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• • OP Jet Ski 22102022 # 10466

    • 23 Oct 2022
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 22/10/2022 - 11:10 - 13:05 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  5 Ref: 10466 MRC 2 x POB on new jetski, had a mechanical/electrical failure. Ski had launched from Paramatta Bridge, moved to Titahi Bay and then had the failure. Ski was anchored but no local assist available. TAR engaged with master revalidation. Capability issue reviewed with the assessor and task undertaken. On scene advice given to try a restart but ski failed to operate. 1 POB from ski taken onto TAR and the ski with 1 POB assisted close to shore. TAR passenger returned to Mana Marina to pick up their tow vehicle Vessel Details Length:  3.60m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Jason Hall Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Te Awarua Rescue
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    Weekly News 10 February 2020

    • 10 Feb 2020
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • Five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB: (a) wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club, (b) join us at the yellow tent afterwards, (c) say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent, (d) tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us, and (e) make sure you sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Options for the week  Tuesday 5.30pm, Waterfront 5km, Outside Mac’s Brewbar on Taranaki Wharf. Come and run, volunteer or support.Wednesday 6.15pm, Newtown Park Track workout. Meet 6.15pm for 6.30pm start, lead by Andy and Rowan, shorter distance track reps.Saturday, 8.00am, Newtown Track workout – contact Chandima for info, or check Facebook for details. Longer track reps with a focus on building towards major events.Saturday, 8.00am, Lower Hutt 5km Parkrun, Porirua 5km Parkrun, Kapiti Coast 5km Parkrun.Saturday, 1:58pm, Porritt Classic, Hamilton (Hiro Tanimoto 1500m)Sunday, Round the Bays, half marathon at 7.45am, 10km at 8.30am and 6.5km at 9.15am. Frank Kitts Park.  Results The Tarawera Ultramarathon is such an amazing atmosphere even in the years when the Trail Queens do not turn up in dominating numbers. 102km: Fiona Hayvice 11:54:08, Emma Bessett 13:35:25, Chris Howard 22:33:31. Mel Aitken DNF at 75km. 52km: Nicholas Vessiot 5:53:48, Jaime Vessiot 6:01:25, Emily Solsberg 6:15:10, Jo Badham 6:44:36, Marketa Langova 6:50:01, Ben Cornelius 7:54:28. 21km: Melanie Hart 2:02:41, Kate Slater 2:04:19, Abigail Pitman 2:19:03, Michelle Knight 2:27:32, Isobel Deeley 2:30:08,  Lindsay Young 2:31:14, Kath Littler 2:34:21 – Results So it turns out a lot of you have more than one string to your bow. Capital City Triathlon: Danielle Trewoon won the Medium Distance (750m/15km/5km) in 01:02:30, Anna Breen 01:18:19, and Claire Jennings 01:24:50. Valentino Luna Hernandez was second in the Enduro Distance (2km/60km/15km) in 3:14:58, James Turner 3:40:12, Helen Bradford 4:16:35, Paul Rodway 4:20:58, Richard Sweetman 4:28:41, Greg Williams 4:31:37. Rachael Cunningham did 03:11:48 for a revised distance Triathlon of 2km/60km/10km and Tricia Sloan did 45:05 for the enduro swim. – ResultsMalcolm Hodge ran a big PB 01:09:54.0 for 13th place in the First Half Half Marathon in Vancouver.Hamish Carson ran 1:51.66 for 800m at the Meeting National des Sacres (YouTube) in Reims (France) and 3:42.40 for 1500m at the Orlen Copernicus Cup (YouTube) in Torun (Poland).At the Combined Junior/Senior Track and Field meet at Newtown Park on Sunday 800m: Hiro Tanimoto 2:07.22. 3000m Run: Hiro Tanimoto 9:42.79, Ayesha Shafi 11:08.57. 3000m Walk: Sean Lake 17:54.99, Daphne Jones 22:42.86 – Results. Upcoming events Round the Bays, 16  February, Frank Kitts Park  Round the Bays is the biggest running festival in Wellington. It’s one of our best opportunities to invite new people to join the club. So, repeating from above, here are five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB:  Wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club; Join us at the yellow tent afterwards; Say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent; Tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us; and Sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Michelle Knight will be coordinating that recruitment drive. If you think you can help either beforehand with promotion, publicity and administration support or on the day handing out flyers, staffing our tent and talking to people about Scottish contact her.  Todd Stevens, todd.stevens@pwc.com is looking for a 40min pacer for the 10km. Please let him know if you want to help.  Matairangi Fun Run, 23 February Hataitai Velodrome,  Open to the public, the Matairangi Fun Run, based on Mount Victoria, runs over the iconic Vosseler Shield course. There are two race options: the One Loop Race (5 km); or the Two Loop Race (two 5 km loops, adding up to 10 km). Each loop has approximately 190 metres of elevation. McVilly Shield Relay, 7 March, Karori Park The McVilly Shield is the first club event for the season and a great way to get to know other people in the club. This relay has teams of three people each. Everyone can participate, runners, walkers, J Team, seniors, masters and friends of the club. Just turn up and we will find you a team. You can either race it or use it as an opportunity to do some training.  Each team must do ten laps of Karori Park. No individual team member can do more than four laps. But you can do the laps in any order you like. The race is randomly handicapped after the teams start. Notices Join this week and save $20 or more Join or re-join Wellington Scottish at Round the Bays this year and you get $20 off your new season of Scottish full adult membership (down from $185 to $165). You can sign up at our bright yellow tent at Kilbirnie Park or you email us at membership@scottishathletics.org.nz and pay Wellington Scottish Athletics 38-9005-0501833-00. Put your name and “RTB JOIN” in the reference. If you want a singlet too, add $39. This will be the biggest discount we offer this year so don’t miss out by waiting. Also: if you, as an existing member, sign up an adult friend who is new to the club or has not been a member for the last five years, we will give both you and your friend $15 off your membership fees. If you sign up two friends who are new to the club you get two lots of $15 off your membership fee. And so on. So, talk to your friends and colleagues who are running or walking Round the Bays this year. Tell them they could enjoy the same fun all year round at Scottish. If you get a friend to join make sure you email membership@scottishathletics.org.nz to let us know. Discounts Join a new friend -$15 per new friendRound the Bays discount for adult members -$20 Switch to new email system I have switched from TinyLetter to MailChimp to send out these weekly emails. Hopefully, those of you who want them still receive them and those who don’t won’t. You can unsubscribe at the link below if you choose. Or you can subscribe here: <form aria-describedby="wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text" > <input aria-label="Enter your email" placeholder="Enter your email" required title="Enter your email" type="email" name="email" /> Subscribe Processing… Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Events calendar Our full events calendar is available on our website. It is also available as a Google Calendar that you can add to your own electronic diary. Keep in touch with the club:  If you want to contact anyone about anything then your first ports of call are our club captains Ben Twyman and Danielle Trewoon, our coaching coordinator Jamie White and our club president Michael Wray.Public Facebook page. And join the Scottish member Facebook group hereInstagramWebsite
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• • Divers stranded in broken down vessel

