Sports

Sports and recreation “group” gets initial Council nod

One council quango to rule them all. That’s the option councillors adopted after a report showed one in two – 50 percent…

Apr 2025

Event News

Apple Harvest Festival time returns at orchard 

April is apple harvest, with Greytown’s Molewood Orchard staging a second pick-your-own harvest festival at Easter, after a first event in 2023.…

Apr 2025

Event News

Balloon festival heads back to town skies

Martinborough’s skies will once again be filled with bright colours as the Wairarapa Balloon Festival returns this Easter,17 – 21 April. A…

Apr 2025

Politics

South Wairarapa “getting best deal” on water services … really?

Wellington Water Ltd (WWL) says it has given South Wairarapa a better deal than other areas – surely a surprise to local…

Apr 2025

Club News

New tech makes backyard space images much clearer

Meteorologist Paul Mallinson says taking pictures of the night sky with new technology has made it easier to get clearer photos of…

Apr 2025

Arts & Culture

Aratoi explores lightand art in Kaleidoscope

A new Aratoi exhibition, Kaleidoscope, explores the relationship between the science of light and art, opens in April. It features Gabby O’Connor’s…

Apr 2025

Arts & Culture

Pianist returns for Mulled Wine Concert 

Highly regarded German pianist Michael Endres will return for a second Mulled Wine Concert in Featherston’s Anzac Hall – the first in…

Apr 2025

Arts & Culture

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Apr 2025

Business

Cautious optimism and fingers crossed for vintage 2025

It was a very sunny, very warm and very dry day when winemaker Tim Bourne said that vintage 2025 is looking strong…

Mar 2025

Business

Martinborough: a cycling and walking-friendly village, with cars

As Martinborough considers safer streets, it emerges that the Martinborough Business Association petitioned the district council three years ago, asking that the…

Mar 2025

Community News

Explosion of yellow heads at inaugural Sunflower Festival

A community education and wetland restoration project just outside Martinborough, Ruamāhanga Farm Foundation, brought the gold of summer to its regenerating soils…

Mar 2025

Community News

“Tsunami-proof” emergency containers for coastal groups

Three coastal communities are being gifted containers of critical resources in South Wairarapa to help with emergency recovery “immediately after a disaster.” …

Mar 2025

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