Spending boost on the cards for remote schools
Dalefield School is eligible for funding. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz It has been made public that, in Wairarapa, seven schools are eligible for a newly announced $160 million upgrades package. The upgrades will be available to the...
Water security vital
Nick Pyke and Susan Goodfellow of Leftfield Innovation. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Wairarapa farmers looking to benefit from the Wakamoekau Community Water Storage Scheme by shifting their operation to alternative high value land uses are getting a helping hand from a team of...
Cogs turn on major projects
The site of the proposed Wakamoekau Community Water Storage Scheme reservoir. PHOTO/FILE Optimism growing for big projects ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Under Alert Level 3, the cogs will turn again on Wairarapa projects previously granted PGF dollars. The...
Sport nut hallucinates about a real Saturday
There’s been no premier rugby at Jeans Street for two years. PHOTOS/FILE COGGIE'S CALL Saturdays for this sports nut are rather weird, or empty may be more apt, at the moment. Typically my winter sports Saturday will start at 6.30am, with a cup of tea and a couple of...
Heritage listing for school
The old Kopuaranga School. PHOTO/SUPPLIED KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz A one-room, 135-year-old school building near Mauriceville, once used to educate new Scandinavian immigrants, has finallly gained Heritage New Zealand Category 2 status. The old building...
Colleges running on empty
PHOTO/FILE Interaction sorely missed KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Term two has started, but Wairarapa’s high schools are empty. Three principals ran their school on Friday with no students on the premises at all. But they report that the self-sufficiency of...
Commuters back on track
Wairarapa commuter trains will be back on Monday. PHOTO/FILE KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz The Wairarapa commuter train will roll through the towns on its way to Wellington from Monday, May 4, and it’s free under covid-19 Alert Level 3. Buses have been taking...
Region stays strong
Total cases by council Wairarapa District Health Board chief executive Dale Oliff says she is very happy with how the Wairarapa region has fared during the covid-19 outbreak. “We are seeing early success in Wairarapa with our high testing numbers, low case numbers, no...
Business, but not as usual
Everest Cafe are now allowed to take contactless orders paid for over the phone. PHOTO/ARTHUR HAWKES Businesses try to run as safe as they can ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Businesses across Wairarapa have started up again under Alert Level 3, but not without...
SEIZED: Drugs, cash, guns
PHOTO/FILE Police arrest five people after home invasion Police continue to investigate robbery A 26-year-old man was arrested on Thursday and charged in relation to Tuesday’s Kummer Cres home invasion. The robbery involved three armed men who stole from four people...
Multisports champions of note
Robbie Anderson … represented Wairarapa in rugby and cricket. PHOTOS/FILE COGGIE'S CALL While researching for my articles on a Sports Hall of Fame, I was amazed at the number of sportspeople who have represented Wairarapa in two or more sports, or who have achieved a...
Back to school … only for few
Kahutara School pupils Charlotte Powell 10, Zoey Powell, 7, and principal Charmaine Taplin on the first day back at school on Wednesday. PHOTO/SUPPLIED KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Just two students were back at school at St Matthew’s Collegiate School on...
$15m rural broadband package misses mark
A WIZWireless worker installs a mast on a rural Wairarapa property. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Better rural connectivity needed ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz A new $15 million stimulus package, geared towards continued expansion and improvement of broadband in rural...
Wage subsidy ‘just a bandage’
Mark Wellington, owner of The Highwayman Motel in Masterton. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV Industry-specific subsidies needed as lifeline ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz The wage subsidy scheme has helped Wairarapa businesses retain employees, but as it draws to the end of...
Demand for dump services more than doubles
Masterton residents were keen to drop off an array of materials, including household rubbish, green waste and recycling. PHOTOS/GIANINA SCHWANECKEEarthcare GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz Blue bags stuffed to the brim, boxes of bottles in every colour,...
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