Community News
Reviving and reshaping Wharekaka’s elder care
When Wharekaka closed its residential and hospital care programmes early 2022, trustees of the facility hoped for a reprieve for the 50-year-old…
Community News
Feedback
The Community Board wants your feedback about its first post-election year. Share your thoughts and ideas. Contact any one of the Board.…
Politics
No breakthrough in Mayoral fracas: councillor
In mid-October an Extraordinary council meeting was called by councillors and held at the Greytown Town Centre. The purpose of this meeting…
Politics
From the Mayor
I want to spend some time on the role of the Community Board. Not every council in the country has community boards.…
Community News
Community Emergency Hub Open Day and Practice
The Martinborough Community Emergency Hub open day and practice event, which was held on Saturday 30 September, saw over 70 people turn…
Community News
Community Hub ready to roll
The government (note, small “g”) is coming to town in the form of a Community Services Hub which in Martinborough will be…
Politics
Maori Ward by 2025 elections in South?
“The times have changed,” is the only pointer South Wairarapa councillor Pip Maynard could give over the prospects of a brand new…
Arts & Culture
Native birds mural new to Marty Mural Walk
Martinborough wine village has a new wall mural depicting a family of native birds with strong connections to the Wairarapa region. The…
Politics
Will this plan shape the region’s future?
Will the Wairarapa–Wellington–Horowhenua region have an extra 200,000 people and 9,000 more homes by the 2050s, with controls on housing and business…
Event News
February wines and food harvest festival
Ancient native trees will provide shade and the setting for the first local wine and food festival of 2024 at The Cliffs…
Politics
Resolute Councillors awaits path to resolution
It went almost unnoticed last May when South Wairarapa District Council chief executive Harry Wilson suddenly resigned, But six months later it…
Event News
“Wings” has 17 aircraft types in show
Wings over Wairarapa, halted by Cyclone Gabrielle in February, is promising 17 airplane types when the air show blasts into local skies…
