 1 Kristi Perkinson 27:10 HVH 2 Georgina Cox 28:47 Wainuiomata 3 Nicky Braniff 28:51 Wainuiomata 4 Shelley-Ann Tietjens 28:55 Wainuiomata 5 Belinda Walker 30:08 Trentham 6 Trish Coley 31:01 HVH 7 Liz Whiteside 31:08 HVH 8 Keryn Morgan 31:19 HVH 9 Vanessa Trompetter 32:01 HVH 10 Lisa Kynaston 35:04 Trentham Burns Cup Place Club Points (2 to count) 1 Wainuiomata 5 2 HVH 7 3 Trentham 15 U20 Men and Women – 6 km – Gough Cup Placing Name Time Club 1 Luke Carman 24:28 Wainuiomata 2 Matthew Roberts 24:32 HVH 3 Randall Tyler 25:51 Trentham 4 Jack Thompson 26:41 Trentham 5 Natasha Goldsworthy 32:26 Wainuiomata Gough Cup Place Club Points (2 to count) 1 Wainuiomata 6 2 Trentham 7 Walkers – 6km – Walkers Cup Placing Name Time Club 1 Richard Willis 43:00 Trentham 2 Robyn Green 43:02 Masterton 3 Joseph Antcliffe 43:12 Trentham 4 Claudia Baechle 43:57 Masterton 5 Brendan McCauley 46:27 Wainuiomata 6 Sonja McLean 46:33 Trentham 7 Cathy Gordon 46:53 HVH 8 Unknown 51:18 ? 9 Vivienne Antcliffe 51:43 Trentham 10 Rose Martin 54:19 Wainuiomata 11 Barbara Coley 57:28 Wainuiomata 12 Robyn Small 1:00:58 Wainuiomata 13 Karen Forsyth 1:05:37 Wainuiomata 14 Maree Carman 1:05:37 Wainuiomata Walkers Cup Place Club Points (2 to count) 1 Trentham 4 2 Masterton 6 3 Wainuiomata 15 Boys/Girls U13/U11/U9 – 2km – Challenge Shield – (Times only for first 30 to finish in the race able to be recalled) Place Name Time Club Grade Age Grade Place 1 Joshua Jordon 7:21 Trentham BU13 1 2 Nathaniel Graham 7:22 HVH BU13 2 3 Colton Foss 7:35 Trentham BU13 3 4 Josh Allen 7:37 HVH BU13 4 5 Chris Coetzee 7:42 Trentham BU13 5 6 Marco Coetzee 7:50 Trentham BU13 6 7 Luke Stoupe 7:56 HVH BU11 1 8 Logan Stoupe 7:57 HVH BU13 7 9 AJ Prichard 8:00 HVH BU11 2 10 Nicholas Green 8:02 HVH BU13 8 11 Regan Kowalczyk 8:04 HVH BU13 9 12 Ashton Brew 8:10 Wainuiomata BU11 3 13 Oscar Strickland 8:16 HVH BU13 10 14 Callum Wos 8:23 Trentham BU11 4 15 Nhkata Holliwell 8:27 HVH BU13 11 16 Emalise Alding 8:28 HVH GU11 5 17 Amy Murray 8:29 HVH GU11 6 18 Quentin Carlson 8:33 Trentham BU11 7 19 Thomas Prichard 8:37 HVH BU9 1 20 Ashton Tietjens 8:40 HVH BU11 8 21 Trent Magee 8:40 HVH BU9 2 22 Kiara Flutey 8:49 Trentham GU13 12 23 Harrison Kowalczyk 8:50 HVH BU11 9 24 Aiden Jackson 8:51 HVH BU11 10 25 Gabriel Marenzi 9:00 HVH BU13 13 26 Ben Maluschnig 9:02 HVH BU13 14 27 Tyler Rollo 9:04 HVH BU13 15 28 Jonathan Green 9:05 HVH BU11 11 29 Taine Flutey 9:06 Trentham BU9 3 30 MacKenzie Winter 9:08 Wainuiomata GU13 16 31 Autumn Bradley Trentham GU13 17 32 Rebecca Forsyth Wainuiomata GU13 18 33 Gemma Gordon HVH GU13 19 34 Elliot Barr Trentham BU9 4 35 John O’Grady Trentham BU9 5 36 Finn Brew Wainuiomata BU9 6 37 Bailey Rollo HVH BU9 7 38 David Gordon HVH BU11 12 39 Sophia Avery HVH GU11 13 40 Katie Jordan Trentham GU9 8 41 Maddy Ross Trentham GU9 9 42 Sarah du Toit Trentham GU11 14 43 Skylar Langstraat HVH GU11 15 44 Lily Trompetter HVH GU13 20 45 Chloe Bothwell HVH GU13 21 46 Savannah Allen Trentham GU9 10 47 Joseph Trentham BU9 11 48 Chloe Bignall Trentham GU9 12 49 Heidi Carman Wainuiomata GU13 22 50 Tim Cherry