Southern dogs under control, behaving and returned

Of the 3,410 registered dogs living in the district, only 152 were listed in the South Wairarapa District Council’s Dog Control Activities complaints register for the year to July 2024 _ 13 more than the prior year but down 57 on 2021-22. The highest number of complaint offences _ 83 …

Toast to the new Taste Wairarapa

By Joelle Thomson, Wine Writer Taste Wairarapa stepped in where Toast Martinborough left off on the third weekend of November this year. The well-known Toast Martinborough food, wine and music event has run for 30 years and will return in January 2025 in a reincarnated form with Foley Wines as …

How Well Do We Know People In Our Community? – December 2024

By Lyle Griffiths Born in Whanganui, Mariana McDermott first lived with her mother in the home of her grandmother. After her mother remarried, the family moved to Martinborough, to Hikawera, where her stepfather, Tiki Mahupuku McGregor, built his own home. It was close to the old meeting house, which had …

Kitcheners ram-raid brings out community support

A front-end loader assault on a bank ATM which collapsed part of a verandah, ripped open a cafe frontage and wrecked building support beams netted the culprit nothing – but brought a swell of community support for the damaged Kitcheners Cafe business. Within nine hours of the ATM ram-raid on …

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Water upgrades must be user-pays projects

October 7, 2024 October 2024 Comments Off on Water upgrades must be user-pays projects

By Councillor Aidan Ellims

I want to cover two topics: first, the Greytown Water Treatment Plant consultation we are doing this month and then SUIP’s which have been a topic of conversation over the last month or so.

Firstly, 30 percent of Greytown’s water supply comes from a bore in Soldiers Memorial Park.

That bore/treatment plant are in poor condition and needs to be replaced. Consequently all ratepayers connected to our water supply/treatment plants will contribute to the funding of this project either via a District targeted rate, (Martinborough, Featherston and Greytown ratepayers) or a Local targeted for Greytown ratepayers.

There are three options on where the new bores/treatment plant should be placed in Greytown and Council need your input on where they should go, taking into consideration the costs for each option.

The first option within Memorial Park, where a new bore will be drilled and the water treatment plant with an estimated cost between $3.3m to $4m. The cost is between $66 and $80 per ratepayer, per year either by a District targeted rate or a mix of District targeted rate.

A District targeted rate means that all ratepayers across the whole South Wairarapa connected to town water supply will pay towards this project. … Continue Reading

Wharekaka Auxiliary: boosting Meals on Wheels – October 2024

October 7, 2024 October 2024 Comments Off on Wharekaka Auxiliary: boosting Meals on Wheels – October 2024

Based on deliveries, some 8,000-odd hot meals and desserts each year feed elderly residents and others from the Meals on Wheels kitchen in Martinborough. 

In this edition, Wharekaka Auxiliary point out in their advertisement that “it’s time” to think about your Christmas goodies. 

“Why don’t you let the Wharekaka Auxiliary help you out with your baking and feel good by supporting their and Masonic Village’s Meals on Wheels programme?”

Wharekaka Auxiliary have run their successful Christmas baking in aid of Meals on Wheels for the past three years. 

For this year’s “goodies” offering, they have chosen the most successful goodies from previous  experience and are waiting for your order. … Continue Reading

WOST were they scrabbling over?

October 7, 2024 October 2024 Comments Off on WOST were they scrabbling over?

The inaugural Wairarapa Open Scrabble Tournament (aka WOST*) took place over two days, on September 21 – 22.

The tournament at the Carterton Club attracted 37 players from as far away as Auckland, Rotorua, Waitara, Wanganui and Wellington, as well as club members from the Martinborough, Featherston and Masterton clubs, and some ‘independent’ players.

“We were delighted that Glenys Hansen of our Martinborough Scrabble Club, who was competing in her first ever scrabble tournament, won 2nd prize on both tournament days in her D (for debut) grade,” said organiser Vicki Jones.

It was also a great weekend for David Robinson of Carterton, who easily won first place in the same grade in the Sunday tournament. Fran Lowe of Featherston won 3rd prize in the C grade on Saturday. … Continue Reading

Fun, laughter, bargains at First Church affair

October 7, 2024 October 2024 Comments Off on Fun, laughter, bargains at First Church affair

First Church’s Spring Fling & CookBook Launch, held at Waihinga Centre Martinborough on Friday 6 September proved to be a highly successful night, with lots of fun, laughter and bargains for our 150 guests. 

The level and quality of clothing was top notch, high end, and we are very grateful to everyone who brought us their beautiful garments to model and sell. The hall looked amazing decorated in the colours of Spring.

The models strutted their garments, rocked hats, shoes and bags in style in a Spring-themed Fashion Show. They came out dressed in style for the Races, A day in the Vineyards, A Night on the Town, A Garden Tour, Tulip Festival and a Wairarapa Wedding. A big thanks to Tania Williamson, her team and models. … Continue Reading

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Martinborough golf by a hank – of wool

  We start at the end of the month, when the annual Baabraa Trophy between Martinborough and Eketahuna was fought out on a glorious Sunday in Martinborough. A field of 70 played a stableford round and the average stableford points for the two clubs were calculated. Eketahuna scored an average …

Lady golfers show Rosebowl winning ways

September has been an up and down month weatherwise for golfers, some beautiful early spring days followed by cold and rain. Thankfully for the important days the weather has mostly come to the party. Early in the month the Cotter Rosebowl was successfully defended at Carterton by Martinborough’s team of …

Stunning first 4 – 1 win for Marty Women’s FC

By All-knowing Football Reporter It was always going to happen. After a few draws, some losses the newly-formed MWFC won their first game. An impressive and resounding victory. It started with ‘The Fox in the Box,’ the striker who plays in the traditional Number 9 role of marauding the penalty …

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From the Mayor

By Martin Connelly Water services have been a political football for some time. We associate …

EVENTS

Wellington Heritage Festival WHEN: October 26 – November 17  WHERE: * Wellington Region – 140 …

How Well Do We Know People in Our Community?

By Lyle Griffiths Pforzheim in Southern Germany was where Thomas Röckinger lived with his family, …

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Could ZERO growth be the answer?   So, Martinborough’s sewage woes continue, and have seriously …

THE STAR BOOK REVIEW

    By Brenda Channer – Martinborough Bookshop “Costanza” by Rachel Blackmore This is a …

THE STAR  BOOK  REVIEW  

By Brenda Channer –  Martinborough Bookshop “All the Colours of the Dark” by Chris Whittaker. …

EVENTS – October 2024

Discover Te Muna  WHEN:     Saturday, Sunday, October 19 – 20  TIME:      …

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