If you want a change of voting system from “First Past the Post” – winner takes all – for the 2025-28 local…
South Wairarapa and Carterton have abandoned the Wellington regional 10-member water services plan, opting to seek partnerships with Masterton and Tararua –…
Water services have been a political football for some time. We associate “Three Waters” with the last Labour government, but it had…
A Māori kākahu (cloak) gifted to South Wairarapa District Council last month represents a powerful symbolic gesture from the original mana whenua…
Planning is forging ahead for a new water services model to cover 10 southern North Island local bodies – from Horowhenua to…
The lack of a clear mandate for change from South Wairarapa residents saw local councillors stick with the status quo for the…
It’s coming down the pipe. October 30 was the deadline for district and regional councils to decide which cosy partnership would best…
One side of the Maori ward argument calls it race-baiting (aka dog whistling) by those opposed to implementing the partnership agreed under…
The historic 2023 decision to establish a Maori Ward in South Wairarapa was retained by unanimous vote at a council meeting last…
Martinborough’s new street crossing lights are expected to be switched on finally in November, completing a drawn-out project which started in early…
South Wairarapa District Council has begun house-hunting in its three main towns _ seeking out hidden rating opportunities, though that’s not quite…
Are councillors engaged in “virtue signalling” over the rating systems changes which have seen some rates hiked by more than 100-percent –…