HVH BU11 16 51 Sebastian Marenzi HVH BU11 17 52 Piper Carson Trentham GU9 13 53 Eloise Bothwell HVH GU9 14 54 Liam Carson HVH BU9 15 55 Ruby Flutey Trentham GU9 16 56 Jack Carson HVH BU11 18 Challenge Shield Place Club Points (5 to count) 1 Trentham 29 2 HVH 30 3 Wainuiomata 159 Men and Women U15/U18 – 4km – Robbie Shield Placing Name Time Club Grade 1 Joel Carman 13:22 Wainuiomata MU18 2 Logan Slee 14:03 Trentham MU18 3 Gus Reece 14:12 HVH MU18 4 Thomas Strawbridge 14:38 Trentham MU18 5 Daniel du Toit 14:54 Trentham MU15 6 Jonathan Roberts 14:55 HVH MU15 7 Cameron Forsyth 14:58 Wainuiomata MU15 8 Harry Poland 15:04 Trentham MU18 9 Oliver Barrass 15:08 Trentham MU18 10 Bill Gray 15:15 Trentham MU18 11 Jayme Maxwell 15:32 HVH WU18 12 Anthony Rowe-Penny 16:20 Masterton MU18 13 Tristan Bagnall 16:43 Trentham MU15 14 Philip Bewley 16:53 Wainuiomata MU18 15 Maria Geoghegan 17:13 Trentham WU15 16 Lucy England 17:21 HVH WU18 17 Bianca Green 17:51 Masterton WU18 18 Luke Te-Moana 17:53 Trentham MU15 19 Madison Robinson 17:54 Trentham WU18 20 Hannah Gordon 18:52 HVH WU18 21 McKenzie Jacques 19:19 Trentham WU18 22 Sam Lightfoot 20:30 Wainuiomata WU18 23 Grace Forsyth 20:31 Wainuiomata WU18 Robbie Shield Place Club Points (3 to count) 1 Trentham 11 2 HVH 20 3 Wainuiomata 22 Senior Men and Masters Men – 8km – Sanders Cup Placing Name Time Club 1 Michael du Toit 28:50 Trentham 2 Mat Rogers 28:52 HVH 3 Joe Durant 30:11 Visitor 4 Mark Searle 31:23 Trentham 5 Michael Beaumont 31:48 Trentham 6 Dominic Green 32:00 Masterton 7 Kevin Thompson 32:10 Trentham 8 Brendan Quirke 33:07 HVH 9 Darren Gordon 33:16 HVH 10 Marcus Smith 34:31 HVH 11 Bill Trompetter 35:11 HVH 12 Malcolm McDonald 35:23 Masterton 13 Jared Bothwell 35:27 HVH 14 Paul Newsom 35:29 HVH 15 Graeme Burr 35:51 HVH 16 Ray Haste 36:51 Masterton 17 Neil Sargisson 36:55 HVH 18 Matt Poland 37:11 Trentham 19 Mike Wespel-Rose 38:11 HVH 20 Paul Richardson 38:29 Wainuiomata 21 Paul Strickland 39:52 HVH 22 Warren Pettigrew 39:59 Wainuiomata 23 Andrew Smith 40:35 Trentham 24 Stewart Clement 40:52 Wainuiomata 25 Steve Robertson 41:33 HVH 26 Tory Martin 43:30 Wainuiomata 27 Keith Holmes 44:05 HVH 28 Martyn Cherry 44:29 HVH 29 Albert van Veen 49:05 HVH Ray Wallis (6km) 42:01 Aurora Sanders Cup Place Club Points (3 to count) 1 Trentham 10 2 HVH 19 3 Masterton 34
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• • Newtown Ave Block Party

    • 29 Mar 2021
    • Newtown Festival
    • Laundry takes over the street and brings the party to Newtown Festival! Banging music from a lineup of loads of great DJs, our monster Hifi sound system, a Gin bar, craft beer from our friends at Kereru and South Cider, a vegan food truck, fun, games, dress-ups and all sorts of other shenanigans… 11:00 – 1:00 Mixclub DJs (Minimal/Deep House) B2B1:00 – 2:30 Ügly Disco (Live House/Disco)2:30 – 4:30 Laundry Crew – Tiny Kookie, Delic, Code Brown & Earl le Duke B2B4:30 – 6:30 Housing Project – Helix, Seraph, Marcos Alonso and Ian C B2B6:30 – 8:00 Menage A Trois – Buck Rogers & Co B2B 17 Newtown Avenue! Come get involved!
