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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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New sewer connections date remains mystery
Desludging work on Martinborough’s wastewater pond has finally started but there’s no update on when the town will permit new sewer connections.…
