Daffodil Picking Day
The day: Sunday 25 August
Time: start from 10:00 a.m.
Where: 559 Whangamoana Road.
River bank community planting
Saturday 7 September 9:30 a.m.
Planting morning Hua-angarua River banks fishing spot just north of Martinborough
(near Ponatahi Bridge). … Continue Reading
Two intricate exhibitions at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History open in August and share the concept of ‘home’ through textiles, food and film.
Internationally-recognised artists Cat Auburn and Christine Borland join forces with the astonishing
Main Gallery exhibition: Approaching Home.
Aotearoa artist Cat Auburn is currently living in Scotland and will be exhibiting artwork in which she explored the collective centering of military heroism within an Aotearoa national origin story. Scottish artist, Christine Borland will be showing artwork engaging with the social and material histories of flax and linen production. … Continue Reading
A letter of thanks.
Martinborough community board would like to once again thank everyone who attended the public information session and have offered on going support to ensure the future of the Pain Estate. As a result of this support, we have now made a small but significant step in the right direction.
You may have already seen in the press that an amount of $300k was paid back into the Pain Estate bank account following an investigation authorised by the CE. This money related to amounts overcharged to the Estate during the period 2006 – 07 through to provisional accounts for 2023-24
A copy of the report from the CE detailing this is attached – it was presented at the Community Board meeting held on 11th July – a recording is available on the council’s Youtube channel. … Continue Reading
It’s been a busy season at the Wrestling club so far in 2024.
In late May/June FWC attended the Waikanae Tri-series tournament, the Wellington Championships and the North Island Championships. An impressive collection of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals returned with the teams.
The tri-series with local clubs introduces our wrestlers to tournament wrestling and prepares them for attending the National events that follow. The friendly club atmosphere has been great this year and we look forward to the Tawa tri-series tournamnent in late July. … Continue Reading
Martinborough golfers say it’s hard to believe that just over 12 months ago they were still in the old clubhouse _ “and now we have a spectacular new building.” “To get where we are today has meant a huge fundraising effort and amazing support from members: we couldn’t have done …
We start at the end of the month, when the annual Baabraa Trophy between Martinborough and Eketahuna was fought out on a glorious Sunday in Martinborough. A field of 70 played a stableford round and the average stableford points for the two clubs were calculated. Eketahuna scored an average …
September has been an up and down month weatherwise for golfers, some beautiful early spring days followed by cold and rain. Thankfully for the important days the weather has mostly come to the party. Early in the month the Cotter Rosebowl was successfully defended at Carterton by Martinborough’s team of …
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