The Martinborough Music Festival has celebrated its 10th year in style, attracting sold-out audiences, enthusiastic community support and widespread praise for a…
This year’s Agricultural Day was extra special because it was our last one at Martinborough School before heading off to college next…
P&K Martinborough’s butchery team has achieved another impressive result at the Great New Zealand Sausage Competition, winning gold for its pork carbonara…
Our Pet Day is always a great day and a lovely time for the community to come together. The auction which followed…
Friday 16th October saw Pirinoa School host our annual Pet Day — always a highlight on the school and community calendar! The…
Martinborough’s wine and food story is getting a nostalgic twist this month, with Ata Rangi hosting Sitting Pretty, a pre-Toast sunset session…
Save the date – Saturday 5th December. Martinborough’s annual community Christmas celebration returns with many groups pitching in this year to help…
This year’s Agricultural Day was extra special because it was our last one at Martinborough School before heading off to college next…
Our Pet Day is always a great day and a lovely time for the community to come together. The auction which followed…
Friday 16th October saw Pirinoa School host our annual Pet Day — always a highlight on the school and community calendar! The…
Save the date – Saturday 5th December. Martinborough’s annual community Christmas celebration returns with many groups pitching in this year to help…
Jawl Beary, SOI-3 Kitchen & Bar – deliciousness in a side lane Martinborough resident, Jawl Beary chose the Pour & Explore Festival…
Well before the Council has finished repairing the worst of the damage from the terrible weather we experienced earlier this year, El…
South Wairarapa District Council Chief Executive Janice Smith has announced she will not seek reappointment to another permanent term as Chief Executive…
Self-service kiosks will soon be available at all three libraries across South Wairarapa, bringing with them a convenient optionfor borrowing items and…
From Canada to Samoa, eight people took the oath of New Zealand citizenship last month at a ceremony held in Martinborough Town…
Hot dry weather is the name of the game across South Wairarapa this summer with forecast El Niño conditions likely to place…
P&K Martinborough’s butchery team has achieved another impressive result at the Great New Zealand Sausage Competition, winning gold for its pork carbonara…
After nearly 16 years working across the United Arab Emirates and surrounding countries, returning to New Zealand is a “blessed homecoming” for…
Every thriving town has people quietly making things happen. In Martinborough, that’s the Martinborough Business Association (MBA) committee: local business owners volunteering…
As timing goes, the launch of a new global wine guide in New Zealand last month is great news. It’s free, it’s…
In our October issue the Tora Collective team secured a Quality Food Mark and they were about to attend the awards night…
The Martinborough Music Festival has celebrated its 10th year in style, attracting sold-out audiences, enthusiastic community support and widespread praise for a…
For Gillian Cronin, taking a trip to the Tate Modern, London in 2022, inspired a set of new paintings about the spaces…
Te Waiwhakaata Wairarapa Film Festival returns to Martinborough and Featherston this November with four Spring Sessions showcasing films with strong local connections.…
“The Starving Bride” by Catherine Chidgey The Coalition of Books launched Aotearoa Book of the Month initiative and what a great choice…
We had our annual citizen science outing to count the booms of the Australasian bittern – Matuku-hūrepo in the Boggy Pond wetlands…
As spring hits its stride across the South Wairarapa, November brings a noticeable shift, the soil temperature reaches that sweet spot where…
Expansion would bring almost the entire Wairarapa under a single internationally accredited night sky reserve. Eight years after work began to protect…
Water is the lifeblood that connects places and people. Through our waterways, our whānau has connected deeply not only to our home…
The AGM will be held on Sunday the 4th of October from 4pm to 5 pm at the Ruakokoputuna Hall, at 480…
It’s been a very hectic couple of months at the club with some of our flagship competitions and events. Early October saw…
Martinborough Junior Football has wrapped up another season, celebrating around 90 young players at its annual prizegiving. The club thanked its players,…
The In the Neighbourhood Marty Masters Sevens returned to Martinborough on Saturday, 26 September, with 10 men’s teams and — for the…
How Hunting Supports Local Families and Provides Important Pest Control This year marked the 32nd Pukemanu Big Four hunting challenge, held at…
Jerry Miller is a very focussed, determined fourteen-year-old whose life centres around Muay Thai. When I asked himhow he got into this…
Martinborough’s wine and food story is getting a nostalgic twist this month, with Ata Rangi hosting Sitting Pretty, a pre-Toast sunset session…
Round the Vines is back for 2026, with Martinborough’s much-loved fun run and walk taking place on Saturday 31 October. The event…
Walking is one of the most accessible forms of recreation and provides a low-cost opportunity for people to meet others and participate…
Martinborough’s Own Wearables Fun Evening was an entertaining event, and it lived up to our expectations! The hall looked amazing especially with…
Bring the whānau and some cushions and come along for a magical musical adventure with the Druz’ya Quartet at the Martinborough Music…
Rotary Wellington has a satellite Club in the Wairarapa focused on literacy projects; Rotary Literacy for Life. One of the Club’s most…
Our October talk was by art historian and photography curator David Langman, former Director of the New Zealand Centre for Photography. We…
Chicxulub Asteroid – Tsunami and Earthquake The Chicxulub-derived mega-tsunami that struck New Zealand 66 million years ago is a remarkable example of…
John Reeve. John, a retired government food safety toxicologist, described for us the hard work and extremely long hours – seven days…
August’s U3A speaker, Trixie Duckett, tackled a subject most of us would rather put off indefinitely: death, and the practical business of…
Confused by all the messages about technology and children? You’re not alone! Is technology helping our kids learn and connect, or is…
The Carterton Indoor Community Pool, built by locals nearly 40 years ago, has long provided safe, warm, year round swimming for families,…
Parkinson’s Wairarapa has been pretty quiet during the winter months, with only our regular activities (singing, exercises, ping pong and counterpunch) taking…
This is the first of our new quarterly Health and Wellness section. Spring is here (allegedly) and as the seasons change it’s…
Legal planning for you and your family. Firstly, Parkinson’s Wairarapa would like to thank all of you who stopped at our table…
It has stood, and slowly crumbled, through more than 155 years of Featherston weather. Now, the totara plank-and-beam remains of the historic…
A very rare and special gift was delivered to the museum recently, inside a regular shopping bag. It had been “found” at…
Droving – the slow, careful movement of livestock along roads or across country – was once a defining part of Wairarapa’s farming…
Who said Martinborough was “the place to live”, but never lived here? When did Māori first settle in the south Wairarapa? Where…
Historic Carkeek Observatory in South Featherston is having a weather-proof covering built over it to protect what remains of the 158-year-old star-gazing…
