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The Martinborough Star’s brand new website
Generous financial support from a Martinborough couple is enabling The Martinborough Star community newspaper to launch a whole new online experience for…
Generous financial support from a Martinborough couple is enabling The Martinborough Star community newspaper to launch a whole new online experience for…
Now for some good news! Over the last year councillors and Council staff have heard feedback from both the community andCommunity Board…
Thursday July 17 is the end date for South Wairarapa’s second speed management plan public consultation period. The so-called local reconsult was…
Key dates from South Wairarapa District Council: From now: “Candidate Handbook” available at https://swdc.govt.nz/ Friday 4 July 2025: candidate nominations open, roll…
Repairs to South Wairarapa Council’s toxic mould and leak-plagued Kitchener St main office block will begin this month, which will see only…
Key parts of dark sky infrastructure have begun emerging across southern Wairarapa since the area south of Masterton was designated an International…
Cool Change was recently bursting at the seams with Music Quizzers raising funds to support local little girl Indie Farrell, supporting getting…
Promoted as the “best of Martinborough,” a month-long Pour & Explore programme is being developed by local business as it revives the…
An all-consuming passion for enduro motorcycle racing shows clearly on Wayne Finlayson’s face as he describes to me his involvement in the…
Up to 700 meals a month are wheeled out of Martinborough’s Wharekaka kitchen to eager patrons in the south’s three main towns…
South Wairarapa and the region’s three other district councils have formally agreed to set up a joint water services “council-controlled organisation” to…
Illegal fly-tippers have opened a new waste and garbage dump site which – according to district council officials – is just “metres…