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1485 days ago

A world full of opportunities

Queen Margaret College

Stepping into QMC Junior School marks the start of a learning adventure that equips students for their future. QMC is an IB World School, and proud to offer unparalleled excellence in research-based teaching, learning and wellbeing programmes.

Our Junior students learn new skills, develop … View more
Stepping into QMC Junior School marks the start of a learning adventure that equips students for their future. QMC is an IB World School, and proud to offer unparalleled excellence in research-based teaching, learning and wellbeing programmes.

Our Junior students learn new skills, develop confidence, aim for excellence, take risks, challenge and explore the world around them.

Every child enjoys access to a wide range of exhilarating cultural and sporting opportunities in a progressive, cosmopolitan, safe environment. We value diversity, and inclusivity – and are the school of choice for families from 54 countries worldwide.

Join us for Open Day, Years 4-6 to find out more and discover the difference a QM education will make to your child’s future.

Discover Years 4,5 and 6
Junior School Open Day
Wednesday 28 October
• 9am - 10.20am
• 5pm - 6.20pm

Places are limited. Book to avoid disappointment.
Find out more

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1486 days ago

What would you do with a $13.3 million house?

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

A lavish home, believed to be the largest new build in Wellington in more than a decade, is taking shape above Evans Bay.
The five-bedroom, 1400-square-metre house in Overtoun Terrace in Hataitai will be fitted with two bars, an indoor swimming pool, work areas, massage and games rooms, a “great… View more
A lavish home, believed to be the largest new build in Wellington in more than a decade, is taking shape above Evans Bay.
The five-bedroom, 1400-square-metre house in Overtoun Terrace in Hataitai will be fitted with two bars, an indoor swimming pool, work areas, massage and games rooms, a “great room”, and a home theatre.
It is being constructed on two sections of land, bought for $5.8m in 2016 by Wellington-based siblings Nigel and Susan Stanford.
The combined cost of the land and the house totals $13.3m.

1487 days ago

Monday Sport Blast From The Past

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Trish Hina could be the greatest sportswoman you have never heard of.
A product of Naenae College, she later settled in Gisborne, where she was a social worker.
Her sporting CV includes representing New Zealand in touch, softball, rugby and rugby league.
Initially, her sporting success came in … View more
Trish Hina could be the greatest sportswoman you have never heard of.
A product of Naenae College, she later settled in Gisborne, where she was a social worker.
Her sporting CV includes representing New Zealand in touch, softball, rugby and rugby league.
Initially, her sporting success came in softball, playing for New Zealand and helping her club and Hutt Valley win numerous titles.
League was however her first love and in 2000 Hina was named MVP at the first women’s World Cup, where New Zealand beat Great Britain 26-4.
She was prominent in the Kiwi Ferns retaining the World Cup in 2005 and 2008.
In the 2008 defence, Hina was named MVP for a second time. In the final, New Zealand thrashed Australia 34-0, with Hina scoring two tries and kicking three conversions.
In 2010, she achieved arguably her greatest achievement by being selected to play for the Black Ferns at the World Cup.
She became the first female to win rugby and league World Cups.
Towards the end of her career, Hina was diagnosed with kidney disease and she was unable to fulfill her dream of playing Sevens at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
In 2015, she was inducted as a Hutt Valley Sports Awards legend.

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1486 days ago

Residents meeting tonight...at 7.30pm

Carl from Brooklyn Residents Association Incorporated

REMINDER FOR TO NIGHT....

Hello,

You are cordially invited to the next (this Tuesday the 20th of October) meeting of the Greater Brooklyn Residents Association meeting at St Mathews Church at 7.30pm. We hope to see you there...the heaters will be on!

Tuesday's Agenda attached. Yours … View more
REMINDER FOR TO NIGHT....

Hello,

You are cordially invited to the next (this Tuesday the 20th of October) meeting of the Greater Brooklyn Residents Association meeting at St Mathews Church at 7.30pm. We hope to see you there...the heaters will be on!

