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Skyline Challenge “roaring” success for Lions
After last year’s cyclonic washout, this year’s Lions’ Club Skyline Challenge was a “roaring” success, with around 250 participants turning up to…
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Familiar and new faces to grace Music Festival
Martinborough Music Festival returns in September with an amazing lineup of talented musicians from New Zealand and overseas to bring this year’s…
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Greytown’s mid-year Festival of Christmas returns
After 50,000 people visited last year’s event, and winning the region’s business Supreme Award, it’s hardly surprising that Greytown’s Festival of Christmas…
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Toast eaten by Foley Wines
U.S.-based Foley Wines has taken over Toast Martinborough, ingesting the long-running festival into its growing portfolio of wine, food and hospitality activities…
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Apples and pears – from the trees
Greytown’s Molewood Orchard has just opened its gates for Pick Your Own: apples and – for the first time – pears. Last…
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February wines and food harvest festival
Ancient native trees will provide shade and the setting for the first local wine and food festival of 2024 at The Cliffs…
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“Wings” has 17 aircraft types in show
Wings over Wairarapa, halted by Cyclone Gabrielle in February, is promising 17 airplane types when the air show blasts into local skies…
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New sites at 30th Toast Martinborough
Toast Martinborough turns 30 this year and goes back to its roots with two new sites joining the established big names. The…
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Gin Garden Party
For a small town, Martinborough has a lot of gin distilleries and the newest is opening its doors to host a gin…
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Wairarapa Annual Ploughing Match
It was 70 years ago, in 1953, that a committee was formed in the region which founded the Wairarapa Ploughing Match Association.…
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Music Festival ahead
Hundreds of Wairarapa children enjoyed this year’s Martinborough Music Festival school concerts, which were presented by a string quartet and a wind…
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Santa Parade countdown…less than 200 days
Children believe that all the fun of Christmas is conjured up by Santa and his Elves, from their base at the North…
