Community News
How well do weknow people inour community?
A Guinness World Record holder for rowing across the Atlantic with three other women and a silver medal winner in the Commonwealth…
Community News
More talk about road speed limits
Road speed limits in South Wairarapa are back in consultation mode and on the redrawing board. A council memo has advised it…
Community News
Power Board swans can be a problem
Instead of their only “meet-ups” occurring at funerals, former workers at Wairarapa Electric Power Board (later Wairarapa Electricity then Powerco) decided a…
Environment
Forests, fossils on winter talks list
Aorangi Restoration Trust has put winter Public Talks back on the agenda – with fossils and forestry the initial topics for the…
History
Everyone is welcome all the time
Next time you wait for your order from Joe Kwong On Takeaways on Jellicoe Street you might like to think about the…
Environment
Kumara crops key but unreliable food for early Maori
Malnutrition and starvation likely stalked pre-European Maori settlements on Wairarapa’s south coast, particularly when kumara gardens yielded small or no crops so…
Community News
Letter of the Month – Weekly Square vigil for Gaza continues
For the last eighteen months some concerned Martinborough citizens have held a regular Wednesday morning vigil in support of the Palestinian people…
Environment
Hedgehogs, rats, possums fill local traps
Hedgehogs are hogging the traps of local pest control volunteers South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group, with 27 snared in the 30 days to…
Business
Learning about Martinborough’s terroir
Hands up if you’ve ever thought about making your own wine? For those who enjoy the process of producing things from scratch,…
Community News
Growing the Clothing Swap
This event seems to be gaining in popularity. It was fun to watch a group of women who came and stayed for…
Community News
It’s your lucky day! Not
A common “scammer” catchphrase is “It’s your lucky day! You won the lottery!” or similar promises of large sums of money and/or…
Community News
News From First Church
Last month belonged to one of the first little churches to be established by the pioneers of South Wairarapa – in 1875…
