Business
A (very) good vintage is in the making
What does the perfect growing season look like for wine? Well, 2024 came close. It’s all very well growing grapes in a…
Politics
How do you like your water? Underdone?
Council’s consultation on drinking water, waste and storm water offered local punters three options: Councillor Kaye McAulay sat in on the three…
Politics
Wellington Water recast under way
Wairarapa and Wellington councils have joined forces to work through proposals to replace the now-abandoned “Three Waters” programme, after the coalition government…
Arts & Culture
NZTrio at a Waihinga Centre near you
If you can’t wait until the Martinborough Music Festival in September for a quality chamber music fix in Martinborough, NZTrio is here…
History
Local Pa sites uncovered from 1940s aerial pix
Many South Wairarapa Pa sites sat lost in time, unnoticed, even hidden, in the rolling, expansive landscape until a young group of…
Arts & Culture
Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival returns
Kia ora Booklovers! May means it’s Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival time! The Young Readers Programme will take 22 writers/storytellers to over 1,000…
Politics
SWDC marks staff longevity: 118 not out
A century is a long time in the same job and South Wairarapa District Council is celebrating four staff who collectively have…
Regular Features
ARATOI: Jane Sinclair – Quiet Observations
Masterton painter Jane Sinclair has finally finished painting new works for her upcoming exhibition Quiet Observations, on display at Aratoi from mid-April…
Regular Features
The Star Book Review
By Brenda Channer In 2020, during lockdown, did you drag a chair to the end of your driveway with a coffee or…
Arts & Culture
Curiosly good books publisher speaks
Puiblishing pioneer Julia Marshall who founded Gecko Press, the curiously successful publisher and translator of books for young people by some of…
Community News
News from First Church
If you should find yourself driving semi-aimlessly up the east coast on the Ponatahi or equivalent charming back road, you will be…
Community News
Heartland Community Hub adds fresh heft
Courses on smart phone use, helping people connect with government agencies, joining under-5s with old codgers, visiting outer settlements, providing blood donation…
