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• • Artists for 2009

    • 1 Jan 2009
    • Chamber Music Hutt Valley
    •   Latitude 37. The members of this new Australian baroque trio are all recent top graduates of the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, Holland. Julia Fredersdorff (baroque violin), Donald Nicolson (harpsichord) and Laura Vaughan (viola da gamba) have a passion for the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. This trio has “technique to burn, […]
    • Accepted from Chamber Music Hutt Valley 2021 53 months ago by tonytw1
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    Burning Questions 2022

    • 2 Jan 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Tawa RFC celebrates with the Jubilee Cup last season at the Hutt Rec, after beating Marist St Pat’s in the final. Can both these teams rise to the top again in 2022? Photo: Andy McArthur. Happy New Year and welcome to a new season of rugby. As always, we kick the year off with...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 51 months ago by feedreader
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    Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hurricanes v Crusaders Stat Attack

    • 23 Feb 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Jordie Barrett started at Fullback for the 58th time (including the match against the British & Irish Lions in 2017) for the Hurricanes in their season opener against the Crusaders last Saturday and is now one start ahead of Cory Jane in that position. At the top of the list though is Christian Cullen who...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 49 months ago by feedreader
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    Aisle be Back: The Super Rugby semi-finals and the Black Ferns

    • 10 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy Hopefully, there are a few Hurricanes kicking about the streets right now, wondering what to do with their immediate future. As in the next two weeks, while they watch the top four teams battle out for the Super Rugby title. The Canes should be feeling regrets, and a bit of a remorse,...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 46 months ago by feedreader
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    Fervid Ferreira on high standards in the Village

    • 21 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Cam Ferreira races through to score his try for Petone against Hutt Old Boys Marist in the McBain Shield earlier in the round. By Adam Julian “If it doesn’t come off, bugger it and move on,” is how Cam Ferreira describes the mindset of Swindale Shield leaders Petone. The Villagers top the standings with a...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 45 months ago by feedreader
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Busy Saturday for lower grade club rugby and college competitions

    • 28 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It’s quarter-finals weekend in the Colts competition. Last years finalists Petone and OBU are both at home tomorrow and will look to advance to the top four round.  By Scott Maclean & Steven White The Premier silverware may have been decided last week, but there is still plenty of rugby coming over the next few...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 44 months ago by feedreader
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Brenda Collins Inspiring Greatness at Manurewa

    • 7 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Manurewa High School girls rugby squad at Jerry Collins Stadium during their trip to Wellington earlier this year. Coached by the late Jerry’s sister Brenda, Manurewa are heading to Palmerston North this weekend for the National Top 4 tournament.  By Adam Julian Brenda Collins was a popular and successful teacher and rugby player in...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 43 months ago by feedreader
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    Nix sign young Football Ferns midfielder

    • 28 Dec 2025
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix have brought one of New Zealand’s top young female footballers back home. The Phoenix have signed Football Ferns midfielder Emma Pijnenburg as a replacement for Alyssa Whinham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in round three. Pijnenburg,... The post Nix sign young Football Ferns midfielder appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
    • Accepted from Wellington Phoenix 3 months ago by feedreader
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    Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika

    • 29 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy You can read any number of analyses of what the eight still viable teams need to make the Super Rugby Pacific top six, or improve their standing for those five already locked in. It makes for one of those ideal scenarios for the last weekend where all but two of the sides...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 10 months ago by feedreader
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    What is coming up in August, September, October

    • 5 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • With club rugby in 2024 winding up through the Lower North Island, there is plenty of rugby still on over the next two to three months. There is the remainder of local college rugby competitions, heading into the Hurricanes finals and the National Top 4 and then sevens tournaments. A feature tournament that we cover...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 20 months ago by feedreader
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    Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 008 William ‘Offside’ McKenzie

    • 13 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The New Zealand team that played New South Wales in 1894. William ‘Offside McKenzie’ is second from right at top.  Profiling many of the people that built and helped shape the game in Wellington, from its inception in 1870 through to the WRFU’s 50th Jubilee year in 1929.  William McKenzie was better known by...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 48 months ago by feedreader
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    Dawn Patelesio reflects on 300-game career