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    How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 1 Jack Up the Rail Option BCR

    • 6 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Commuter
    • The SKM Stage 3 Report recommended keeping the Johnsonville Line because no bus Scenario had a better Benefit Cost Ratio But the SKM Stage 3 Report recommended “Base Case” excluded the cost of buying any replacement EMU trains and other costs as well Excluding these costs hid that the Bus-On-Street Scenario had the best Benefit Cost Ratio This post follows The North Wellington Public Transport Study (2006) which is the introduction this series of posts on “How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail” and will focus on how the “Do Minimum” Rail Base Case Benefit Cost Ratio was fixed in the SKM Stage 3 Report to help it come first.… Read more ...
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    Watch Bare - Now at Downstage Theatre

    • 25 Sep 2008
    • Downstage Theatre Blog
    • "Once again the combination of great performances and dazzling writing makes for a thoroughly entertaining, gentle satire of 'our people today' that clearly stands the test of time. Go."Mary Anne Bourke (Theatreview) on BARE Love, sex, family, friendship, youth and bad movies at multiplexes - listen to our people talk!Directed by award-winning director Oliver Driver Toa Fraser's classic New Zealand comedy BARE is an hilarious matrix of urban poetry. Armed with the voice of the street, two actors riff on body image, films, takeaway food, graffiti and English literature. Downstage is proud to present this limited season (13 performances only!) of this new production of BARE that premiered at Silo Theatre in Auckland last year.
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• • 2008 Aro Valley Meet the Candidates Event

    • 15 Oct 2008
    • The most infamous election event in the nation takes place in the tiny community hall off Aro Street. The hall is standing room only with more crowds (known throughout the evening as ‘the outsiders’) peering in through the windows. Radio New Zealand announcer Bryan Crump has taken the evening off work to act as moderator – he warns the crowd that while heckling is encouraged he will not tolerate any ‘Hooton’s’. Each candidate will have two minutes to speak. Ninety seconds in someone will sound a gong, at two minutes they will thump the keys of a rickety old piano standing near the stage. If the candidate continues to speak they will be drenched with a high-powered water-pistol.
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    Let’s play a bit of a game so you can WIN a full 2016...

    • 19 Nov 2015
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • Let’s play a bit of a game so you can WIN a full 2016 SEASON SUBSCRIPTION (6 Concerts) for yourself or a friend! As you know by now, Conductor Marc Taddei has announced the guest SOLOISTS for next years season, BUT the repertoire still remains a mystery! He did however provide these clues from the podium… #1 - The greatest ever setting of a drinking song #2 - In this concert, a question is asked and dinner is served #3 - This programme will rock Falco. #4 - This concert will be angelic. #5 - Rodents will be vanquished. #6 - This will be out of this world… The question is simple, head to the link below with the full soloist list and whoever can NAME ONE OF THE PIECES we’ll be performing next year will go in a draw to win the 2016 Season Subscription. Easy! There are 2 to give away and the first draw is next Wednesday the 25th November and head over to our Facebook page HERE to enter Good Luck!
