The four-council Wairarapa plus Tararua (Wai+T) combined water services delivery plan has been signed off by the Department of Internal Affairs so…
Some $7.3 millions of council and Waka Kotahi funding was poured into the district’s 670 kilometers of sealed and unsealed roads in…
Advent is a season in the Christian calendar that is all about waiting. Hurry up and wait – for Christmas. For those…
Three new exhibitions are opening just in time for Summer. Award winning photographer Esther Bunning takes over the Foyer space in her…
The attached image is a mystery bottle of wine that a group of winemakers and wine lovers – and me, as wine…
The 2025 Booker Prize winning novel is ‘Flesh’ by David Szalay. Some months ago, I was offered a reading copy by the…
Transparency, trust and leadership may be the biggest challenges facing South Wairarapa’s new mayor and councillors, if the latest resident survey is…
Te Ahu a Turanga (new Manawatu Gorge highway) 6 of us arrived at the western end of the new highway, and managed…
Tis the season to be jolly, yea right! Always very busy on the farms this time of year especially with young stock,…
December is here, bringing the heat and the harvest to our Wairarapa gardens. We’re moving from a focus on planting to nurturing,…
In this final Martinborough Star for the year, I would like to thank those across the district who voted for me to…
