Community News
Rainbow of colour saturates Considine Park
Considine Park was filled with colour tossers on Sunday 10 March, as the sun shone down to make it a perfect afternoon…
Politics
Average rates rise nationwide at 15 percent
I’m writing this column on 20 March and over the last few days it has definitely had an autumnal feel with cooler…
Club News
“Welcome to Marty” gets some Lions, Community Board work
Martinborough Lions Club has decided to step up its efforts to support the community’s new arrivals. Following a recent article in The…
Community News
Fifty long years of Wairarapa’s Consumer Advice Bureau
A spirited introduction by Masterton Intermediate School’s Kapa Haka group signaled an impassioned start to the 50-year celebrations of the Masterton-based WaiCAB.…
Environment
High Court grants extra coastal rights to Wairarapa Māori
Wairarapa Maori iwi and hapu have won a High Court action which recognises their customary rights over five areas of the South…
Community News
News from First Church
Horror: no cream on the Lenten apple pie. Lent, Easter, and those pivotal events celebrated in the annual Church calendar are now…
Environment
He Kōtare ready for busy 2024 planting season
He Kōtare Native Plant Nursery – a community venture on part of the former Featherston golf course – is gearing up for…
Arts & Culture
Remutaka Road as you never see it
Two black and white photography exhibitions are currently showing at Aratoi – including a dramatic scene on the Remutaka (then Rimutaka) Hill…
Politics
Thirteen regional councillors going to 14 – any more?
As the Greater Wellington Regional Council confirms the addition of a Maori constituency for the region from next year’s election, it’s also…
Politics
Freedom camping controls set out in new bylaw
Two South Wairarapa coastal sites likely will be given the green light to allow freedom camping in coming seasons – provided they…
Arts & Culture
Free books: what’s not to like?
Wonderful, amazing – miharo! That’s the message from Louise Dowdell as she introduces herself as local library services manager – noting that…
Community News
How Well Do We Know People in Our Community?
Definitely a Wairarapa girl, Susan’s childhood began in Pirinoa, before attending St Matthews College in Masterton, as a boarder. “Boarding was a…