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• • Wayne Barrar talk at National Library

    • 14 Feb 2008
    • National Library
    • On Thursday 6 March, photographer Wayne Barrar will discuss his work in the National Library exhibition 'Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest' within the context of his ongoing investigation of the human-modified landscape. He will also consider the role of photography in articulating land-use issues. Wayne Barrar is one of four contemporary New Zealand photographers in this exhibition. His documentation of the spaces of the Manapouri power station works very differently from that of earlier photographers, who romanticised Lake Manapouri as distant, splendid and untouched by development. But unlike the photographers that documented the construction of the power station 40 years ago, Barrar stops well short of suggesting any kind of achievement of industry over nature. Venue: National Library Gallery, Molesworth Street, Wellington, 12.10pm
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• • SUMMER DELIVERY 2016: Getting Started in Coaching

    • 19 Sep 2016
    • Cricket Wellington
    • New to coaching or interested in coaching in the future? Sport Wellington’s Getting Started in Coaching courses are practical, interactive and aim to give coaches the confidence to coach!! COMMUNITY COURSES (PARENTS/TEACHERS/CLUB COACHES) DATE LOCATION TIME REGISTER  13 October 2016  LOWER HUTT – Walter Nash Stadium, Taine Street, Taita 6:00pm – 8:00pm REGISTER 19 October 2016 WELLINGTON – Renouf Tennis Centre, 20 Brooklyn Rd, Wellington 6:00pm – 8:00pm REGISTER DATE TBC PORIRUA/TAWA Course details available soon Registration is essential and places are limited!!! For more information about the course check out the video on the Sport Wellington website – http://www.sportwellington.org.nz/getting-started-in-coaching-gelcc/ The post SUMMER DELIVERY 2016: Getting Started in Coaching appeared first on Cricket Wellington.
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• • 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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• • Kids Vosseler Results U18-U11 – provisional

    • 21 May 2016
    • Hutt Valley Harriers
    • Placing Name Time 2 Nathaniel Graham 00:07:06 1 Alexander Prichard 00:07:25 Joshua Allen 00:07:46 Logan Stoupe 00:07:47 Reegan Kowalczyk 00:07:53 Nicholas Green 00:07:56 Oscar Strickland 00:08:13 4 Kian O’Connell 00:08:21 Nicholas Drayton 00:08:29 Henry Mellor 00:08:36 Ashton Tietjens 00:08:42 Aiden Jackson 00:08:44 Luke Stoupe 00:08:45 Rylee Watt 00:08:49 Jonathan Green 00:08:52 2 Emalise Alding 00:09:03 3 Amy Murray 00:09:16 Gemma Gordon 00:09:31 Charlotte Ross 00:09:34 Tyler Rollo 00:09:37 Bailey Rollo 00:09:41 Nicholas England 00:10:14 David Gordon 00:10:20 Lily Trompetter 00:10:24 Phoenix Taylor 00:11:30 4 Peter Roberts 00:13:11 Tim Cherry 00:13:25 1 Phoebe Mcknight 00:13:28 Gus Reece 00:13:33 3 Johnathon Roberts 00:14:12 Reuben Goldingham-Newsom 00:14:29 2 Jayme Maxwell 00:14:33 Jorja Watt 00:18:12 Hannah Gordon 00:18:44 Provisional results only – some missing
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    Parking for sensible cities: webinar 2

    • 3 Jul 2020
    • Talk Wellington
    • Equity, residents’ parking, behaviour change, and some myths busted – by popular demand, expert insights on parking plus some Wellington changemaking Following our much-viewed first webinar (check it out here), TUI Climate Community and Millions of Mothers with the Wellington Urbanerds are proud to have brought you transport and economics expert Stuart Donovan on everyone’s favourite topic! This one was a bit different: in addition to Stuart speaking on some particularly hot topics of parking, we heard about one area ripe for change. Check out the webinar video courtesy of Millions of Mothers:Parking: how we behave, fairness, and price Stuart’s presentation focussed on a few key aspects including the longer-run interesting questions like how people change our behaviour in response to parking prices, and the equity effects of pricing parking (inspired by questions from councillors concerned about the effects of the proposed new Parking Policy on poorer people). Stu’s slides are here [PDF 2.7 MB]Residents’ parking: what’s with that? Following Stu, we heard from Wellingtonian Oliver Bruce (of Urbanerds fame). He highlighted a particularly amazing feature of the current system: massive subsidies (underpricing) for residents’ parking. They’re skewing people’s choices in our transport system, in a generally bad way, but since the last webinar Oliver and Connect Wellington have a path forward… Oliver’s slides are here [611KB PDF]. So many questionsWhen it was time for questions, we summarised the areas of interest in the chat and Isabella fired the questions to Stuart and Oliver. There was lots of interest in equity, and the ethics of charging for access to publicly owned space. There was a hunger for case-studies of cities that had successfully communicated to their citizenry the good news that managing parking well is overall progressive (i.e. reduces inequality). The catch-22 of on-street vs off-street parking was a big topic, as people like residents’ associations and councillors react to the current (poorly managed) on-street parking, and feel resistant to good developments that don’t provide many carparks. There was also discussion of the opportunity cost of space, and the extent to which home buyers factor in transport options to their purchase price decisions (or assume they’ll get free street parking and grizzle once they’ve moved in with their car/s). (There’s also a good little discussion on Stuart’s Twitter feed, worth a look)Help Wellington do parking better There was a lot of interest from our audience in helping improve parking management in Wellington, reflecting its huge importance to our city’s transport system and its influence on affordable housing. It’s a complicated space and good comprehensive change will take years – see here for more. But the good news is that all kinds of contributions can make a difference.  