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“Over here …” U.S. Marines in Wairarapa

In 1943, Wairarapa was home to two battalions of U.S. Marines. Who were these Marines, where did they come from, and what…

As well as impeccably-performed music at a Mulled Wine Concert, audiences have come to expect the unexpected and this is especially true…

Some 4,290 women who registered as land girls during WWII have been called “The Cinderellas” of women’s paid war service: they helped…

Wairarapa Film Festival (May 21 – 25) marks five years of showcasing local film, art and storytelling in the heart of our…

‘Always Home, Always Homesick’ By Hannah Kent Hannah Kent is haunted. Not in your traditional sense by a sheet wearing spirit but by…

Aratoi is many things – it is a museum of art and history, but it’s also a place that offers insights into…

A new Aratoi exhibition, Kaleidoscope, explores the relationship between the science of light and art, opens in April. It features Gabby O’Connor’s…

Highly regarded German pianist Michael Endres will return for a second Mulled Wine Concert in Featherston’s Anzac Hall – the first in…

The Greytown Music Group’s 2025 concert series opens on 30 March with the Amici Ensemble, led by NZSO associate concertmaster Donald Armstrong.…

With works taken from across the motu, Aratoi’s Autumn exhibition schedule is a nod to the lessons of our past and how…