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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…

July 2023

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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…

July 2023

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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…

July 2023

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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…

July 2023

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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…

Jun 2023

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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…

Jun 2023

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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…

Jun 2023

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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…

Jun 2023

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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…

Jun 2023

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Martinborough Kindergarten is Humming.

54 children aged from 2 years to 5 years are busily engaged at Martinborough Kindergarten with no more than 40 at each…

Jun 2023

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Community Garden News

Little action at the Community garden at the moment due to Wet! Wet! Wet! This is due to a large extent to…

Jun 2023

Community News

News From First Church

Labyrinth For those of you who took the time to walk the Labyrinth, thank you, we had a wide range of age…

Jun 2023

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