Sport

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Time to rise

Time to rise

I’ve been play­ing goal­keep­er for the Wel­ling­ton Phoenix for five sea­sons now. While I’ve had vari­ous reas­ons for anti­cip­at­ing a new sea­son dur­ing that time, I’ve nev­er had such a […]

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 […]

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 […]