Foodie options for “taste-busting” Greytown October

Greytown launches its latest mini-fest on October 5 _ some 23 days of the Festival of Fire _ offering fire-grilled and open-flame dishes to foodies through till Labour weekend Sunday.

It notes one of the high points will be “Stoked” on October 26, a one-day lineup of food prepared by some of the “finest open fire chefs in the region,” including Martin Bosley, Travis-Clive Griffin, Dale Keith and Clint Lindsey. 

Dishes will include cedar-planked salmon and sticky juicy BBQ-glazed pork belly, plum and bourbon marinated chicken _ all cooked using various BBQ techniques. … Continue Reading

FROM THE MAYOR

By Martin Connelly

As you will know the Council recently changed some of its rating formulas so that a section with two or more houses pays additional rates for each extra house. This has resulted in several vigorous

challenges on social media. One claimed that the change is “an attempt to claw back money that

they (the Council) are not getting from new builds because there are no new sewage connections.”

This is not the case, and I will explain why. … Continue Reading

Dress for a lot less

Summer is nearly here and it’s time to check out your wardrobe.

If like me, you will have clothes that are almost new, clothes that are not flattering, clothes that you hope will fit again one day and yet are too good to send to the op-shop or worse still, the landfill. 

Here is an opportunity to gain a new look without cost.

Bring your clothing and accessories to swap (tea and coffee will be provided), at: 

St Andrew’s Church Hall, Dublin Street, Saturday 12 October, 10:00 a.m.am -2:00 p.m.

For more information: call Glenys Hansen 0272821757

Another rural defibrillator installed

Wednesday, 28 August, saw a crowd of about 30 locals assembled at Ruakokoputuna Community Hall as an AED was installed and a CPR course held.

AED? Automatic External Defibrillator _ in common language a heart reboot machine.

CPR? An “incredibly worthwhile and hugely successful” Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation course, held for locals at the time of the installation.

Every week an average of four to five people suffer a cardiac arrest in the Wairarapa/

Wellington region. … Continue Reading