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• • 2022 Intro to Junior Coaching Course

    • 16 Mar 2022
    • Onslow Junior Soccer Club
    • Coaching First Kicks, U7 or U8 this season?? Come join us at on April 7th at Crofton Downs Primary School for an informative introduction to junior coaching. This course is suitable for Beginner coaches working with grassroots players aged 4-8.… » read more The post 2022 Intro to Junior Coaching Course appeared first on Onslow Junior Football Club.
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    Phone Connections

    • 20 Mar 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Connection brings a sense of wellbeing full of positive implications: fulfilment, belonging, happiness, even oneness with the world around us… But what happens when life circumstances disconnect us? “We all need connection to other humans,” SockHwee says gently. When humans become disconnected from others, their sense of wellbeing often fades and their overall health is ... Read more
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    In Case You Missed Curious Conversations One: Anna Fifield

    • 24 Mar 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Anna Fifield – Editor, The Dominion Post Anna is the Editor of The Dominion Post based in Wellington. Previously, she was the Beijing bureau chief for The Washington Post and she focused her attention on news and issues of Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. She has been to North Korea a dozen times. You can watch ... Read more
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    Southern Crossing of the Tararuas (East to West)

    • 24 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Day 1 summary: Start:  Kaitoke (Kiwi ranch road end) End: Alpha hut Distance: 18.3km Elevation gain: 1,600m Hours on the trail (including breaks): 8ish Hut occupancy: ~26 people and a dog Six trampers arrived for an early 7:00am departure from Platform 9 on a stunning Saturday morning. We shared the van with Tereza and Aimee ... Read more
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    Tararua Southern Crossing: West to East

    • 5 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Friday 18 March – The night walk in We had a stunning Southern Crossing adventure, enjoying one of the classic Tararua tramps! On the Friday, seven of us met up at the Wellington Railway station at 3pm, ready for an early departure to Otaki Forks. Arriving at the “new” Otaki Forks carpark at 4.30pm, we ... Read more
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• • Wanted: a creative Marketing and Communications Advisor!

    • 10 May 2015
    • Samaritans
    • Marketing and Communications Advisor • Part time • CBD location • Fixed term employment One of Wellington’s most respected charities has an exciting opportunity to grow your career. Celebrating 50 years of operation in the Wellington region, we are looking for an energetic person who is keen to get experience in all aspects of marketing and communications. read more
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    Waikamaka Hut

    • 13 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • This trip started life as a short weekend trip to the Seaward Kaikoura range to do a Kowhai circuit but early on in the planning it was clear the ferry times were not going to accommodate our needs. Everyone who had already signed up was automatically transferred to my chosen alternative which was based around ... Read more
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    Maungahuka Loop

    • 13 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Our group of four decided to take advantage of the long Wellington Anniversary weekend to get up onto the Main Range of the Tararuas. Starting (and finishing) at Holdsworth carpark, we’d gain the Main Range via Powell Hut, Mid Waiohine Hut and finally a climb up onto Aokaparangi, before traversing the Main Range to Maungahuka ... Read more
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    Navigation Course

    • 13 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • After having to cancel the bushcraft course, the next best thing seemed to be a day out in the Remutaka Forest Park for a bit of map and compass practice, with an intro to river safety. We started the day with map reading theory at the Catchpool carpark. Identifying symbols on the map – easy! ... Read more
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    Hutt City Civic Award Nominee, Volunteer Carol Bradnock 

    • 27 Apr 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    •   As a child, Carol Bradnock liked to help seniors because they often looked sad and she wanted to help make them happy. Perhaps it’s because she has a lot to live up to (her grandfather founded the Rātana movement and her grandmother was Iriaka Rātana, the first woman to represent Māori in the New ... Read more
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    Remembering Emily

    • 27 Apr 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    •   When the Companion Walking Service was set up in 2020, we needed a bank of volunteers ready for when the referrals started to come in. At that time, I belonged to an exercise group in Karori and over coffee told the group about my new job. One member of the group, Delyse, was particularly ... Read more
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    Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    An Exercise in Personal Training

    • 5 May 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • Volunteering for Age Concern Wellington can bring some surprising health benefits. The New Zealand Sports Institute sought our help in finding a client for one of the qualified personal trainers who were engaged in further study in their field. The requirement for one of their classes was to create a programme and train a client ... Read more
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    An Old Master Painter

    • 5 May 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • A two bedroomed state house in Strathmore is an unlikely repository for a substantial collection of art works – mainly acrylic paintings. But there they are, not only arrayed on the walls but many are stacked up to three deep on the furniture.   The artist is 91-year-old Ron Jobson, a retired prison officer who ... Read more
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    Ruapehu Lodge Update – April 2022

    • 25 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Our lodge has had a reasonable amount of use over summer although a bit disappointing as there could have been a lot more use and as one passerby said it looked a bit forlorn all locked up with no activity. This time of the year there has been some superb weather on the mountain as ... Read more
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    Rangipo Hut

    • 8 May 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Tash was the original leader of this trip but caught covid leading up to it so handed over the reigns to me. Luckily for me she still did all the pre-trip organising, and what a thorough and excellent job she did! It was super easy for me to take over, and as a result things ... Read more
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    Mindfulness