There’s something for everyone! And the process of change will take years, as observed We’re also keen to have more learning and discussion type initiatives, with more local voices and insight. If you’ve got suggestions for events, speakers, stunts or nifty schemes, or are just interested in finding out more about how you could help, drop us a line. Meantime, make sure you’re on the Urbanerds signup list so we can alert you to the next in-person gatherings and the next webinars! Image credits: Banner – Wellington City CouncilParking lot – Steven Davis
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    Embedding Artist Space in the City: Co-Design the Manifesto

    • 18 Feb 2019
    • Urban Dream Brokerage
    • <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > People’s Cinema, Urban Dream Brokerage, Manners Street, 2013-15 Tuesday 12 March 2019, 10am-5pm Atrium, Te Aro Campus, Victoria University of Wellington, Vivian Street $25 - Covers Lunch. Register Here Now Enquiries: mark@lettingspace.org.nz Temporary art projects in cities are well and good while there’s space for them. As seen in Wellington with Urban Dream Brokerage, Letting Space over the last 9 years, and in numerous independent examples over decades: they enliven, develop city identity, transform spaces and seed new arts infrastructure. But, when a city is gentrified – with artists’ residence safely contained within events – the ability to enable the change artists inspire and provide in a city is limited. It is in allowing for the common spaces that things seed in vibrant, resilient cities. This is a call to artists of all stripes to join Letting Space and the artists in the city for a day to sprint-write a manifesto of actions to support artists with space in Wellington to be presented to Wellington City Council for its Decade of Culture (2018-2028). This is our shared development space for independent artists in Wellington. What models do you like? What has worked here? What are the opportunities we could be taking up? How do we seed more permanent development space? From big ideas – taxes on empty buildings – to the more immediate actions - guidelines on working with property owners. From new performance residency spaces to artist group housing, these models have proven to be vital to cultural cities’ vibrancy. Let’s empower change together. Best, Sophie Jerram and Mark Amery February 2019
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• • Ngā Kōrero - Latest Stories from DCM

    • 3 Jul 2023
    • Downtown Community Ministry
    • Ngā Kōrero - Latest Stories from DCM Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau joins DCM's Outreach team, checking in with people who are rough sleeping in the city communities where whānau are housed, connected, valued and thriving About Us Contact Reaching out with the Mayor GUEST WRITER: LEE-ANNE DUNCAN DCM’s Toro Atu (Outreach) Team were delighted when Wellington Mayor, Tory Whanau, accompanied them as they checked on people sleeping rough on the city’s streets. She declared herself “an advocate” to see their heart, passion – and impact. “Kia ora, gidday, would you like to say hello to the Mayor?” says Rowan McCardle, introducing a man sitting in Te Aro Park to the Wellington Mayor, Tory Whanau. The man – who Rowan knows well from his visits to DCM – is keen to chat, almost flirtatious, from his spot in the bright afternoon sun. After a quick chat, Tory, Rowan, and her co-worker Clifton Raukawa, head down to Courtenay Place responding to a notification just through from the Wellington City Council. A woman has been rough sleeping outside a business on Courtenay Place, and while it’s sunny, it’s June, so it’s chilly. “She has only a thin blanket, and the person who notified the council about her is concerned,” says Clifton to Mayor Tory, reading off the email on his mobile phone. “We know this woman. She’s been away but must be back in town, so we will need to see how we can support her.” The WCC email notification is great timing as this is exactly what Rowan and Clifton, workers from DCM’s Toru Atu, or Outreach Team, want to show the mayor – how DCM responds when a member of the public calls the council to report concerns about someone sleeping rough. It’s a service the council helps fund. It’s also not great timing – the woman’s blankets are spread out in the lee of a post box, but she is nowhere to be seen. “It’s okay, I’ll circle back in a few hours. She won’t have gone far,” says Clifton. He’s troubled though. As the woman has been out of town for some time, she’s no longer eligible for emergency housing here and must start the process again. Clifton’s already thinking about how he can support her, ensuring she’s connected in with DCM’s Aro Mai Housing First team. Tory and Mere – Photo by Damon Keen. Rowan, Clifton and the Mayor (and, yes, a couple of photographers and journalists) continue down Courtenay Place. Within a few steps, Rowan spots another familiar face. “Nanny! I haven’t seen you in ages! Kia ora!” It’s Mere, whose face is also familiar to Wellingtonians