Here’s the money

There was great excitement at Kahutara School when the Stayfix representative arrived with the $5,000 cheque for their winning the Stayfix Powering Your Community contest. This had been something of a David and Goliath contest with Kahutara up against much bigger schools, making their success all the more meritorious. The money will be used to spread the lime on their almost competed BMX track project.
In the photo : Anissa , the Stayfix area representative, Sam Hislop, Lynette Cherry who penned the school’s entry, Shane Hislop who conceived the Idea of creating a track and is overseeing the project and Connor Hislop. Sam and Connor are wearing their BMX competition gear.

Library News

What a Busy Bee month September has been.  Unfortunately no actual buzzy bees but we have had a big display for BEE awareness month with honey, a few tools of the bee trade, flowers and of course, books on bee keeping and bee story books as well.  Book babies have had a bee focussed session and we have BEEn a bit mad as usual.  Check out Facebook for the photos.  … Continue Reading

Love and a Land Rover

The inaugural Martinborough Weddings photo competition invited any couple who has been married in South Wairarapa in the last 20 years to submit a photograph. An impressive 68 entries were received and the winners were announced recently at the Altitude Apartments in Martinborough.

Trish Higginson and Karina Hailwood can chalk up another triumph with this photo competition, following as it does on the highly successful Summer Pix held early this year. Trish and Karina are constantly on the lookout for fresh ideas for their Martinborough Village website, and, as is so often the case, it’s all about chance encounters and enthusiasm. … Continue Reading

Martinborough Junior Hockey

We have come to the end of a fantastic hockey season, with only a couple of the Saturday games washed out at the Clareville turf.  A big thank you to all the coaches and managers for their time and commitment to their teams at weekly games and practices throughout the winter.  Also to all of the parents and families for your support at games – the children love having you there to cheer them on.  … Continue Reading