Another summer and total water restriction in place again, this year earlier than ever. Living in the Wairarapa summer droughts and water shortages ever has it been and with climate change we can be sure that this ever will it be thus. The initial reaction is to say it’s ‘The …
This was the catchy title for a great idea: donating handbags filled with essential toiletries plus treats like perfume for the Women’s Refuge. When the call went out the response was typical Martinborough. More than 90 bags chocka with goodies were dropped off at the collection point at Kitcheners, to …
George Pain JP The city father of the town we now know as Martinborough. The Pain family came to New Zealand on the ship Oriental arriving at Wellington in 1840, Mr Pain Snr, also George, was a bricklayer, George, their third son, was born in 1846. They lived at a …
We received an interesting letter from Val Johns’ brother in law Lloyd who lives in Australia. He wrote; “In the 1950s I delivered Charlie Michelle’s Martinborough Star to around 40 or so residents each Wednesday after school for the princely sum of 2/6d. ( 2020 = $8.72). On every Wednesday, …
Did you know? Listening to music may inhibit creativity.
Listening to music can be relaxing, but it may interfere with your ability to create, suggests a study published online Feb. 2, 2019, by Applied Cognitive Psychology. … Continue Reading
On Friday 7 February at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Masterton at 6.30pm Kat and Alan Maxwell will be installed as the new ministry leaders of St Andrew’s Church .
Alan has had a significant impact on the communities of Featherston and Martinborough through his work with youth. He is placed in Kuranui College, several days per week, as part of the 24-7 Youth Work initiative, is part of the Diocese AYM (Anglican Youth Movement) regional team, runs senior youth, develops youth leaders and is involved with church worship and more at St John’s in Featherston. … Continue Reading
Noeline White, who recently turned ninety, was out enjoying the sun at the Christmas parade
People may be interested in how many MPs are in each age “generation”. They are:
So Generation X is by far the most common generation in Parliament.
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