who spend time at this end of town. However, for some weeks her usual spot outside the St. James Theatre has been vacant as she’s been settled into a rest home. Rowan introduces the Mayor, and Tory and Mere sit down on a bench to discover their whanaunga – who they know in common. It doesn’t take long to find connections, to the evident delight of both. “DCM worked with Mere for a long time to get her into the rest home,” says Clifton. “We had to build a lot of trust with her, but she agreed to go and it’s clearly agreeing with her. She’s looking really good.” Nonetheless, here she is back on Courtenay Place? “Yeah, but that’s her social connection. Coming here to chat to people, to connect with her friends, that’s what she knows. But now we know she’s well housed and cared for, so that’s okay,” says Clifton. Some of the people street begging are housed, but having a house costs money. Benefit payments don’t go far, and often street beggars aren’t physically or mentally able to work. Being on the street supplements their income, but, also, like Mere, gives them the chance to meet up with their mates. Clifton has his own experience of homelessness. Living and working in Auckland, he was visiting Wellington when the COVID-19 lockdowns began. Suddenly, he was homeless and jobless. Luckily, he found a flyer for DCM, which found him housing, then offered him a job as a peer support worker, as DCM values lived experience. Clifton is now studying to bring theory into his practice. Like Rowan, he loves his Outreach work, as tricky as it is at first to bowl up to people who – quite honestly – might tell you to bugger off in no uncertain terms… Clifton - Photo by Juan Zarama Perini. A little further down Courtenay Place, the trio have a quick chat with Mark. With everyone they meet it’s a quick, “Kia ora, how are you, how’s it going?” Much of their work is making repeated connections, building trust, finding the right supports at the right time, even after someone is housed, like Mark. He was rough sleeping but now is permanently housed and being supported by DCM’s Noho Pai (Sustaining Tenancies) Team, as keeping house is tough when you’ve not had to do housework, be a good neighbour, or pay bills for quite some time. The Outreach Team were lucky with the weather the day they took Mayor Tory for an up-close look at their mahi. On the streets of the capital city, the days are not always so clement. Wellingtonians are generally compassionate people, they want to help, and the way many action that support is by handing over food, money, blankets, clothes. “But that’s short-term assistance, which actually makes their situation more long-term,” says DCM Director, Stephen Turnock. “It teaches people they can get money and food by street begging or rough sleeping. At DCM, we are about providing long-term change. So we say, if you want to buy kai or provide support to people on the street, then look at donating to DCM. You’re still helping by ensuring people who are trained to engage will work with that person long term to get more sustained outcomes than just that brief moment where you give someone some lunch.” DCM’s Outreach Team approach street beggars and rough sleepers with nothing more than a warm smile – and often, like Clifton, their own lived experience of homelessness. Every week day they’re out on Wellington’s streets, in all weather, stopping and chatting to people they already know by name, and, importantly, scanning for people they don’t know. If so, they will approach them, encourage them to come to DCM to access the many support services available at Lukes Lane, and get connected with social agencies, all in the one place. Social Issues reporter Hanna McCallum (left) wrote this great article about Outreach in The Post – Photo by Damon Keen. The other thing Wellingtonians can do, especially as winter grips tighter, is call the Wellington City Council on 04 499 4444 if they spot someone sleeping rough on the street, in the bush or in a car. After that call, a ‘ticket’ is created and emailed to the Outreach Team. The team receive at least two a day, but sometimes 10, usually numbering between 90 and 120 notifications a quarter. Sometimes notifications are for the same person, showing people are really concerned. After receiving the notification, the team races off to try to connect with the person, wherever they are across the Wellington region, whether out on the streets or tucked in the bush. “The team’s tagline is ‘Whatever it takes’,” Stephen says. “If they’re told to go away, they’ll respectfully keep checking back in, and usually the person will come into DCM. When they do, that’s a great win for the team. “For people experiencing homelessness, the value our team brings is showing them that someone in the community cares. For the wider city, our team is about recognising that the people we see rough sleeping are people. Yes, they might have some issues, and they come with a history, but they’re so much more than that. Our team brings that insight and knowledge to the wider public.” Walking out with the team has also brought insight to Tory Whanau. The Outreach Team has been walking the streets since 2016, with Wellington City Council providing funding for the team since 2019. Mayor Tory is more than reassured it’s money well spent, and she – like DCM – is perplexed no other council in Aotearoa New Zealand does anything similar. Her walk-out with the team has spurred her to urge other Mayors to follow suit. “Until you come out here and see what the team does, you don’t really see the value. I can see that clearly. Until all