Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Bass Baritone Martinborough Music Festival Friday 23 – 25 September Martinborough Town Hall This year’s Festival will feature another classical singer as part of the programme of concerts – NZ Bass Baritone, Teddy Tahu Rhodes. (The previous singer to feature was soprano, Jenny Wollerman in 2019). …
After watching the news on Ukraine and seeing the soldiers desperately trying to protect their homeland, Willow Kershaw wanted to do something to help. The idea of a lunchtime BBQ with a sausage sizzle and selling baking on the last day of school was put into action. Willow approached Mr …
The Waiohine River Plan is a document that should draw the attention of anyone that has even a slight interest in local government wherever their location. Recently adopted by Greater Wellington Regional Council on 7 April, this plan has its roots back in the late 1990s when investigations on the …
Cape Palliser Road winds its way along one of the wildest stretches of coast in the world. A dramatic rise in severe weather conditions in recent years have also increased the number of road closures at the Cape, cutting off residents and creating expensive damage. It’s an ideal environment for …
Māori may have been the first humans to lay eyes on Antarctic waters and potentially the continent itself. Māori and Pasifika journeys to the Antarctic may date back to the seventh century say researchers from Ngāi Tahu and Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, who reviewed oral histories and published literature .
More research may lead to greater incorporation of Māori perspectives into protection and management of Antarctica.
The Listener
Siv Fjærestad, Community Development Coordinator, South Wairarapa District Council
Ehāra taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini.
(My strength is not as an individual but as a collective.)
As I am writing this I know a lot of our community are still recovering from Covid, and that we are not out of the woods yet. I wanted to do a big shout out to the Martinborough and Featherston Foodbanks, and everyone in the community who is volunteering in some way to support community members who have been isolating or affected by Omicron. … Continue Reading
The Best Australian bush Stories
Here is a book which certainly live up to its name – and the blurb on the back cover. Editor Jim Hayes, himself an accomplished writer, has gathered together around seventy yarns and poems some going right back to the early Australian writers such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson through to contemporary writers including Jim Haynes himself. … Continue Reading
Egg, potato and avocado salad
Ingredients
3 eggs
1 cup baby potatoes
1 cup baby tomatoes
1 small loose leaf lettuce
1 large avocado
3 large cubes cheese
3 tbs chopped garden herbs … Continue Reading
With Rozanna Muriwai, as the new president of the Martinborough Bowling Club, the Club is humming. “When we returned from Bahrain 2 years ago, we wandered down to the Bowling Green to check it out. Both my husband and I love bowling, says Rozanna. We joined. The social side of …
The South Wairarapa Okinawan Goju Ryu karate club is continuing to grow in both numbers and achievements, and it was great to see two Martinborough locals recently achieve their Shodan (blackbelts) in September this year. Mother and daughter, Clare and Bonnie Miller, travelled to Dunedin with Senpai Anna Borjesson and …
It’s not often that two members of the same family compete for the winning place in the Womens’ Silver Golf Championships. But that is just what took place at the Martinborough Golf Club Sunday 7th November. Debbie Donaldson and Anna Posseniskie, the daughters of Viv and Martin Napier, went head …
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