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“Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle The magpies said.”

Denis Glover’s famous poem helped to define New Zealand’s distinctive style of poetry.  Catherine Chidgey’s “Axeman’s Carnival” elevated the magpie to even…

Sept 2025

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Latest data from Predator Free Martinborough NZ

A special thank you to all who are helping to reduce the number of pests in Martinborough.  Whether this is individual property…

Sept 2025

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Community Garden News

Thank goodness for the current sun! Some warmth and rain-free hours are our prime requirement at the Community Garden at present. Fortunately,…

Sept 2025

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Living The Milky WayStar-Gazing Dream 

Star-gazing business green shoots are growing inside Wairarapa’s dark sky reserve, with one operator planning to add new staff by Christmas, overturning…

Sept 2025

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The Great Matuku Muster and more from the Aorangi Restoration Trust

What: Presentation on the Aorangi Trusts conservation projects When: 6.00pm to 7.30 pm on Sunday 21st September Where: Lions Hall 1 Oxford…

Sept 2025

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Farming for the Future

For farms to continue to thrive and develop they have to be able to be passed down the generations so that young…

Sept 2025

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Star Field adding fire power to Dark Sky Reserve 

A dark “dry site with good seeing” inside a dark sky reserve were the key conditions for astronomy enthusiast John Whitby to…

Aug 2025

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Forest futures talk in Martinborough

In mid-July the Aorangi Restoration Trust arranged for Geoff Simmons and James Newman from the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the…

Aug 2025

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Antarctic drill rig bites into local climate history

An Antarctic-bound drilling rig has had modifications tested near Martinborough before it’s shipped to the ice as a key part of an…

Aug 2025

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Green shoots rising to support Dark Sky Reserve status

Key parts of dark sky infrastructure have begun emerging across southern Wairarapa since the area south of Masterton was designated an International…

July 2025

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Illegal dumping spreadsat hurupi river cliff site

Illegal fly-tippers have opened a new waste and garbage dump site which – according to district council officials – is just “metres…

July 2025

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Honouring decade-long dedication of coastal volunteers

For Volunteer Week 2025, Aorangi Restoration Trust proudly celebrated “the extraordinary efforts” of all its volunteers who are helping to bring native…

July 2025

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