the systems are fixed – mental health, welfare, housing, which are all long-term issues – homelessness won’t go away. As a society, we need to have more compassion and see the human side of homelessness. If more of us know the people sleeping rough on our streets, we would be more compassionate and understanding. This city is also where they live.” Tory and Rowan – Photo by Damon Keen. Stephen is equally warm about the council’s support. “Everyone there is truly invested in the social wellbeing of our people. There’s a continued and genuine passion that’s shared about these vulnerable communities. That, I would say, is the primary reason the Outreach mahi exists and is so well supported here in Wellington.” The final stop on Mayor Tory’s tour is for Rowan to check in on a young woman in her early 20s, ‘living’ behind a piece of cardboard down an alleyway an arm’s length from Wellington’s home of high culture, the Michael Fowler Centre. Her behaviour – caused by a history of trauma, mental illness and drug addiction – has seen her evicted from emergency housing, which means she’s no longer eligible for it. So, if she’s not on the psychiatric ward, she must live on the street or with her abusive boyfriend. Usually, she prefers the street. Rowan walks up to the cardboard, calling the young woman’s name. After a few words, Rowan’s back. She wasn’t up for talking today, but Rowan knows they’ll likely see her tomorrow at DCM, at Te Hāpai, where people can come for a cuppa, a chat, and have any health, addiction, housing, benefit and money issues dealt with, and maybe collect some kai from the Foodbank. “She’s engaged with us and we have a rapport with her. If we don’t see her, someone from our team will look for her. We’ve got her working with Aro Mai Housing First, so hopefully we can find her a permanent home soon.” And from there, the Sustaining Tenancies team will step in, guiding this traumatised young woman to keep her home. Photo by Juan Zarama Perini. Back at DCM in Lukes Lane, Mayor Tory Whanau is vocal in her admiration of what she’s witnessed. And she’s hopeful more Wellingtonians will call the council if they see someone street begging or sleeping rough this winter, rather than handing over food, money, blankets, clothes. “It’s been great to be here and see the notification process in action, and then to see the heart Rowan and Clifton have when they approach people in response. That’s how they deserve to be treated. I was already a big supporter of DCM but being out here today has taken it to the next level. “Seeing what’s happening here, and meeting the people, hearing the stories, it brings it home to me even more. If more Wellingtonians could experience what the Outreach Team sees each day, they would have a greater understanding of homelessness, and how we must protect our most vulnerable.” Lee-Anne Duncan is a freelance writer and editor who has written many stories for DCM, such as ‘We count, we matter – and we vote’, the 2020 General Election at DCM, and ‘Right at Home’, the story of Arthur. Thank you Lee-Anne for hitting the streets with Tory and the DCM team. It’s getting cold out there As we have shown in this story, help is just a phone call away. If you spot someone sleeping rough on the street, in the bush or in a car, call Wellington City Council on 04 499 4444 and they will notify us. You can also help by telling all your friends and whānau about DCM and our important work in Wellington with those who need us most. Please forward this email on. Because together – with your help – we truly can end homelessness in our city. Support DCM Copyright © 2023 DCM. All rights reserved. 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• • Passchendaele: The Belgians Have Not Forgotten

    • 9 Feb 2009
    • This exhibition focuses on how the memories of New Zealand still live on in Flanders today, 90 years after the devastating conflict that cost so many young kiwi lives. These memories are brought to life through images, movies and artefacts. New Zealand lost more men during the 100 days of fighting than any other commonwealth country - 845 on one day alone during the First Battle of Passchendaele, 12 October, 1917. The people of Flanders and, more widely, the people of Belgium have never forgotten this sacrifice, which is commemorated in this very special exhibition. Passchendaele: The Belgians Have Not Forgotten will tour New Zealand between March and November 2009. Opens Hall of Memories, National War Museum, Burke Street, Wellington 6 March - 13 April 10:00 - 4:30 Mon to Sat, 12:00-4:00 Sundays
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• • Congestion and inefficiencies – why the Regional Council wants to change its bus services

    • 16 Feb 2012
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    • Now that all the money has been spent to make the CBD friendlier and faster for buses (and less attractive for pedestrians) the Regional Council has discovered that the result is: congestion. “At least 140 buses per hour in the morning and evening peak,” Councillor Glensor told us on Monday. “Resulting in significant jams and delays,” said Councillor Ponter five days earlier. The council has also acknowledged, belatedly, that there are huge inefficiencies along the Golden Mile, caused by duplication of routes. And it has finally accepted what the rest of us have been seeing for months – what it delicately describes as the bunching effect of buses, particularly at Willis and Manners Streets. (Manners Street – where we were told that all problems would be fixed when buses were given priority.)
