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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Dark Sky accreditation for South Wairarapa
After five years of hard work by a small group of volunteers, the South Wairarapa and Carterton Districts have been formally certified…
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Talk on the remarkable geology on the Tora Coast
If you know what to look for in a geological sense, there are some remarkable things about our east coast at Tora.…
