Under The Martinborough Stars

Another glorious Martinborough summer is here! I’m expecting red hot days, jumping in cool blue water and drinking a delicious Martinborough chilled white wine while enjoying a warm orange sunset around the amber glow of a fire pit.

We take colours and the associated temperature for granted. But in astronomy it all gets a bit, well confusing.

There are five main colours of star, going from red all the way to blue. Of course, there are other colours associated with astronomy; black holes, dark matter and red shift for example. … Continue Reading

Tribute to Geoff Lankow

Geoff Lankow, the man behind the Martinborough Fun Ride which raised over $150,000 for the community, passed away in early January, aged 85.

The Fun Ride peaked at 900 riders under Geoff’s 23-year reign, timed for riders training for the Lake Taupo Challenge. Funds supported the Martinborough Volunteer Fire Brigade and South Wairarapa Order of St John, and on retiring from the event Geoff and Jan received a Rotary Community Service Award for their initiative. … Continue Reading

Telecommunications Dispute Resolution  (TDR)

What is it ? A free independent service to help consumers with complaints about their telecommunications provider . The TDR service is available for residential and small business customers of telecommunications providers. TDR covers most telecommunication providers in New Zealand .

What can TDR help with ? TDR can look at complaints about products and services you get from such a provider.  If you have a complaint :

1/ let your provider know directly there’s a problem. They will work with you to provide a solution. … Continue Reading

South Wairarapa Rebus Club   

The Guest Speaker at our January meeting was Anton Persico, Sales Manager for The Orchards Lifestyle Retirement Village, who spoke on behalf of developer/operators Craig Percy and the Tumu Group. The village will be sited on Murphy’s Orchard property in Greytown and will preserve some of the 700 mature trees, mostly fruit trees consisting of  plums, apples, nectarine, peaches and apricots. Expressions of interest have already been received from 200 potential residents, couples and singles.

The homes will be built embracing the boutique vision of the developer. For example, the stud height in the villas is typically a generous 2.7 m (9 ft). Resource consents have been obtained and construction of the show villa is expected to start in March 2020 and the first residents are expected to move in by the end of 2020.  … Continue Reading