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Regional Council notes

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Jasmine and agapanthus are common plants found in a great many gardens across New Zealand and certainly abundant in the Wairarapa.  They are synonymous with the older homesteads and properties that we are famous for and often invoke memories of yesteryear.  The starkness of the standalone electric blue flowers of original agapanthus and the perfume of jasmine in spring made them popular choices for gardeners.  An added attraction was their hardiness which was an added bonus given the harsh dryness of the summers of old and the solid frosts that the Wairarapa can deliver. … Continue Reading

MARTINBOROUGH RUGBY CLUB

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The 2017 season is underway for our Senior teams, our Premier team has started with a couple of very close losses against some tough teams. Our Reserve team has started the season positively with a good win over Gladstone. Both our teams will be at home on Saturday 6 May vs Marist so come on down and see them both in action. As always our Clubrooms are open, come on in and enjoy some hot food and liquid refreshments! … Continue Reading

Service above Self

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Rotary has worked for our communities, largely behind the scenes, for over 100 years. The South Wairarapa Rotary Club has not been around quite that long, but has been very active in providing a wide range of facilities from Youth programmes, student bursaries and scholarships and international exchange programmes, to environmental and community projects and awards and of course the famous Martinborough Fair! … Continue Reading

The South Wairarapa Bridge Club

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On Sunday April 2 the Greytown Town Centre was a place of deep concentration. In groups of four, ninety-two heads were bent over hands, feet plunked firmly under tables. This was a day of reckoning. A Wairarapa “Gunfight at OK Corral” but performed with bottoms on seats. This was the day of the great South Wairarapa Bridge Club Intermediate and Junior tournament. … Continue Reading

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New golf clubhouse build, fund-raising up and running

Martinborough golf’s new clubhouse build is well under way _ as are fundraising efforts. It doesn’t seem long since we watched the demolition of the old clubhouse and now the frames for half the new building are in place with scaffolding up ready for the roof timbers. Everything is going …

Golf pro-am success _ without clubhouse

By Karen Stephens A record field of 172 players, including 43 professionals from New Zealand and Australia, battled light winds, warm temperatures and even light early-morning fog at Martinborough golf’s 2024 CER Electrical and Holmes Construction pro-am on February 1. At least that was the range of excuses for some …

Featherston wrestlers go offshore

Two members of Featherston Amateur Wrestling Club’s senior class have again been asked to join a New Zealand team overseas.  Wairangi Sargent and Angus Read will take part in the Journeymen Tournament and Training Camp over Easter in New York state.  Over the week they are there they will be …

Regular Features

News from First Church

 Many folk imagine that going to church is a bit of an ordeal, a waste …

FROM THE MAYOR

By Martin Connelly In February the local Lions Club invited me for dinner and asked …

Driving Growth and Collaboration: Martinborough Business Assn Committee

The Martinborough Business Association Committee plays an important role in fostering economic growth and collaboration …

How Well Do We Know People in our Community?

Michael Bing talks to Lyle Griffiths Michael was raised in Auckland, attending St Peters College …

BOOK REVIEWS FOR HOT SUMMER DAYS

By Brenda Channer – Martinborough Bookshop “Whether Violent or Natural” by Natasha Calder This debut …

Community Garden News

By Debbie Yates This is definitely the month of thank you. Nga Mihi Nui! We …

EVENTS

Saturday 10 February: 10th annual Citizen Science Kākahi Count at Western Lake Shore Reserve, 18km …

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