Business
Cautious optimism and fingers crossed for vintage 2025
It was a very sunny, very warm and very dry day when winemaker Tim Bourne said that vintage 2025 is looking strong…
Business
Martinborough: a cycling and walking-friendly village, with cars
As Martinborough considers safer streets, it emerges that the Martinborough Business Association petitioned the district council three years ago, asking that the…
Community News
Explosion of yellow heads at inaugural Sunflower Festival
A community education and wetland restoration project just outside Martinborough, Ruamāhanga Farm Foundation, brought the gold of summer to its regenerating soils…
Community News
“Tsunami-proof” emergency containers for coastal groups
Three coastal communities are being gifted containers of critical resources in South Wairarapa to help with emergency recovery “immediately after a disaster.” …
Politics
An Elephant just noisily entered the room
Local election year has opened in the district with the first mayoral candidate announcing a bid. Frances Helen Kitching, aka Dame Fran…
Sports
Sponsors, supporters key to Skyline success
“You can’t live in Martinborough and not notice that we have a fabulous, supportive, hardworking, creative community”, Skyline Challenge’s Lee Quayle told…
Business
Can a wine village reverse traffic speed control inertia?
Years of delay and inertia over lowering speed limits in Martinborough were nearly at an end – then central government overrode months…
Community News
How well do we know people in our community?
Beijing, butter and books. What’s the connection between these three words? Yulia Potts is a local artist, illustrator and teacher. She’s originally…
Business
Council-funded road speed reduction plan shelved
A road speed management plan commissioned by South Wairarapa and Carterton district councils failed to see the light of day after the…
Business
Fatality facts to date
The fatal car vs share/multi cycle accident occurred mid-morning February 13. A woman tourist from the UK, Alison Korny, died at the…
Politics
From the Mayor
Towards the end of February I attended an event at Tora where the council gifted an Emergency Resource Container and its contents…
Politics
Fish hooks help cement in new road speed rules
Dozens of reversed road speed reductions across the district which were rescinded by the Coalition Government, have extra protection against their re-introduction:…