    • 9 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: When Dawn Patelesio played her 300th match for Northern United (Dawn top centre above the balloons). PHOTO: Norths Facebook. By Adam Julian The article below was written for New Zealand Rugby last week, reproduced here with permission. The Wellington senior women’s club rugby competition officially began in 1990 and a personality who loomed large...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 47 months ago by feedreader
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    Ninja A-League Round 8 Match Preview

    • 27 Dec 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • A stern test for the inform Wellington Phoenix to round out 2024. The Phoenix are visiting top of the table Melbourne City, who are the Ninja A-League’s only remaining unbeaten team seven rounds into the new season. But the Nix... The post Ninja A-League Round 8 Match Preview appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
    • Accepted from Wellington Phoenix 15 months ago by feedreader
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    Aisle be Back: All Blacks v Springboks 1.0

    • 29 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Kevin McCarthy It used to be said that most teams playing the All Blacks were beaten before they stepped on the turf, such was their reputation. Certainly, the psychological did seem to be part of New Zealand’s secret sauce. But it’s safe to say that is no longer the case, especially as top teams...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 19 months ago by feedreader
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    Review: Pudgy Mediocre White Men Solve Your Problems

    • 21 Oct 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • A whiteboard greets us at the top of the stairs of BATS’ Dome Theatre. 10am – Dancing with Craig (R18). It reads. 1.45pm – Knitting with Craig (R18), then 8pm – Dave & Bryan Impov Thing. And that is what we’re here to see (though I am particularly taken by the concept of 12.45pm – Autopsy for Beginners.) We’re at […]
    • Accepted from Wellingtonista Blog Feed 41 months ago by feedreader
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• • Seraph

    • 3 Feb 2025
    • Newtown Festival
    • Purveyor of infectious beats, SERAPH is never afraid to go deep. Her emotive tracks are uplifting, taking you on a musical journey where she infuses ethereal melodies, rolling bass, vocal hooks on top of a driving beat. You may have already heard her at festivals across Aotearoa, such as Shipwrecked, Splore, Dimensions, Kiwiburn, Earthbeat or […]
    • Accepted from Newtown festival 2019 14 months ago by feedreader
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    Much to play for in opening weekend of second round matches in Premier and Premier 2 grades

    • 4 Jul 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Scott MacLean & Steven White It’s the opening weekend of the second round of the Wellington club rugby Premier and Premier 2 competitions, and there is much on the line for many teams. The winners of the respective Jubilee Cup (Premier) and Ed Chaney Cup (Premier 2) ‘top 4’ matches earn next weekend off...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 9 months ago by feedreader
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    Ninja A-League Round 16 Match Review

    • 5 Feb 2026
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix women are chasing more history on Waitangi Day. The Phoenix can move to the top of the Ninja A-League for the first time with a win over Perth Glory at Sky Stadium on New Zealand’s national holiday.... The post Ninja A-League Round 16 Match Review appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
    • Accepted from Wellington Phoenix 2 months ago by feedreader
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    Matchday scoring highlights: Ed Chaney Cup OBU (33) v Petone (30)

    • 8 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The two sides met at Rugby League Park on Saturday in the opening match of the 2024 Ed Chaney Cup second round Premier 2 competition. This was a ‘top 4’ match, between OBU (seeded first) and Petone (fourth), with the winner earning this coming weekend off and the vanquished playing again this Saturday. OBU first...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 21 months ago by feedreader
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Review: Jingle Elves: The Musical

    • 7 Dec 2022
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Reviewed by Talia Carlisle. The tinsel is untangled, the star perfectly in place at the top of the tree. The only thing left is to make your way to BATS theatre to watch Pōneke’s own Pāua Ballads totally f*ck Christmas up – their word not mine! There are naughty elves and a secretive Santa, squabbling […]
    • Accepted from Wellingtonista Blog Feed 40 months ago by feedreader
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    Upcoming nightworks Sunday 7 April until Tuesday 9 April

