Politics
Councillor comment
I don’t know if you were aware, but over the weekend Janice Mills started collecting bedding and towels for families in need…
Health & Wellbeing
Cooking corner – Healthy butter chicken
Here’s a great butter(less) chicken recipe for a large family, or a smaller family and you can freeze the extra for another…
Community News
Community Board Feedback
What a busy month it has been with lots of people taking time to drop in to one of our Saturday sessions…
Arts & Culture
Book review – Rebus’s Scotland
I do enjoy Ian Rankin’s Rebus stories. However this book is not one of these but rather a combined biography, travelog, explanations…
Politics
2022 Residents’ Perception Survey results released
South Wairarapa District Council’s 2022 Residents’ Perception Survey results have been released and can be viewed on Council’s website. The report was…
Sports
Martinborough Golf Club Report
It is incredible to see the course so green at this time of year – you can almost see the grass growing…
Sports
Martinborough Rugby
Pre season training has started for all grades. If you are interested in playing feel free to come and along on Thursday…
Regular Features
Martinborough Business Association
Cyclone Gabrielle has been a reminder that business continuity is a key business requirement in today’s times. We are still dealing with…
History
Canada’s golden spike
The Canadian coast to coast railway was completed on the 7th November 1885. The government of British Columbia made it a condition…
History
Number please
The chattering era dawned with the opening of a ‘telephone exchange’. Initially there were few subscribers to the service, mainly businesses. In…
Club News
South Wairarapa Inner Wheel
Our last Inner Wheel club dinner for the year was held at Brac and Bow in Featherstone. It was a Christmas atmosphere…
Club News
South Wairarapa Bridge Club
The 2023 Bridge year is about to begin. Martinborough resident Dawn McCallum is an enthusiastic Bridge member of the South Wairarapa Bridge…
