Environment
Farewell to a native species dying in the lake?
Freshwater kākahi – native mussels once a key food source in Lake Wairarapa – face potential extinction as they pay the cost…
November 2024
Previous Months
Environment
Green energy buffs living Off the Grid
Up on the heights of Martinborough, Frank and Lisa Cornelissen have built their new home. Wanting to conserve energy and be as…
Politics
From the Mayor
Water services have been a political football for some time. We associate “Three Waters” with the last Labour government, but it had…
Community News
Considine Park family friendly summer destination
It has been exciting to finally see the Pump Track becoming a reality – which I am sure will be well used…
Community News
A report from the provinces
From the outside the Ruakokopatuna Community Hall looks like almost any other corrugated iron Wairarapa shed or even a half-hearted wool shed.…
Politics
Māori cloak taonga humbles Mayor
A Māori kākahu (cloak) gifted to South Wairarapa District Council last month represents a powerful symbolic gesture from the original mana whenua…
Community News
Festivals, foodbank, families, forests given council funds
Nourishing body, mind and environment are top priorities in South Wairarapa District Council’s annual Community and Youth Grant funds, distributed this month…
Politics
Water, water everywhere – stand by for the bills
Planning is forging ahead for a new water services model to cover 10 southern North Island local bodies – from Horowhenua to…
Politics
Maori Ward added to election status quo
The lack of a clear mandate for change from South Wairarapa residents saw local councillors stick with the status quo for the…
Community News
How Well Do We Know People in Our Community?
Pforzheim in Southern Germany was where Thomas Röckinger lived with his family, the third of six children – five brothers and one…
Club News
Bagpipes, goose and snare drums at Inner Wheel
At its last meeting Inner Wheel Club was very privileged to welcome five members of the Fern and Thistle Pipe Band who…
Community News
Another month of night hill closures
Another month of five-night-in-a-row Remutaka Hill road closures is ahead as authorities rebuild what is desribed as a severe “downside” slip which…
