Community News

Cooking fundraiser to aid Meals on Wheels

Wharekaka Auxiliary, the key group behind the area’s Meals-0n-Wheels programme, is mounting a Christmas Cooking fundraiser, seeking $2,000 in extra cash to…

Nov 2023

Arts & Culture

Library Book Club returns

Like a book long overdue, the Library Book Club has returned to Martinborough Library. The club is for anyone who loves reading…

Nov 2023

Community News

Big Red Suit Guy: back by popular demand

Santa has the date in his diary, the Mens Shed have finished the sleigh, and now its off to be painted. Storm…

Nov 2023

Politics

Will Capital Value rating win the day?

SWDC is considering a major change to its rating system _ to move from land value as the basis of its annual…

Nov 2023

Community News

New defib talk of town

Martinborough has a brand-new Community Defibrillator, with thanks to Wellington Free Ambulance for its generous donation. This latest AED is accessible 24/7…

Nov 2023

Arts & Culture

Book Club bags – a new offer

Book Clubbers ahoy. Wairarapa Library Service has riddden to the rescue with its new offering: “Book Club in a Bag.” “Feed your…

Nov 2023

Arts & Culture

Dwayne Duthie: Double Edge Sword

A new exhibition, by Taranaki-based artist Dwayne Duthie (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa, Pākehā) is at Aratoi this spring. The exhibition is toured by…

Nov 2023

Business

Scientist wine pioneer reveals Martinborough’s secrets

A horticultural soil map, Lower Hutt wine tasting group and dry German Riesling are the stuff of legend for this region’s earliest…

Nov 2023

Club News

Tranzit well advanced in Electrifying bus journey

Turning diesel fossil-burner double-decker buses into EVs is one trick which Masterton-based Transzit mastered with the launch of its 100 percent battery-powered…

Nov 2023

Community News

National Nude Gardening Day unnoticed?

Saturday, October 21 was NNGD, but there are no reports that it was observed in either the urban or rural gardens of…

Nov 2023

Event News

New sites at 30th Toast Martinborough

Toast Martinborough turns 30 this year and goes back to its roots with two new sites joining the established big names. The…

Nov 2023

Club News

Sicilian night wine & food

At the 13 October meeting of the Martinborough Wine & Food Society, 34 members and guests were treated to a tasting of…

Nov 2023

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