Community News

Fire Brigade Report 

2022 – Was a defining year for the Martinborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, the first full year for our Medical First Response Unit,…

Feb 2023

Community News

How Well Do We Know People In Our Community?

Marc Tuffield an old time Wairarapa College boy, left school to work as a shepherd at Eparaima, Glenburn and Waimoana, which enabled…

Feb 2023

Environment

Geological Field trip to the Tora coast

Following up on the talk by Climate Paleontologist Chris Hollis in Martinborough last month the Aorangi Restoration Trust is organizing a day…

Feb 2023

Politics

From the CEO

How’s your summer been? Since Council returned from holidays last month, there’s been a lot going on, both negative and positive. Cyclone…

Feb 2023

Arts & Culture

Dresses for Timor-Leste

Stitch 4 Kids NZ is seeking cotton fabric donations for their current project ‘Dresses for Timor-Leste’. Shortly after moving from Napier to…

Feb 2023

Arts & Culture

Book review

Conviction By Frank Chalmers The Australian Outback seems to be a favourite setting for crime novels with authors such as Jane Harper,…

Feb 2023

Politics

Councillor comment 

Firstly I’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope you had a festive season. The wet 2022, carried into…

Feb 2023

Arts & Culture

Current exhibitions at Aratoi

With four new exhibitions on, it’s ok to take your time and linger at Aratoi. Stop, pause and have a really good…

Feb 2023

Community News

Community Garden News

Happy New Year to all gardeners out there, and those who take an interest! Like most gardens the MCG has both benefited…

Feb 2023

Sports

Hugely successful Pro Am

It has been a busy start to the golfing calendar.  On Thursday 19th January we hosted the CER Electrical & Holmes Construction Pro…

Feb 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Cooking corner

New potato salad Ingredients: 750 gr new potatoes cut into cubes ½ cup mayonnaise 1 tsp Dijon style mustard 1 tsp chopped…

Feb 2023

Environment

Dark Sky accreditation for South Wairarapa

 After five years of hard work by a small group of volunteers, the South Wairarapa and Carterton Districts have been formally certified…

Feb 2023

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