Tuesday's Agenda attached. Yours sincerely,

Carl Savage

Secretary

for and on behalf of

*Greater Brooklyn Residents Association* *Incorporated (GBRAI)

Tuesday 20 October 2020

7.30pm

Future meetings at St Mathews Church, 96 Washington Ave, Brooklyn

2021 dates - Tuesday 2nd February 2021(provisionally to be confirmed); Tuesday 16th March 2021; Tuesday 18 May 2021; AGM 15 June 2021

Past meetings 2020 - General Election Candidates meeting Tuesday 25 August; Tuesday 20 October

AGENDA

1. Apologies:

2. Minutes of last meeting & matters arising

3. Finance $1,878.52 (as at 12/10/2020)

4. Business

(a) WCC Spatial Plan on housing – GBRAI submission

(b) Ohiro Road / Cleveland Street / Todman Street intersection discussions continued

(c) Harrison Street Council social housing construction update and proposal for a turning area

(d) Report back from representatives on Community liaison Group & WCC and contracted operators within WCC landfill; WCC run southern landfill Resource Consent status / extension and status of C & D landfill and T & T landfills

(e) Prince of Wales water reservoir – latest update

(f) Update on the Kingston bus hub and speed cushions (as opposed to judder bars)

(g) Brooklyn School re-development – completion in late October?

seeking another volunteer to advocate specifically for Kingston

(h) relocating meetings from St Mathews due to it being sold

(i) other items

1486 days ago

Wooden bedside table with cute details

Giulia from Newtown

A few scratched but otherwise great conditions. I think I still have the original handles if you don't like those ones.
Pick up Island bay!

Price: $30

1490 days ago

Possible Covid-19 case in Wellington

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

A person in Wellington has returned a “weak” suspected Covid-19 test, weeks after completing their isolation.
It is the capital’s first possible case outside the Government’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities in more than a month.
In a statement the Ministry of Health said the … View more
A person in Wellington has returned a “weak” suspected Covid-19 test, weeks after completing their isolation.
It is the capital’s first possible case outside the Government’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities in more than a month.
In a statement the Ministry of Health said the person returned from the United States in September and completed their 14 days in isolation on September 21.
They then became sick after completing the mandatory 14 days isolation while in Wellington this week and sought medical care. The details around the sickness are unknown.
The person returned a “weak” positive test on Thursday, meaning the infection was likely historical, and has since been transferred to a quarantine facility in Wellington.
The Ministry of Health is conducting further testing but testing to date suggest a historical infection is highly likely.

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1490 days ago

Feathered Friday Friend

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

This week we feature a kererū couple, photographed by Louise Thomas in Lower Hutt.
This is what she wrote about her picture.

"It was both beautiful and sobering coming across a nesting kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), aka wood pigeon, couple yesterday - I was following a grey warbler at … View more
This week we feature a kererū couple, photographed by Louise Thomas in Lower Hutt.
This is what she wrote about her picture.

"It was both beautiful and sobering coming across a nesting kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), aka wood pigeon, couple yesterday - I was following a grey warbler at the time. They had set up their twiggy nest in the crown of a punga tree.
The couple were so intensely private I felt like an atheist that had accidentally stumbled into a church or a mosque - big and bumbling and out of place, but in awe and still having a grotesque fascination for the stain-glass windows. I took my photos and quietly left."

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1487 days ago

With better grades comes higher self-esteem

NumberWorks'nWords Kilbirnie

With better grades comes higher self-esteem. Tutoring helps increase your child’s motivation and attitude so they are able to reach their full academic potential.

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1487 days ago

Lizards move into a 'hotel'

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Native lizards in Mt Cook have been rehomed to a local "hotel' as part of the project to build a reservoir.
Workers have started the excavation for the 35 million litre reservoir in the Wellington Town Belt, which will double the CBD’s drinking water storage.
In the three weeks before … View more
Native lizards in Mt Cook have been rehomed to a local "hotel' as part of the project to build a reservoir.
Workers have started the excavation for the 35 million litre reservoir in the Wellington Town Belt, which will double the CBD’s drinking water storage.
In the three weeks before work started, searchers rehomed 26 native northern grass skinks, some pregnant, and one copper skink – both protected species – from the site.
The four “lizard hotels” – piles of logs, soil, and leaf litter – were set up in an area overlooking the excavation site in August by volunteers from the community, and students from Wellington High School, overseen by a team from contractor HEB Construction.

