Key dates from South Wairarapa District Council: Friday 4 July 2025: candidate nominations open, roll opens for public inspection Thursday 10 July…
Two years and one month after the process kicked off, a sign advising travellers they’re entering Wairarapa Dark Sky Reservehas finally been…
Just over half of South Wairarapa’s eligible voters cast ballots in four of the five triennial local body elections since 2010, and…
Each district council has a ratepayer roll for people who pay rates on a property but live in another part of the…
Fire Brigade needs reinforcements: will you help? When I write these articles for The Star, I often wonder if anyone reads them? …
The issue of health and safety – and district council liability – has pushed the council to likely open fresh dialogue over…
Easter has come and gone again – done and dusted. Its period of solemnity for the dwindling number of (elderly) Christians and…
A total of around $85,000 has been given as grants to mainly South Wairarapa community groups in the past year by South…
Changing hats – potentially? Greytown Ward councillor Alistair Plimmer is one of the first out the election blocks _ advising he will…
“It is not difficult to draw parallels between Germany in the early 1930s and some contemporary political climates,” notes David Woodhams after…
South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group plans several planting and clearing events over the next five months, putting back native plant species on sandy…
Aorangi Restoration Trust and Greater Wellington Backcountry Network have begun restoring the Old Mill Track in the Aorangi Forest Park south of…
