Rangitikei Rambles
10 of us met at the Adobe Motel in Marton, an ideal base from which to attack the 6 Rangitikei Scenic Reserves.
Pryce’s Reserve, east of Rata was the first, a flat loop round the 13ha reserve with wonderful birdsong, and fantails flitting around for most of the route. The picnic tables provided a good morning tea spot, and refreshed, we set off for Bruce Park, about 6kms south of Hunterville. … Continue Reading
Communication is an essential aspect of everyday life and whether you realise it or not, we never stop communicating. This is especially true when it comes to business relationships and how we communicate with our stakeholders and clients.
The Association aims through its RELATIONSHIP activities to grow collaborative relationships for the benefit of the South Wairarapa and our local members. Our region is made up of three unique towns each with its own drawcard. It is how we collaborate with those towns to bring us closer together, to learn from one another, to share problem solving, to widen networks and to create organisational efficiencies. … Continue Reading
Horrors. Many people in Martinborough are bemoaning the fact that several unwanted guests have decided that now, with the cooler autumnal evenings drawing in, it is time to move.
They are discovered in the most unlikely places. Take a towel off the heated towel rail, look up at the ceiling, open a drawer and there immobile lies a cockroach. But not so immobile because the moment you move, it takes off at an exceedingly fast pace. And then there is a scurried race to capture it before it finds a safe haven. … Continue Reading
The guest speaker at our 23 April meeting was Ken Gorbey, a remarkable man who for 15 years was involved with developing and realising the revolutionary cultural concept that became Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. There were over 2 million visits in the first year, three times the expected number.
Then in 1999 he was headhunted to salvage the Jewish Museum Berlin, which was failing and fast becoming a national embarrassment. Led by Ken, a young, inexperienced staff rose to the challenge and the museum opened to acclaim. Today the Jewish Museum Berlin is one of Germany’s premier cultural institutions, family oriented and devoted to the culture not to the holocaust. … Continue Reading
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