Have your walking shoes grown cobwebs this winter?

EFFORT seldom goes unrewarded.
EFFORT channelled into outdoor pursuits reaps multi rewards such as companionship, fresh air and sunshine, physical exercise, interests shared through relaxed conversation, discovery of the beauty of creation, the joy of being in the great outdoors, and – perhaps most importantly – a deep sense of wellbeing and achievement after a jolly good day in the bush. Even the humble peanut butter sandwich tastes curiously scrumptious in the outdoors! These are just some of the many advantages of heading out with a group of walkers.
If winter has dampened your motivation to get out there and cover some walking distance, how about coming on a walking experience with the South Wairarapa Tramping Club? We’re a friendly bunch whose shared interest is a love of the outdoors. Our common denominator at the track starting line is a backpack. 
Simple as that! A welcome awaits you. … Continue Reading

Helping Our Community Flourish

v We don’t want to be the hearse at the bottom of the cliff”, says Pam Shackleton the Practice Manager at Martinborough Health Centre. ‘We’d much prefer our patients to be happy and healthy and not coming to see us at all!’

With that in mind Pam is leading a new community project to help people enhance their wellbeing. At it’s heart is the belief that people can make changes but that sometimes it’s not easy to do without a bit of help. This initiative is designed to offer that help in ways that are easy to access and effective. It is open to everyone in the community, not just patients of the Health Centre. … Continue Reading

Junior Sport

U13 Boys Hockey
The 2017 Wairarapa U13 Hatch Cup representative hockey team performed well at its first mini tournament in Stratford on the 12 and 13 August, securing wins over Manawatu, Wanganui and Horowhenua. The team is well represented by the South Wairarapa this year with Jarrod Yee, Hamish Kill, Alex Clark and Charlie Heard all attending Greytown School, Flynn Register lives in Greytown and attends Hadlow School and Patrick Nicholson attends Martinborough School.
There is one further mini tournament which will take place at the Clareville turf on the 23 and 24 September followed by the week long tournament in Auckland from the 9-14 October.
The boys would like to thank all those that have purchased raffle tickets from them and South Wairarapa sponsors: Holmes Construction, Mike Pero Real Estate, P J Warren Earthmoving, Valley Plumbing, Martinborough Transport, South Wairarapa Vet Services and South Wairarapa Rotary. … Continue Reading

Know your town

Martinborough Picture Theatre 1913 – 1964

The first movie theatre proprietors were Garland and Stewart ‘ The Imperial Picture Co’. The 1013 rental for the Town Hall was one hundred and forty pounds per annum ($22,348). Over time there were numerous others running the Picture Shows, these included H J Reid, H Gooding, R Hodges, W McKay, A Raines, Bradley and Hunter, Bouzaid, W Blackwell, R Wright, C Foreman, G Cotter, Brown, Follet, M Prior and Mrs Stone. … Continue Reading