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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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
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
Jazz Fest Diary: By Lee and Mary Quayle
Despite the tough economic times and lower ticket sales, Jazz in Martinborough Version 2024
was another resounding success.
We managed, as our diary notes, to get to every festival performance over the weekend.
We started on Friday evening with jazz flute maestro Michelle Scullion and her trio wowing audiences in the sunshine at Runholder. Over 40 guests enjoyed a fabulous gin and platter along
with the lilting and expressive flute in an auditorium totally suited to the style of jazz. … Continue Reading
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