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1487 days ago

Mould removal - Roman blinds

Robert Anderson from

Check out the result from these Roman Blinds. Looking good as new thanks to our cleaning team.
We've been doing this a LONG time - we're mould removal experts. Bring your mouldy curtains or blinds in for a clean up! No extra charges for mould treatment, included in cleaning cost.

1487 days ago

NEW GARDEN PARTY added to Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour 7-8 November

The Team from Destination Wairarapa

The 2020 Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour is on 7-8 November.- This is a top weekend for garden lovers and now JUST ANNOUNCED is a NEW addition to that weekend:
Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau presents The Pūkaha Garden Party. This is being held on Sunday, 8 November 3:30om - 7pm. Head to Rose &… View more
The 2020 Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour is on 7-8 November.- This is a top weekend for garden lovers and now JUST ANNOUNCED is a NEW addition to that weekend:
Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau presents The Pūkaha Garden Party. This is being held on Sunday, 8 November 3:30om - 7pm. Head to Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau after your day on the Pūkaha Garden Tour, or if you are simply looking for a lovely afternoon treat on the Rose & Smith Lawn.

Ticket are $40 and include Antipasto, Lighthouse G&T and Matahiwi Blanc De Blanc. Nature inspired treats will be on offer to purchase from local makers and growers and there'll be live entertainment. Buy your ticket for the Rose & Smith Garden Party here. www.eventbrite.co.nz...

Here's all about the Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour:

The 2020 tour showcases gardens in South Wairarapa – taking in the towns of Featherston, Martinborough, Greytown, Carterton and Gladstone. Your ticket provides entry into more than a dozen private gardens: Six of the gardens are new to Pūkaha’s Wairarapa Garden Tour. Several of these have never opened to the public before.
The 2020 tour will showcase rural native plantings, flourishing edibles, smart designs for urban spaces, flowers galore, sustainable gardens, subtropical delights plus mighty remnant regenerating forests.

- Gardens open from 9.30am-4.30pm each day. -• The tour is self-drive – set your own route: pick and choose your gardens according to what tickles your gardening fancy.
• Tickets and info available online wairarapagardentour.co.nz...

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1487 days ago

What is your favourite Welly Burger?

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Hey Wellingtonians, have you been checking out the burgers in Wellington on Plate.
There are plenty of options, including the 1815 Cafe and Bar's (pictured) Wild Scotsman. Served with Garage Project beer, it features a Wairarapa venison patty with beetroot chutney in a Scottish Mornington bun,… View more
Hey Wellingtonians, have you been checking out the burgers in Wellington on Plate.
There are plenty of options, including the 1815 Cafe and Bar's (pictured) Wild Scotsman. Served with Garage Project beer, it features a Wairarapa venison patty with beetroot chutney in a Scottish Mornington bun, with Prestons haggis bonbons and spiced redcurrant sauce.
Tell us what your favoutite burger is and feel free to post a picture.

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1487 days ago

Get decorating and $ave with Resene!

Resene

It’s time to get decorating! From now until 2 November 2020 get up to 30% off quality paint and wallpaper at your Resene ColorShop.

Get 30% off Resene premium paint 4L and under, 30% off wallpaper, 25% off Resene premium paint 10L, 25% off the retail price of accessories, and 25% off Resene … View more
It’s time to get decorating! From now until 2 November 2020 get up to 30% off quality paint and wallpaper at your Resene ColorShop.

Get 30% off Resene premium paint 4L and under, 30% off wallpaper, 25% off Resene premium paint 10L, 25% off the retail price of accessories, and 25% off Resene cleaning products.

Discounts off the normal retail price, excludes trade, Crown, wall decals, WallPrint and PaintWise levy.
Find your Resene ColorShop

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1488 days ago

HELP ME MOVE! Various items for sale

Giulia from Newtown

DM me for more info and pictures :)

Navy evening dress, size S - $20
Merrell running shoes, size EUR 37 - $30
HP printer - $50
Vintage blue flower shirt, size S/M - $20
Winter puffer jacket, size M - $30

Pick up Island Bay, small items I can send.
Cheers!

Negotiable

1488 days ago

White desk

Giulia from Newtown

Nice and simple white wooden desk.
Length 85cm, depth 60cm, height 70cm.
Pick up Island Bay.
Cheers!

Price: $30

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