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Council warned of cycle danger six years ago

Back in 2019 – long before widespread road speed woes surfaced – a Martinborough couple had identified the need to provide separate…

Jun 2025

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‘Lower Valley’ church heads into next 150 years

Some came in solid tweed jackets, others in tartan kilts and ties, muted trousers and bright dresses to launch their 150-year-old and…

Jun 2025

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How well do weknow people inour community?

A Guinness World Record holder for rowing across the Atlantic with three other women and a silver medal winner in the Commonwealth…

Jun 2025

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More talk about road speed limits

Road speed limits in South Wairarapa are back in consultation mode and on the redrawing board. A council memo has advised it…

Jun 2025

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Power Board swans can be a problem

Instead of their only “meet-ups” occurring at funerals, former workers at Wairarapa Electric Power Board (later Wairarapa Electricity then Powerco) decided a…

Jun 2025

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Letter of the Month – Weekly Square vigil for Gaza continues

For the last eighteen months some concerned Martinborough citizens have held a regular Wednesday morning vigil in support of the Palestinian people…

Jun 2025

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Growing the Clothing Swap

This event seems to be gaining in popularity.   It was fun to watch a group of women who came and stayed for…

Jun 2025

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It’s your lucky day! Not

A common “scammer” catchphrase is “It’s your lucky day! You won the lottery!” or similar promises of large sums of money and/or…

Jun 2025

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News From First Church

Last month belonged to one of the first little churches to be established by the pioneers of South Wairarapa – in 1875…

Jun 2025

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Toilet humour – is there enough? 

Martinborough School has a problem: a pan (toilet) tax that soaks its finances of $33,000 a year – imposed by South Wairarapa…

Jun 2025

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Community support sought forCape Palliser Road

As a result of a recent Community Board session in Pirinoa the board was able to help facilitate a meeting at Ngawi…

Jun 2025

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Burnside Church – “icon of a community”

It began with a local farmer donating an acre of land and his daughter riding her horse across the district to raise…

Jun 2025

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