Community News

Dogs of Martinborough

Meet Rufus and Saskia, an unlikely pair but the best of friends. Rufus is a five year old Irish Wolfhound and Saskia a…

Dec 2025

Community News

The year that’s been – MVFB

This time last year was an interesting and challenging time for our brigade. Faced with some negative media attention it certainly seemed…

Dec 2025

Club News

South Wairarapa Rebus Club

Jill Fraser, our guest speaker in October, has been creating miniatures for over 30 years and publishes a glossy magazine, Miniature Time…

Dec 2025

Event News

Madcaps Christmas in the Square

Would you like to be on stage  Participating in the event in the Square that Madcaps is staging following the Martinborough Christmas…

Dec 2025

Business

A journey through time 

Ata Rangi across the decade For a village with less than 2,000 people (statistics from Stats NZ), Martinborough is impressively well catered for…

Dec 2025

Business

Musings from the Martinborough Business Association (MBA)

Merry Christmas from the MBA committee. We would like to thank our members for their support over the past year.  We often…

Dec 2025

Community News

Heartland Services: a year of connection and community

025 has been an incredible year for Heartland Services!  We’ve helped over 500 people connect with the support they need right here…

Dec 2025

Community News

News from First Church

Around this time of year, within cooee of Christmas, old people with serious intent wander around muttering to themselves (since no one…

Dec 2025

Politics

If the government won’t try it – maybe we should

Power prices don’t need to be sky high, and rising. Lower prices are within reach. But, only if a few myths are…

Dec 2025

Environment

The Lost Star of Featherston 

The dazzling stars above Wairarapa have been a source of pride and interest to the people of this region for many years.…

Dec 2025

Politics

Water plans approved, prices to reach new levels 

The four-council Wairarapa plus Tararua (Wai+T) combined water services delivery plan has been signed off by the Department of Internal Affairs so…

Dec 2025

Politics

Roads and paths in the district 

Some $7.3 millions of council and Waka Kotahi funding was poured into the district’s 670 kilometers of sealed and unsealed roads in…

Dec 2025

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