Two EV chargers with the ability to charge three vehicles at once are currently being installed at Martinborough’s Freemasons Lodge carpark –…
Dishonesty, theft, treachery. Three little-used words in the history of colonisation in New Zealand. Those words don’t appear in the official documents…
From the desert to Martinborough Barnea is an olive variety renowned for hardiness and reliable oil production. Helen and John Meehan have…
This year is the 50th anniversary of Aorangi Forest Park, which spans 20,000 hectares of native forested hill country south of Martinborough.…
It went under the radar locally. UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Francisco Cali-Tzay, visited Wairarapa early April to…
Inside Martinborough Square, the leaves are well on the turn. Our extraordinary oaks, elms. limes and gums all appear in good condition…
Wairarapa Maori iwi and hapu have won a High Court action which recognises their customary rights over five areas of the South…
He Kōtare Native Plant Nursery – a community venture on part of the former Featherston golf course – is gearing up for…
International Dark Sky Week, April 2 – 8, is upon us worldwide. It is a week of world-wide celebration of the dark…
Kākahi/ freshwater mussel populations in Lake Wairarapa are in deep trouble due to water pollution and the effects of climate change –…
What is Martinborough’s oldest tree? Well, it is not the prettiest and it might be regarded a pest by some people. The…
Ripe and ripening fruit means hungry birds invading orchards, vineyards and home fruit tree gardens. Already the apricots, green Granny Smiths, plums,…
