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Te Kopi in Palliser Bay (Kawa Kawa)
A bit of digging recently unearthed some little-known but quite exciting Wairarapa colonial history. Some ancient Māori settlement, inter-tribal warfare, shipwrecks, a…
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Under the Martinborough Stars
Have you ever wondered how astronomers know what objects in space are made of? Since it’s inconvenient to impossible to travel to…
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Pukaha rabbit alliance
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre has launched a new brand for the Pūkaha Rabbit Alliance Ringa Atawhai me te Ringa Ahuwhenua. The Department…
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Electric buses arrive
Award winning New Zealand family-owned bus and tourism company, Tranzit Group whose head office remains in Wairarapa, converted the bus from diesel…
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South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group (SWBG)
The community group SWBG has been going for more than 10 years now, with the main activity in recent times being planting…
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Tips of life
Droplets that accumulate on the ends of leaves offer more than hydration for insects. A new study has found that they are…
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Wairarapa bananas?
Bananas are far and away the most popular fruit in New Zealand – apples are a distant second. But the vast majority…
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Under The Martinborough Stars.
I’m Chris. I’m the new owner of Under The Stars. When I was 6 years old my dad kept me up late…
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Matariki cluster
Te Papa has provided this photo of the Matariki Star Cluster. It can be seen rising in the north east around the…
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Under The Martinborough Stars
A few weeks ago, the photograph of our Milky Way’s Black Hole was revealed. Black Holes are a very important stage in…
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The first telescope
The first historic mention of a telescope ‘ a tube to see far’ is a patent application dated 25th September 1608 by…
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Trial may ease coastal community’s battle against erosion
Cape Palliser Road winds its way along one of the wildest stretches of coast in the world. A dramatic rise in severe…
