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Commercial Forestry
Commercial forestry is essential to New Zealand. We need timber for housing, packaging, infrastructure, furniture, and increasingly as a lower-emissions substitute for…
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London wine show awards top trophies to Nga Waka
One of the smallest vineyards in Martinborough has produced a Pinot Noir that scaled new heights in London last month, winning four…
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Wine column
There’s something to be said for Pinot Noir clones and New Zealand winemakers have had plenty to say about them over the…
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Vintage 2026 in a unicorn region
Martinborough’s winemakers had nearly picked all their grapes at the end of April, dodging weather bullets and nail biting rain in the…
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Rabbit by Coney opened in Martinborough – a new kind of cellar door experience
Martinborough’s wine scene welcomed a fresh and slightly unexpected addition earlier this month, with the opening of Rabbit by Coney – a…
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More than a desk: Why shared work spaces matter
For the past three years, I’ve owned and run a shared workspace at 51 Jellicoe Street in Martinborough. What began as a…
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Cropping in the Wairarapa
The sweeping changes of Rogernomics in 1984 created havoc in the farming industry. SMPs, or Supplementary Minimum Payments which had been introduced…
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Norka Mella Munoz – Chef
For Norka Mella Munoz, the path to becoming an award-winning chef began at a young age growing up in Chile. There were…
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National recognition for local Business Mentor
Last week Dean Di Bona was awarded a pin of recognition by BMNZ CEO Sarah Trotman for his decade long supportof over…
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Five Top Tastes Under $50 (…and a wine worth stretching for)
Healthy drinking levels, sustainability and supply chain resilience are hot topics in the wine world right now. With global shipping pressures threatening…
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Martinborough Business Association
TeAta Hawkins is the newly appointed Secretary of the Martinborough Business Association. She operates TeAta Collective, a business specialising in event…
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Martinborough firm leads first-ever cycle tours on Rēkohu, Chatham Islands
A Martinborough-based tour company made history last year by leading the first-ever cycle tour on Rēkohu, Chatham Island. This year Green Jersey…
