China has replaced Germany as the UK’s biggest single import market for the first time on record, partly fuelled by demand for…
The call is out to South Wairarapa bagpipe players: would you like to join a group of recreational pipers? Such a group…
An Anglo-Irish writer named Oliver Goldsmith said “I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.” He…
A sort of Conscience. The Wakefields. This is not a new book, however it is available from the library and with the…
“You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the…
On Anzac Day 2021 Skinned of their skin and bled of their blood, Encased in the ground, encaked with mud, Now side…
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley.…
Australian smarts and Chinese industrial might made solar power the cheapest power humanity has seen – and no one saw it coming…
Rangitikei Rambles 10 of us met at the Adobe Motel in Marton, an ideal base from which to attack the 6 Rangitikei…
Communication is an essential aspect of everyday life and whether you realise it or not, we never stop communicating. This is especially…
Horrors. Many people in Martinborough are bemoaning the fact that several unwanted guests have decided that now, with the cooler autumnal evenings…
The guest speaker at our 23 April meeting was Ken Gorbey, a remarkable man who for 15 years was involved with developing…
