Electric vehicles are close to the “tipping point” of rapid mass adoption thanks to the plummeting cost of batteries, experts say. Global…
WoMoLife has been awarded a $1.36m contract to train 150 new and upskill a further 120 existing shearers and wool handlers through…
John William Kershaw John Kershaw was born at Timaru South Canterbury in March 1873 . He was educated at Mount Cook school…
Well a New Year is with us, and hopefully this year will bring a resumption of some of the more normal activities.…
Parks Neither JD Baird’s 1870 Waihinga plan or John Martin’s 1879 Martinborough plan set aside land for parks or cemetery. The Martinborough…
A lifetime of amateur astronomy stretching from the late 1950s for Wairarapa Astronomical Society president Darrell Ramsey has been honoured by fellow…
An interesting poll from YouGov on the net favourability for members of the royal family. In order, they are:
If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different…
Déjà vu, which translates as ‘already seen,’ was coined by the 19th century French philosopher Emile Boirac who was the president of…
BY JOHN ANSELL In response to this limerick from John Bishop… There is a young man from Peru Whose limericks end at…
As I wandered around our district over the holidays, I reflected on how lucky we are to live here. The cafes were…
Summer is in full swing The summer is here and town has been buzzing this holiday season. Cruise Martinborough started the event …
