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• • Why Really should I Acquire A Weber Gas Grill?

    • 25 Jan 2014
    • What do you glance for in a gasoline grill? The response extends over and above gas grills to cars, toys, electronics, houses and anything at all else with a use or trade value. We glance for excellent. We equilibrium top quality with price tag and particular lodging like sizing, features, color, and so forth. We […]
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    Aisle be Back – that’s a wrap for the year

    • 26 Nov 2025
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Peter Lakai – the Club Rugby website Wellington Player of the Year 2025, in action against the Chiefs in early May. By Kevin McCarthy I guess a wrap of the year traditionally consists of highs and lows. Indeed, as I write this, a gusty gale is blowing through Wellington, making it feel like mid-winter –...
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    ILCA Masters return from a drift off in Italy

    • 9 Oct 2025
    • Worser Bay Boating Club
    • Three WBBC members — Paul Thomas, Andrew Dellabarca, and Rob Woodward — joined three other New Zealand sailors to compete among a massive...
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    Worser Bay Yacht Club, Marine Parade, Seatoun, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Toi Art at Te Papa – a first floor glimpse

    • 18 Apr 2018
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Stepping into te Papa’s new Gallery space Toi Art be prepared for something a little different from your standard gallery experience.
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    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • University a finalist in Wellington Gold Awards for sustainability

    • 16 Jun 2019
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • The University is a finalist in the Wellington Gold Awards in the Green Gold category which recognises its work in sustainability.
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• • Jonny Higham (Silverstream) – A renegade defender of inline hockey

    • 22 Jul 2019
    • College Sport Wellington
    • Inline hockey is a sport suffering from falling numbers, but Jonny Higham is proof of the exciting possibilities the code provides.
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    Help us build a totally new, modern skills park

    • 4 Sep 2019
    • Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
    • We're building a new skills park at Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park! But we need your help to make it happen.
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    Makara Peak Summit Viewing Deck, Ridgeline, Karori West, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Under Construction: keeping a transitional city usable and attractive

    • 30 Nov 2022
    • Talk Wellington
    • Cities are always under construction. It’s unavoidable. But that doesn’t mean the sites have to be ugly. It’s a common sight for towns and cities to be full of cones and detours. It can feel never-ending. But just because something’s a construction site doesn’t mean it can’t be beautiful or even add to the community....
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    Five Nix men named to A-League All Stars

    • 20 May 2024
    • Wellington Phoenix
    • The Wellington Phoenix are the most represented club in the 2024 A-League All Stars men. Five of the final 21-strong squad named for Friday night’s match Newcastle United at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne are Phoenix players. Goalkeeper Alex Paulsen, defenders... The post Five Nix men named to A-League All Stars appeared first on Wellington Phoenix.
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    Ella Range – the traverse that turned into a crossing

    • 27 Feb 2020
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The first club trip I led was to Mole Hut in Nelson Lakes a few years ago, where we spent a really enjoyable day exploring the Mole Tops. When we were up on the tops I remember looking south along the Ella Range and thinking that it looked inviting to head along the range to ... Read more
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    Breaking Down Social Barriers One Stitch at a Time

    • 28 Sep 2020
    • St Vincent de Paul Society
    • The events of this year have produced a great deal of anxiety in our community, especially in relation to the fluctuating job market. These uncertainties have seen Re Sew aim to develop a community support network, with the initiative focusing more on “wellbeing, mindfulness and helping [others] to cope with the world we’re in at the moment.”
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    Tobacco Smoke and Beer Fumes” – a jolly good wheeze

    • 11 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: The two Juno Shields, won by Melrose (left) and Petone (right) over a century ago, as three-time winners of the Wellington Club Rugby Championship. Read more below.  By Touchline The tradition that a sporting trophy becomes the permanent property of the winner when it is won three times in succession (or five times at...
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    Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    A weekend of old things treated in new ways

    • 12 Jun 2013
    • The Wellingtonista
    • It’s shaping up to be an interesting Wellington weekend – sure when is one not, but mine is looking a little like this.
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    A reminder that applications CLOSE for our General Manager...

    • 26 Nov 2015
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • A reminder that applications CLOSE for our General Manager position NEXT THURSDAY  Head to http://www.orchestrawellington.co.nz/about/vacancies/admin/ for further info. 
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• • Wellington A select strong side for T-20 tournament

    • 6 Dec 2018
    • Cricket Wellington
    •  Wellington will send an exciting mix of experience and youth to the Provincial A Quadrangular T-20 tournament in Taupo next week.
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• • A wealth of literary talent at Writers on Mondays

    • 16 Jul 2019
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Popular readings series Writers on Mondays returns to Wellington from 22 July, featuring a stunning array of local, national, and international writers.
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    A Brief History of Artist-Run Spaces in Aotearoa

    • 25 Mar 2020
    • City Gallery
    • Sadly, illness prevented Emma Bugden from introducing a panel discussion on New Zealand artist-run spaces at this month’s Tuatara Open Late.
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    Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Orchestra Wellington presents PITA AND THE WOLF A family...

