Community News

Hau Ariki Marae wins power resilience funding bid

Hau Ariki Marae has won government funding to install solar panels and a storage battery system – ensuring it can act as…

Aug 2024

Sports

Four locals shine in Under-18 hockey team

Martinborough and Pirinoa were well represented in the Wairarapa Women’s U18 hockey team, that competed in the National Under 18 tournament in…

Aug 2024

Community News

How Well Do We Know People in Our Community?

Kate Pritchard came to Martinborough just three and a half years ago. She had been living in Scotland working in Travel Tourism…

Aug 2024

Politics

Library cuts reversed by new funding level

A year of library staff underfunding has been ended after the council approved an injection of funds for new staff in the…

Aug 2024

Politics

Greytown groups scoop half wellbeing grants

Two Greytown groups have been handed half of the $160,000 first tranche of central government funding earmarked for promoting community wellbeing. A…

Aug 2024

Community News

Martinborough School Update

We have had quite the busy term. Lots of events on, and some marvellous results from the students. Many thanks to Amanda…

Aug 2024

Club News

Inner Wheel and The Ruth Project

Last meeting we had a fantastic speaker – Abby Worthington – founder of The Ruth Project Four years ago, and inspired by…

Aug 2024

Community News

Help find little Archie from Pirinoa

Archie, a Shih Tzu Cross and beloved pet of the Frost family from Pirinoa, has been missing from home there for six…

Aug 2024

Politics

From the Mayor

From the Mayor June is the month when councils set rates. July is when the invoices often arrive. Unlike governments, which can…

Aug 2024

Community News

History is made in Strasbourge Street

Some might call making history prosaic. Others – marvellous, fascinating, even “about time.” On July 3 some 40-plus people gathered to witness…

Aug 2024

Sports

MWFC: no wins yet – but table points mounting up

The training ground report: injuries, clean sheet, new recruits, players returning, loans, and is MWFC heading towards child exploitation? There is a…

Aug 2024

Arts & Culture

100 days of Janet Frame poems

One hundred poems by Janet Frame will be broadcast over 100 days by Access Radio Wairarapa, Arrow 92.7fm, starting on the author’s…

Aug 2024

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