    • 6 Sep 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 03/09/2013 - 17:55 - 20:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  12 A small vessel broke down near Mana Island with 3 people on board.The men had been diving about 1km off Mana Island, north of Porirua, and had been due back at 6pm. At 5pm they realised they had a fuel problem and were unable to start the motor so called emergency services who called out Coastguard Mana. They were able to alert rescuers to their location by text message and flashed a torch to Trust Porirua Rescue when near to show their location. The vessel and it's occupants were safely towed back to land by Coastguard Mana at 8:15pm. Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Chris Darch Lorna_Rolston Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
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• • Tow Mohua from sth Mana to Marina

    • 20 Jan 2014
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 20/01/2014 - 19:30 - Tue, 21/01/2014 - 23:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  308 Mohua lost motor power due to diesel problem.  Stern gland taking on water.  Put out a panpan responded to by Southern Cross.  Coastguard called by owner of Southern Cross to take tow as restricted in its ability to manouver within the marina.  Coastgard picked up tow and continued to before the bar, the rafted up.  Crossed bar and stood to as a towed barge left the marina.  Berthed in coastguard berth with yacht alonside.  Then released raftup, pulled yacht into travelift bay to lift out as taking on water through stern gland. Vessel Details Length:  11.00m Resources Attendees:  AlanFisher Ben Ryan nixon ChristopherPye Lorna_Rolston Matt Annear Neil Cornwell Peter Feely Peter Tse Steve_Rolston Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
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• • CSW Junior Netball Champs – Results

    • 6 Aug 2020
    • College Sport Wellington
    • The finals placings for the CSW Junior Netball Tournament are:   FINAL RESULTS St Mary’s 26 beat Tawa 10 1st & 2nd Wgtn Girls’ 16 beat Sacred Heart 13 3rd & 4th Newlands 16 beat Marsden 14 5th & 6th St Oran’s 22 beat Paraparaumu 15 7th & 8th Aotea 18 beat Wgtn East 4 9th & 10th HVHS 15 beat Queen Margaret 14 11th & 12th Naenae 20 beat St Catherine’s 9 13th & 14th Chilton 16 beat Wgtn High 7 15th & 16th Kapiti 13 beat Mana 6 17th & 18th Heretaunga 18 beat Onslow 10 19th & 20th Wainui High 18 beat Taita 15 21st & 22nd Porirua 13 beat Whitby Collegiate 4 23rd & 24th   A full list of results from all games can be found HERE Photos from the day can be found on the CSW Website HERE, and more on Photo Wellingtons Website HERE.  The post CSW Junior Netball Champs – Results appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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• • Broken down runabout adrift offshore

    • 10 Jun 2021
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 08/06/2021 - 18:30 - 22:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  40 Multiple reports of a vessel with 3 or 4 POB broken down (via victim to Police on 111) or overdue (family to CG Ops Centre and friends to CG Mana public phone). Location (estimate) varied between 6NM of coastline between Makara and Little Titahi Bay. Limited comms from victim via 1 cellphone that was down to 20% battery. Information very confused and unreliable. Started with coastline search and trying to identify potential lights. Received TXT indicating we had gone past them and they had drifted further out near Mana Island. Spotted a orange flickering light about 3NM in the distance. Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Portersnz Weedoogie Jake_Presling Mark Presling MikeyC Neil Cornwell Polarbear Stevensea Torrey CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 read more
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    Exercise Poseidon: North Island New Zealand Response Teams Practice for a Wellington Earthquake

    • 30 Sep 2024
    • Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office (WREMO)
    • For the first time in over 20 years, New Zealand Response Teams (NZRTs) from across the North Island will come together in Wellington to test their ability to respond to a large scale emergency event. Exercise Poseidon is a 36-hour exercise based on a Wellington earthquake scenario. By coming to Wellington, the Response Teams will test their response capabilities and skills, their inter-team coordination and their ability to deploy to a different part of Aotearoa. The exercise will take place from the 4th to 6th of October, with most activities occurring on Saturday the 5th. All of the Response Teams will be based out of Trentham Military Camp and perform activities at different locations across the Wellington region. These include Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Porirua Police College, Upper Hutt Community Corrections, New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS) the Town Hall and more.
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• • JUST GOOD STUFF is back for 2010

    • 28 Nov 2010
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Craft madness!  Creative creations!  6 days to solve all your Christmas shopping needs, while supporting local creatives – it’s practically guilt-free! Featuring JUST GOOD STUFF from: Genevieve Packer, Gabby O’Connor, Lucy Adams, Phillipa Cowdrey, Alanah Gibson, Wendy Neale, Ngaere MacKinnon, Flora Waycott, Isel Greta Jane, Hermon & son, Flora Gray, Tess & Gab, Mary Adams, Susan Wilson, Catherine Key, Eloise Evans, Rebecca Bewick, Kelly Olatunji, Craftcamp and more… Friday 17 December – Wednesday 22 December 2010 12noon – 7.00pm Opening 6.00pm Thursday 16 December Thistle Hall Gallery, Upper Cuba Street, Wellington CASH ONLY Heaps of good stuff from just $5. Check out the Just Good Stuff blog for a preview of some of the good stuff on offer (updated regularly, so check back for even MORE good stuff…) 6 days to solve all your christmas shopping needs, while supporting local creatives – it’s practically guilt-free!
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• • Return of standard Metlink fares for under 25s

    • 26 Mar 2024
    • Metlink
    • Fare changes are coming soon for passengers aged 24 and under, following the government’s decision to withdraw funding for age-based concessions. From 1 May 2024, following the rollback of the former government’s age-based concessions on Metlink services: children aged 5 to 16, or older if still at secondary school, will pay half the adult fare, fares for people aged 17 to 24 will return to full price, unless they qualify for an alternative tertiary or Community Connect concession, under 5s will continue to travel for free on all services. Greater Wellington Transport committee chair Thomas Nash says the change will be felt by young people and whānau across the region, who are already struggling with the high cost of living. “I don’t want to end these concessions – we know they have made a big difference to people,” Cr Nash says.
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• • The End of the World (Party)

    • 5 Aug 2008
    • San Francisco Bathhouse
    • This Friday The VBC Presents: The End of the World (Party) We are celebrating the activation of the new doomsday device and the possible ending to end all endings with a big ass party… WITH!!!! DAMSELS (The Tron) SHARPIE CROWS HOOPLA! SPECIAL OLYMPICS and MORE Come DRINK THE KOOL AID like it’s 1989 and party like Donnie Darko - dress up essential halloween meets space 80’s Prizes for best dressed DOORSALES $10 (Or $5 for VBC DJs or VBC badgeholders) UPCOMING SHOWS: AUGUST 9: THE BREEDERS (SOLD OUT. TICKET HOLDERS ONLY) AUGUST 13: LADYHAWKE AUGUST 16: STEREO TOTAL with JD SAMSON AUGUST 22: CONCORD DAWN AUGUST 30: RODNEY P &#038; SKITZ SEPTEMBER 4: BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE SEPTEMBER 25: PEACHES with HAWNAY TROOF OCTOBER 1: WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY OCTOBER 16: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS OCTOBER 24: HOWE GELB
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• • P2 Men Vs Victoria 09/06/07

