Arts & Culture
THE STAR BOOK REVIEW
Every now and then a book grabs you, consumes you even and when you look up from reading it’s hard to distinguish…
Community News
Snippets from the trenches
Random rules: South Wairarapa will continue its three-year-old practice of randomly listing the names of election candidates on voting forms. Alphabetical listing…
Sports
Sports, recreation body “an investment, not a cost”
A district-wide sports and recreation quango (“semi-autonomous non-government body, partly public funded”) has been granted $161,200 over two years as set-up funding…
Sports
Wind, mud, rain, hail and cold – enduro heaven
On Saturday 7 June I was out for a walk. I’d recently returned from the UK and jet lag was still playing…
Arts & Culture
Poetry, music with Cadence Chung
Welcome to an afternoon of poetry and music with poet and performer, Cadence Chung who will read and sing from her new…
Arts & Culture
Calling all budding dancers, singers
Ready to dance and sing yer socks off? Then, Stardust South Wairarapa is a mixed ability, free-spirited, weekly class for all budding…
Arts & Culture
Returning artists show music festival success
“Nothing says concert success like international musicians wanting to come back to Martinborough’s Music Festival – and encouraging their musician friends to…
Club News
Toy library moves
Martinborough Toy Library is now based at the Waihinga Centre – and we’re excitedto welcome the community into our new space! As…
Business
Months more disruption after ATM ram raid
November’s failed ram raid on Kitchener Cafe’s bank ATM has already cost nearby businesses six months of restricted trading as road cones…
Community News
Council warned of cycle danger six years ago
Back in 2019 – long before widespread road speed woes surfaced – a Martinborough couple had identified the need to provide separate…
Community News
‘Lower Valley’ church heads into next 150 years
Some came in solid tweed jackets, others in tartan kilts and ties, muted trousers and bright dresses to launch their 150-year-old and…
Environment
Sedge planting at Lake Wairarapa after algae recedes
Restoration planting of an at-risk native species has resumed on Lake Wairarapa’s foreshore after the health threat posed by toxic algae receded…
