Arts & Culture
Town Swings to Big Band
Jazz in Martinborough 2025 Sells Out “Couldn’t be much happier, really,” says Jazz in Martinborough Festival Music Director Lee Quayle. “Both our…
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Ol’ King Cole Swings Martinborough with Vintage Jazz Vibes
On Thursday 4th September, the Martinborough Town Hall transformed into a stylish mid-20th century jazz club as South Wairarapa locals gathered for…
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The Star Book Review
Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake We are approaching summer reading season! It may not feel very summery yet but books…
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Helen Moulder: Waiting for Gertie!
Miss Cynthia Fortitude, the legendary diva, is coming to give a musical lecture to the newly formed Greytown Opera Guild, GOG. Her…
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Martinborough Music Festival – Opening Gala Performance
Martinborough has something for everyone: ‘Toast’, Dead pig competitions, Women’s football, Jazz Festivals, Round the Vines, and apparently, classical music for the…
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Elouan Quartet with Bridget Douglas
The Elouan Quartet is a newly formed string quartet comprised of NZSO players with a special love of chamber music and performing…
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Shadowing Lands
Rosalie Jurczenko’s new solo exhibition at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History is a show about resilience, told through New Zealand…
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Martinborough Music Festival
“When you move to a new country, it’s not just furniture, crockery or family treasures that come with you – it’s the…
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Jazz in Martinborough
“It’s always a bit fraught putting together a festival programme and we always wish we could confirm bands and venues earlier,” says…
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Martinborough Museum
Things are changing again at the Martinborough Museum as we continue our new programme of mini-exhibitions. For September we have chosen a…
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The Star Book Review
Runt and theDiabolical Dognapping In 2022 we met Runt, a sassy little farm dog who turned up in the town of Upson…
