Community News
First Church News
It is so hard to believe that another year has gone by in our Church calendar, and we are coming up to…
Community News
Fire Brigade Report
Well Daylight savings has arrived – Did you remember to check your smoke alarm is working? Do it now if you forgot,…
Sports
Featherston Wrestling Club
The tournament season is in full swing through August and September with local tournaments at Waikanae and Tawa for all our wrestlers…
Arts & Culture
Exhibitions at Aratoi
With Spring and the final school term just around the corner, Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History brings you stories of…
Community News
Did you know
ENCOURAGED BY an annual $23 million dollar advertising campaign Kiwis spend $1.5 billion a year on Lotto tickets. Only 25% of the…
Health & Wellbeing
Cooking corner
Tuna salad Ingredients ¼ packet, wholemeal pasta 1 onion, peeled, finely chopped 1 capsicum, finely chopped ½ cucumber, finely chopped 1 can tomatoes, drained…
Community News
Community Garden News
I’m not sure if the collective noun for worms is “an excitement of worms”, but when we emptied one of our compost…
Event News
Can you help?
The organisers of this years Breast Cancer donation day require helpers for collecting at various locations around town. Volunteers are needed (and…
History
Breaking the sound barrier
The sound barrier was officially broken on October 14th 1947 when the Bell X-1 became the first aircraft to fly faster than…
Arts & Culture
Book review – Human kind
Historian Rutger Bregman’s studies have shown that right from the time of the ancient Greeks the great thinkers like Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes,…
Health & Wellbeing
A Recent Study Confirms What has been known For Years
A study involving a total of 4305 participants aged 60 and older, published last year shows that there’s scientific validity to the…