    • 11 Jun 2007
    • Upper Hutt Hockey Club
    • The Upper Hutt P2 mens team which has the largest squad in the past eight years found itself unusually short on Saturday - with only one sub. Still, Playing against Varsity, last years P2 winners, the team fought well. Victoria scored some very good goals (and luck seemed to be on thier side!). Upper hutt lost 5-1 in a game that could have been alot closer with us narrowly missing the goal on at least two occasions. Varstity broke away and scored very quickly on occasions but the general feeling amongst the team was that we dominated posession but unfortunately did not convert it into points. The jubilant celebrations from Varsity every time they scored was a tribute to the quality opposition they were up against. Goal was scored by someone who would like to remain anonymous (modest chap!) Murray
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• • Missing swimmer at Titahi Bay

    • 14 Jan 2012
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 14/01/2012 - 16:00 - 20:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  40 Coastguard Mana was tasked to search for a missing swimmer at Titahi Bay after a group of swimmers were caught in a rip. Emergency services responded to reports of a group of four swimmers in trouble at about 4pm. Most of the group were rescued but one was still unaccounted for. CRV Trust Porirua Rescue has been searching in conjunction with Westpac Rescue and Titahi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club since 1700, while CRV Pelorus had to turn back due to severe sea conditions. TPR returned to base at 2030 and will resume the search early on Sunday morning. Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Carolyn Jameson Grant Porter Mark Presling Matt Annear Peter Feely Rachel Porter Rod Hall Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image: 
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• • Broken down yacht assisted into marina

    • 13 Feb 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 12/02/2013 - 20:50 - 23:50 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  33 A 35ft yacht with 3 people on board ran into difficulty when their engine broke down at Cape Jackson, at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound. They then had to make the decision whether to attempt to sail into Marlborough Sounds, sail across Cook Strait and moor up in the lee of Mana Island or attempt to get back into Mana Marina where their berth is. They decided to request assistance from Coastguard Mana to get back into Mana Marina as there was strong wind forecast for later that evening, followed by a southerly the following day. Vessel Details Length:  10.50m Resources Attendees:  AngelicaT Ben Ryan ChristopherPye Jann Askew Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Matt Annear Paul Craven Peter Feely Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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    win tickets to ‘songs of a wayfarer’ for fathers...

    • 2 Sep 2014
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • WIN TICKETS TO ‘SONGS OF A WAYFARER’ FOR FATHERS DAY THIS SUNDAY! With Dads Day coming up this Sunday the 7th of September, we’re giving you the chance to go into a DAILY DRAW to win a DOUBLE PASS to the Orchestra Wellington concert! What a perfect treat for Dad (or even keep it for yourself & a friend!) Simply answer this question: Q: WHO IS KNOWN AS THE ‘FATHER OF THE SYMPHONY’? (CLUE…he’s a composer featured in this Sunday’s concert!) Simply email your answer to admin@orchestrawellington.co.nz and you’ll go into the draw. A winner will be drawn everyday and notified by 6PM DAILY until the day of the concert. IF YOU MISS OUT THIS TIME AROUND, DON’T FORGET TO UTILISE OUR SPECIAL FATHERS DAY OFFER OF $35* TICKETS (SAVING $20!) Good Luck and we look forward to seeing you Sunday! *Offer available from TICKETEK online or box office. Usual terms, conditions & booking fees apply
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    Merch, baby - MERCH!!!

    • 18 Mar 2025
    • Slow Boat Records
    • Well, lordy, lordy me - what have we here, then?! After running an (entirely unscientific) Insta poll, we here at Slow Boat have listened to the voice of the people, and have bowed to popular consensus, and had manufactured a limited quantity of marvellous looking Slow Boat hoodies, alongside the regular tee shirts, a new style of (very robust!) tote bags (shall we refer to them as Boat Totes? Yes, I think we shall!) and, for the first time ever - two (count 'em!) varieties of SB trucker caps!! These are available for purchase instore now (my advice - get in quick while we still have a good range of sizes and colours!) so you can be fashion forward, and the envy of your pals. Tees are now $39.50, caps $30, totes $25 and the deluxe hoodies are a still perfectly reasonable $75 - I mean, what price happiness? What price... fashion... Feel free to drop us a line or call (04 385 1330) if you'd like to secure yours, and we'll be seein' ya soon - will have some Record Store Day 2025 related news to share in the upcoming weeks... Peace and love, THE SLOW BOAT CREW XX
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    Hasn’t the year flown by already being October 1st, but we...

    • 30 Sep 2015
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • Hasn’t the year flown by already being October 1st, but we are far from done yet! We still have a bunch up our sleeves for all the family and the ‪#‎SIXBYONE‬ Season! Next up on October 17th our spy themed family concert ‘BABY POPS - MYSTERY AND MAYHEM’ ST PATRICKS COLLEGE HALL, WELLINGTON (Tickets & info HERE )and following that, number 5 in our 2016 Subscription Season on November the 7th 'PROVIDENCE’ MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE, WELLINGTON (Tickets & info HERE )On top of all this there’s still time to utilise our SPECIAL SECRET 2016 SUBSCRIPTION OFFER with tickets as low as $18 per concert or $108 for the 6 show season. (Tickets and info HERE ) EEEK, remember Xmas is creeping up so what a wonderful gift (and great deal) for that special person and/or friends to get out of the way early!? We look forward, as always to seeing you there.
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    Great And Noble - Season ‘18 Full programme - In the words of...

    • 2 Dec 2017
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • Great And Noble - Season ‘18 Full programme - In the words of Music Director Marc Taddei Orchestra Wellington are proud to bring to you GREAT AND NOBLE Season ‘18 where we focus on an extraordinary composer whose music is inextricably linked with the music of his homeland, Antonín Dvořák Join Music director Marc Taddei as he runs through the full 2018 season programme and soloists.  5: GOLDEN CITY Saturday 9 June, 7.30 pm Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D, ‘Prague’  Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2Amalia Hall, violin  Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 5 in F major — 6: THE PROPHECY Saturday 7 July, 7.30 pm Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington  Leoš Janáček Taras Bulba   Benjamin Britten Piano Concerto in D Major Jian Liu, Piano  Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 6 in D major — 7: LONDON SYMPHONY Saturday 11 August, 7.30 pm Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington  Gao Ping Wild Cherry Tree (Orchestra Wellington commission) Xiao Ma, Countertenor, and Roger Wilson, Bass  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No 14 in E-flat Major  Michael Houstoun, piano  Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor — REQUIEM Saturday 8 September, 7.30 pm  Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington  Giuseppe Verdi Requiem Antoinette Halloran, Soprano Deborah Humble Mezzo Soprano Diego Torre, Tenor James Clayton, Bass Orpheus Choir of Wellington — 8: THE RIVER Saturday 27 October, 7.30 pm Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington  Bedřich Smetana The Moldau  Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Major Christopher Park, Piano  Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major — 9: NEW WORLD Saturday 1 December, 7.30 pm Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture from Don Giovanni (arr. Busoni)  Michael Norris Violin Concerto (OW commission) Amalia Hall, violin  Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” — To read more, see the full brochure and book head to our site HERE THANK TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU IN 2018!
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• • op titahi bay swimmer

