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Beijing, butter and books. What’s the connection between these three words? Yulia Potts is a local artist, illustrator and teacher. She’s originally…

Mar 2025

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Clothing Swap events go monthly

Clothing Swap organisers report they had a great selection of clothes in February and plan to hold the events on the third…

Mar 2025

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Lawn Tennis Club latest local AED site

The newest local Automated External Defibrillator has been installed at the Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club, just inside the gate at the corner…

Mar 2025

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Re-plugging away at the leaks?

On Monday 3rd February 2025 Wellington Water and their Traffic Management partners carried out another water pipe leakage repair on Cologne Street…

Mar 2025

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News from First Church

There is a principle of public finance which we hear about daily from Nicola Willis: the Micawber Principle that wasfirst unveiled by…

Mar 2025

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Ruakokopatuna International QuizNight: FUN-raiser

A balmy Wairarapa evening. One of the many all-time good Ruakokopatuna people had cut the grass.  Tables were set. The barbeque was…

Mar 2025

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Tennis Club sports latest Automated External Defibrillator

Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club (MLTC) is having an AED (Automated External Defibrillator – aka heart restarter) – installed just inside the gate…

Feb 2025

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How well do we know people in our community?

Becs Mackie is bubbling over with wonderful ideas for her Ventana Creative Workshops when we meet in her bright, high-ceilinged studio at…

Feb 2025

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Martinborough Fire Brigade Report

This month sees the end of an era for the Brigade as Chris Hooson, the driving force behind our Medical First Response…

Feb 2025

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Uplift Wairarapa opens wallets to save lives

On 1 November, the Waihinga Centre was abuzz with red balloons and crews of volunteers sporting red hair and wearing the red…

Dec 2024

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Remember: stock the shelf with good books

Wairarapa Library Service libraries will be closing on Friday 20 December for the Christmas/New Year period and will re-open at 9:30 a.m.…

Dec 2024

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Southern dogs under control, behaving and returned

Of the 3,410 registered dogs living in the district, only 152 were listed in the South Wairarapa District Council’s Dog Control Activities…

Dec 2024

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