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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…

May 2024

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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…

Mar 2024

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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…

Mar 2024

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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…

Nov 2023

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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…

Nov 2023

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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…

Nov 2023

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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…

Nov 2023

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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.…

Oct 2023

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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…

Sept 2023

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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…

July 2023

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Goodbye to A Special Martinborough Event

The tributes have been flowing in from the many people who have enjoyed the Opera Concerts that Winifred Bull and her late…

July 2023

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Encounter China during Matariki

Nau mai, Haere mai! Learn about our links with China and our sister city. Be part of an afternoon during Matariki to…

July 2023

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