We were intending to give an update on the progress towards re-styling our church, but it appears that the negotiation stage is…
Random rules: South Wairarapa will continue its three-year-old practice of randomly listing the names of election candidates on voting forms. Alphabetical listing…
Back in 2019 – long before widespread road speed woes surfaced – a Martinborough couple had identified the need to provide separate…
Some came in solid tweed jackets, others in tartan kilts and ties, muted trousers and bright dresses to launch their 150-year-old and…
A Guinness World Record holder for rowing across the Atlantic with three other women and a silver medal winner in the Commonwealth…
Road speed limits in South Wairarapa are back in consultation mode and on the redrawing board. A council memo has advised it…
Instead of their only “meet-ups” occurring at funerals, former workers at Wairarapa Electric Power Board (later Wairarapa Electricity then Powerco) decided a…
For the last eighteen months some concerned Martinborough citizens have held a regular Wednesday morning vigil in support of the Palestinian people…
This event seems to be gaining in popularity. It was fun to watch a group of women who came and stayed for…
A common “scammer” catchphrase is “It’s your lucky day! You won the lottery!” or similar promises of large sums of money and/or…
Last month belonged to one of the first little churches to be established by the pioneers of South Wairarapa – in 1875…
Martinborough School has a problem: a pan (toilet) tax that soaks its finances of $33,000 a year – imposed by South Wairarapa…
