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First Church fashion fandango wins
We report with pride that Martinborough’s annual First Church Fashion Show fund-raiser, titled “Spring Fling,” has been a huge success. The event…
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Toy Library makes another “help” call
We would love to do a fundraising event in October using a pop-in photo studio for families to get Christmas photos done.…
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New end-of-life care facility for Wairarapa whanau
A community-funded end-of-life care project marks a new partnership between Carter Court Rest Home and Hospice Wairarapa to improve palliative care for…
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How Well Do We Know People In Our Community?
Pam Shackleton moved from Wellington to the Wairarapa in the early 1990s. Andrew was working in the wine industry and Pam was…
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News From First Church
Winter Solstice: A recent Sunday gathering was a reflection on the Winter Solstice which occurred on 22nd June at 2.57am NZST. Winter…
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Martinborough Community Board
Decisions Decisions – We seem to have had a lot of opportunities to consult on various topics recently, starting of course with…
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Community funding success for local groups
Wairarapa is a special place. We know this, but were reminded again by the healthy number of applications received in the latest…
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St Anthony group halts local Catholic Church closure
A small group of Martinborough Catholics has forced the Church to cancel plans to deconsecrate the local church after taking its grievance…
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Fast trains coming, slowly
The announcement of funding for new trains for the Wairarapa Line and the Capital Connection from Palmerston North should have been the…
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Christmas is coming.
Oh no! It’s only June and here’s an article about Christmas. Don’t panic. This is not an alert to send you on…
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Who Killed My Chickens?
Dogs. Everyone’s best friend. The one who insists it is time for a walk. The one who tells you that is definitely…
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Fire Brigade Report
This month saw another 9 members of our Brigade start their 200 hour journey into Medical First response training, with our training…
