Community News
YUMMY CHRISTMAS GOODIES
Given the uncertainty of events due to Covid, this year the Wharekaka Auxiliary has gone slightly “high-tech” and is running their Annual…
Community News
Did You Know
THE AVERAGE cost of a hospital stay for a Covid patient is between $68,000 and $77, 000. The average cost of a…
Politics
Community kōrero
Ehāra taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini. (My strength is not as an individual but as a collective.)…
Community News
A Dilemma for Age Concern
Age Concern’s purpose is for older people / kaumātua to live a valued life in an inclusive society. “He pāpori e whai…
Community News
FIRE BRIGADE REPORT
Congratulations to Sophie Shipperbottom, our latest Firefighter to complete the Recruits Course (actually she topped the Course), well done !!. Sophie is…
Community News
Community Garden News
Great spring harvests over the last couple of weeks as the artichokes seem to have taken off, bigger, better, and earlier than…
Arts & Culture
Esther Bunning’s first solo exhibition opens at Aratoi this month
I’m sure you’ve all heard this phrase before, ‘in the right place at the right time,’ but this has never been more…
History
Centenary of Martinborough’s historic memorial gates remembered
A small, socially distanced ceremony on Saturday did not let the centenary of Martinborough’s Soldiers’ Memorial Gates go unnoticed. One hundred years…
Arts & Culture
BOOK REVIEW
Prisoners of Geography This book is sub titled; ‘Ten maps which tell you everything you need to know about global politics’ and…
Event News
Footloose and Fancy Free, Celebrating 25 years Round the Vines
While 2020 and Covid dampened the dreams of those who were looking forward to walking or running around the vines, 2021 came…
Arts & Culture
Write your memories next month at Martinborough Library
Library also welcomes a big shipment of new books—come find your next read! We’re all full of memories, big and small—everything from…
Club News
SOUTH WAIRARAPA TRAMPING CLUB – ZEALANDIA
11 of us (plus Freddy) met at Zealandia at 10am. Although misty as we drove down, Wellington was dry, cloudy, calm and…