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• • HVH Consolation Races/Turkey Trot 3 Oct 2015

    • 7 Nov 2015
    • Hutt Valley Harriers
    • HVH Consolation Races/Turkey Trot 3-Oct-14 2 Under 14s – 2km Name Age Race Time Estimated Time Turkey Trot Placing Race      E M k-rate k-rate AJ Prichard Bu11 0:07:55 7:54 1st 03:58 04:03 f 5 Josh Allen Bu11 0:08:00 7:58 2nd= 04:00 04:03 f 3 Oscar Strickland Bu11 0:08:36 8:38 2nd= 04:18 04:43 f 25 Hannah Gordon Gu15 0:08:53 9:01 04:26 05:06 f 40 Aidan Jackson Bu13 0:09:14 10:00 04:37 only ran once Una Strickland Gu13 0:09:16 9:04 04:38 05:08 f 30 Gemma Gordon Gu13 0:09:17 9:35 04:39 05:09 f 30 Jessica Kincaid Gu15 0:09:19 9:17 2nd= 04:40 04:49 f 9 Cassandra Trompetter Gu15 0:09:23 9:04 04:42 05:09 f 27 Thomas Prichard 0:09:35 9:51 04:48 only ran one David Gordon Bu9 0:09:46 10:05 04:53 05:25 f 32 Harvey Butler Bu11 0:09:50 11:00 04:55 05:25 f 30 Harrison Kowalczyk Bu9 0:09:53 9:40 04:57 05:01 f 4 Tyler Rollo Bu11 0:09:53 8:40 04:57 05:20 f 23 Lily Trompetter Gu13 0:10:27 9:30 05:14 05:24 f 10 Abbie Kincaid Gu13 0:10:41 10:37 05:21 05:30 f 9 Catherine Jameson Gu9 0:13:25 9:50 06:42 05:20 s -122 Under 20s – 5km 5 Name Race Time Estimated Time Turkey Trot Placing Jayme Maxwell 0:19:30 20:02 03:54 04:23 f 29 Lars van Beusekom 0:22:53 23:08 04:35 04:46 f 11 Isobel Franklin 0:30:42 28:00 06:08 06:07 s -1 Seniors/Masters – 10km 10 Name Race Time Estimated Time Turkey Trot Placing Reon Rollo 0:40:15 45:00 no time Bill Trompetter 0:44:52 44:00 04:29 0:04:28 s -1 Graeme Burr 0:46:25 45:49 04:39 0:04:29 s -10 Neil Sargisson 0:47:33 46:27 04:45 0:05:07 f 25 Gail Kincaid 0:48:15 47:17 04:50 Peter Sparks 0:48:35 45:27 04:52 0:04:56 f 4 Keryn Morgan 0:50:30 49:54 05:03 0:05:18 f 15 Craig Anderson 0:50:30 51:01 no time Glenn Perkinson 0:50:52 50:35 3rd 05:05 0:05:33 f 28 Kristi Perkinson 0:51:15 51:19 1st 05:07 0:04:56 s -11 Mark Growcott 0:51:29 51:00 05:09 0:04:56 s -13 Tony McKone 0:52:27 53:40 05:15 0:04:52 s -23 Steve Robertson 0:52:50 51:23 05:17 0:05:02 s -15 Liz Gibson 0:53:01 53:08 2nd 05:18 0:05:38 f 20 Gary Maxwell 0:53:54 51:45 05:23 0:05:06 s -17 Paul Strickland 0:54:01 51:32 05:24 0:05:09 s -15 Keith Holmes 0:54:11 55:00 05:25 0:05:17 s -8 Vanessa Trompetter 0:55:19 55:55 05:32 0:05:23 s -9 Paul Cavie 0:55:47 54:32 05:35 0:05:26 s -9 Martyn Cherry 0:58:09 56:23 05:49 0:05:50 f 1 Albert van Veen 0:58:54 58:00
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