Newtown-its a bit sh*t

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Salmon swim upstream

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Anyone see the article in the Wellingtonian?

Some guy is selling t-shirts that have a pic of the Newtown Park Flats with the phrase- Newtown-its a bit sh*t

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4703110a27348.html

Apparently they are selling fast.
Well, i have lived in Newtown on and off for 8 years and i have to agree with the sentiment, but for me it is the only suburb that excites me.

All the things that make it a bit sh*t (the loonies, the refugees, the bizarre melange of cultures) are also the things that make it special, funny and colourful. it is the only Wgtn suburb that reminds me of some of the stranger british high streets like Kilburn or St Pauls, Bristol. and on fair day it is up there with Camden.

Plus it has Newtown Park, Home of Team Wgtn and Phoenix!

Frankly the posh suburbs of Wgtn; Kelburn,Khandallah, Wadestown et al bore the crap out of me.

yep, Newtown is a bit sh*t and i expect a litany of sh*tiness to come forth from you now, but in the interests of fair debate- what do you like about Newtown, and what scares the bezajus out of you.

Salmon072008-09-25 12:11:25

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I've seen that TShirt, its gold! I also live in Newtown and love the looniness of it all. My flat is next to a mental health day centre, some good laughs are had.
The carpark behind McDonalds at night time does put the sh*ts up me though

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I use to be a postie in Newtown & I was glad we never delivered at night !! Having said that, it is a colourful place in more ways than one. I can tell you that the annual Newtown Fair is better than the now boring Thorndon Fair - more ethnic food.

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My other half lives there and her b/days comin up... might have to get one of these too! lol

Classic

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Berhampore >> Newtown

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Salmon07 wrote:

Plus it has Newtown Park, Home of Team Wgtn, Phoenix and the diamonds!

Fixed - Sort ya self out salmon

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2ndBest wrote:

Salmon07 wrote:

Plus it has Newtown Park, Home of Team Wgtn, Phoenix and the diamonds!

Fixed - Sort ya self out salmon

They play netball there too?

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kiwi pie wrote:

Berhampore >> Newtown

yep, lived in B-Pore too- coutn that as Newtown, kinda.

Whats B-Pore got that N-Town doesn't? not much, except for one extra gang pad (and a good fish and chip shop)

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2ndBest wrote:

Salmon07 wrote:

Plus it has Newtown Park, Home of Team Wgtn, Phoenix and the diamonds and the bubbles!

Fixed - Sort ya self out salmon

Cos then i'd have to do this too~

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Salmon07 wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

Berhampore >> Newtown

yep, lived in B-Pore too- coutn that as Newtown, kinda.

Whats B-Pore got that N-Town doesn't? not much, except for one extra gang pad (and a good fish and chip shop)

Does Newtown have a golf course I don't know about?

I was born in Newtown, raised in Berhampore and played footy for Island Bay.

I'm South Welly to the bone, dawg.

kiwi pie2008-09-25 14:11:08

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kiwi pie wrote:

Salmon07 wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

Berhampore >> Newtown

yep, lived in B-Pore too- coutn that as Newtown, kinda.

Whats B-Pore got that N-Town doesn't? not much, except for one extra gang pad (and a good fish and chip shop)

Does Newtown have a golf course I don't know about?

I was born in Newtown, raised in Berhampore and played footy for Island Bay.

I'm South Welly to the bone, dawg.

T-Shirt Ideas:

Berhampore-its a bit less sh*t (picture of Golf Course Club House)

Island Bay- No longer has sh*t pumped into it (picture of Houghton Bay Storm Outlet)

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.........Berhampore.............

"Let's face it, it's Newtown!"

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kiwi pie wrote:

.........Berhampore.............

"Let's face it, it's Newtown!"

Newtown Heights

There isn't a Newtown Heights, is there

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I take it Newtown is the verison o f Aranui in chch?

ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH

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Scottishbhoy wrote:

I take it Newtown is the verison o f Aranui in chch?

id like to say yes, not knowing Aranui very well (i know its ruff) but i suspect the answer is no, and that is the point. Newtown is unique in NZ i reckon- some Auckland suburbs like Grey Lynn, Newton and Roskill might be similiar but Newtown is Newtown

http://wellington.gen.nz/tag/newtown

Salmon072008-09-25 14:59:54

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Well from the 3 times I bused/drove through Newtown when I was there this year I thought it was class. Gangsta!2008-09-25 15:01:11

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Salmon07 wrote:

http://wellington.gen.nz/tag/newtown

I thought Grey Lynn and Kingsland, but maybe Grey Lynn 10 years ago is closer.

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The other thing is that the t-shirt is in fact a direct result of a sort of urban drift to the south, where students and inner city hippies are increasingly calling places like N-Town, B-pOre, Island Bay and Kilbirnie home.

What the tshirt is saying is that despite all the cafes, hosue parties and hep cats it is still a place where the social outcats, the druggies, refugees and mental health consumers (

) congregate.

Its a kind of face facts statement i think.

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Hard News wrote:

Salmon07 wrote:

http://wellington.gen.nz/tag/newtown

I thought Grey Lynn and Kingsland, but maybe Grey Lynn 10 years ago is closer.

Kingsland- thats the one i was thinking about.
unfortunately those suburbs have become frightfully overrun with Jaffas

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Sure, it is, but there's some good restaurants there ... it's a lot less s**t than the Hutt!

