130 people crowd in for local Palestine fund-raiser

“A success” is how organisers described last month’s medical aid for Palestine fund-raiser at Martinborough’s Village Cafe – raising funds for Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF), Medical Aid

for Palestinians and The Red Crescent.

People attended from Tinui, Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, Petone, Martinborough and all places in between – including the USA. 

“Like a Rolling Stones concert, it was a full house _ so much so that another table had to be brought in and more seats found,” organisers said. They had hoped for maybe 80 attendees _ some 130 turned out. 

Why a fund-raiser _ $4,100 was raised for medical aid _ for Palestine? … Continue Reading

Intercepted Letter of the Month – September 2024

From: Pete Roberts, Featherston 

To: Mike Butterick, MP

Mike, 

There is an article in the latest (August) Martinborough Star about this (Waihenga) bridge which has been closed since last night (August 18) due to the weather. 

It appears, reading this article, that the regional council needs to request, in its Regional Land Transport Plan, that NZTA include a replacement bridge that is fit-for-purpose – safety concerns have been identified, two trucks cannot pass each other, for one.  … Continue Reading

A Lemon Ball for Feathy?

From A Correspondent

Dearest Gentle Reader,

It has come to my attention that planning is under way for a Ball at Featherston’s beloved Anzac Hall.

Early indications are that Lady Featherston herself is hosting the event and that she has chosen the spring theme of lemons. Daring, certainly.

For this Ball, formal or fancy is definitely in order. One can only imagine that the Lemon Ball will be awash with cravats, silks and taffetas in gorgeous yellows, the sharp fragrance and flavours of lemons, and for some _ the playful nature and irony of being a “lemon.”  … Continue Reading

Aratoi spring: “different perspective” on home

Aratoi’s spring collection of exhibitions explores what “home” represents – from food, textiles and

stories, these exhibitions will inspire you to look at your home from a different perspective.

Alongside the Main Gallery exhibition _ Cat Auburn and Christine Borland’s Approaching Home, and Bev Moon’s knitted yum cha banquet, Fortune _ two new exhibitions open in September.

In the Windows Gallery, discover a quirky take on a group exhibition with “Artists on Artists.”

In Artists on Artists, each artist is the subject of another artist’s work – like links in a chain. 

The audience follows the artworks around the exhibition to see how each artist has painted, photographed and created the work of another artist. … Continue Reading