Meet your firefighters

Meet our newest fully qualified firefighter, Justin Hudepohl. Having successfully completed the week long basic training course in Rotorua, Justin is certified to put on breathing apparatus and enter burning structures with an experienced partner. He is an enthusiastic member of the brigade, already asking for more advanced training.
Justin’s decision to join the Brigade came with the support of his wife Tamara and 8 year old daughter Bailey. The commitment to train and respond to alarms at all hours means family backing is so important. His dad, Barry is proud of his son, giving him this quite wise advice; “don’t do anything silly”. … Continue Reading

Library News

Coffee, shoes, books – we need all of these before opening the library door in the morning.  I suppose the books are the most important as we are a library but the other two rate rather highly as well.  As I write this I am yearning for a coffee but Mike is waiting for this article as the deadline is 5 minutes away  (sigh). 

So, for you avid readers, please do look at our Staff Favourites display table as you enter the library.  These books are loved by at least one of our librarians and it is a great opportunity for you to extend your reading experience into unknown territory and perhaps find new favourite authors yourself.  To encourage you we are not charging a rental fee for any book on the table. 

If you do like FREEBIES then please check out our Facebook page.  If you ‘Like’ what you see then let us know and you will receive a FREE DVD hire.  If you weren’t aware we have DVDs then hop in and check out the vast range for adults and children that have recently been added to the library. … Continue Reading

Light hearted Golfing

A good sense of humour was required when the Chronicle’s golfing reporter in the 1990s let loose. And the club members lapped it up. His report (Under the cunning pseudonym of ‘The Slicer”) for June 21st 1991:

‘Some great scoring was played during the weekend .Ted Peacock cemented his place in the Marquis team with a brilliant 8 up. Great play Ted, but give us a smile now and then.

You know, JF. 48 points amazing but true. Now his smile was so big that two steaks wouldn’t have touched the sides of his mouth. Drapes was so impressed by the old fella’s performance that he was named as reserve for the seniors. … Continue Reading

Great Art, Great Causes

The Martinborough community is in fundraising mode again, this time with a contemporary art auction to be held in the Town Hall on Saturday the 30th of May (Queen’s Birthday weekend). All proceeds will be shared between the Medical Centre and the Town Hall project.

This auction will offer a catalogue of more than 50 works by some of New Zealand’s best known artists. Artists include Seraphine Pick, Gavin Hipkins, Max Patte, Fiona Pardington, Dick Frizzell, Gerda Leenards and Shane Cotton as well as locals Stephen Allwood, Vincent Ward (see image) and Jane Kellehan. There will be paintings, sculpture, ceramics and photographs.

The terrific response from these artists to requests for work for the show is a reflection of the special regard that Martinborough enjoys, says Cath de Groot, Chair of the art auction committee. “It is arguably the biggest and best collection of contemporary art ever shown in the South Wairarapa.” … Continue Reading