History

History

Everyone is welcome all the time

Next time you wait for your order from Joe Kwong On Takeaways on Jellicoe Street you might like to think about the…

Jun 2025

History

Centenarian’s birthday marked by late pontiff

Even as Pope Francis was lying in State at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and thousands filed past his coffin, his soft…

May 2025

History

Time Travel at Martinborough Museum

Martinborough Museum is planning a series of mini-exhibitions to tell local stories through items in its collection. The first exhibition will open…

Feb 2025

History

One Quick Question

Where in town would you find this smart new bronze plaque? Clues: It’s on a building in The Square That building was…

Dec 2024

History

Century-plus of Chinese merchant history

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark may be surprised to learn that she could be one of the originators of a splendid book…

Dec 2024

History

130-year-old grande dame of Martinborough

From The Martinborough Star, October 1894: “The Martinborough Public Library was formally opened on Thursday afternoon [October 18, 1894]; Mr John Martin…

Nov 2024

History

Soldier Settlements in the south – and their fight to survive

Although the book, “South of Martinborough – Two Soldier Settlements and their Neighbours,” by Diane Grant, was launched exactly two years ago…

Nov 2024

History

Mouldering historic Carkeek Observatory still awaits council action

“Firstly, my apologies for not communicating with you for a while and for the project moving slower than we had originally anticipated,”…

Nov 2024

History

Martin Square, Soldier’s Memorial Park: Truth or Fiction?

There is always truth and fiction in all the stories that are told and retold, about events in relationship to certain places.…

Jun 2024

History

Recalling the Fallen

May 2024

History

Local Pa sites uncovered from 1940s aerial pix

Many South Wairarapa Pa sites sat lost in time, unnoticed, even hidden, in the rolling, expansive landscape until a young group of…

May 2024

History

Historic Carkeek Observatory protection work begun

Work to preserve and protect New Zealand’s oldest astronomic observatory is under way, with conservation architects working on shelter design and the…

May 2024

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