    • 3 Nov 2021
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 31/10/2021 - 15:00 - Wed, 03/11/2021 - 17:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  670 Police activated CG Mana for a swimmer reported missing in Titahi Bay. MR1 with 5 x crew responded Sea conditions were very rough and confused, wind gusting 45 knots, breaking seas of 2.5-3.5 metres in the navigation channel and the route to Titahi Bay. A call was made to CG Mana base to not send MR2 on the tasks as the seas were to dangerous for the smaller CRV. MR1 carried out a barrier patrol and creeping line search of the S.A.D area. Nothing was located Search was called off by Police. There have been no reports of anyone missing Resources Attendees:  Devine Carl Nixon dfranks Weedoogie Jason Hall Neil Cornwell espi Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 Toyota Prado
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• • Wellington Road Champs – 22 August 2015

    • 7 Dec 2015
    • Hutt Valley Harriers
    • Wellington Road Champs – 22 August 2015 Wellington Road Race Results 2015 (final results updated 24 August) Wellington Road Race TEAM Results 2015 (final results updated 24 August – all teams except senior men)z Wellington Road Race Senior Men’s TEAM Results (final results)  HVH Results below Girls Under 9 – 1km Katharine Jameson 4:29 Boys Under 9 – 1km Jonathan Green 3:51 (2nd) Harrison Kowalczyk 4:09 Ashton Tietjens 4:12 Hunter Hughes 4:17 David Gordon 4:25 Bailey Rollo 4:46 Girls Under 11 – 2km Rylee Watt 7:46 (3rd) Emalise Alding 8:45 Charlotte Ross 8:57 Amy Murray 9:09 Boys Under 11 – 2km Nathaniel Graham 7:14 (2nd) Alexander Prichard 7:21 (3rd) Joshua Allen 7:27 Nick Drayton 7:31 Nicholas Green 7:40 Reegan Kowalczyk 8:06 Oscar Strickland 8:32 Tyler Rollo 9:23 Girls Under 13 – 2km Gemma Gordon 8:56 Una Strickland 8:56 Abbie Kincaid 9:20 Lily Trompetter 9:44 Amelia Adams 10:00 Boys Under 13 – 2km Logan Stoupe 7:18 Girls Under 15 – 3km Phoebe McKnight 10:24 (1st) Jessica Kincaid 13:55 Boys Under 15 – 3km Jonathan Roberts 11:02 Women Under 18 – 5km Jayme Maxwell 19:43 Ruby Heath 22:37 Men Under 18 – 6km Joel Carman 19:54 (3rd) Peter Roberts 21:07 Gus Reece 21:30 Matthew Roberts 23:15 Lars van Beusekom 24:15 Senior Women/Masters Women 35+ – 10km Kristi Perkinson 48:12 Keryn Morgan 49:39 Liz Gibson 51:07 Chloe Thorne 58:57 Isobel Franklin 1:03:05 Masters Women 50+ – 5km Julia Baron 24:53 Vanessa Trompetter 25:11 Trish Coley 25:51 Senior Men – 10km Mathew Rogers 34:59 Grant Pritchard 38:42 Masters Men 40+ – 10km Stephen Cummings 39:23 Brendan Quirke 39:46 Myles Carson 42:20 Tony Plowman 42:58 Mark Growcott 48:10 Masters Men 50+ – 10km Bill Trompetter 42:37 Donald Coley 44:29 Glenn Perkinson 48:01 Paul Cavie 51:38 Masters Men 60+ – 10km Peter Sparks 45:25 John Wood 45:50 Albert van Veen 55:56
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    BNU 1sts v Waterside Karori - 1st June 2013

    • 4 Jun 2013
    • Brooklyn Northern United AFC
    • Karori Park #2, 12. After promising results in recent weeks, we were looking to complete a trifecta of wins against the top 3 teams. 1st place Karori would pose a different threat, difficult to break down and dangerous at set pieces. BNU started the stronger side, quickly settling into our rhythm, knocking the ball around confidently and dominating midfield. There were appeals for a BNU goal after the ball may have crossed the line, a mass of bodies made it difficult for the ref to see and had to wave play on. After 20 minutes of dominance, we fell off the pace a little, inviting Karori back into the game. Karori were awarded a free kick after 27 minutes. They threw a number of players forward and made it count with a strong headed finish to go 1-nil up with their only clear cut chance of the half. We didn't panic and kept at Karori. Paul Clune squeezed home from a tight angle, to equalise seconds before the break. 1-1 at half time.
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• • HVH Results Bays Relay 2015

    • 9 Aug 2015
    • Hutt Valley Harriers
    • Composite 2nd Matthew Roberts 0:18:24 Jon Roberts 0:19:13 Lars Van Beusekom 0:19:57 Isobel Franklin 0:22:52 Martyn Cherry 0:20:18 SW Phoebe McKnight 0:16:41 Julie Johnson 0:18:18 Liz Gibson 0:23:54 Keryn Morgan 0:18:49 Chloe Thorne 0:22:31 M40 Myles Carson 0:18:21 Stephen Cummings 0:18:26 Brendon Quirke 0:19:10 Tony Plowman 0:16:11 Stu McKenzie 0:17:43 M50 Glen Perkinson 0:21:21 Paul Cavie 0:23:09 Keith Holmes 0:23:07 Steve Robertson 0:18:31 Albert Van Veen 0:22:12 MU20 2nd Joel Carman 15:16 Peter Roberts 17:09 Gus Reece 17:07 Jayden McKnight 14:09 Matthew Sutcliffe 14:32 M50 3rd Richard Kellet 0:18:22 Marcus Smith 0:18:21 Bill Trompetter 0:19:40 Grame Burr 0:16:05 Donald Coley 0:17:11 SM Nick Sasse 15:44 Grant Pritchard 17:54 Tim Johnson 16:55 Joel Wyatt 13:49 Mat Rogers 13:55
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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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• • 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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    pre-season local derby this Saturday morning at Wakefield Park 9:30am

    • 20 Feb 2020
    • Island Bay United AFC
    • <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Come down to support the IBU Shark's first team in their second pre-season game of 2020 this time against Wellington United from the Capital Premier League. This game is a particularly special one as it features Leonardo Villa, who most of you will know simply as Leo, playing for the opposition.  Leo is our head junior coach and is often seen around Wakefield nurturing our 5-15 year old junior and youth players.  For the junior players out there, one of the absolute treats of having Leo around is being able to witness him playing the “beautiful game”. You are unlikely to see a player in our local competitions like Leo, having played to the heights of Serie B in the Italian league over several seasons.  To see Leo gliding about the field directing, intervening and playing defence splitting passes is to see the work of a master.  His feline presence on the field is truly the embodiment of Argentina’s famed Puma, prowling the midfield!   Good luck Leo, but not too much - the Sharks are going to be here to play! Learn more about Leo here
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• • Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 6)

