Wilton and Tawa
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When the media advocate racism to hide the real culprits behind bad driving
- Jack Yan
- This op–ed in the Fairfax Press smacks of typical yellow peril journalism that has come to typify what passes for some media coverage of late.
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- roseneath
- titahi-bay
- berhampore
- cuba-street
- wainuiomata
- civic-square
- wairarapa
- karori
- kelburn
- khandallah
- tawa
- stokes-valley
- paraparaumu
- makara
- brooklyn
- hutt-valley
- worser-bay
- hataitai
- ngaio
- lyall-bay
- wadestown
- waterfront
- mount-cook
- paremata
- wilton
- begonia-house
- mount-victoria
- newtown
- aro-valley
- newlands
- kilbirnie
- seatoun
- northland
- thorndon
- island-bay
- miramar
- oriental-bay
- johnsonville
- porirua
- eastbourne
Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Building a road and saving 30 seconds
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley.
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
- Tagged as:
- oriental-bay
- tawa
- khandallah
- makara
- worser-bay
- stokes-valley
- mount-cook
- island-bay
- hataitai
- civic-square
- ngaio
- northland
- roseneath
- newtown
- thorndon
- hutt-valley
- titahi-bay
- paraparaumu
- wadestown
- miramar
- porirua
- johnsonville
- wainuiomata
- lyall-bay
- wilton
- begonia-house
- paremata
- eastbourne
- karori
- mount-victoria
- kelburn
- kilbirnie
- berhampore
- aro-valley
- brooklyn
- wairarapa
- seatoun
- cuba-street
- waterfront
- newlands
- takapu-valley
Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Who are the single season points and try scoring record holders?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Brandyn Laursen (left) and Mike Clamp (right) who we think hold the respective Wellington club rugby single season points and try scoring records.
- Accepted from Rugby Club Weekly Feed
- Tagged as:
- worser-bay
- newlands
- roseneath
- hataitai
- paraparaumu
- newtown
- cuba-street
- khandallah
- aro-valley
- lyall-bay
- stokes-valley
- mount-victoria
- tawa
- seatoun
- eastbourne
- paremata
- island-bay
- berhampore
- ngaio
- kelburn
- miramar
- johnsonville
- waterfront
- karori
- oriental-bay
- titahi-bay
- wairarapa
- mount-cook
- kilbirnie
- civic-square
- northland
- hutt-valley
- brooklyn
- wadestown
- wainuiomata
- makara
- thorndon
- wilton
- porirua
- begonia-house
Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Grab some gravel
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Take some hard fill for your home and garden projects this weekend - and help protect your community from flooding.
- Accepted from GW Feed
- Tagged as:
- kilbirnie
- roseneath
- stokes-valley
- aro-valley
- wilton
- miramar
- tawa
- worser-bay
- ngaio
- makara
- begonia-house
- waterfront
- island-bay
- thorndon
- hutt-valley
- wainuiomata
- newlands
- mount-victoria
- kelburn
- seatoun
- paraparaumu
- johnsonville
- hataitai
- wairarapa
- lyall-bay
- eastbourne
- paremata
- wadestown
- karori
- oriental-bay
- mount-cook
- civic-square
- porirua
- cuba-street
- brooklyn
- northland
- titahi-bay
- khandallah
- newtown
- berhampore
Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Found a Facebook bot? Facebook wants you to leave it as reporting option vanishes
- Jack Yan
- Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight.
- Accepted from Jack Yan posts
- Tagged as:
- wilton
- seatoun
- waterfront
- newtown
- hutt-valley
- northland
- kelburn
- begonia-house
- island-bay
- berhampore
- hataitai
- makara
- paraparaumu
- mount-victoria
- oriental-bay
- newlands
- johnsonville
- mount-cook
- wairarapa
- aro-valley
- tawa
- roseneath
- lyall-bay
- porirua
- cuba-street
- worser-bay
- thorndon
- khandallah
- eastbourne
- ngaio
- titahi-bay
- paremata
- civic-square
- wainuiomata
- wadestown
- brooklyn
- stokes-valley
- kilbirnie
- karori
- miramar
Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Summer Interclub Round 2 Results
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Week 2 results are below: 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Premier 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Divisions FYI the draw schedules are here.
- Accepted from Table Tennis Wellington blog posts
- Tagged as:
- lyall-bay
- johnsonville
- island-bay
- stokes-valley
- civic-square
- aro-valley
- wainuiomata
- kilbirnie
- paremata
- paraparaumu
- waterfront
- thorndon
- makara
- wilton
- ngaio
- hataitai
- newtown
- khandallah
- begonia-house
- berhampore
- kelburn
- worser-bay
- miramar
- wadestown
- mount-victoria
- mount-cook
- newlands
- hutt-valley
- tawa
- roseneath
- titahi-bay
- oriental-bay
- seatoun
- brooklyn
- northland
- karori
- wairarapa
- eastbourne
- cuba-street
- porirua
Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Commuting by bicycle in Wellington
- Cycling in Wellington
- In the past few years the number of people I see on bikes riding from Newtown to town in the morning has literally quadrupled. Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. Namely:
- Accepted from Cycling in Wellington posts
- Tagged as:
- waterfront
- hutt-valley
- kilbirnie
- porirua
- hataitai
- karori
- newtown
- cuba-street
- miramar
- khandallah
- titahi-bay
- ngaio
- oriental-bay
- seatoun
- worser-bay
- mount-victoria
- wilton
- mount-cook
- paraparaumu
- roseneath
- wadestown
- paremata
- makara
- island-bay
- berhampore
- stokes-valley
- johnsonville
- eastbourne
- brooklyn
- begonia-house
- wairarapa
- kelburn
- northland
- thorndon
- civic-square
- newlands
- lyall-bay
- wainuiomata
- aro-valley
- tawa
Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Champion of Champions Pairs Progress
- Tawa Bowling Club
- The finals of the Wellington Champion of Champions Pairs are currently underway at the Hutt club: For the men defending champions Ben King and Peter Batchelor from Wilton are 13–5 up against Lyall Bay's Brian Petherick. For the women the Hutt team are 10–9 up against Mandy Boyd and Dale Lang from Johnsonville. Many thanks to Thelma Chapman for providing the results and progress scores.
- Accepted from Bowls Tawa news
- Tagged as:
- johnsonville
- wilton
- lyall-bay
Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Open Singles underway at Tawa
- Tawa Bowling Club
- The Bowls Wellington Open Singles are now underway at 13 venues across Wellington and the Hutt. At stake is the much-coveted solo-discipline title for the 2011–12 season. The photo shows Wilton's Ben King measuring, Paul Everett from Eastbourne looking on and marker Lynn Fenwick.
- Accepted from Bowls Tawa news
- Tagged as:
- eastbourne
- wilton
- tawa
Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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