Martinborough Business Assn

At the end of last month we hosted our AGM and celebrated the achievements of the past year. Chair Allan Hogg will continue in the role and so now it’s time to look forward and the year ahead, and we are starting with Spring.

Just weeks away now and we hope to continue the buzz that has been keeping many members rushed off their feet!

We are excited to be working with Jazz Martinborough who made the decision not to run the usual festival year due to Covid 19 but to keep momentum going and it being such a hot spot on the calendar of events we are pulling it into a series of events to make sure we Spring into Action and keep up the Love local vibes. … Continue Reading

  August Recycling collection 

Wednesday 5 th – wheelie bin

Wednesday 12 th – Glass

Wednesday 19 th – Wheelie Bin 

Wednesday 26 th – Glass

Community Board Notes

Tēna koutou kātoa

A big hello and Kia ora to everyone within our region, from your new Martinborough Community Board. We thank Mike Beckett for arranging this space for us in each months Martinborough Star, so that we can keep you all updated on your Boards activities, over the next triennium. We will be rotating writing this column each month so that you will hear from each of your Boards members.

First, we would like to acknowledge and thank the people of our district for their amazing community spirit and care for one another during the Covid-19 epidemic. We thank the Anglican Church, WaiWaste Wairarapa and Ngāti Kahungunu for providing and distributing food and care packages to our local whānau, elderly and people in need over this time. To our essential workers and those local businesses which kept our community going – Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa! We thank you all and we couldn’t have made it through without you. … Continue Reading

An afternoon with 20 languages

More than 20 residents of Wairarapa will offer kōrero, songs and poems in more than 20 languages on the same afternoon.

Kaumatua Mike Kawana will open the event.

“Wairarapa Worlds” will feature te reo, Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Japanese, Kiribati, Latvian, Polish, Samoan, Scots, Spanish, Tagalog and maybe a few more! 

Wairarapa Worlds was initiated by writer and photographer Madeleine Slavick, who reached out to Wairarapa Archive, Wairarapa Word, Aratoi and Masterton Creative Communities for support. … Continue Reading