March 2015

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Community News

Kid’s triathlon

Next Friday ( the 6th) Martinborough School will be having a race day with a difference, triathlons with varying lengths according to…

Mar 2015

Regular Features

Know your town

Waihenga or Waihinga? A surviving plan from 22nd June 1872 has the spelling of the original subdivision Waihenga – the English rather…

Mar 2015

Community News

Lake Ferry Flag Pole

At present we are fundraising to tidy up the flag pole area ready for the 100 year Centennial of World War One.…

Mar 2015

Regular Features

Library news

Wow, have we been busy in the last couple of months.  The library is buzzing with overseas visitors seeking information and using…

Mar 2015

Sports

2015 Martinborough Golf Pro-Am finishes in exciting Play-off

On Tuesday 3 February, 37 teams of three amateur golfers each played with a professional in the hotly contested Spark Business Pro-Am…

Mar 2015

Community News

MARTINBOROUGH SKYLINE CHALLENGE: A PERSONAL CHALLENGE FOR MOUNTAINBIKERS

Mountain bikers with a sense of fun, adventure and love of rural landscapes will be catered for this April when the Martinborough Lions…

Mar 2015

Regular Features

Would you like to help?

The budget for building the present Town Hall, in 1912, was some 3,500 pounds. With only 700 people in the area and…

Mar 2015

Community News

Onward and upward

The estimated cost of the proposed big city amalgamation has recently been adjusted upwards from $184 million to $210 million. Given the…

Mar 2015

Community News

Out for a Duck in Martinborough

With typical enthusiasm for promoting our village and our region, nine local restaurants have lined up to put their culinary prowess to…

Mar 2015

Community News

Ploughing competitions

The Wairarapa Ploughing Match Association’s Annual Match is to be held At 117 Gladstone Road Carterton on Saturday 7th March. All are…

Mar 2015

Community News

Send us your news

The star was set up with the express purpose of providing a parish pump style local news network. For this to work…

Mar 2015

Community News

Something different

I was recently told about the town of Sandy Springs in Georgia USA. It sounded too far fetched to be true so…

Mar 2015

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