Firstly, can I wish all readers of The Star a happy and warm New Year. So far it has been the type…
Water loss in the supply systems of Martinborough, Greytown and Featherston reached 46 per cent last year, and the South Wairarapa District…
Food parcel demand at The Social Crust, Martinborough’s ccommunity food bank, is back on the rise, with recent weeks seeing at least…
Is cooling the region a key performance requirement for SWDC? Or did they forget to send the memo about air conditioning, how…
Hot summer days help us appreciate trees like this one – the 70 year old totara in the Waihinga Centre grounds. The…
Of the 1.047 people who moved into South Wairarapa district last year, four out of seven (57 percent) felt “sort of” (43…
Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve heads the world list of new dark sky places set out by the international body which gives the…
As 2024 gets underway the Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club looks forward to welcoming families back to the gym on Fitzherbert Street Featherston…
Wairarapa concert-goers raved about Nikolai Saratovsky on his all-too-brief visit to New Zealand last year. The master pianist is a highly-regarded professor…
Sadly, from this edition of The Star there will be no more Maree’s Musings as our much-loved columnist Maree Roy died in…
Over the scorching weekend of 13 – 14 January 2024, Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club hosted its annual “Over the Hill” tournament. The…
Keryn Banks Keryn was brought up at Mangatoetoe, an exceedingly small settlement east of Ngawi. The coast was a playground, perfect for…
