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NIMBY Letter of the Month
Dear Ed: NIMBY Alert: We live in Grey Street and would be affected by the proposed changes to access to Martinborough School.…
Dear Ed: NIMBY Alert: We live in Grey Street and would be affected by the proposed changes to access to Martinborough School.…
Securing funding for key support systems like Martinborough’s beleagured public library, Hau Ariki Marae, even forest regeneration planting – could be part…
Martinborough Lions have issued a special “thank you” to Mark Taylor (of Taylor and Hawkins) for his no-cost assistance ahead of the…
Mark it in your diary – Saturday 7 September 9:30 a.m. – a community planting morning on the banks of the well-known…
Many South Wairarapa households are paying substantially more in rates again this year under the impact of both a planned 37% hike…
South Wairarapa district can be relatively dark in the evening and the community will benefit significantly from the pedestrian crossing lighting upgrade…
Winter planting for Wairarapa Moana restoration is in full swing. Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has organised the planting of 28,400 more…
Our Matariki lunch at Baloos in the SW Working Men’s Club on 28 June had Anne Firmin as guest speaker at the…
“Retain” was the word of the day on the Community Board issue at July 31’s Strategy Working Committee meeting of South Wairarapa…
The too-narrow, flood-prone Waihenga Bridge on State Highway 53 – the key access to Martinborough – was designated for urgent replacement nearly…
Jacqs (Jacqueline) Wilton, who describes herself as a “Life Curve Navigator” for Aged Concern Wairarapa, has offered an opportunity for older drivers…
“The Ministry of Time” by Kaliane Bradley The eye-popping cover draws readers like a moths to a flame…and then if you are…