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FILL THEM UP

Moving away from plastic bags is a major hurdle for many businesses, especially butchers. Plastic bags make handling meat convenient for both…

May 2018

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Did you know

THE ANNUAL Jazz in Martinborough festival will be held this year from Thursday 30 August to Sunday 2 September. Full details to…

May 2018

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Dear Dr Jane

I am becoming increasingly annoyed at my teenage daughter who spends her entire day on her phone and refuses to help in…

May 2018

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Country Dog City Dog

May 2018

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COUNCILLOR COMMENT

Martinborough Waste Water: Martinborough has commenced its discharge of waste water to land through a travelling irrigator (as per the above photo).…

May 2018

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Cooking Corner

Egg, potato and gherkin salad Ingredients 250 gr baby potatoes 2 Eggs 2 Spring onions sliced 100 gr Gherkins chopped 1 tbsp…

May 2018

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COMMUNITY BOARD NOTES

A couple of projects our board have been working on are now completed. Many people will have noticed the powerbox in the…

May 2018

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Book Review – Outrageous fortune

Biography’s mostly seem to run to a formula; happy/sad childhood, good/bad school experience, luck/lack of in chosen life’s direction etc. This book…

May 2018

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THE CASE FOR NO MILITARY DEFENCE FORCE

For the first time, the April meeting of the Institute of International Affairs will move from Masterton to the Carterton Courthouse. “This…

Apr 2018

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War memories 

By Tony Pyl Our grandmother lived in a town close to Rotterdam. We often went to see her, cycling there through lovely…

Apr 2018

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Why have the Martinborough Fair?

The idea of a country fair came from Bill Fetch, who became a Rotarian in 1972. Bill had travelled to Germany and…

Apr 2018

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THE AUNTEATER

by Ogden Nash* and John Ansell A tiny termite found some wood; He tasted it and found it good, And that is…

Apr 2018

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