Brooklyn, Wellington

1468 days ago

Help wanted for story on Early Childhood Education

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

A new study has found kids in Early Childhood Education have fewer emotional and social issues than those who do not attend. But, they also have higher rates of common childhood illnesses, and hospitalisation.

Stuff is looking for a parent who would be happy to talk about their child's … View more
A new study has found kids in Early Childhood Education have fewer emotional and social issues than those who do not attend. But, they also have higher rates of common childhood illnesses, and hospitalisation.

Stuff is looking for a parent who would be happy to talk about their child's experience in ECE. Get in touch by emailing laura.wiltshire@sttuff.co.nz

1468 days ago

Congratulations Josie, Karori Youth Award winner

Inge Doig from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

At Marsden students are encouraged to be aware of their place in their local and global community from a young age. Considerations and giving to others through Service has always been embraced by the girls. Congratulations Josie for the positive difference you are making in the lives of others! … View moreAt Marsden students are encouraged to be aware of their place in their local and global community from a young age. Considerations and giving to others through Service has always been embraced by the girls. Congratulations Josie for the positive difference you are making in the lives of others! Your gold Karori Youth Award is well deserved!

1469 days ago

Two Wgtn students in national piano competition

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Two Wellington residents have been selected to participate in a nationwide classical piano
competition.
The NZ Junior Piano Competition (NZJPC) is a biennial national competition for pre-tertiary pianists in New Zealand, competing for a total prize pool of over $4,000. NZJPC received over 40 … View more
Two Wellington residents have been selected to participate in a nationwide classical piano
competition.
The NZ Junior Piano Competition (NZJPC) is a biennial national competition for pre-tertiary pianists in New Zealand, competing for a total prize pool of over $4,000. NZJPC received over 40 entries this year from across New Zealand. Only 16 pianists aged between 10 to 18 were selected as semi-finalists, including Wellington College student, Zhe Ning Chin and St Patrick's College student, Otis Prescott-Mason.

The NZ Junior Piano Competition is presented by the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust and will take place on 1-5 October at Lewis Eady in Auckland, the home of Steinway pianos in New Zealand.

1469 days ago

Covid finishes Taylor's Phoenix career

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Frustration over Covid 19 and the uncertainty swirling around the A-League regarding the competition’s future was behind Steven Taylor's decision to leave the Wellington Phoenix.

Taylor says he was happy in Wellington and would liked to have stayed.

“At 34 I want to know that I can … View more
Frustration over Covid 19 and the uncertainty swirling around the A-League regarding the competition’s future was behind Steven Taylor's decision to leave the Wellington Phoenix.

Taylor says he was happy in Wellington and would liked to have stayed.

“At 34 I want to know that I can continue [playing], that I've got the security, but at the moment no one is giving me answers. I’m asking when is the season going to start?

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1469 days ago

Brooklyn Scouts - Shave for a Cure

David from Mornington

Kia ora,
We have a Brooklyn Scout, Alex, who would like to support Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ by doing Shave for a Cure. Our Kaiārahi (leaders) are also showing their support for this great cause - Joss and David will also be shaving their hair.
Please make a donation on our shave for a cure … View more
Kia ora,
We have a Brooklyn Scout, Alex, who would like to support Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ by doing Shave for a Cure. Our Kaiārahi (leaders) are also showing their support for this great cause - Joss and David will also be shaving their hair.
Please make a donation on our shave for a cure page to help support this vital cause - (https:/shaveforacure.everydayhero.com/nz/brooklyn-scouts)

David will also allow the highest pledge to shave his head into whatever style they like (though at the end of the night it will all come off!!) So show your support for Alex, David, Joss, and other participants by visiting the pledge page (link above) making a donation. The hair shaving happens Tuesday 22 September at the Brooklyn Scout Hall (between 7pm and 9pm). Please forward this email to those you know to show we care about saving lives.

Ngā mihi nui Brooklyn Scout Group

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1469 days ago

Wellington to host Bledisloe Cup match

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Wellington is set to host a Bledisloe Cup match on Sunday October 11 at 3.30pm. The second test will be played in Auckland the following week.

It is not yet known when tickets for the two Bledisloe tests will go on sale with the details and crowd numbers dependent on updates on the … View more
Wellington is set to host a Bledisloe Cup match on Sunday October 11 at 3.30pm. The second test will be played in Auckland the following week.

It is not yet known when tickets for the two Bledisloe tests will go on sale with the details and crowd numbers dependent on updates on the Government's Covid-19 Alert Levels.

Are you looking forward to the big match.

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1471 days ago

What are you doing to acknowledge Māori Language Week?

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

The Dominion Post is celebrating Māori Language Week by changing its masthead. Tell us what you or an organisation you are involved with are doing to raise awareness.

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1469 days ago

Tetraplegic disputes $30k motel bill

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

A tetraplegic man is fighting ACC and the Ministry of Social Development over a $30,000 debt, accumulated after he was put up in a motel when there were no suitable homes with wheelchair access.

