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Kitcheners ram-raid brings out community support
A front-end loader assault on a bank ATM which collapsed part of a verandah, ripped open a cafe frontage and wrecked building…
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Martinborough Fire Brigade: another big year
2024 fire/emergency calls to end of November: 338. It’s been a big year for the brigade. We’ve welcomed a new Chief and…
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Martinborough Kindergarten sets up Paataka Kai
You may have noticed something new sitting outside the gate at Martinborough Kindergarten recently. This is our Pataka Kai which is a…
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Foodbank stretches as demand level continues upward
This time in 2023 The Social Crust, Martinborough’s volunteer foodbank, was supplying weekly food boxes to 57 clients – mainly families –…
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Hill road replacement issue revives
Remutaka Road Action Group wants the region’s southern lifeline put on central government’s agenda and has identified three new routes as options…
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Considine Park family friendly summer destination
It has been exciting to finally see the Pump Track becoming a reality – which I am sure will be well used…
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Festivals, foodbank, families, forests given council funds
Nourishing body, mind and environment are top priorities in South Wairarapa District Council’s annual Community and Youth Grant funds, distributed this month…
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How Well Do We Know People in Our Community?
Pforzheim in Southern Germany was where Thomas Röckinger lived with his family, the third of six children – five brothers and one…
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29 years of community patrol service ends
Pat Dette has been a valued member of the Martinborough Community Patrol since 1995. That’s 29 years of community service. Martinborough Community…
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Marae, council link to provide emergency centre
Martinborough’s Hau Ariki Marae is now sporting 68 new solar panels able to generate power to support its role as an official…
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Letter of the month
Could ZERO growth be the answer? So, Martinborough’s sewage woes continue, and have seriously clogged up the council’s, and town’s, plans for…
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News from First Church
In a world gone mad, politically and militarily, there was a small but steady beacon of light at First Church last month.…