    • 3 Jul 2014
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • Orchestra Wellington presents PITA AND THE WOLF A family concert for all ages Sunday 27 July Wellington Opera House 3pm   Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf Goss – Tane and the Kiwi Kubik – Gerald McBoing-Boing   Marc Taddei, conductor Dave Fane & Aroha White, presenters with special guest, Bret McKenzie Three classic stories take to the stage in a family concert filled with laughter and magic, presented by David Fane, Aroha White and Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie. Who remembers listening to Saturday morning radio stories? Composer Thomas Goss does! Inspired by Alwyn Owen’s tale, How the Kiwi Lost his Wings, Goss created a delightful musical story, Tane and the Kiwi. Its perky and indomitable little hero has delighted New Zealand audiences for over a decade. Aroha White lends her voice to the birds of New Zealand that star in this story. Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is a popular favourite that needs no introduction – except this time, the orchestra gives Prokofiev’s classic a Pasifika twist. Adapted by David Armstrong, Peter turns into Pita, thanks to David Fane of Bro’town and Outrageous Fortune fame. Bret McKenzie leads the laughter in a musical adaptation of Dr Seuss’ humorous children’s tale, Gerald McBoing-Boing. Gerald can’t speak words; he just goes “boing boing” instead. Watch Flight of the Conchords’ Bret Mckenzie ham it up in front of the orchestra! Tickets from Ticketek 0800 842 538 Service fee will apply $16.50 – $26.50. Children under two – free!
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    AROHANUI STRINGS We at Orchestra Wellington had a fantastic...

    • 9 May 2014
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • AROHANUI STRINGS We at Orchestra Wellington had a fantastic time catching up with these wonderfully talented kids at their holiday workshop this week.
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    Waiting for light rail? Let’s build a busway now!

    • 20 Oct 2019
    • Talk Wellington
    • One question on the mind of everyone suffering from Wellington’s transport problems is – when will Let’s Get Wellington Moving actually get us moving? Guest poster Marko Garlick sees a supercharger hiding in plain sight There seem to be lots of abstract projects planned to be delivered, maybe years from now: urban State Highway 1 “improvement” with more tunnels, and a rapid (or maybe just frequent) mass transit line from Lambton through Newtown and to the Airport.  But where will these actually go? And how do we deal with difficult questions about flows around the Basin Reserve? Wellingtonians waiting for new transport infrastructure to be built… Where does mass transit go? For mass transit, there are many things to consider. Is it along the waterfront quays or along Lambton Quay / the Golden Mile? Along Taranaki St or along Cambridge Terrace? Where does it go through the Basin Reserve? Many people are speculating. And the big one: light rail or trackless trams, or both? Mock-up of a route down Taranaki St What about the urban motorway? The LGWM proposal has a pretty good plan to maintain the amenity of the city above. They want to underground the motorway from the Terrace to Mt Vic. A new Te Aro park will be created on top. However people are questioning the need for more lanes created by a new Terrace and a new general traffic Mt Vic tunnel. More lanes in urban motorways creates induced demand. More lanes means make people drive more which kills off any travel savings created by the bigger road. It’s a transport strategy just as smart as trying to lose weight by buying bigger pants! Bigger roads take up valuable space and just fill up with more traffic (looking at you Auckland, thanks for showing us what not to do) This uncertainty is paralysing! Those who are in the “pro-car” camp say they like mass-transit but that must come after their bigger road. Those in the “pro-PT” camp want light rail first and a smaller road. Finger-pointing and party lines are drawn. Tough and costly decisions will have to be made about irreversible projects around the Basin. Once you make a flyover, tunnel or lay down tracks you can’t (quickly) go back. I think we can break out of this inaction and stupor with an interim middle ground: a busway. Case Study: Auckland’s Northern busway The idea for this has come from the success of Auckland’s northern busway. It is a dedicated two-lanes for buses from the northern foot of the Harbour Bridge up SH1 to Constellation Drive with world-class stations and frequent congestion-free services into the city.  It has seen year-on-year double-digit growth numbers over its 11 years in service, and is being extended to Albany and beyond shortly. Eventually tracks will be laid down for a second-harbour crossing for light-rail. Radical incrementalism Initially the busway was just a narrow shoulder each side of the northern motorway. People were sceptical initially but its success was undeniable and has provided the basis for upgrades and extensions. What the Northern busway shows is that doing something now, and building on it, is more practical and politically palatable than trying to justify a massive spend up front. This is applicable to Wellington’s light rail situation. It is relatively low-cost initially, can display almost mass-transit qualities and is more flexible as progress is made towards light-rail. Why a busway? A busway is what Wellington needs now. We cannot wait another 10-15 years for a big decision on the Basin and Mt Vic tunnel. A busway will provide many benefits: It is far cheaper to implement right away and far quicker to implement (I envisage 3 years for the first stage).It also demonstrates demand for mass-transit and will allow us to see whether a certain route is a good idea or not.It also allows for land-use intensification now, providing greater density and amenity to a future light rail line. What will it look like? So what would this look like? I think that the busway should start at the train station, go along the waterfront quays, and then either go along Taranaki St or Cambridge/Kent Terrace. Ideally, it should run in the centre of street with weather protected stops and room for cycleway and signal-priority. Stops should mirror light rail ones, being spaced out for speed and reliability.  Along most of the route the buses could probably hit 60km/h speeds, congestion free, all day. [Ed: just let that sink in. Congestion free. A clear run.] Separate branding would be an excellent addition. The Northern Express (NEX) is what Auckland has; the Wellington Express (WEX) is what we could have. This post is about incrementalism and the key takeaway is something half-done is better than waiting ages for the ‘perfect’ solution. If the busway is barebones at first before getting upgrades then so be it. The mess at the Basin can be avoided by stopping bus priority at the start, then resuming it into Newtown. This is what the Northern Busway does with dedicated lanes ending at the Harbour Bridge, then resuming on Fanshawe St. What the waterfront quays look like now (shudders). Hardly the “walkable city”. A thing of beauty: What a complete Wellington busway could look like The busway can be upgraded over time. Greenspace, cycleways, better stops, a possible underpass on Waterloo Quay to connect to the railway station. Summing up In an ideal world, we can all agree on the light-rail and grade-separation issues at the Basin and they may already have been implemented. But that is not the case. Although there is lots of details to work, the principle of a busway now then future conversion to higher-capacity light-rail is a sound one in my mind. Do you have any ideas why Wellington has not had bus priority – via a busway, or anything else – for so long? What do you think of fast buses in the city centre, and in the suburbs? A version of this post was originally published on TraNZport; see the original here. Image credits Cover image by Smarter TransportSkeleton waiting, original unknownTaranaki mock-up by LGWMAuckland rush hour by Getty imagesAuckland busway by Greater AucklandQuays now, screen grabBusway by AT
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    Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Gospel reflections: Third Sunday of Easter Year A (3)

