Environment
Workshops focus on sustainability: Divine River
Local workshops which promise hands-on activities like making foot scrubs, bath salts, and lip balms, with a strong emphasis on environmental awareness,…
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Predator control to help save species
Fledgling birds are in their unprotected nests and predators – particularly rats, mice and possums – are skipping up the trees in…
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Hua-angarua river-side planting project starts well
Recloaking the banks of the Hua-angarua River with native species has begun with 40 volunteers turning out to put 600 plants into…
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Community patrol car goes Electric
Martinborough Community Patrol (MBCP) are now the proud owners of an Electric Nissan Leaf. The time had come to retire the old…
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Wairarapa Moana Spring planting
Everyone is welcome to join the next planting day for Wairarapa Moana restoration – Sunday 29 September at Lake Domain, near Featherston.…
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Te Kopi dismayed by untrue fly-tipping connection
Facts: Te Kopi on the south coast is a small family-owned settlement of 17 mostly baches with just three permanent residents. The…
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Hau Ariki Marae has first Wairarapa energy implant
Hau Ariki Marae in Martinborough is the first Wairarapa site to win funding for solar PV panels and a battery storage system…
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New Zealand bottom of EV charger league
International Energy Agency figures show New Zealand is at the bottom of 31 nations in providing public charging points for each electric…
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Riverside planting to begin restoring Hua-angarua ecosystem
Mark it in your diary – Saturday 7 September 9:30 a.m. – a community planting morning on the banks of the well-known…
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Planting time at the Moana
Winter planting for Wairarapa Moana restoration is in full swing. Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has organised the planting of 28,400 more…
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Coming slowly to a Remutaka Summit near you
Is it a bird, is it a plane? It’s a Billboard statement to travellers that they are entering a globally-acknowledged Dark Sky…
