Lindie, Author at Martinborough Star

Ruined, authentic” Carkeek Observatory for heritage listing

New Zealand’s first – and still surviving – amateur observatory, built by Featherston sheep farmer Stephen Carkeek in 1867, may be granted…

One of my mother’s favourite saying was “Spring Forward, Fall Back!” and it felt like when I was a child she said…

Almost a decade before Martinborough was even glint in John Martin’s eye there was already a European settlement here. It included a…

The Wharekaka Board would like to share with the community how it is tackling the threat of coronavirus – Covid 19. Our…

Mate Higginson has kindly provided the names of all the children in the school photo published last month. This will bring back…

Early settlers Captain William Mein Smith – Of Huangarua Run Cpt. W M Smith was ex Royal Artillery and was the Chief…

An Australian professor has explained why soap and water really do work in the battle against spreading coronavirus . Professor Palli Thordarson…

Growing demand for SUVs was the second largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions from 2010 to 2018, an analysis…

Otago University researcher professor Haxby Abbott visited Martinborough during his length of New Zealand cycle ride to promote his call for a…

It is hard to comprehend how much this virus has progressed from the morning when we met on Friday 13th. Words like…

Pearly Gates I happened to hear a chapter of Pearly Gates read on morning radio. It seemed like a very well written…