Community News
City meets country
City meets country happened when 27 students, who are deaf, came from Wellington and from other parts of the Wairarapa to attend…
Community News
Berms and trees
The Council has recently changed its contractor for the maintenance of property and reserves. The new contractor is City Care. The contract includes…
Community News
NIROVIRUS OUTBREAK TESTS WHAREKAKA RESIDENTS AND STAFF
Recently Wharekaka Rest Home was closed for two weeks due to an outbreak of Nirovirus. As you may know Nirovirus is a…
Regular Features
WHAREKAKA NEWS
Well time is racing by – hard to believe that Christmas is only four weeks away!! We are looking forward to the Martinborough…
Community News
ART IN THE HEART OF MARTINBOROUGH
A great initiative by local artist Allison Hudson and the owner of Village Café Bruce Lawrence is the opening of a new, vibrant…
Regular Features
Antiques
What to do with old buttons? I remember visits to my Grandparent’s house for two things: an endless supply of “Nuttall’s Mintoes”…
Community News
Another expensive scam
A note receive from the Manukau police ‘If you receive a phone call on your mobile from any person, saying that he/?or…
Community News
The advantages of ‘Super Years’
There’s more that the Gold Card to look forward to as the years start to tick by. Consider for instance: Your investment…
Community News
The price of revenge
While mediating/counselling separation and dissolution of marriage for the Family Court in Auckland, I often saw that love was speedily replaced with…
Community News
Rose Show a ‘Sensory Delight’
A wet winter and spring, while not to everyone’s taste, provided local rose growers with plenty of blooms to take to the…
Sports
Martinborough Charity Fun Ride
Only 70km to go as cyclists in the Martinborough Charity Fun Ride head through Ponatahi. The 20th anniversary Fun Ride raised $8000…
Sports
GOLF CLUB NEWS
Well, well, well the season is over and this is my last report. The club champs have been played for and won…
