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Predator control paused
Trapping efforts have been paused during lockdown. PHOTO/FILE ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Greater Wellington Regional Council has said that pest controls have been ceased across the region since the Level Four lockdown measures were put into place. This has...
Supermarket owner says ‘it just had to be done’
Pak’nSave owner Andrew Summerville in front of the shelter already being used on Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO/ALEYNA MARTINEZ Lockdown brings out ‘worst and best’ KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Pak’nSave Masterton is living up to its name. A shelter is being...
Bubble breakers save life
Josh Barraud and his daughter on a bike ride in Wairarapa. PHOTO/rnz.co.nz/SALLY BARRAUD It’s been a bit of a whirlwind for the Barraud family. Two weeks ago, the young family made the decision to end their OE in Asia early and return to New Zealand. Then last...
Tough subject in understanding hands
Jared Renata from MOSAIC is the new prevention/postvention suicide co-ordinator at Wairarapa DHB. PHOTO/ALEYNA MARTINEZ ALEYNA MARTINEZ aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz Jared Renata, the new prevention/postvention suicide co-ordinator for the Wairarapa District Health Board,...
‘Fish’ saves the day
An Upper Waingawa Rd resident said without her neighbour’s 1000 litre water truck the fire damage would have been much worse. PHOTO/ALEYNA MARTINEZ ALEYNA MARTINEZ aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz An Upper Waingawa Rd couple got lucky on Tuesday after flames from a burn-off...
Whither local netball?
The Colombo Rd courts are usually a hive of activity during netball season but it is unlikely to be so this year because of the covid-19 pandemic. PHOTOS/FILE NETBALL CHRIS COGDALE chris.cogdale@age.co.nz What will this year’s local netball season hold and where will...
GWRC: Recent rain a ‘50-year event’
March’s super rainstorm flooded Queen Elizabeth Park in Masterton. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz The Greater Wellington Regional Council has just published its climate and water resource report for the summer season. There are some very...
Not enough public loos for workers
Public toilets across the region have been closed to limit the spread of covid-19. The Tinui truck stop is the only one listed as being available for essential service workers like posties and truckies. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz...
Foodbank reopens in Carterton hub
Karen Chalmers and Yvonne O’Dowd fill food parcels in Carterton. PHOTO/ARTHUR HAWKES ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Carterton Foodbank was closed when the country went into lockdown. The team were restructuring to serve their community in the safest possible...
Police nab travelling ‘idiots’
Wairarapa Police having a “staff briefing” on Saturday night at the northern end of Carterton. PHOTO/FACEBOOK Wellingtonians driving over Remutakas ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Police have nabbed several rule-breaking Wellington drivers, nipping over the...
Bringing you the news from home
Reporters Lisa Urbani and Gianina Schwanecke attempting to work from home with little help from new colleague ‘Gerry’ [Gerry is a combination of a Tupperware container, a jersey, a bunya pinecone, and assorted accessories]. PHOTO/REINHARD SCHWANECKE With news...
Project seeks fast-track
The route from Masterton to Eketahuna reflects the drought Wairarapa farmers have faced on top of covid-19. PHOTO/EMILY IRELAND ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Yellowing grasslands and searing heat: a familiar fixture across Wairarapa this summer, during an...
200 people working in shift bubble
Beehive Premier Meats managing director in self-isolation. PHOTO/SUPPLIED KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Just under 200 Premier Beehive staff are working in shifts in Carterton to ensure people can continue to bring home the bacon. Premier Beehive managing...
Substation blaze
PHOTO/JASON IRELAND ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Equipment failure at a Carterton substation sparked a grass fire on Norfolk Rd on Sunday night. Power was cut to about 290 homes as firefighters worked to control the blaze which spanned 150m by 20m. Fire...
Stock sales moving online
Due to covid-19, sale yards around the country are closed. PHOTO/FILE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz At a time when many drought-affected farmers are still trying to shift stock off their farms, the closure of sale yards around the country have pushed...
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