After a couple of postponements, South Wairarapa Rebus Club said was a pleasure to welcome guest speaker, Mike Butterick MP, to the…
South Wairarapa District Council increased its rates take by $5 million last year _ but very little of that extra money went…
There have been a number of consultations where the Council has asked you to provide submissions on different topics and thanks to…
This is my final column for the year. I wish all readers of The Star a very merry Christmas. Please have a…
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…