Both organisations stopped funding the motel even though John Horsfield, 53, had nowhere else to go. He… View more
A tetraplegic man is fighting ACC and the Ministry of Social Development over a $30,000 debt, accumulated after he was put up in a motel when there were no suitable homes with wheelchair access.

Both organisations stopped funding the motel even though John Horsfield, 53, had nowhere else to go. He was thrown from a scooter in February 2015, while travelling at 70 kilometres an hour.

”I landed squarely on my back. If I had rolled I would’ve broken my arms and legs,” he said.

Ministry of Social Development regional commissioner Gagau Annandale-Stone said Horsfield didn’t qualify for emergency housing support, because he had significant cash assets, including a large ACC pay-out. “We advised John that we were no longer able to make the emergency grant non-recoverable, and he would need to pay it back,” he said.

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1471 days ago

Poll: Should we be building quarantine facilities instead of using hotels for Covid 19 quarantine

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Experts are warning that there will be more pandemics in the future.
Rather than put people in hotels, some experts are arguing we should put people in purpose built facilities.

Professor Nick Wilson, of Otago University’s public heath department, said returnee breakouts and virus spread from … View more
Experts are warning that there will be more pandemics in the future.
Rather than put people in hotels, some experts are arguing we should put people in purpose built facilities.

Professor Nick Wilson, of Otago University’s public heath department, said returnee breakouts and virus spread from hotels which were not built for a pandemic means there is still the risk of another Auckland-sized outbreak.

Wilson told Stuff instead of hotels spread across the country, New Zealand needed a purpose-built facility in a more remote area with flight connections, like the Ōhakea Air Base in Manawatū. Planes carrying returnees could fly direct, and passengers should be tested several days before departure.

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Should we be building quarantine facilities instead of using hotels for Covid 19 quarantine
  • 65.4% Yes
    65.4% Complete
  • 34.6% No
    34.6% Complete
266 votes
1470 days ago

Support for Wellington to be called Te Whanganui-a-Tara following Māori Party's language policy announcement

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

A Māori Party proposal to change the name of Wellington to Te Whanganui-a-Tara has the support of city leaders.

Kaumātua and Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa ki te Upoko o te Ika a Maui chairman Kura Moeahu said he strongly supported the move to return place names to the original ingoa Māori. It … View more
A Māori Party proposal to change the name of Wellington to Te Whanganui-a-Tara has the support of city leaders.

Kaumātua and Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa ki te Upoko o te Ika a Maui chairman Kura Moeahu said he strongly supported the move to return place names to the original ingoa Māori. It would helps everyone understand the local history, he said. "There is a narration that goes with each of these names.

Wellington City Councillor Jill Day (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), who holds the Māori Partnerships portfolio, welcomed the announcement.

Commuters spoken to in Wellington by Stuff also supported the idea. Craig Lambert thought Te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui was a more inclusive alternative. ”It represents all people.”

“Many of our cities and towns were named after people who never came to Aotearoa, with no consideration of the names that were already in use,” Day said.

Fellow Councillor Tamatha Paul (Ngāti Awa and Waikato Tainui) said there were about 39 places called Wellington in the world.

A poll on Neighbourly with over 520 respondents was 81 per cent against a name change.

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1469 days ago

Wanted delivery of a washing machine pls

Sivi from Island Bay

Looking for someone who can help by moving a washing machine from Dixon St, Wellington CBD to Island Bay, Murchison St for a fee pls.

1469 days ago

Somersaulting Wgtn councillor

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

If it were not for an injury in 2018, Wellington City Cr Sean Rush would still be competing in gymnastics, aged 51.

It was a sport he got into as a 9-year-old in Hawke’s Bay. By his teen years he was representing New Zealand. At the age of 15 he got a near-perfect 9.9 score on the high beam at … View more
If it were not for an injury in 2018, Wellington City Cr Sean Rush would still be competing in gymnastics, aged 51.

It was a sport he got into as a 9-year-old in Hawke’s Bay. By his teen years he was representing New Zealand. At the age of 15 he got a near-perfect 9.9 score on the high beam at an Australian competition.

He gave it away but started again, aged about 40 in Calgary, Canada. When he returned to New Zealand he went to Capital Gym Sports in Newtown with hopes of competing again as a 50-year-old. But that dream ended when he “buggered” his knee doing a summersault.

He is just one of a number of councillors with a hidden talent

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1470 days ago

Washing baskets

Ruzana from Te Aro

Two washing baskets hardly used

Price: $10

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1470 days ago

Nissan National Demonstrator Sale

The Team from Gazley

Nissan’s National 4 day Demonstrator sale starts Wednesday the 16th until Sunday the 20th of September.

Save thousands across the Nissan range on near new Demonstrators, to view our current Nissan stock check out the link or www.gazleynissan.com, or give us a call on 04 381 3000.
Find out more

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1470 days ago

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