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Under the Stars

Imagine being out on the vast pacific ocean with nothing but horizon in every direction. You don’t have a smartphone. You don’t…

July 2023

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Predator Free Martinborough

The volunteer group Predator Free Martinborough has caught in traps and despatched 166 introduced wildlife killers in the past year _ and…

Jun 2023

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Under The Martinborough Stars

Well, here we are in winter, again. It feels like it happens every year. But that’s great for stargazers if the weather…

Jun 2023

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Did You Know? 

Glowworms or Arachnacampa Luminosa are not really worms at all. They are the larvae of a carnivorous fungus gnat. They are small…

Jun 2023

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Talk on the amazing geology at Cape Palliser

Earth scientist Chris Hollis will present on the amazing rock formations that exist in the Cape Palliser area. Ancient undersea lava flows dating…

Jun 2023

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Predator Free Martinborough

A local pest control initiative – Predator Free Martinborough – has been expanding its network of traps in vineyards around the village.…

May 2023

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Night light outside: charting the good, the bad and the ugly 

Light pollution round the world is making the darkness above the earth “literally disappear,” and taking with it the ability of people…

May 2023

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Did You Know?

That the moon has earthquakes too. The moon is shrinking getting more than 50 metres skinnier over the last several 100 million…

May 2023

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Under the Martinborough Star

If you are a resident of South Wairarapa, by now you have most likely heard of a dark sky reserve. If you…

Mar 2023

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Saving the seeds at Koanga Institute

For 35 years the Koanga Institute has been collecting and cultivating heritage food plants and saving the seeds from them to sell…

Mar 2023

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Farewell voyagers 

The Voyager space probes – Voyagers 1 and 2 – that are heading out of our galaxy and off after a 45-year…

Feb 2023

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Geological Field trip to the Tora coast

Following up on the talk by Climate Paleontologist Chris Hollis in Martinborough last month the Aorangi Restoration Trust is organizing a day…

Feb 2023

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