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Sedge planting at Lake Wairarapa after algae recedes
Restoration planting of an at-risk native species has resumed on Lake Wairarapa’s foreshore after the health threat posed by toxic algae receded…
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Forests, fossils on winter talks list
Aorangi Restoration Trust has put winter Public Talks back on the agenda – with fossils and forestry the initial topics for the…
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Kumara crops key but unreliable food for early Maori
Malnutrition and starvation likely stalked pre-European Maori settlements on Wairarapa’s south coast, particularly when kumara gardens yielded small or no crops so…
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Hedgehogs, rats, possums fill local traps
Hedgehogs are hogging the traps of local pest control volunteers South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group, with 27 snared in the 30 days to…
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Dark Sky Reserve sign lands on The Hill
Two years and one month after the process kicked off, a sign advising travellers they’re entering Wairarapa Dark Sky Reservehas finally been…
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Recloaking with natives
South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group plans several planting and clearing events over the next five months, putting back native plant species on sandy…
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Old Mill forest tramping trackbeing restored
Aorangi Restoration Trust and Greater Wellington Backcountry Network have begun restoring the Old Mill Track in the Aorangi Forest Park south of…
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Fly-tipping vandals write$200K Council cheque
Illegal fly-tipping on the district’s South Coast will cost local ratepayers at least $200,000 to clear up and remove before it begins…
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Building garden tourism for the Wairarapa
As I approach Whakapuni Station, twenty minutes’ drive out of Martinborough, I look up at the 100-year-old Californian Redwood trees standing proudly…
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Goldie – The Minister for Flying Flags – who knew?
Well, blow me down! I was minding my own business, ambling down Kitchener Street and noticed that the South Wairarapa District Council…
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Correction
On Page 17 of February’s Martinborough Star in the article “Pingao – the little coastal sand sedge miracle?” Kohunui Marae where the…
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Sunflower fundraiser for wetland restoration, riverside walkway
Ruamahanga Farm on Martinborough’s outskirts has nine hectares of “huge yellow sunflower blooms” on offer during a mid-February Sunflower Festival to help…
