Environment
Dark Sky group sees national lighting controls protecting heritage
Martinborough’s founding dark sky reserve group had an early lucky break – streetlights across Wairarapa’s towns were about to be changed in…
November 2024
Previous Months
Club News
Martinborough Wine & Food Society
Top Pub in Greytown was the group’s latest dinner assignation. Members had a choice of two starter wines: one was red, the…
Event News
Koha for that Summer wardrobe?
Clothing swap – or koha – a repeat event is on the way. The first effort at St Andrew’s Church Hall? “It…
Community News
Marae, council link to provide emergency centre
Martinborough’s Hau Ariki Marae is now sporting 68 new solar panels able to generate power to support its role as an official…
Community News
Letter of the month
Could ZERO growth be the answer? So, Martinborough’s sewage woes continue, and have seriously clogged up the council’s, and town’s, plans for…
History
Soldier Settlements in the south – and their fight to survive
Although the book, “South of Martinborough – Two Soldier Settlements and their Neighbours,” by Diane Grant, was launched exactly two years ago…
Community News
Top of the pops for Christmas
By Joelle Thomson “In victory I earn it and in defeat I need it,” said the late great Sir Winston Churchill, who…
History
Mouldering historic Carkeek Observatory still awaits council action
“Firstly, my apologies for not communicating with you for a while and for the project moving slower than we had originally anticipated,”…
Arts & Culture
Riot of summer colour awaits at Aratoi
Aratoi is offering Summer exhibitions which will be “a riot of colour,” but add the stories behind these works will surprise and…
Environment
Workshops focus on sustainability: Divine River
Local workshops which promise hands-on activities like making foot scrubs, bath salts, and lip balms, with a strong emphasis on environmental awareness,…
Business
Shawn Brown of Muirlea Rise Takes a Bow
“It is time for a new chapter,” says Shawn. “Muirlea Rise has been a family vineyard for 37 years but now I…
Sports
Martinborough golf by a hank – of wool
We start at the end of the month, when the annual Baabraa Trophy between Martinborough and Eketahuna was fought out on a…
