Martinborough Community Board

Here we are almost half way through the year and so much seems to be happening in Martinborough, it never ceases to amaze me the amount going on in the community.

Youth Initiative
At our May meeting we had a presentation by Archdeacon May Croft and Alan Maxwell, Youth Ministry Development worker on the Martinborough Youth programme which is being run at St Andrews on a Friday evening. This is a further extension of the Breakfast Club and after school programmes already being run in the church hall. … Continue Reading

Know your town

The badly damaged Chemist Shop and four of George Pain’s buildings. Note the fire blackened eaves.

While the most talked about earthquake is the 1942 Wairarapa Earthquake, which caused a great amount of damage around the district, it is by no means the only one. Nine quakes of around seven magnitude had been recorded in the preceding hundred years.

The first quake was recorded not long after the settlers arrived. Centred in Wanganui, the quake on 8th July 1843 measured 7.5. Another on 18th November 1846 measured 6.5. The next recorded was on 15th October 1848 and centred in Marlborough, this time measuring 7.1. … Continue Reading

First Church news

We are almost at the  weekend of  the shortest day and Martinborough looks like it will be the place to be with all sorts of exciting events happening in and around our town. The annual Martinborough Mid-Winter Monster Book Fair will begin on Friday evening with our very own resident author, Alice Arndell, of “Alice in Bakingland” as this year’s guest speaker, and concludes at 2.00pm on Sunday afternoon. This year  there will also be a silent auction providing added  interest to many people. … Continue Reading

A ONE NIGHT STAND

Madcaps has been producing shows since 1982 in Martinborough with the majority of the shows being held at the town hall and although we still use the hall, with the current restrictions on the venue we look forward to the new hall renovations and facilities. The Madcaps community has pledged some money to assist with the renovations but we would like to continue with realising the funds so the building can commence. Hence ‘A One Night Stand’ was born. This will be a fun evening of a three course dinner, catered for by Café Medici and a show. … Continue Reading