    • 4 Apr 2024
    • Thorndon Residents Assocation
    • Upcoming nightworks From this Sunday until Tuesday between 7pm and 6am, the top section of Molesworth Street (between May Street and Tinakori Road) will be closed to traffic heading out of the city. Vehicles will still be able to turn right into May Street. This closure will let us finish work to raise the existing […]
    • Accepted from TRA news 2019 24 months ago by tonytw1
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    Liberty A-League Round 19 Match Preview

    • 7 Mar 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The finals start a month early for the Wellington Phoenix in the Liberty A-League. The Phoenix face Perth Glory at Macedonia Park in Perth on Friday night, with both sides currently on the outside of the top six looking in.... The post Liberty A-League Round 19 Match Preview appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
    • Accepted from Wellington Phoenix 25 months ago by feedreader
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    Nix land new visa forward 

    • 8 Aug 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix have secured the services of a player with experience in one of the world’s top leagues. The Phoenix have signed English forward Olivia Fergusson for the 2024-25 Liberty A-League. Fergusson, 29, played for Bristol City and Yeovil... The post Nix land new visa forward appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
    • Accepted from Wellington Phoenix 20 months ago by feedreader
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    New Zealand Rugby Awards this Thursday

    • 4 Dec 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) top performers of 2022 will be recognised at the ASB Rugby Awards this coming Thursday. The ASB Rugby Awards are an opportunity to acknowledge all those involved in the game and the achievements of our players, referees, and volunteers in 2022, NZR CEO Mark Robinson said. “We are looking forward to...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 40 months ago by feedreader
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    A tasting plate: superb satire, bodies for buses, and wicked webinars

    • 12 Mar 2023
    • Talk Wellington
    • There’s heaps of good stuff recently, enjoy! Wicked Webinars! When we change (a little bit) the money and direction going in at the Very Top Of The Transport System, does anything change on the ground? Researchers have analysed the effect of the 2018 Government Policy Statement on Transport and … well, we’re agog to hear...
    • Accepted from Talk Wellington posts 36 months ago by feedreader
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    Au revoir Oldie!

    • 9 Jul 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • Ben Old is the second Wellington Phoenix player to secure a life-changing move to one of the world’s top leagues following the men’s record-breaking 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League season. The young attacking midfielder has signed with AS Saint-Étienne, who have... The post Au revoir Oldie! appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
    • Accepted from Wellington Phoenix 21 months ago by feedreader
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• • Run No. 1584: Hine Road carpark, Wainuiomata

    • 9 Jan 2006
    • Wellington Hash House Harriers
    • The sun shone bright and clear in the late afternoon as the hardy and intrepid WHHH'ers headed out to Wainui for the second run of 2006. After the customary passport check at the top of Wainui hill and the fortunately gentle rubber glove investigations from customs meant that most arrived in time and well refreshed.
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    Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington Cup Carnival Shaping to be Most Memorable Ever

    • 18 Jan 2007
    • Wellington Racing Club
    • The 2007 Century City Developments Wellington Cup Carnival is shaping up to be the most memorable ever if the quality of horses targeting the meeting and oncourse entertainment is anything to go by. Top class wine and thoroughbred racing is the order of the day at the Wine & Racing Festival on Saturday, January 20.
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• • Sundays big dig

    • 8 May 2007
    • Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    • This is one of the last workpartys before the rally on Lazy Fern, the track is looking awesome but still needs some finishing touches . We are aiming this Sunday to work on some of those switch backs and get the top section of the track to 1 meter wide, a true beginner standard width.
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    • makara
    • mountain-biking

    Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sideline Conversions 12 May (some news and information to start the week)

    • 11 May 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The dying stages of a high-paced Swindale Shield fixture at Ngati Toa Domain on Saturday. Photo: Stewart Baird. Monday morning edition – updates expected. It’s come along just like that, but the halfway stage of the Swindale Shield arrives this weekend, which means that the race to make the top eight Jubilee Cup for...
    • Accepted from Club Weekly 2020 11 months ago by feedreader
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