Club News
South Wairarapa Tramping Club – Atiwhakatu Hut
We were amazed how full the Holdsworth carpark was when we arrived – obviously there were many people in the hills already.…
November 2021
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Arts & Culture
Virtuoso Pair Play in Greytown
The Greytown Music Group’s September concert was postponed due to Covid, and it is hoped that Violinist Mark Menzies, Professor of Music…
Event News
Wairarapa Fabric Fair 2021
Great News our Wairarapa Fabric Fair has a new date! Thanks to our patient stall holders, South End School and the Carterton…
Environment
White socks
Many domesticated house cats have white ‘socks’ which are rarely seen in wild animals. About 10,000 years ago, as humans were becoming…
Arts & Culture
“Smocking not Smoking”
In 1994, Jill Baker the vicar’s wife from the Martinborough Anglican Church and Di Martin conspired to create a group where young…
Environment
Under the Martinborough Stars
The star Vega is easy to spot at the moment in spring. Look in the north and Vega is a very pretty…
Event News
TOAST MARTINBOROUGH RESCHEDULED FOR JANUARY
Premier annual Wairarapa wine and food event Toast Martinborough has been postponed to mid-January 2022. General Manager of the iconic festival, Ariel…
Business
Those mysterious bitcoins
Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithms –…
Environment
Sponges at risk
Sediment plumes caused by such activities as bottom trawling and deep sea mining pose a threat to sponges which are crucial to…
Arts & Culture
The law of…
Law of Random Numbers – If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers. Law…
Club News
SOUTH WAIRARAPA REBUS CLUB
Meeting on 22 October, for the first time since July, the South Wairarapa Rebus Club discussed the near-term prospect of our having…
Arts & Culture
SMART upgrade caps a month of learning at Martinborough Library
One morning last month a customer came into Martinborough \Library to use our public computers. She wanted to submit her first assignment…
