Event News

Celebrating 10 years

The Martinborough Music Festival celebrates 10 years of music-making in Martinborough in great style in September this year, with extra concerts and…

May 2026

Event News

Festival of Christmas Returns to Greytown

Wairarapa locals are encouraged to ‘get merry’ for this year’s New Zealand Festival of Christmas, with the much-loved winter event returning to…

May 2026

Sports

Martinborough Golf Club welcomes new golfers galore 

It’s been another busy period at the Golf Club as we have seen over 70 women coming through recent lessons, three of…

May 2026

Community News

Peter Fisher Retires

The longest serving member of the Martinborough Volunteer Fire Brigade has decided it’s time to retire. We say farewell to Station Officer…

May 2026

Business

Rabbit by Coney opened in Martinborough – a new kind of cellar door experience

Martinborough’s wine scene welcomed a fresh and slightly unexpected addition earlier this month, with the opening of Rabbit by Coney – a…

May 2026

Community News

Pirinoa News

Crikey, the weather gods have delivered again. Our little valley, the Whakatomotomo, has flooded badly again with much of the repair work…

May 2026

Arts & Culture

Aratoi

An iwi led exhibition, entitled Tino Rangitānetanga is on display in the Main Gallery at Aratoi until July.  This show is an…

May 2026

Club News

Crafting In Martinborough

Mary Quayle recently shared a milestone with the crafting group that meets informally every Tuesday evening in the Martinborough Hotel. This special…

May 2026

Club News

Featherston Vinyl Club

Have you got a record collection that hasn’t seen the light of day for some time? Miss the days of digging in…

May 2026

Business

More than a desk: Why shared work spaces matter

For the past three years, I’ve owned and run a shared workspace at 51 Jellicoe Street in Martinborough. What began as a…

May 2026

Environment

Traplines

On 27 April, the new Ruamāhanga trapline volunteers set out twenty DOC200 traps near the river just south of Martinborough. The group…

May 2026

Club News

Mahjong

Mahjong has been played in Martinborough for many years, with one particular group of 12 or more playing on Wednesday afternoons. This…

May 2026

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