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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…

Mar 2025

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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…

Mar 2025

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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…

Feb 2025

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Oldest recent visitor does slow streak through skies

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…

Feb 2025

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Setting up to catch the Noctourism wave

Nocturnal + tourism equals a new and leading trend in world tourism, rated the No. 1 new attraction and reported by the…

Feb 2025

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Pingao – the little coastal sand sedge miracle?

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…

Feb 2025

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Great Planetary Alignment at end of February

Stump up with binoculars, telescope, mobile phone app or bare eyes at month’s end (February 28) for a (hopefully) star-lit night to…

Feb 2025

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Introduced predators decimate coastal and forest birds, wildlife

My journey into conservation has been a short one, prompted by a lifelong love for our wild South Wairarapa coastline and our…

Feb 2025

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Aorangi Forest Park: Dark Heart of Wairarapa’s Dark Sky Reserve

Aorangi Forest Park, long celebrated for its rugged beauty and ecological significance, has taken on a new role as the “core” of…

Feb 2025

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Canada geese problem takes off – who’s doing anything?

By Martin Freeth South Wairarapa farmers resumed their cull of canada geese this summer _ but bird numbers are ever-increasing and so…

Feb 2025

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Farewell to a native species dying in the lake?

Freshwater kākahi – native mussels once a key food source in Lake Wairarapa – face potential extinction as they pay the cost…

Nov 2024

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Green energy buffs living Off the Grid

Up on the heights of Martinborough, Frank and Lisa Cornelissen have built their new home. Wanting to conserve energy and be as…

Nov 2024

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