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1486 days ago

Mahogany Unit

Komal from Melrose

Beautiful Mahogany Unit - excellent condition
Price negotiable

Price: $500

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1486 days ago

Labour proposes making Matariki a public holiday?

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Wellingtonians, what do you think of Labour's plan to make Matariki a public holiday?

Labour will make Matariki New Zealand’s twelfth public holiday if re-elected.

The new winter public holiday would fall at some point during the Matariki period, with an expectation that it would always … View more
Wellingtonians, what do you think of Labour's plan to make Matariki a public holiday?

Labour will make Matariki New Zealand’s twelfth public holiday if re-elected.

The new winter public holiday would fall at some point during the Matariki period, with an expectation that it would always happen on either a Monday or a Friday.

The exact timing of Matariki shifts every year as it relates to a star cluster reappearing and has traditionally varied between Iwi.

It would be the first new public holiday since the Third Labour Government made Waitangi Day a public holiday in 1973, although then Prime Minister Norman Kirk called it “New Zealand Day”.

Please mark any comments Not For Publication if you do not want to be quoted in a story.

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1486 days ago

Oak Dresser

Komal from Melrose

Beautiful Oak Dresser

Excellent Condition

Price: $350

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1490 days ago

Make a desk organiser

The Team from Resene ColorShop Basin Reserve

Messy desk, messy life, so they say. Even if you disagree with the sentiment, there’s something calming about having an organised desk that lets you concentrate on being productive on the work that matters.

Keep your desktop clutter free with this clever DIY desk organiser. This one uses a … View more
Messy desk, messy life, so they say. Even if you disagree with the sentiment, there’s something calming about having an organised desk that lets you concentrate on being productive on the work that matters.

Keep your desktop clutter free with this clever DIY desk organiser. This one uses a green/blue paint palette, but get creative with the Resene colours that you love.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create your own.

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1488 days ago

Chef cat biscuits

Angie from Miramar

Bought a couple of bags of chef but my cats prefer whiskers &10

1486 days ago

Mary Potter Street Appeal

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Mary Potter Hospice's Street Appeal is only two weeks away and they need your help.

On Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September Mary Potter needs a thousand people wearing Mary Potter Hospice bibs and holding collection buckets across the streets of Wellington, Porirua and Kāpiti.

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1486 days ago

Central Library submissions closing soon!

Simone Borgstede from Wellington City Council

There is still a few hours left to have your say on the future of the Central Library!
Head to the website now and make your submission before 5pm today - Monday 7 September.
letstalk.wellington.govt.nz...

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1487 days ago

Baby girl clothing.

Kirihika from Island Bay

Bulk baby clothes.
Mixed brands, mokopuna, bonds, TNT and some other Australian brands.
Only selling as bulk, offeres welcome.

Price: $60

1487 days ago

Shakespearean twist to McDonald's drive-through

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

When Covid-19 shook up the format of the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, three year-13 students from Wellington College used the opportunity to get off the stage and onto location.

Year-13 Wellington College students Logan Forsyth, Joshua Kemp Whimp, and George Parker decided to film a scene … View more
When Covid-19 shook up the format of the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, three year-13 students from Wellington College used the opportunity to get off the stage and onto location.

Year-13 Wellington College students Logan Forsyth, Joshua Kemp Whimp, and George Parker decided to film a scene from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, in a car. The boys were old hands at the competition, having entered every year for the past five years.

The competition was usually done in person, with students performing a scene on a stage. This year, due to Covid-19 bans on gatherings, all submissions were to be made in the video form. The camera had to be static, but the rules didn’t specify it was to be set on-stage. The students threw out their existing scenes, and used the opportunity to stand out by filming in a car in a McDonald's drive-through

For their efforts, the students were awarded the prize for outstanding delivery of the text, and the two actors who showed the strongest and most truthful connection between them. They were also given coveted spots in the SGCNZ 2020 National Shakespeare Schools Production, which teacher Kirsty Hazledine said was “quite an accolade”.

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1487 days ago

Math Teacher

Adam from Newtown

My name is Adam Awad, I want a Math teacher for my daughter for at least 2 hrs a week. I want a woman teacher. My daughter goes Wellington East Girls College year 11 text to me 0274125758.
Adam

1490 days ago

Future bleak for Lambton Quay business

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

What is the future of businesses on Lambton Quay?

Two well known business have indicated they are struggling and Eftpos transactions are down 19 percent from the same time last year.

Wellington City councillor Simon Woolf says the outlook for Wellington’s Lambton Quay is so bad he is moving his… View more
What is the future of businesses on Lambton Quay?

Two well known business have indicated they are struggling and Eftpos transactions are down 19 percent from the same time last year.

Wellington City councillor Simon Woolf says the outlook for Wellington’s Lambton Quay is so bad he is moving his family photography business from the street after more than 60 years.

Sam Cranfield, whose wife Val established the Cranfields gift store now situated off Lambton Quay, told councillors at a meeting on Thursday the couple were liable for $750,000 if the business went bust, something he was very concerned would happen.

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1487 days ago

Firewood for next year

Lu from Houghton Bay

We just had our pohutakawa cut down, there’s some nice logs here for next years fire. Will likely need a bit more cutting to size. Free to someone who will take the lot! Hopefully the photos give you a sense of the size of the two piles of wood. Pick up is Houghton Bay.

Free

1487 days ago

Has Covid delayed your surgery?

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

We are working on a story about people who have missed out on seeing a specialist due to Covid and the lockdown.
Are you, or is anyone you know, still waiting for a first specialist appointment?
Please contact Bridie Witton if you are happy to chat for a story at bridie.witton@stuff.co.nz or … View more
We are working on a story about people who have missed out on seeing a specialist due to Covid and the lockdown.
Are you, or is anyone you know, still waiting for a first specialist appointment?
Please contact Bridie Witton if you are happy to chat for a story at bridie.witton@stuff.co.nz or 0272852368.

1487 days ago

Pulse sign Gail Parata

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Gail Parata will take over from Yvette McCausland-Durie as head coach of the Central Pulse netball champions.

Parata, 52, headed offshore in 2013 and spent six years as head coach of the Scottish Thistles national team.

She said she was “absolutely delighted’’ to return home to the Pulse … View more
Gail Parata will take over from Yvette McCausland-Durie as head coach of the Central Pulse netball champions.

Parata, 52, headed offshore in 2013 and spent six years as head coach of the Scottish Thistles national team.

She said she was “absolutely delighted’’ to return home to the Pulse head coaching role. Last year, Parata, who has a Master of Science Performance Coaching degree, took Scotland, a team of athletes who largely work full-time or are students, to their highest ever world ranking of seventh.

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