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Fundraising for Wharekaka off to a great start
Almost $12,000 has already been raised for Wharekaka Aged Care Community through The Oak Tree Community – a fundraising initiative launched just…
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Golf Club News
The past month seems to have passed by in a flash!!! Grumpies on a Tuesday have been getting good numbers out playing…
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Help us stop the spread of this pest plant before it becomes a problem
The Greater Wellington Biosecurity team needs your help to prevent the spread blue passionflower, which is becoming more established in the Wairarapa…
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High speed country internet
A curse of modern country living has been slow and intermittent Internet access. The advantages of the online world have been largely…
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Historical bike tour of the old town
To help celebrate 150 years of Pakeha settlement at Waihenga (Martinborough), Green Jersey Explorer Tours is hosting a historical bike tour around…
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Book review
A simpler time. Author Peter FitzSimonds is remembered by older rugby fans as the fearsome Wallaby rugby forward. These days he is…
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Aberystwyth Lymeryckth
BY JOHN ANSELL In response to a challenge to write a limerick that included the word Aberystwyth. (A Welsh town, pronounced ABBA-wrist-with.) To…
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Climate Road Show Visits Martinborough.
Extinction Rebellion has a fierce sound to it but local supporters Jude Brown and Bruce Congalton are keen that people don’t get…
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Community Board update
Tēnā koutou kātoa For this months Community Board update, I would like to to discuss the Pain Estate. The Community Board, with…
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Community Garden News
Well we have certainly faced plenty of challenges in the garden this year, and now the ferocious wind! Fortunately, most of the…
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An active toy library
Where has this year gone? Can you believe we are already in October and Christmas is now less than 3 months away!…
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Arts & Culture – “It is what humanises us” – Paula Barnett
Martinborough resident, Paula Barnett, is passionate about arts and culture “it is the earliest expression of ideas without words, all embracing and…