    • 29 Aug 2019
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates 30 August: Mid-term break — School closed 2 September: Future Focus Event & Careers Expo (see below) 5 September: WHS Brand designs forum (see below) 9 September: Sexual Abuse Prevention Network presentation (see below) 9 September: Preliminary course choices due for 2020 (Y10—12) 20 September: Learning Conversations day — students attend for their interview only 23 September: Board of Trustees meeting 27 September: Final Senior course choices due for 2020 (Y10—Y12); End of Term 3 Important Information Senior Course Choices for 2020 The Senior Course Choice Booklet for 2020 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/.  Students in Years 10—12 are invited to explore the options available. We will share the selection planner and process with students shortly. The timeline for making course decisions for 2020 is below. There are opportunities to discuss course choices at Future Focus Evening next week and also at your Learning Conversation: Monday 2 September 2019 Future Focus Evening, 3.45pm—5.45pm Monday 9 September 2019 Preliminary course decisions made Friday 20 September 2019 Learning Conversations Day Friday 27 September 2019 Final course decisions made for 2020 Future Focus event and Careers Expo  You and your student are invited to Wellington High School’s Future Focus event on Monday 2 September 3.45pm to 5.45pm in the Main Block and Foyer. The evening will help your student make smart course choices for 2020 and beyond. Please note that there will be no rōpū that day, and school will finish at the earlier time of 3pm to allow for setting up.   Visit the Careers Expo — Riley Centre 11am — 4.30pm  This year’s Expo features over 20 exhibitors (see the list of exhibitors here), including trades, universities and tertiary providers. All Year 10—13 students will  be attending the Expo during the day, and we encourage students to show their families any stalls of interest before Future Focus Evening starts between 3.00 – 3.45pm.  Visit the Learning Areas — M Block Levels 3 and 4 The event will include information about each Learning Area and a number of additional information sessions, all offered on a 15 minute rotation basis.  Most Learning Area presentations have the following format: Each 15-minute rotation will begin with a short presentation by the Head of  Faculty about the Learning Area and the course selections available. This will be followed by some time for questions and answers. At the end of the 15 minutes, you and your student move to the next presentation.  Faculty presentations are in Main Block and your student should be able to guide you. Student guides will also be available to provide assistance.  Level 3 M305 – Mathematics M306 – Arts M307 – Physical Education and Health M308 – English M309 – Languages Level 4 M406 – Social Sciences M407 – Science M408 – Technology M410 – Learning Support  available – no session M409 – How NCEA works  Come and view the draft Wellington High brand designs Over the past two terms, a large group of students, staff and whānau has participated in workshops to share and develop ideas about the directino of a refreshed brand identity for the school. You are warmly invited to pop into the school foyer on Thursday 5 September (anytime between 11.30—4pm) to view the draft identity designs that are in development with the designers at Chrometoaster (https://www.chrometoaster.com/).  On Thursday, Chrometoaster will have a stand in the foyer to share our draft direction so far, and take feedback from our school community. Note that the design of a central element to represent Te Kura Tuarua o Taraika ki Pukeahu is in separate development with the school. The design team can talk about this. Achievements Say ‘Yes ‘to YES! Last Saturday three WHS Young Enterprise Groups ran stalls at the YES @ The Wellington Underground Market. Congratulations to Remixxed Bags (Sienna Williamson and Sierra Williamson), Toucher Soap (Poppy Vine and Leanne Fandialan) and Poneke Ahi (Jacob Baddeley and Eliseo Biondini). Follow them on Instagram remixxedbags, PonekeAhi and ToucherSoap.   Poetry success Congratulations to Seb MacCaulay (Year 12), for being shortlisted as a finalist in the National Secondary Schools Poetry Competition. He received prizes from the New Zealand Book Council and Sport, as well as $100 and the opportunity to attend a masterclass at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University last weekend. Seb’s poem is included below: Old man I’m sitting and I watch the old man from the street rest and unfurl from his linen a pack of Dunhills. He twists off the cellophane and eyes his catch with that vintage gleam of noon-stripped old lowlifes, naked, howling at their cigarette moons. Cars and their drivers blur on by, each turning their heads as if to say yes man, light that cigarette for all you’re worth.  Yes, man lights it. Draws each drag out long like a bones player shifting keys. He exhales each time only a whisper of thin smoke-suns that twist, convulse mid-air. I have a moment when I think of my father and I driving along an afternoon’s length of country road; we could’ve been both fifteen naive and I feel as if right here and now I’ll weep watching this old new nomad smoke, pulling our car breakneck along the asphalt, filling the valleys and valleys and valleys, hauling us through them, here to someplace to every place, maybe, most likely, somewhere unideal, where infants are born dead but still live. My father and I, our cities become flame, the skyscrapers strip the blue skies, haul from the seas an urgent thunderstorm now upon us all and still. The old man smokes. Almost at the filter now. Watching our cars roll on by. Looking with those eyes at each and every person as if to say yes man, go on your way, go on your way. IYNT Winners, Minsk, 2019 WHS students Ryan Bright and Lydia Acton were part of the winning NZ team at the 2019 International Young Naturalists’ Tournament. Lydia was the team captain, having also competed in the 2018 tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ryan reported his solution to problem 7, “Burning Glass” in the final against Croatia and Switzerland. He scored the highest score in the final, which was won by NZ with 47.9 points, to Croatia’s 45.9 and Switzerland’s 45.6.          The team’s achievements have been widely recognised, including this tweet from the National Science advisor! Sports Underwater Hockey HUGE congratulations go out to all our Underwater Hockey teams for their fantastic season this year.  Our Junior Open A team won bronze medals in Friday night’s CSW Premier finals, defeating Hutt Valley High School 6-2 in their playoff game. The boys were hoping for better after entering the playoffs in second place, however they suffered a shock 3-0 loss to Scots College in their semi final. The bronze medal is still a massive achievement, and the first medal won by a WHS team for as long as Murray Chisholm can remember. This team and our Senior Girls team will contest the national championships in Wellington at WRAC from September 6th-8th. If you are interested in Underwater Hockey or intrigued by this mysterious sport, please watch the video made by Year 9 student Sky Gobbi here: https://youtu.be/978v3IPhqV8  1st XI Boys Hockey vs Tararua College Last Sunday our 1st XI Boys Hockey team played Tararua College. Tararua are doing a Lower North Island tour, mainly playing schools in the Wellington region. WHS may have lost the game 3 – 0 but it was an evenly matched contest and our team benefited from the opportunity to take on Tararua College.  
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    FNZ Soundly Beaten

    • 3 Sep 2008
    • Zephyr Rovers FC
    • Zephyr Rovers Manager Steve Hall said that Zephyr Rovers had had no problems disposing of lower league opposition today at the Shed of Dreams, despite George Nash (pictured) being full of the flu. "We were five goals to nil up when I decided to have a run in the outfield""said Hall "but when it got back to 5 - 2 I scurried back into the goals for fear of them getting back in it". Hall said Rovers stabilised after his return to goal and Rovers went on to score another four goals unanswered. "I actually had a clean sheet when I was in goal but the stand ins let a couple in" said Hall "and the distribution went from excellent to very poor, which explains why I couldn't buy a goal in the outfield". Hall said the fear was the teams Rovers were playing were not close to the standard of Division 1 so the Rover would have to lift their game several notches if another Div 1 campaign was to be contemplated. "We still need to strengthen the squad" said Hall "unless we end up in Div 2 where we'd be ok".Final: Rovers 9 FNZ 2Zephyr Rovers FC
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• • Weekly Wrap-Up (Term 1 – Week 2)

