Thorndon / December 2020
January 2021 | November 2020-
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The Godwits
- Newtown Festival
- Vic and Lis met at Thorndon Farmers’ Market a few years ago where Vic was playing his songs to an appreciative crowd. Playing acoustic tunes about love and life, they go by the principle that more is less while aspiring to an orchestral sound with two guitars and two voices. Although genre fluid their sound could be loosely labeled Americana.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The gloriousness of teenage girls
- Katherine Mansfield House
- From one Wellington teenage girl to another. In Leila Barber's valedictory speech as Head Girl of Samuel Marsden Collegiate in 2020, she finds Katherine Mansfield's writing as a teenager captures something pretty special: the gloriousness of teenage girls.
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Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Make safe space for cycling on Thorndon Quay
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- We all deserve safe streets.
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Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Michalia Arathimos on Standing Room Only, RNZ
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- Our 2020 New Zealand resident Michalia Arathimos is nearing the end of her stay at Randell Cottage – and we’ll be very sad to see her go. Last week she spoke to Lynn Freeman of Radio New Zealand’s Standing Room Only about returning to Wellington, life in the cottage and its impact on her project, […]
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Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Lynn Davidson selected as 2021 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- Newly returned to Aotearoa New Zealand after four years teaching and writing in Edinburgh, Lynn Davidson is to be the 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow.
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Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Michalia Arathimos – 2020
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- Michalia Arathimos has just returned from Australia, where she lived in Melbourne and other places. She has published work in The Lifted Brow, Westerly, Overland, Landfall, Headland, JAAM, Sport, Turbine, and elsewhere. She won the Sunday Star Times Short Story Prize in 2016. Her first novel, Aukati, was published by MÄkaro Press and launched at Melbourne Writers Festival. Arathimos is working […]
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Randell Cottage, 14, St Mary Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Regional Junior Science Competition Winners
- Wellington Girls' College
- After a hard day of presenting and arguing their ‘research’ findings in front of a panel of jurors, WGC’s team were declared the winners (for the second year in a row) for the Wellington Regional Science Tournament (the final scoreboard says it all). Congratulations to the team and staff involved.
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Wellington Girls' College, Pipitea Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Visit to Parliament
- Wellington Girls' College
- Six of our Year 10s were invited to attend the Office of the Children’s Commissioner launch of their Child Poverty Report – the students asked questions of the panel, including Children’s Commissioner Hon. Judge Andrew Becroft and Prime Minister Jacinda Arden. Thanks to Mr Mason for coordinating this event and supporting the students who attended.
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Wellington Girls' College, Pipitea Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Junior A Volleyball
- Wellington Girls' College
- The WGC Junior A Volleyballers, coached by Urs Daellenbach and Rhiannon Bond and captained by Tayla Adamson, won division one last night going through undefeated 7/7 games. Congratulations to the team and coaches for this impressive season.
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Wellington Girls' College, Pipitea Street, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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