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Bringing the universe down to earthlings
“Fly me to the Moon” goes the song lyric but for dark sky company Spacewardbound on a cloudy day it’s virtual reality,…
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Aorangi Restoration Trust AGM
The Aorangi Restoration Trust was set up fifteen years ago on the instigation of Martinborough winemaker Clive Paton and others. The objective…
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Only in Martinborough: Democracy Takes Flight
Surely, it’s a joke. It’s not even April First. With all the voting happening in Martinborough for Mayor and Council, there’s no…
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Kahikatea Planting Expands Wetland Restoration
The morning was cold, the wind chill, water flowed under foot in places as hardy volunteers gathered for a native tree, shrub…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
