Its that time of the year again when the daylight hours start to shorten, the weather a little cooler and the colours a little more dynamic. This season this is happening against a backdrop of NZ and Martinbotough opening up to international visitors and the dropping off of some of the public health rules and orders.
One of the big problems we experienced during the pandemic was getting labour for the many hospo jobs that our members had. … Continue Reading
The Karapoti Rata is estimated as being 1000 to 1500 years old, was discovered in 2008, and is hidden deep in the Akatarawa Forest.
5 trampers from Greytown joined up with 6 from Eastbourne, led by Peter who had located the tree, and had devised routes to it, partly along existing tracks, logging routes, and stream beds, with new sections of route as necessary. Our route took us up a steep slope and through dense bush. There were many tracks, some quite indistinct, but Peter knew every turning. … Continue Reading
Autumn Mini Market. We held our first Mini Market on a brilliantly sunny morning, Saturday the 26th March in the church hall, this proved to be a great success and raised over $2,000.00 towards the work of the church. Our thanks go to everyone for the many ways they contributed to making this a success, be it donating goods, baking, making jam and preserves, potting plants and many other ways, without this support we would not have been able to raise these funds. … Continue Reading
The recent heavy rains have seen parts of Wairarapa become very wet indeed. After a relatively long spell with little flooding, the high rivers reminded us of just how devastating mother nature can be. The thing is though, is that the flooding we experienced was actually at the low end of the scale, being between a one-in-five or a one-in-ten-year event. Those who have lived in Wairarapa long enough know that we have seen far, far worse.
That is however little consolation for someone who has lost a chunk of land to the river or had water flowing through their house. … Continue Reading
Recent Comments