Community News
Carless days
The 1979 revolutionaries who over threw the Shah of Iran also nationalised the country’s oil wells evicting the foreigners operating them and…
Sports
Over The Hill
There was some excellent tennis played at this year’s Over the Hill tournament which was held at the Martinborough Tennis Club on…
Arts & Culture
Wasabi crisis
Japan faces a climate, cultural and cuisine crisis with a threat to wasabi – the pungent electric-green paste that characterises sushi, sashimi…
History
Waihenga Bridge 112 years old.
History The Ruamāhanga River is the largest river in the Wairarapa, flowing through the Wairarapa Valley for about 130 kilometres. The Waihenga…
Environment
Under The Martinborough Stars
To most southern hemisphere inhabitants, the constellation of Orion is better known as the Pot. Simply because it looks like a saucepan.…
Club News
Rapaki Farm Walk with a Difference
The first tramp for the year was also a last chance for the club to walk the Rapaki Farm Walk in its…
Community News
NEWS FROM FIRST CHURCH
Normally this month we would all be flat out baking, preserving, making jam and generally preparing for our stall at the Martinborough…
Arts & Culture
Write your life with Martinborough Library
Popular writing classes return with sessions on personal essays and poetry Our urge to revisit memories is a simple twitch of being…
Community News
To the Editor
Miracles do still happen. I rode my mobility scooter up to Pain and Kershaw’s to buy some groceries. Filled up the scooter…
Politics
Wairarapa Councils ask you to “Know your neighbours”
Have you made a plan for how you will look after your family and your nearest if you are affected by Covid-19…
Community News
Wharekaka Trust invites ideas from community
“We are asking for ideas and feedback from the community on how the Wharekaka Trust can best provide support for older people…