    • 8 Feb 2019
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates 11 February: Year 9 Meet the teachers @ 6pm (Riley Centre) 11-13 February: 9Kelly Noho Marae 14 February: WHS Aroha day to choose activities for the year 18 February: Whānau hui @ 6pm 26-28 February: 9Riley Noho Marae 1 March: Athletics Day 4-6 March: 9Royal Noho Marae 6-8 March: 9Howell Noho Marae NOTE: You can access the school calendar on our website: WHS School Calendar Important Information Year 9 Meet the Teacher Evening — 11 February, 6pm, Riley Centre Year 9 parents and caregivers are invited to our Meet the Teacher evening on Monday 11 February. Beginning with an address from the Principal, Dominic Killalea, parents and caregivers will then have the opportunity to meet with their student’s rōpū teacher and to meet parents and caregivers of others in the class.   Year 9 Noho Marae – starting next week Beginning next week Year 9 rōpū will experience noho marae, a great way for students to solidify their social connections and begin to feel more a part of the school community. Students will also have fun and challenge themselves as they take part in a wide range of activities including an overnight camp in the Taraika marae, swim, kayak and visit Adrenaline Forest.   What’s happening? Farewell to Andrew Savage, Deputy Principal On Tuesday, we farewelled Andrew Savage who has been one of our Deputy Principals since 2012. Andrew leaves WHS to take up a post at the Teaching Council and their gain is most certainly WHS’s loss. Many staff took the opportunity to speak at Andrew’s farewell, recognising his many qualities and numerous contributions to WHS and enjoying musical contributions from Fritz Wollner and Andrew himself.     Safer Internet Day #SID2019 – 5 February 2019 This week marked international Safer Internet Day 2019 so we thought we would share some new resources from Netsafe. You might find some of their conversation starters for ‘Teens (14-18)’ and the resource links useful: Managing Time Online: How would you tell if you were spending too much time online? If you wanted to cut back, what are some ways you would try to do this? Catfishing: What do you know about catfishing? How do you tell if someone really is who they say they are online? Social Media vs Reality: How well do you think social media reflects people’s real lives? How do you tell when someone is getting paid to promote content on social media? Online Bullying? What does online bullying look like? What’s the difference between bullying & banter? What advice would you give to a friend who was being bullied? Sending Nudes: How common do you think sending nudes is? What are the risks? What advice would you give to a friend who has had their nudes shared without their consent? Online Pornography: What do you think are some of the differences between pornography and sex in real life? What would you do if you saw pornography that upset you? WHS Community Education Centre have a “We Need to Talk About Porn” talk for parents of teens, coming up on March 20th from 6-8.30pm – $30 – call 04 385 8919 or go to www.cecwellington.ac.nz  to enrol. Student Services counter opening hours  Open for Parents: 9.00-10.30; 10.45-12.30; 1.00-3.30 Open for Students: 11.00-11:20, 1:30pm – 2:15, 3:20-3:30 From the Garden It is one of the most productive times of year in the school’s garden. AgHort teacher, Claire Neiman shared photos of just some of the produce harvested from the garden over the past few days. Sport Thank you to all the students who have returned their Sports Registration Forms. If you still have to return your registration form, please hand it to Student Services by Monday 11 February. Summer sports and some winter sport pre-season practices start next week. Please be aware that if your son/daughter has been selected for a summer sports team, this takes priority over the winter sport preseason training.  If you have concerns about any sport or training please feel free to contact me to discuss options on sport@whs.school.nz Weekly sports draws are always displayed on the sports noticeboard outside the office in the Lower Gym as well as on the school website.  On the website, www.whs.school.nz click on the sports icon then select sports draws. From the drop down arrow select your child’s sport. Finally, for all netballers, click and read important information about the 2019 season. Coming up this week we have: 8 February: Volleyball Seniors starts 9 February: Cricket starts 11 February: Netball preseason practices  12 February: Football preseason practices, Yoga starts 13 February: Rugby preseason practices,  Tennis Lessons start, Volleyball Juniors starts 16 February: Futsal Juniors starts  18 February: Futsal Seniors starts    
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• • Match Report Rd 7 Swindale – OBU defence wins the day against determined Tawa

