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How to gain sleep and lower power bills

If it sounds too good to be true, it often is but here’s a DIY toolkit you can try safely at home,…

Apr 2026

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Straw Houses in Martinborough

You may not have noticed them, but scattered around Martinborough there are some houses that are built from a very unconventional material. …

Apr 2026

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Ruakokopatuna Emergency Community Hub

Fire. Flood. Wind. Earthquake. Landslide – it could all happen. Ruakokopatuna sits across two valleys about 20 kilometres south of Martinborough. Despite…

Apr 2026

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Iconic Cape Palliser Road under threat

NZ Transport Agency is currently considering reducing funding to normal Funding Assistance Rates (FAR) and phasing out the Special Purpose Road status…

Mar 2026

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Night sky images, film headline first Dark Sky Week

An exhibition of powerful South Island/Te Wai Pounamu dark sky images will be among headline events at Wairarapa’s Dark Sky Week next…

Mar 2026

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Atmospheric rivers blight New Zealand. Where do we stand?

Atmospheric Rivers are long narrow plumes of water vapour carrying vast amounts of concentrated moisture from the tropics towards higher latitudes.  They…

Feb 2026

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Hempcrete from field to factory

FROM FIELD TO FACTORY The journey begins in the fields, where hemp grows rapidly without the need for disruptive tilling practices that…

Feb 2026

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Trapping volunteers sought

The Riverside Walk along sections of the Ruamāhanga River, near the Waihenga Bridge will – once complete – open up a significant…

Feb 2026

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Satellite Robber Barons stealing the night sky 

Astronomers call it the Billionaire Space Race, as tech billionaires plan the launch of tens of thousands of Low Earth Orbit satellites…

Feb 2026

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Prince Tui Teka of Pūkaha 

You might have heard the news about Prince Tūī Teka, the chatty tūī who went viral after saying “Hello” to some surprised…

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Aorangi Restoration Trust Updates

Matuku Muster Saturday 8th November saw some groups organised by Philippa Crisp, a Trustee with the Aorangi Restoration Trust, stand at assigned listening posts in…

Dec 2025

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First-ever Dark Sky calendar a Collector’s item 

Wonderful Wairarapa Dark Sky pictures which feature in a first-ever local astronomy calendar show why protection is a key motivation for setting…

Dec 2025

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