History
Breaking the sound barrier
The sound barrier was officially broken on October 14th 1947 when the Bell X-1 became the first aircraft to fly faster than…
History
History
Waihenga Bridge 112 years old.
History The Ruamāhanga River is the largest river in the Wairarapa, flowing through the Wairarapa Valley for about 130 kilometres. The Waihenga…
History
Getting there
Up until the 1950s people seldom left town. Only one family in three had a car and public transport was very slow,…
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Centenary of Martinborough’s historic memorial gates remembered
A small, socially distanced ceremony on Saturday did not let the centenary of Martinborough’s Soldiers’ Memorial Gates go unnoticed. One hundred years…