    • 6 Aug 2020
    • Old Boys - University Rugby Club
    • <div class="slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal" data-flickity-options='{ "cellAlign": "center", "imagesLoaded": true, "lazyLoad": 1, "freeScroll": false, "wrapAround": true, "autoPlay": 6000, "pauseAutoPlayOnHover" : true, "prevNextButtons": true, "contain" : true, "adaptiveHeight" : true, "dragThreshold" : 10, "percentPosition": true, "pageDots": true, "rightToLeft": false, "draggable": true, "selectedAttraction": 0.1, "parallax" : 0, "friction": 0.6 }' > Taine Plumtree in the blood bin. Sensational sponsor logo! #image_840778479 { width: 100%; } Fui and Morgan charge it up the field #image_35539783 { width: 100%; } Callum Harkin steps the Tawa centre #image_832130887 { width: 100%; } Dale lines up the shot with Jack Green doing the tee duties, Luke Chisolm returning from injury in the nbackground #image_1739355293 { width: 100%; } Sam Reid slides over for the 5 points after whipping down the sideline #image_419362905 { width: 100%; } #image_1665940115 { width: 100%; } Caleb Delaney with a towering lineout take #image_2048566506 { width: 100%; } Morgan bullocks through the tackles with Fui and Shamus in support. Sam Reid is eyeing up options to the right! #image_632142925 { width: 100%; } #image_11988736 { width: 100%; } OBU 27 Tawa 9 The rugby trip to the suburb of Tawa-hiti is always a torrid affair. This week was no exception. For extra spice, Tawa drew the ire of many in the rugby community by starting the player currently accused of assault in an incident outside the Poneke clubrooms late at night a few weeks ago. From an OBU perspective, the most important points were a solid defence that didn’t leak any tries and no serious injuries. Sam Reid has a minor injury concern but was thumbs up for the Avalon fixture this coming Saturday. Conditions It was an overcast day with with barely a breath of wind. This brought terror to those still petrified from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, ‘The Birds’ as a tree on the clubrooms side of the field attracted thousands of twittering birds. Who knows if it interfered with the lineout calls. OBU was playing from right to left from the terraces side of the field in the first half. Or if you like back to the road and clubrooms end. Notable Performances Caleb Delaney had one of his best if not the best performances in the jersey. A towering presence in the lineout and involved in everything around the field. Similarly Morgan Poi had the best game I’ve seen him play for OBU proving a really difficult opponent for Tawa to stop. The partnership of Dale Sabbagh and Callum Harkin at first and second five is looking stronger every week both on attack and defence! Ty Poe continues to grow in the centre role. He may not be the size of some of the players he marks, but he proves that they still hit the ground hard if you use good technique. It seems like I repeat myself every week but Shamus was stellar at the back of the scrum, as was Kyle at 9 and Sam Reid playing at fullback this week. How the game unfolded Minute What happened Score 1 Min OBU win the kickoff and set to the right. Finally lost forward in the ensuing ruck. 4 Min OBU scrum on halfway, close side. the ball spins wide but goes in behind the backs. Well picked up and taken into contact. OBU penalised for holdng on. Kick to the corner by Tawa goes out in goal. 6 Mins Scrum to OBU, Shamus takes it down the blindside and recycled 10 m on. Kyle chips it over the top. Tawa gather and bring it back to the close side of the field. Sam Reid makes a good tackle and Shamus turns the ball over and kicks it long. 8 Mins OBU feed to the scrum. The backs take it right for one phase then back to the left. Tawa backs get caught offside. It’s not straightforward but is a kickable penalty. OBU successfully kick to the corner through Dale. The lineout throw is called not straight and scrum is set. OBU penalised for dropping the scrum. 16 Mins OBU penalised for side entry to the ruck. Tawa opt for the shot 38 metres out from the posts and just to the left. Penalty is successful! Tawa 3 OBU 0 18 Mins OBU knock on from the restart! 20 Mins OBU penalised for not releasing the tackled player. This starts a solid period on defence 5 meters out from the goal line. Eventually Tawa spill the ball on about the 6th or 7th pick and go. Somewhere in the middle of that Taine subs off for blood and Josh runs on to take his place (Caleb into lock, Josh on the blindside). Josh Gimblett Replaces Taine Plumtree (blood bin) 25 Mins OBU penalised for player going off their feet at the ruck. It’s about 35 meters out and in front of the posts. Kick at goal is successful. Tawa 6 OBU 0 27 Mins The kickoff goes out on the full. Taine and Josh trade places after Taine is cleaned up. Taine Plumtree replaces Josh Gimblett (blood bin) 33 Mins Tawa lineout on their 22 meter line. They clear the ball down to Sam Reid who runs it back strongly but is taken in a head high for his trouble. OBU elect to go for the shot 40 meters in front. Dale lands it. Tawa 6 OBU 3 39 Mins Tawa penalised for dropping the scrum 5 meters in from the near touch on halfway. OBU kick to the corner to take the lineout 5 meters out. Tawa are penalised for collapsing the ensuing maul. OBU go back to the lineout again. The lineout drive goes again with the backs piling in. The ref has a penalty advantage to OBU. there are several pick and go’s. The penalty is called and a quick tap is taken with a driver at the line. try to Taine. Successfully converted by Dale. OBU take 10-6 lead into the halftime oranges. Tawa 6 OBU 10 ———————————- 44 Mins OBU attacking the Tawa line are penalised for not releasing the tackled player. Someone offers an opinion and we are marched 10 meters. Ouch! Tawa elect to have a shot 45 meters out and to the right of the sticks. Tawa kicker lands a useful kick Tawa 9 OBU 10 46 Mins Tawa center makes a good break and looks to put his wing into space. Not sure if the pass wasn’t up to it or the wing didn’t get to where he needed to be, either way the ball rolls meekly into touch on the close side of the field. 48 Mins Tawa holding on in the tackle. OBU go for the posts about 42 meters out in front and slightly to the left. The discipline monster is back to upset proceedings for Tawa. The kick misses but the ref plays his joker and gives Dale another shot. I think it is due to a Tawa player trying to put Dale off by shouting something. No-one seems to know what the hand signal is for that! Dale makes no mistake on his second attempt. Tawa 9 OBU 13 50 Mins From the 10 meter line in Tawa territory Adam Clarke gets away an impossible pass to Sam Reid who boosts along the far touchline and scores it in the far corner. The referee and his assistant consult for a few seconds before the try is awarded. The difficult conversion is successful. Tawa 9 OBU 20 53 Mins Great kick from Dale down into Tawa corner. Tawa lineout. OBU backs are caught offside. Tawa clears to touch about halfway. An action replay takes Tawa into the 22. Morgan is issued a team warning. Tawa mounts an attack down the sideline and the Tawa fans are ecstatic but Kyle has taken care of the hooker who is in touch before the corner. Kurt Sickler on for Sam Reid (injury) 58 Mins Tawa concede a penalty on the 22 for backs offside. The referee issues another warning to both teams. Josh Gimblett on for Matt Sleith (tactical) Matt has had yet another busy day at the office. This time in the number 7 shirt after a few weeks in the front row. 63 Mins Tawa has a strong scrum which they drive off to the left. The OBU clean-out comes from the side and the ball is cleared out to the touch on halfway. 65 Mins OBU has a strong lineout drive to disrupt Tawa possession. Tawa’s experimental kick pass to the left wing doesn’t pay off as OBU is awarded a penalty possibly for in front of the kicker. Cleared down to 15 Meters out from Tawa line. 66 Mins Another powerful OBU lineout drive at the line with Shamus taking it over to keep his try tally marching on (2nd equal for Wellington premier rugby, 1 ahead of Sam Reid and 2 ahead of Ty Poe and Taine Plumtree!) OBU were under penalty advantage for collapsing again. Conversion successful. Substitutions – Luke Chisholm on for Fui at tighthead prop (tactical) Wirangi Parata on for Kenan Gillson at hooker (tactical) Great to see these two back in action after a few weeks off for injury. Tawa 9 OBU 27 75 Mins Matt Fowler on for Kyle Preston at halfback (tactical) Izzy Foai on for Adam Clarke (tactical). Clarky was on the wing but Izzy is usually a 2nd 5. I didn’t get much time to work out who moved to where but safe to say Izzy’s hard ball running was back on display nearer to the ruck than wing. Great to have him back! Josh  makes a great break from a lineout but the pass in the tackle goes into touch. 78 Mins Long period of OBU attacking the Tawa line. Tawa infringe and seeking the bonus point, OBU takes the lineout in the corner. 81 Mins From there an error leads to a Tawa scrum. they bravely try to run it out to salvage something from the game. Eventually they knock it on from some strong OBU defence. From the scrum OBU are penalised for not rolling away and after a few more phases the game is whistled to completion. All in all a well taken victory. OBU looked in control for most of the match while not ever looking completely dominant. That was probably the strongest scrummaging side of the season so far. We didn’t get the clear advantage we have usually enjoyed. That’s to Tawa’s credit. There were a lot of penalties, but to that we’d have to say there was a lot of infringing! The referee had a very good game I thought. The post Match Report Rd 7 Swindale – OBU defence wins the day against determined Tawa appeared first on OBU Rugby.
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• • Weekly Wrap Up (Week 10, Term 2)

