Fashion & Desserts! A great evening awaits you!

Martinborough Branch of Rural Women New Zealand is hosting a fundraising Fashion Show by Ballentynes Fashion Centre Masterton and our famous Dessert Buffet Supper.

This is to be held on Friday 12th July 2013, 7pm at the Martinborough Golf Club. Tickets are $20 with a cash bar and are available from:
Janice Mills 3078895, Jocelyn Colton 3077862 and Caroline Ross 3069143

The proceeds raised will be donated to Wellington@Heart.  Almost every week, at least one of the twelve babies born in New Zealand with a congenital heart defect becomes part of Wellington@Heart. … Continue Reading

Double Gold for Julicher Estate

Boutique Martinbrough winery, Julicher Estate, has won gold medals for their Pinot Noir at the two top wine shows in the UK. Julicher Estate Pinot Noir 2010 was awarded a gold medal at the 2013 Decanter World Wine Awards while sister label, Julicher 99 Rows Pinot Noir 2010, went gold at the 2013 International Wine Challenge.
 
The Decanter World Wine Awards is the world’s biggest global wine competition and is well known for its rigorous judging process. The International Wine Challenge is an annual British based wine competition, led by Charles Metcalfe and a team of eminent wine judges including Oz Clarke and Tim Atkin MW. … Continue Reading

DONATION BOOSTS MARTINBOROUGH AMBULANCE SERVICE

The Martinborough district’s ambulance service is being upgraded thanks to a donation from the Toast Martinborough wine and food festival.

The festival organisers have donated $5,000 to the service, which is managed through a partnership between St John and the Martinborough District Ambulance Trust.

“We’re very proud to acknowledge and support the community that hosts our festival,” says Rachael Fletcher, Toast Martinborough’s General Manager. “We also understand the importance of the local ambulance service, which provides a vital ‘first response’ for the community at night.” … Continue Reading

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UNFORTUNATELY there was a break in to Martinborough School in the Weekend of May 18th – 19th. Low life took a lot of the kids resources. Any information would be appreciated – please contact Craig 3069602

TIWAI POINT SMELTER uses 540MW of electricity a day almost as much as the used by greater Wellington (369 MW) and Christchurch (274MW) combined.

TUTURUMURI SCHOOL welcomes their new Principal, Lisa Malones. Lisa was previously at Paekakariki School

THE AIR CONDTIONER was patented in USA by Willis Carrier in 1902. He described it as ‘An apparatus for treating air’.

AN EXPLOSION on a North Sea oil rig in 1988 resulted in the death of 166 rig workers

A GRANT OF $1,500 for cricket equipment has been received by Martinborough School from the ANZ Bank. … Continue Reading