Community News
Did you know
ENCOURAGED BY an annual $23 million dollar advertising campaign Kiwis spend $1.5 billion a year on Lotto tickets. Only 25% of the…
Health & Wellbeing
Cooking corner
Tuna salad Ingredients ¼ packet, wholemeal pasta 1 onion, peeled, finely chopped 1 capsicum, finely chopped ½ cucumber, finely chopped 1 can tomatoes, drained…
Community News
Community Garden News
I’m not sure if the collective noun for worms is “an excitement of worms”, but when we emptied one of our compost…
Event News
Can you help?
The organisers of this years Breast Cancer donation day require helpers for collecting at various locations around town. Volunteers are needed (and…
History
Breaking the sound barrier
The sound barrier was officially broken on October 14th 1947 when the Bell X-1 became the first aircraft to fly faster than…
Arts & Culture
Book review – Human kind
Historian Rutger Bregman’s studies have shown that right from the time of the ancient Greeks the great thinkers like Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes,…
Health & Wellbeing
A Recent Study Confirms What has been known For Years
A study involving a total of 4305 participants aged 60 and older, published last year shows that there’s scientific validity to the…
Politics
Martin Connelly
The 2022 Local Elections are critical for South Wairarapa people. Do we want more of the same at our district council ……
Politics
Daphne Geisler
I am ready to lead the new 2022 Council. After 4 years attending meetings and committees, reading reports, commenting, and participating from…
Politics
Alex Beijen
This triennium has been one of disruption and fixing existing problems. Since this Council took office, there has been a constant struggle…
Politics
The importance of voting
The phrase ‘The vacuum in our democracy’ comes from President Barack Obama in a 2018 speech to Illinois University where he said…