    • 28 Apr 2014
    • Welcom
    • May 2014 Scripture Kieran Fenn fms   Pope Francis ends his 2013 apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, with a prayer to Mary as mother of evangelisation.
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• • Gospel reflections: Third Sunday of Easter Year A (2)

    • 28 Apr 2014
    • Welcom
    • May 2014 Scripture Kieran Fenn fms   Pope Francis ends his 2013 apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, with a prayer to Mary as mother of evangelisation.
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    The oxpecker and the rhinoceros go for a ride

    • 12 Jun 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • They hitchhike on the backs of black rhinoceros, but red-billed oxpeckers are doing more than just catching a ride across the African savannah.
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    Study shows a short time to save coral reefs

    • 11 May 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • University marine biologist Dr Christopher Cornwall has some good news to offer amid a grim outlook because of the scale of carbon dioxide emissions.
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• • A roadmap for change or the road to nowhere?

    • 21 Apr 2021
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • New Zealanders struggle to get the help they need two years on from a funding boost for mental health services,  writes Dr Dougal Sutherland.
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    A heritage of New Zealand musical composition available online

    • 1 Jul 2015
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • A collection of New Zealand musical scores and CDs are now available globally thanks to the launch of Wai-te-ata Music Press’ online store. 
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• • Ivan Tissera named as New Zealand Womens A Coach

    • 5 Oct 2015
    • Cricket Wellington
    • New Zealand Cricket have named Ivan Tissera as Head Coach of the New Zealand Womens A side for it’s upcoming fixtures in October/November 2015.
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    “It is a place that is all about life”

    • 3 May 2020
    • Mary Potter Hospice
    • Emma never thought a hospice would feel like home. Like most people, she had no desire to enter the doors of Mary Potter. But in
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    Lady Todd Memorial Prize a boost for Nursing student

    • 17 Sep 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • "We hear of people who have gone on to make an enormous impact on the world and it started with the kindness of a stranger.
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• • A further call for stallholders on the Village Green

    • 11 Sep 2025
    • Wellington Folk Festival
    • The stalls of the Village Green are one of the things that adds to the colour and vibe of the Festival, but one that has thinned out a little over recent years. We are keen to try to build it up again. There are spaces available for folk to sell folk-related craft and produce. Last … Continue reading A further call for stallholders on the Village Green
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    Brookfield Outdoor Education Center, 562, Moores Valley Road, Homedale, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5373, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)