Health & Wellbeing

The greater enemy?

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than evil,” wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian. Bonhoeffer pondered how this came…

Feb 2022

Community News

Sweet success –  over $4,000 raised for Wharekaka

Tough times call for creative thinking – especially when it comes to fundraising. So a big shout out goes to the Wharekaka…

Feb 2022

Club News

SOUTH WAIRARAPA REBUS CLUB

The South Wairarapa Rebus Club starts its new year with a meeting on 28 January addressed by John Beijen on his time…

Feb 2022

Event News

Rotary Martinborough Fair… the same but different

South Wairarapa Rotary still intends to run the annual Martinborough Fairs while operating under the Covid-19 traffic light framework and guidelines. The…

Feb 2022

Business

Quite an argument

There was a time when the famous supercar maker Ferruccio Lamborghini only made tractors. He decided to add making super cars to…

Feb 2022

Community News

NEW FIRE BRIGADE MEDICAL RESPONSE GETS HUGE COMMUNITY BOOST

Just prior to Christmas the Martinborough Volunteer Fire Brigade advised that we were starting our new Medical First Response Unit. The members…

Feb 2022

Event News

Martinborough Community Market

A riot of colour. A treasure trove of collectibles. A perfect opportunity to fossick and browse to find just the gift you…

Feb 2022

Arts & Culture

Maree’s musings

ANOTHER YEAR … I’m hoping, like me, that you looked forward to the return of our Martinborough Star for 2022. And even…

Feb 2022

Arts & Culture

Library news

Library debuts Click-and-Collect service Need something to read, and can’t make it into a library? Try the new Click-and-Collect service from Martinborough…

Feb 2022

Club News

Inner Wheel South Wairarapa

Outward Bound Korowai Course 2021 Celebrations South Wairarapa Inner Wheel Club donated $500 towards this course. The outward bound Korowai course returnees…

Feb 2022

Community News

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The year’s first Star is a good opportunity to remind the reasoning behind the Star’s being established fifteen years ago was to…

Feb 2022

History

Getting there

Up until the 1950s people seldom left town. Only one family in three had a car and public transport was very slow,…

Feb 2022

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