Martinborough dominates top-end housing sales

Four Martinborough houses led the price list for the most expensive properties sold in Wairarapa in 2024.

The region’s six top prices were all upwards of $1.8 million.

The leading home, in Martinborough’s Vintners Lane, headed the price paid list at $3.37 million for its 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 2-car garaging set-up.

The home sits in a park-like 1.94 hectares, with an estimated land value of $810,000.

Ranked second was an Oxford St property sold for $2.6m on the border of the golf course.  … Continue Reading

Martinborough Lawn Tennis Club: Xmas Day Tourney

Tennis Writer

The prematch excitement was palpable. The grass had been cut to Wimbledon standard.

The annual Wednesday Whackers Wimborough tournament was about to start at the bright-eyed time of 08.00 on Christmas Day for a healthy 15 of us. 

Dress codes were adhered to perfectly (the colour that identifies Christmas for you). … Continue Reading

New Year Honours: Kings Service Order

Thomas Michael (Mike) Gray

For services to local government and the community

Citation: Mike Gray was a South Wairarapa District Councillor for 12 years between 1992 and 2013, including time chairing the Planning Hearings and as Deputy Mayor, and served on the Greytown and Featherston Community Boards between 2016 and 2022. … Continue Reading

An invite: join the Long Term Plan process, add to the results – February 2025 

By Aidan Ellims

Happy New Year to everyone, although we are at the end of January some would ask: where has the summer been? It has certainly been unseasonal, although the weather has played ball for Toast Martinborough, Cruize Martinborough and fingers crossed for Martinborough Fair. 

At the last council meeting of 2024 which occurred in November, we received the petition that Leah Hawkins and Dean Di Bona had promoted calling that rates increases for the upcoming Long Term Plan be capped at 3% in line with inflation. 

It was impressive that over a thousand ratepayers/residents had signed the petition and I commented that it would great if we could have that number of submissions for our next Long Term Plan.  … Continue Reading