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Know your town.

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In the plan for Waihenga produced by J D Baird in 1870 section 28 Weld Street was set aside for a Scottish Church, 38 Weld Street for an English Church and 6 Grey Street for a Wesleyan Church . No section for a Catholic Church.
However John Martin’s later plan set aside the section which is now the Martinborough Transport corner for a Presbyterian Church, the section where it is now stands for an Anglican Church and what is now 13 Cologne Street for a Catholic Church. Only the Anglican Church took up the offer.
The Wairarapa Standard of 22 June 1880 carried a notice under the Fencing Act instructing the Catholics to erect a dividing fence. With no Catholics in the area at the time Wairarapa’s only priest, Father Halbwachs saw little point in the section and declined it. … Continue Reading

Library News

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Media alert – the WLS now has its own newsletter. Don’t get too excited, it’s only a monthly leaflet. However it does contain all the basic information you need such as opening hours, website, blog and telephone numbers as well as a list of some of the new books to look out for, juicy titbits of news and fascinating bits of useless information.
Much the same as libraries really, where you can get virtually anything you need in the way of information – useless or not. Other news this month, is that Martinborough and Greytown Libraries were selected as locations for Yarns in Barns. As I am writing this, they are yet to happen but we are quite excited about having Al Brown and Fleur Sullivan at Greytown and Ken Benn … Continue Reading

From the Mayor

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The Combined Wairarapa Councils have recently released the independent report they commissioned on governance options for Wairarapa. This report examined several structures for council service delivery and judged them against eight criteria which included affordability, fairness of representation and the ability to deliver good quality infrastructure at the lowest cost.
The report concluded that the best option for the Wairarapa is either a combined council or a unitary authority, one that includes the functions of Greater Wellington Regional Council as well.
This has caused a flurry of comment from the regional council and also some local opinion, stating disappointment that it didn’t consider the Wellington Super-City concept. If these commentators bothered to read the report they would see that it has considered the super-city model and indeed lists the advantages of this arrangement. … Continue Reading

Fire Brigade

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A very quiet month for the brigade with a couple calls being to back up other brigades. One to a call to assist the Carterton Brigade at a Longbush Road property in case this was needed.
The second to assist the Lake Ferry Fire Party deal with trees on fire – however these were soon all under control and the Brigade was able to turn for home.
A third call was to the Martinborough Hotel where a service man had accidentally activated the fire alarm.

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Golf clubhouse fundraising builds up

An amazing fundraising day for the new clubhouse was held on April 19 when 34 teams took to the course in an ambrose tournament. The winners on the day with net 54.87 were Taylor Dewis, Robbie Robinson, Tom de Groen and Liam Richardson.  The longest drive for men went to …

Women’s football team in Green, Black and … Pink strip

Martinborough Football Club has unveiled a vibrant new palette of green, black and pink with the introduction of a women’s team, marking a significant milestone for the club. The rise of interest in women’s football, fueled by events like the FIFA Women’s World Cup, highlighted the demand for local opportunities. …

New golf clubhouse build, fund-raising up and running

Martinborough golf’s new clubhouse build is well under way _ as are fundraising efforts. It doesn’t seem long since we watched the demolition of the old clubhouse and now the frames for half the new building are in place with scaffolding up ready for the roof timbers. Everything is going …

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