AFL on Anzac Day

AFL on Anzac Day

For a coun­try where sport is such an import­ant and oft-cel­e­b­rated part of its cul­tur­al frame­work, New Zea­l­and is strangely bereft of tra­di­tion­al sport­ing fix­tures, even more so when it […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Trouble all the time

Trouble all the time

The term ‘back office’ can be over­used at times when assess­ing a sports organ­isa­tion, but with Wel­ling­ton Rugby it is hard to come up with any con­clu­sion oth­er than things […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Pulse on the rise

Pulse on the rise

This is the Cent­ral Pulse’s year. That is admit­tedly a bold and pos­sibly fool­hardy thing to say about any Wel­ling­ton-based sport­ing fran­chise, but this Cent­ral Pulse sea­son does have a […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Wellington welcomes the world

Wellington welcomes the world

Crick­et in the 21st cen­tury is a var­ied and com­plex entity, and noth­ing demon­strates that quite like this sum­mer in Wel­ling­ton. The appet­iser, if pies can be called an appetiser, […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Winning the turf war

Winning the turf war

Earli­er this year, my 14-year-old son com­pleted his second suc­cess­ive sea­son of col­lege foot­ball with no matches can­celled. His older broth­er, five years his seni­or, would fre­quently have sea­sons with […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Hello, my name is Wellington and I have this problem with NPC Finals.”

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To be a true Wel­ling­ton sports fan you need to be able to accept raised expect­a­tions fol­lowed by dis­ap­point­ment. This is a com­mon fea­ture across most codes with pro­fes­sion­al sides […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Saving the Basin?

Saving the Basin?

There is noth­ing like a good loc­al debate, and there is no debate in Wel­ling­ton at the moment quite like that sur­round­ing the Basin Reserve fly­over. There are many reasons […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.

Football Crazy

Football Crazy

One of the bold­est and most innov­at­ive ven­tures ever seen in Wel­ling­ton is almost upon us. On 26 July, the Wel­ling­ton Phoenix will host two Eng­lish Premi­er League teams on the […]

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About Graeme Beasley

One of those rare people: a born and bred Wel­ling­to­ni­an. And enough of a Wel­ling­to­ni­an to know how to pro­nounce Majoribanks Street. Has a soft spot for the Makara wind farm, the south coast and the buck­et foun­tain, but refuses to toot the horn in the Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel. Very famil­i­ar in hand­ling the full range of emo­tions gen­er­ated by sup­port­ing Wel­ling­ton sports team. Works in IT.