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Heartland Community Hub adds fresh heft

Courses on smart phone use, helping people connect with government agencies, joining under-5s with old codgers, visiting outer settlements, providing blood donation…

May 2024

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Martinborough fire season still controlled

The FIRE SEASON has moved to RESTRICTED, meaning a permit is required for most fires both rural and in town. There is…

May 2024

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Country Dog City Dog

May 2024

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How Well Do We Know People in our Community?

Gavin McLellan was raised in Scotland in Bishopton, just west of Glasgow. His father was a GP, his mother was a nursing…

May 2024

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Martinborough Playcentre: connecting, supporting

At 38 Venice Street two mornings a week, Mondays and Wednesdays, Martinborough Playcentre is open from 9:00 till 12:00 noon. “What I…

May 2024

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A grey spot at a grey church?

Is Martinborough harbouring a road traffic accident “grey” spot – just beside a church already closed for worship by its owners as…

May 2024

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Unstable Remutaka train track could be cut anytime: KiwiRail

KiwiRail has identified an area of loose and unstable material under its Remutaka Hill train track which could slip and undermine the…

Apr 2024

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Martinborough Community Board News

Up, Up and Away – defunded and deflated It is sometimes the little things that count. Last year’s Annual Plan Consultation resulted…

Apr 2024

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Rainbow of colour saturates Considine Park

Considine Park was filled with colour tossers on Sunday 10 March, as the sun shone down to make it a perfect afternoon…

Apr 2024

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Fifty long years of Wairarapa’s Consumer Advice Bureau

A spirited introduction by Masterton Intermediate School’s Kapa Haka group signaled an impassioned start to the 50-year celebrations of the Masterton-based WaiCAB.…

Apr 2024

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News from First Church

Horror: no cream on the Lenten apple pie. Lent, Easter, and those pivotal events celebrated in the annual Church calendar are now…

Apr 2024

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How Well Do We Know People in Our Community?

Definitely a Wairarapa girl, Susan’s childhood began in Pirinoa, before attending St Matthews College in Masterton, as a boarder. “Boarding was a…

Apr 2024

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