    • 20 May 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • How do you calm your mind? Our minds wander most of the time – thinking about what we have done or must do, worrying, daydreaming, or just fretting. It can get us down sometimes. Meditation has been around for quite a while as many religions practice different forms of quiet contemplation for increasing calmness and ... Read more
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• • Remembering Sylvia Jenkin

    • 26 May 2022
    • Friends of Maara Roa
    • Memorial service for Sylvia Jenkin on Saturday 4 June Many of you will already know the sad news that Sylvia Jenkin, a driving force behind the establishment and achievements of the Friends of Maara Roa, passed away on 18 May, at the age of 91. This is to remind all those with connections to and ... Read more
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    Maara Roa (Cannons Creek lakes towards Duck Creek pathway), Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Mahi Award Nominee Joan

    • 22 Jun 2022
    • Age Concern Wellington
    • At Age Concern Wellington Region, we can only do our work with the help of volunteers. We work with hundreds of volunteers, and each one is truly appreciated. Sometimes, we come across volunteers who stand out for their willingness to go the extra mile. Joan Robertshawe is one of these volunteers. She’s not only always ... Read more
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    Trains Hut

    • 22 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • As usual, WTMC trampers met at the Wellington train station on Friday night  to start the adventure north. With a full van and cheery disposition, driver Tony picked up two Kapiti Coast trampers along the way. While everyone had their dinner in Bulls, Tash had an impromptu date with DoC ranger “Dave” a lovely fellow ... Read more
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    Moss Pass via Blue Lake

    • 29 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • The following is a recollection of the trip from two perspectives – Lynsey and Tiffany. With two vans from WTMC heading down for the long weekend, the ferry ride was a social affair, especially with a group of TTC folks also heading down for an attempt of Mt Manakau. We shared a van with James’ ... Read more
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    Upper Makaroro

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Our trip planning got off to a shaky start when James Wratt, the original trip leader, needed to isolate as a Covid close contact. Finding out I would lead an overnight trip for the first time, two days before the trip was due to start, was a bit of a shock. However James had done ... Read more
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    The Triangle Trio – Triangle hut via Rangiwahia

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • We started walking about 8.30pm, easily finding the path in the dark aside from one accidental diversion (missing the hairpin turn in the track). At 10pm we arrived at Rangiwahia hut to our dream scenario of many spare bunks and a blazing fire. (Note: DoC’s new booking system is finally open and you now need ... Read more
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    Lake Waikareiti and Kaipo Lagoon

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • We were all really looking forward to this trip! – it had originally been on the trip schedule for Waitangi Day weekend, but could not go ahead as the local iwi had closed down the area for a time. We left at 3pm on Thursday afternoon from Wellington train station. There were 11 of us in ... Read more
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    Getting mobilised – Ngāuruhoe and beyond

    • 19 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Some trip specifics Friday night – 2.45pm left Wellington. Arrived Mangetepōpō hut (1,190m) about 8.30pm (20 min walk in from carpark) Saturday, circa.9am (well hydrated and fed) – Tongariro Crossing track to South Crater. Track started getting icy near the top of Devil’s Staircase. Good place to put on crampons. Met tour group at junction. ... Read more
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    President’s Column – September 2022

    • 19 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Welcome to the September President Column.  The Club continues to do well with a busy schedule of trips and other activities.  I was out on two Club trips over the last month – the Pizza Historic trip to the Holdsworth area and also on the Zelandia fence-line track.  The Pizza Historic trip started with pizza ... Read more
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    Tramping to Sayer Hut

    • 29 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • We met at the train station at 7am except for Hugo who met us at the trail head before setting out on our adventure at 8:50. The weather was looking good as the winds had changed to a southerly and the rain stopped. We forded a small river in our SUV that was fairly high ... Read more
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    Matariki weekend trip to Kawekas

    • 24 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Our delightful bunch of 8 bubbly people departed from Platform 9 on Thursday night and made our way to the Makahu road end carpark. A stop was made to scoff burgers in Sanson. All this seemed promising until our headlights beamed on 4 other cars at the road end and realised we’ll have to set ... Read more
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    President’s Column – October 2022

    • 2 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Another very successful month for the Club with 14 trips that went ahead.  We had 120 people participating (with some people going on more than one trip).  One weekend, we had four trips taking place : Natasha took a group mountain biking on the Timber Trail; Anne led a navigational tramp to the Hauhungatahi Wilderness ... Read more
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    Thinking Out Loud: Moya Lawson

    • 7 Oct 2022
    • City Gallery
    • Moya Lawson on the development of At Thresholds at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. Originally published on Art Now, read the essay here. Making art about other species seems less restrained than writing about them. The artists in At Thresholds are experimental with their practices, harnessing colour, shape, and material—the organic and the machine. […]
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    Wellington City Gallery, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    WTMC 75th Anniversary – Banquet, Paua Hut Trip and Catchpool BBQ/Picnic

    • 27 Oct 2022
    • Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
    • Join us in celebrating 75 years of Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club on the 4th – 6th November. Come gather, share adventures of the outdoors and have some fun.  We have three events for you to choose from: Banquet at Little India Blair Street Friday 4th November Paua Hut Trip Saturday 5th to Sunday 6th ... Read more
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