November 2022

Previous Months

Arts & Culture

Stats NZ 

OVER THE last 22 years mothers living in Clutha District had 111 sets of twins. At 2.3% of births the highest proportion…

Nov 2022

Arts & Culture

Storywalk

Once upon a time, an idea took hold in a marvellous community called Martinborough, whose young and old residents are book lovers.…

Nov 2022

Club News

South Wairarapa Rebus Club

The September meeting of the SW Rebus Club heard from Joseph Gillard, Co-Chair of Cobblestones Museum, Greytown, on recent developments and future…

Nov 2022

History

Te Kopi and Palliser Bay (Continued)

John Wade played a part in our first “constitutional crisis”. In early 1840 he chartered the ship “Integrity” to bring a shipload…

Nov 2022

Politics

Councilor comment 

I’d like to start by saying how humble and privileged I am to be representing the Martinborough ward on the South Wairarapa…

Nov 2022

Event News

November Raffles Support the NZ Red Cross

Each year, local Red Cross groups throughout the Wairarapa host a series of events to highlight the disaster welfare support and humanitarian…

Nov 2022

Arts & Culture

Book review

Tom Scott Drawn Out Recently Tom Scott announced that after seventy years of writing and drawing cartoons he was retiring from print…

Nov 2022

Arts & Culture

Now we are five……

March 2020, when the first COVID lockdown hit, will surely have a permanent place in NZ history. For the next two years…

Nov 2022

Health & Wellbeing

Parkinson’s Family Support

Parkinson’s is a degenerative disease with no cure at present although research is moving is leaps and bounds. There are approximately 112…

Nov 2022

Event News

   Hospice Wairarapa Remembrance Service

Wharekaka, 20 Oxford Street, Martinborough 4pm to 5pm, Wednesday 7th December 2022                                                           We are aware that as Christmas approaches, this can be…

Nov 2022

Politics

From the Mayor

The editor of the Star has invited me to write regular columns for him. I am pleased to accept that offer. Let…

Nov 2022

Community News

Community Garden News

At last, some sun and warmth! Let’s hope that the vegie growth keeps pace with the grass growth. We seem to be…

Nov 2022

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