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kiwi pie wrote:

Salmon07 wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

Berhampore >> Newtown

yep, lived in B-Pore too- coutn that as Newtown, kinda.

Whats B-Pore got that N-Town doesn't? not much, except for one extra gang pad (and a good fish and chip shop)

Does Newtown have a golf course I don't know about?

Does Berhampore have a golf club I don't know about? Oh, do you mean that patch of scrubland near Wakefield Park with the flags

Normo's coming home

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james dean wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

Salmon07 wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

Berhampore >> Newtown

yep, lived in B-Pore too- coutn that as Newtown, kinda.

Whats B-Pore got that N-Town doesn't? not much, except for one extra gang pad (and a good fish and chip shop)

Does Newtown have a golf course I don't know about?

Does Berhampore have a golf club I don't know about? Oh, do you mean that patch of scrubland near Wakefield Park with the flags

lol "The Goat Track" ftw!

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btw, can someone get me one of these? L or XL would be great, I'll sort you out when I see you next, cheers.

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Although I avoid walking through Newtown at night, at least it's got an interesting myriad of people and plenty of yum food.

I however, live in Berhampore and it is truly sh*t because it has the negatives of Newtown (scummy, poor, gang infested and so forth), without the positives (sure mavericks is nice but it starts and ends there)

You know we belong together...

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The T.shirt is brilliant humorous satire and a great abstract to the kind of pretentious t shirts sold in some of the boutique clothes shops in the ecletic suburb of Newtown "I love Newtown" with a cartoon couple kissing ,dry wretched when I saw that one.
Apart from the brilliant " Hataitai I till I die" shirt I reckon "Newtown its a bit sh*t" is the ideal casual evening wear whilst sampling the bookbinders at the Ed Bar in Riddiford St on Friday and Saturday nights and is gauranteed to get a conversation going ,the article in the Wellingtonian wandered all over the place and as for that miserable Wgtn city council spokesman he had obviously had his sense of humour removed when he was eight !
Other shirt ideas might include "Karori its a bit swamped " or" Ngaio its nearly Kandalah" or "Chartwell its a bit Bretheren" or "Oriental parade its extremly rich"
Ill get back into my cage now good evening !
Kiwi Jambo2008-09-29 10:07:05

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Does anyone know where I can buy one of these things?

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It's amazing that Wellington's Newtown has a very similar vibe to Sydney's Newtown but perhaps with quite a bit less 'pride' (of the rainbow variety), but still strongly alternative/boho.

I lived quite close to the Sydney Newtown for 3 years, living in Kilbirnie now - so yet again living close to a Newtown!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown,_New_South_Wales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown,_New_Zealand

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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Kilbirnie - it's a big supermarket near the airport eh?

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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ginger_eejit wrote:

Newtown (NSW) also had a great Rugby League team- the Jets, who were a force in the early 80's

Newtown (Wgtn) has a great football club (the diamonds) who were a force in the 80's

Spooky............

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Newtown Jets still exist - albeit at regional level rather than national. Just like the Diamonds

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The spookiness goes on and on...

Newtown (NSW) alos has a festival called (ta da) the Newtown Festival-

anyone else just a wee bit scared?

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Salmon07 wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

Newtown (NSW) also had a great Rugby League team- the Jets, who were a force in the early 80's

Newtown (Wgtn) has a great football club (the diamonds) who were a force in the 80's

Spooky............

Evidently not seen me drinking Bookbinder with Jambo in the Bar Ed wearing the following

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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Ooh getting really spooky now a headless man in Newtown !!

The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.

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Plenty of legless men in Newtown at night

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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is your fly undone in that picture?

Salmon swim upstream

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Salmon07 wrote:

is your fly undone in that picture?

It'll cost you to find out

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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Rintoul Street, Newtown was running with blood in '81, thanks to Ross Meurant and his "Red Squad"

kiwi pie2008-09-29 19:09:44

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Kiwi Jambo wrote:

The T.shirt is brilliant humorousï¿½ satireï¿½ and a great abstract to the kind of pretentiousï¿½ t shirtsï¿½ sold in some of the boutique clothes shops in the ecletic suburb of Newtown "I love Newtown"ï¿½ with a cartoon couple kissingï¿½ ,dry wretched when I saw that one.Apart from the brilliant " Hataitai I till Iï¿½ die" shirtï¿½ I reckon "Newtown its a bit sh*t" is the ideal casual evening wear whilst sampling the bookbinders at the Ed Bar in Riddiford Stï¿½ on Friday and Saturday nights and is gauranteed to get a conversation going ,the article in the Wellingtonianï¿½ wandered all over the place and as for thatï¿½ miserable Wgtn cityï¿½ council spokesman heï¿½ had obviously had his sense of humour removed when he was eight !ï¿½Other shirt ideas might includeï¿½ "Karori its a bit swamped " or" Ngaio its nearly Kandalah" or "Chartwell its a bit Bretheren" or "Oriental parade its extremly rich"Ill get back into my cage now good evening !

I've taken it upon myself to bring a bit of Mephestapholes (sp?) to the scarfed ones!...but your idea is brilliant

HarryHotspur2008-09-29 22:47:24

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kiwi pie wrote:

Rintoul Street, Newtown was running with blood in '08, thanks to Ross Durant and his "Oranje Squad"

Bad joke i know- took me all night to think of it

Salmon072008-09-30 22:00:04

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