Environment
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…
Well, blow me down! I was minding my own business, ambling down Kitchener Street and noticed that the South Wairarapa District Council…
On Page 17 of February’s Martinborough Star in the article “Pingao – the little coastal sand sedge miracle?” Kohunui Marae where the…
Ruamahanga Farm on Martinborough’s outskirts has nine hectares of “huge yellow sunflower blooms” on offer during a mid-February Sunflower Festival to help…
Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) sliced through the skies mid-January, slowly fading on its first visit to the Sun and planets in 180.000…
Nocturnal + tourism equals a new and leading trend in world tourism, rated the No. 1 new attraction and reported by the…
Fifty tussock-like plants covered in wire mesh boxes sit in the sand well along the beach-front at Lake Ferry’s Okorewa Lagoon. Few…
Stump up with binoculars, telescope, mobile phone app or bare eyes at month’s end (February 28) for a (hopefully) star-lit night to…
My journey into conservation has been a short one, prompted by a lifelong love for our wild South Wairarapa coastline and our…
Aorangi Forest Park, long celebrated for its rugged beauty and ecological significance, has taken on a new role as the “core” of…
By Martin Freeth South Wairarapa farmers resumed their cull of canada geese this summer _ but bird numbers are ever-increasing and so…
Freshwater kākahi – native mussels once a key food source in Lake Wairarapa – face potential extinction as they pay the cost…
Up on the heights of Martinborough, Frank and Lisa Cornelissen have built their new home. Wanting to conserve energy and be as…