Community News
Pirinoa’s enduring Burnside Church –1875 to 2025
Burnside Church in Pirinoa celebrates its 150th commemoration on Sunday, 11 May. While other churches transform into housing or community centres, the…
Community News
Parenting Workshop series starts well
Families have been embracing a notable lineup of parenting workshops designed to support and empower caregivers. With a strong start to the…
Community News
Wairarapa trains disrupted another10 days
Just when rail commuters had recovered from a 40+ day rail travel disruption, KiwiRail has tossed in another 10-day block of mainly…
Sports
Wombles Cricket vs Parliamentarians: Fundraiser for junior nets
T’was a beautiful Wairarapa Sunday. The WOMBLES – Wine Makers of Martinborough – took on The Parliamentarians. Scattered among the two teams…
Sports
Golf champion sent off with after-matchat new clubhouse
Martinborough golf club is mourning the passing of Lance Phelps, a top player who has held the low round at the club…
Sports
Sports and recreation “group” gets initial Council nod
One council quango to rule them all. That’s the option councillors adopted after a report showed one in two – 50 percent…
Event News
Apple Harvest Festival time returns at orchard
April is apple harvest, with Greytown’s Molewood Orchard staging a second pick-your-own harvest festival at Easter, after a first event in 2023.…
Event News
Balloon festival heads back to town skies
Martinborough’s skies will once again be filled with bright colours as the Wairarapa Balloon Festival returns this Easter,17 – 21 April. A…
Politics
South Wairarapa “getting best deal” on water services … really?
Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) says it has given South Wairarapa a better deal than other areas – surely a surprise to local…
Club News
New tech makes backyard space images much clearer
Meteorologist Paul Mallinson says taking pictures of the night sky with new technology has made it easier to get clearer photos of…
Arts & Culture
Aratoi explores lightand art in Kaleidoscope
A new Aratoi exhibition, Kaleidoscope, explores the relationship between the science of light and art, opens in April. It features Gabby O’Connor’s…
Arts & Culture
Pianist returns for Mulled Wine Concert
Highly regarded German pianist Michael Endres will return for a second Mulled Wine Concert in Featherston’s Anzac Hall – the first in…
