Arts & Culture
Here’s to a Happy 55th Birthday, Aratoi!
The Wairarapa has always had a large and active community of artists and craftspeople _ but before 1969 it had no dedicated…
October 2024
Previous Months
Community News
Horses, riders plod safely around the streets
A dozen horse-and-rider teams plus a Miniature Pony and handler plodded several kilometers through Martinborough streets _ and round The Square in…
Community News
House Price Factoids
CoreLogic NZ notes South Wairarapa house prices are still leading the region, despite median prices “tracking down” around 5%, while rising 4%…
Community News
How Well Do You Know People in our Community?
Rebecca Kneale is a very recent addition to town, a Tauranga girl, who has migrated south to Martinborough. Educated at Otumoetai College,…
Environment
Hua-angarua river-side planting project starts well
Recloaking the banks of the Hua-angarua River with native species has begun with 40 volunteers turning out to put 600 plants into…
Sports
Lady golfers show Rosebowl winning ways
September has been an up and down month weatherwise for golfers, some beautiful early spring days followed by cold and rain. Thankfully…
Community News
Libraries return to full service
More than a year after South Wairarapa councillors voted to save $160,000-odd dollars by reducing library hours _ causing a serious negative…
Politics
Seven more years up Schitts Creek?
Eighteen months of repairs and a block on new sewerage connections – and only seven years to go to fix the mess.…
Environment
Community patrol car goes Electric
Martinborough Community Patrol (MBCP) are now the proud owners of an Electric Nissan Leaf. The time had come to retire the old…
Community News
Alternative wastewater options for Martinborough growth
Currently, SWDC is not able to accept any new connections to the central wastewater system for Martinborough. This obviously puts the brakes…
Community News
Emergency Hub draws punters
On Saturday 21 September we held our Community Emergency Hub Open Day – what a great turnout, over 80 people came along…
Event News
Foodie options for “taste-busting” Greytown October
Greytown launches its latest mini-fest on October 5 – some 23 days of the Festival of Fire – offering fire-grilled and open-flame…
