Politics

Consultation Opens for Bylaw to protect Cape Palliser Coastal Taonga

Consultation for South Wairarapa District Council’s Paper Road Access Bylaw 2025 is now open. Beyond the Cape Palliser Lighthouse is an unformed…

Aug 2025

Arts & Culture

NZTrio / He Taonga Waiwere – Fantastique

Violinist Amalia Hall and pianist Somi Kim return to Greytown for their NZ Trio Fantastique concert, with Amalia’s brother Callum Hall as…

Aug 2025

Community News

Help Lions, Help Your Community

The local Lions Club’s needs some support.All our members are getting older, and we are not able to do the working bees…

Aug 2025

Politics

Official Welcome to South Wairarapa

South Wairarapa District Council officially welcomed 11 new citizens and gained significant  cultural enrichment at a Citizenship Ceremony (He Whakatau I Nga…

Aug 2025

Politics

South Wairarapa Sports and Recreation Service

The South Wairarapa District Council is inviting sports minded groups and individuals to provide an Expression of Interest in the development of…

Aug 2025

Community News

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, As reported in the Wairarapa Times Age (12th of July 2025) several councillors accused the mayor of breaching the council’s code…

Aug 2025

Community News

Letter to the Editor

“I read John Munro’s letter regards the Gaza conflict and most of it I agree with whole heartedly, war in most cases…

Aug 2025

Business

Small winery launches big bold bubbly

Coney Wines launched its first-ever bubbly last month, which reminded me of a  conversation with friends at a winery in the deep…

July 2025

Club News

Highest rating gain wins trophy for local scrabbler

Martinborough woman Glenys Hansen has shown New Zealand’s top scrabble competitors that age has a place atthe table.  At 82, Glenys won…

July 2025

Community News

New Martinborough Knight named in King’s Birthday list

COOPER, The Honourable Mark Leslie Smith, KC. For services to the judiciary Citation: The Honourable Mark Cooper (Ngāti Mahanga, Waikato-Tainui) was President…

July 2025

Politics

Council drops pain farm sewage wastewater plan

District council plans to use Pain Farm Estate’s land for dispersing treated sewage wastewater have been scrapped, with the council apparently looking…

July 2025

Community News

From the mayor

Unless you have lived in another part of the world for the past two or three years, you cannot have missed the…

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