Without wishing to sound like a stuck record, it is appropriate to once again talk about local government reorganisation. This topic is…
The total fire ban for all of the South Wairarapa remains in effect which prohibits all outdoor fires including BBQ’s (other than…
THE WINNERS of the Kindergarten Easter Raffle were: 1st Bev Dobson 2nd Sally @ SWDC AUCKLAND’S population density is 2, 400 per…
The Star has traditionally been delivered into mailboxes during the second week of the month. This had the drawback of precluding any…
Swimming Pools: A combination of a classic summer, a new custodial contract with CLM and new pool cover being used to increase…
Lamb Shanks Ingredients 2 lamb shanks 1 tbs oil ½ an onion 1 clove garlic 1 tsp tumeric ¼ tsp grd ginger…
A river of contrasts. Photos taken by John Wyeth from the same spot beside the Waihenga Bridge illustrate the Ruamahanga river’s seasonal…
Perusing minutes as part of a project is always an interesting exercise, how easy it is to get side tracked by the…
Get hooked… on buttonhooks. You may have little practical need for buttonhooks today, but as a collector’s item they are compact, widely…
Over 100,000 new bottles were recently unloaded at the Martinborough bottling plant, heralding their busiest time of year when up to 30,000…
John Martin was in Martinborough last month. Of course not the John Martin (The Hon John) who once held 35,000 acres of land…
Nonsense rhymes like hickory dickory dock were created as a fun way to encourage children to tell the time. Learning to count…
