It is with sadness that we advise that Barbara Neish passed away 1 February 2013. Barbara was the former Secretary and Records Secretary of Swimming Wellington and a Life Member of the Upper Hutt Swimming Club. Our condolenses to John and His family. Barabara’s funeral is scehduled to take place on Friday 8 February at 2pm at the Heretaunga Christian Centre in Upper Hutt.
It is with great sadness that Swimming Wellington advises the passing of Bill Matson who was a Vice President of FINA, swimmings world governing body. Bill had attended the FINA World Championships in Shanghai. Bill was awarded a Queens Service Medal last year [ONZM] and was awarded the Wellington Sports Life Time Achievement Award for services to Swimming in 2010.
In this reflective session, Sarah Hopkinson, Head of Learning at Te Papa, explores the vital role museums play within Aotearoa’s wider education ecosystem and the unique ways they nurture creativity, collaboration, and community.
Petone with the Swindale Shield on their home ground, following today’s win over Paremata-Plimmerton. Photo: Grant Wall. By Steven White & Scott MacLean Petone are the 2026 Swindale Shield champions, winning the first-round title for the 16th time with next week’s final round to spare with a 43-17 win over Paremata-Plimmerton this afternoon. Petone and...
Victoria University’s Classics Museum examines the complex afterlives of antiquities through two remarkable objects—a Roman portrait head now subject to repatriation after being identified as illicitly excavated, and a richly carved child’s sarcophagus later revealed to be a modern forgery.
