Arts & Culture

Three more New Zealands

New Zealand is not as an exclusive name was we may think. There are, for instance, three places in England with the…

Sept 2022

Health & Wellbeing

How’s your balance?

The inability to stand on one leg for ten seconds in mid life could be linked to increased risk of serious health…

Sept 2022

Environment

Electric buses arrive

Award winning New Zealand family-owned bus and tourism company, Tranzit Group whose head office remains in Wairarapa, converted the bus from diesel…

Sept 2022

Arts & Culture

Musical tonic

Singing, playing or listening to music may prove a substantial boost to health related quality of life according to a systematic review…

Sept 2022

Arts & Culture

All right is all right

‘You can’t get to ’wonderful’ without passing through ‘all right’. And when you get to all right’ you should look around and…

Sept 2022

Politics

A bit of a spike

Radio NZ’s Gill Bonnett has taken a look at immigration figures and found New Zealand has created more residents in the last six months…

Sept 2022

Arts & Culture

Country Dog City Dog

Sept 2022

Event News

Pink and Pretty

Brackenridge Country Retreat and Spa transformed overnight for the Pink Ribbon breakfast held on Friday 1st July. It was a wonderland of…

Aug 2022

Arts & Culture

“Storylines” visits Martinborough School

With digital technology often displacing the enjoyment of reading, the impact of groups such as Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust play a…

Aug 2022

Arts & Culture

Uncovering an astonishing musical talent

MARTINBOROUGH MUSIC FESTIVAL 23-25 SEPTEMBER, MARTINBOROUGH TOWN HALL “I’ve always had a natural attraction to the violin. It fascinated me as a…

Aug 2022

Community News

How Well Do We know People in our Community?

Reid and Reid, or otherwise Chris and Stewart are the owners of the Gin distillery in Martinborough. Chris trained initially as a…

Aug 2022

Club News

WLS Evening Book Club News

The Wairarapa Library Service’s Evening Book Club gathered in July to discuss Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman, a climate…

Aug 2022

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