South Wairarapa District Council is assessing short-term solutions to the major sewerage problems which Martinborough town faces after it was served formal…
With the local council between a financial rock and hard place, Mayor Martin Connelly is hinting urban ratepayers may be facing much…
Population growth and plant decrepitude have combined to shut off sewage access by planned new houses to Martinborough’s wastewater treatment plant _…
Some of Martinborough’s community clearly didn’t get the memo that local District Council staff were wearing Pink Shirt Day regalia on May…
With every passing season, new faces and new whānau arrive in Martinborough. Some come from over the hill, like myself, and others…
Last week your Council was delivered a bombshell. We were informed that the Martinborough wastewater plant had reached capacity and that we…
There are two themes in this month’s column: rates and getting around our community. In late April or May, the Council will…
Another grape harvest has been completed, and by all accounts for most it has been a season to forget, due to the…
Reading Mike Beckett’s death notice felt like another constant in the world had been taken from us. He’d been the editor of…
We will all be talking about Cyclone Gabrielle for a very long time. It was the most destructive weather events in our…
Hello everyone. I hope you’re warm, dry and well after Cyclones Gabrielle and Hale. We extend our deepest sympathies to those in…
I don’t know if you were aware, but over the weekend Janice Mills started collecting bedding and towels for families in need…