    • 19 Jun 2020
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates Monday 29 June: Open Evening Wednesday 1 July: Music Evening please note change of date Friday 3 July: End of Term 2 Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Wednesday 22 July: Parents Evening (Senior Students) Monday 27 July: Parents Evening (Junior Students) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits WHS Last Friday, as part of the Creatives in Schools initiative, which is enabling our He Kākano students to work with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern visited WHS. This visit presented the opportunity for the Prime Minister to announce an additional $4 million for the project which will ultimately enable students from 500 NZ schools to work with professonal artists and creative practitioners, benefiting from their specialist artistic knowledge and creative practices. Thirteen of our He Kākano students are involved in the programme which is aimed at enhancing student wellbeing and improving their ‘core competencies in communication, collaboration and creative thinking’, as well as inspiring awareness of careers in the arts and creative sectors. As part of the visit He Kākano shared what they had learned prior to lockdown, demonstrating fantastic memory of their routines and great coordination too. The Prime Minister also met students passionate about the creative arts, taking time to talk to them about their interests and talents.               Important information Breakfast club We are pleased to announce that we are opening up a Breakfast Club at the school from the start of Term 3.  This will run in the canteen each day and will be free to any student who wishes to start the a nutritious bowl of Weetbix. Resources for your mental health Melon Manual is a kete of resources specifically for teenagers’ emotional wellbeing. Supported by the Ministry of Health, the website provides videos and worksheets and advice to support the young people of Aotearoa. You can access the resources here Dyslexia – How you can help WHS Community Education Centre has a 2.5 hour talk with  expert Mike Styles, on Dyslexia – How You Can Help. This is an interactive and participatory session to assist parents and loved ones understand and support a family member or friend who has dyslexia or a similar learning difference. Wednesday 24 June – 5.30pm-8pm $20  Call 04 385 8919 to enrol or go here: https://www.cecwellington.ac.nz/w/courses/1506-dyslexia-how-you-can-help Now that we are at alert Level 1, CEC courses are back up and running with a wide variety of courses on offer. To find out more, and enrol, click on the image below of visit cecwellington.ac.nz. What’s happening? He Kākano hard at work This week the He Kākano students have been busy in science, art, fashion and design classes.                     Achievements DocEdge documentary success Contratulations to Year 10 Sky Gobbi who has secured 3rd place in the DocEdge Student Short Documentary Competition last week. Now that it has had its premiere, Sky’s documentary can be shared. To view, click on the image below or visit https://youtu.be/jVdvCoy9TSY.
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    A response to the Destiny Church: applying Christian ethics in a time of pandemic - Rev Allister Lane

    • 17 May 2020
    • St John's in the City
    • <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Last week Brian Tamaki vowed to hold a Destiny service this Sunday in defiance of the decision by the Government to continue the ban on large gatherings under Alert Level 2. Tamaki urged other churches to join him (see Stuff Article). Many of us will have our own instincts in responding to the pandemic, with varying appetites for social controls and government guidelines. So, as well as assessing the risks of the virus, how do we assess how we do ‘the right thing’? What should guide us in whether we side with the opinion of Destiny Church, or not? Christian ethics offer resources for us at this time, to know how best to respond as individuals, as churches, as communities, being attentive to what really matters. Here are five points of Christian ethics for us to consider in how we respond to the pandemic. The sanctity of human life Truth telling Social justice Church Witness in the world Government. Each of these is consider in more detail below as an offering toward a moral framework to help respond well in a time of pandemic. 1. The sanctity of human life. God has shown through scripture and the incarnation of Jesus that human beings have sacred worth. Given this understanding of the inviolable sacredness of human life, there is an imperative for us to protect human life. This value of human life is linked to love of neighbour. In Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, we are invited to consider what this means with regard to responding to the physical health, safety and well-being of the stranger (Luke 10:25-37). In his book Kingdom Ethics, David Gushee states “Love sees with compassion and enters into the situation of persons in bondage.” (David P. Gushee, Kingdom Ethics (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2016), 204. ) The life and teaching of Jesus has shaped our understanding of prioritizing human health, and influenced the medicine and nursing vocations in caring for the sick, disabled and dying. Because Christians value the sanctity of human life, we strive to minimize any threat that destroys human life. We have all been presented with the evidence of the risks of large gatherings and how they unduly danger the lives and health of our neighbours. 2. Truth telling. A commitment to truthfulness is recognised as a hallmark of humility and forgiveness exercised in Christian discipleship. An openness to recognising the evidence and facing reality, in a way that allows our perceptions to be changed, is necessary in the pursuit of truth and the sharing of truth. We can therefore support the provision of clear and transparent information that offers guidance for making informed decisions. Insofar as the New Zealand Government and Health officials have offered clear and direct guidelines for mitigating the risks of the pandemic by limiting large gatherings, Christians should take this into account. 3. Social justice Scripture shows that human freedom is important to maintain. But human freedom is not ‘individualistic moral authority’ ( Gushee, Kingdom Ethics, 209) , rather it thrives when we live with love toward others by fostering compassionate justice. We must always recognise and advance the freedom of the other. In scripture justice is always ‘from below’, showing consideration and caring for the most vulnerable among us. Justice is only full when it includes justice for those who are the least in society. A pandemic affects everybody, but does not affect everybody equally. Our response must pay special attention therefore to those who are most vulnerable. Covid-19 is particularly dangerous and deadly to those among us who are elderly and have underlying health issues. Christians must therefore have particular regard for these vulnerable people among us. 4. Church Witness in the world Jesus says to his followers “…you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) The witness of the Church is to point to the person of Jesus as God’s revelation of truth, justice and compassion. What does the Church look and sound like when getting all grouchy and demanding our rights? Civil disobedience can be noble, and has been part of campaigns by Christians for standing up for what is right, but whose interests are we protecting? If we are witnesses to Christ, our actions will align with the interests of the least powerful and influential; we will demonstrate Christ’s love for those who may be otherwise overlooked by society. The Church exists for the sake of the world, and therefore its primary concern is not the preservation of its own internal activity. 5. Government. As part of Christian ethics, the Church must consider what is the ‘right’ relationship to hold with the Government. This needs to be assessed according to the system of government and the particular governing authorities of the time. In scripture we hear the deliberately subversive teaching of Jesus, who stated “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:13-17; Matthew 22:15-22; Luke 20:20-26). Jesus distanced himself from the Roman power structure and tax system that oppressed the poor, and cultivated idolatry. Christians live in a tension that recognises the appropriate role of the governing authorities, while giving ultimate loyalty to God as citizens of heaven (Philippians 3:20). Importantly, the prohibition on large gatherings is not a prohibition of worship. Indeed, most churches are creatively using multiple forms of technology to continue worshipping. Therefore the ban on large gatherings for the sake of the common good is part of the appropriate role of the governing authorities – it is part of ‘the things that are Caesar’s’! Conclusion These five points of Christian ethics are offered to assist us in adequately considering how we best respond to the pandemic. They are guidance for us, as we try to do the right thing. These points are offered as a contribution toward a robust moral framework that helps us assess particular actions, decisions, proposals and priorities. But, we also need to maintain a gracious disposition toward others – especially those immediately around us. Let us not be too quick to condemn. With grace as our guide, we can assume the best in others, discover the way forward together and default to human solidarity – just as Jesus shows us. With thanks for the input of Dr Derek Woodard-Lehman and the group members of the St John’s Daily Devotion Together.
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