Labour weekend art show

This show was staged in the Martinborough Town Hall at Labour Weekend. There was a good selection of art shown by mostly local artists and eighteen works were sold.
The Useless Kitchen Gadgets competition attracted a good deal of interest and the winner Amelia Diggle of Wellington achieved 14.5 correct answers to win the Martinborough wine pack. The prawn peeler was one that wasn’t guessed!

This year we had a new innovation whereby children could choose a blank canvas, make an original painting and then hang it in the children’s section. These works were auctioned off at the end of the day on the Sunday. The auction proved to be a huge amount of fun with children bidding against parents and grandparents and one little guy was bidding for another child’s work – all in $1 bids. We will repeat this next year. … Continue Reading

GOLF CLUB NEWS

Goodness me, that’s October gone. It has been a pretty good month for the club; not only has the champs been played and won there has also been three successful tournaments.

There has been many groups come through to play and the group from Mornington were unbelievable. Club champs are the same titleholders as last year; Lisa Marie Ireland and Jason van Zanten and Honor Clark is the new 9 Hole Champion. … Continue Reading

Farmers Market

A “Farmers Market’ is to be held at Te Kairanga Wines on the first Sunday of each month commencing 11th November. The market will be open between 10am to 1pm and will continue through until March 2013.

With over twenty stallholders there will be something to suit everyone’s palate. Stalls will include: Olivo, Kingsmeade cheeses, Marty Girl Natural, Machiatto Coffee, It’s Quite Cool Gelato, Wakelin House, Mela Juices, Plantworks, Lighthouse Gin, Juno olives, Lot 8, Peak Brewery, Pete’s Barrel Creations, Lavender Green, Roses’ organics, Elaia Gourmet Olives, Wee Red Barn, The Gamekeeper, Greytown Butchery, Longbush Free Range Pork, Tornado Potato, Watermill bakery (and many more). … Continue Reading

Goblins and Grinches must go

Whilst you might be comfortable moping about in a foggy swamp or morose dark woodland for one, misery generally doesn’t like company. Moods influence the atmosphere of those around us.

Most people have a degree of sensitivity and are inadvertently affected by what we say and how we behave. People are more inclined to adjust themselves in response to you rather than honestly let you know whether your influence on them was positive or negative. … Continue Reading