Arts & Culture
Kahutara Taxidermy Museum
A treasure trove of animals displayed at the Kahutara Taxidermy Museum is a wonderful surprise. John Mc Cosh opened the Museum in…
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Glamour & Gumboots time is here again!
There has been plenty of reason to be wearing gumboots lately, but how about adding some glamour and entering this year’s Glamour…
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Aratoi’s current exhibitions
Our Winter exhibitions focus on the past, present and future. Headlining the Main Gallery is Rebecca Steedman with her exhibition Time Beds,…
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Library News
Martinborough Library (on behalf of the Wairarapa Library Service) congratulates 12-year old Polly Potts on winning third place in her age category…
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Marees’s Musings
Matchmaking? No doubt you readers are already jumping to conclusions, but rest assured, it’s not what you’re thinking. I was delighted to…
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Book Review
“Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts” by Josie Shapiro. Winner of the inaugural Allen and Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. The title attracted…
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Mystical and Lyrical, Bewitching and Astonishing
Jazz in Martinborough returns in 2023 with an old favourite, the Nairobi Trio, and the “mystical and lyrical” Lucien Johnson Quartet. The…
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New Work to Premiere at Martinborough Music Festival
“I am very excited to premiere a very beautiful new piece written for the Festival by Anthony Ritchie for bassoon and string…
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A Musical Journey: There and Back Again
Auckland pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation, and the Greytown Music Group…
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New instruments, new sounds and new music blow in for the Martinborough Music Festival
This year two interesting double-reed instruments – the oboe and the bassoon – will join the familiar core of wonderful strings and…
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The LOWDOWN on CHEATING
You might wonder what brought this on – a column on cheating? On most occasions my ideas are inspired by something I’ve…
