August Recycling collection 

Wednesday 5 th – wheelie bin

Wednesday 12 th – Glass

Wednesday 19 th – Wheelie Bin 

Wednesday 26 th – Glass

Community Board Notes

Tēna koutou kātoa

A big hello and Kia ora to everyone within our region, from your new Martinborough Community Board. We thank Mike Beckett for arranging this space for us in each months Martinborough Star, so that we can keep you all updated on your Boards activities, over the next triennium. We will be rotating writing this column each month so that you will hear from each of your Boards members.

First, we would like to acknowledge and thank the people of our district for their amazing community spirit and care for one another during the Covid-19 epidemic. We thank the Anglican Church, WaiWaste Wairarapa and Ngāti Kahungunu for providing and distributing food and care packages to our local whānau, elderly and people in need over this time. To our essential workers and those local businesses which kept our community going – Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa! We thank you all and we couldn’t have made it through without you. … Continue Reading

An afternoon with 20 languages

More than 20 residents of Wairarapa will offer kōrero, songs and poems in more than 20 languages on the same afternoon.

Kaumatua Mike Kawana will open the event.

“Wairarapa Worlds” will feature te reo, Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Japanese, Kiribati, Latvian, Polish, Samoan, Scots, Spanish, Tagalog and maybe a few more! 

Wairarapa Worlds was initiated by writer and photographer Madeleine Slavick, who reached out to Wairarapa Archive, Wairarapa Word, Aratoi and Masterton Creative Communities for support. … Continue Reading

Eighteen years at the Village Cafe

It is back to the farm for some well deserved R&R for Chris Petersen and Bruce Laurence after eighteen years at the helm of The Village Café in the heart of Martinborough.  Following the recent sale of the café  these talented hospitality legends want  to  take  time to re-focus and re-fresh ready for their next adventure.

Both were born and bred in rural New Zealand. Chris in Eketahuna and Bruce in Eltham, so their love of small towns is no surprise  … Continue Reading