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Fatter sewage pipes going in
Digging up the road and putting in new sewer lines on Renall Street, Masterton. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Bigger, longer PVC plastic sewage pipes are going in underground in Masterton to replace shorter, smaller, earthware ones. As the...
‘Career weeks’ at Taratahi
Taratahi Agriculture Training Centre. PHOTO/FILE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz Agriculture training courses will be up and running at the Taratahi Agriculture Training Centre by the end of the month to help transition people to the industry which...
Greytown’s ‘Iceman’ takes out major science award
Nick Golledge, of Greytown, is one of the five leaders of the large Melting Ice and Rising Seas team at Victoria University that has won the overall Prime Minister’s Science Prize. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Sea level – a problem for all ALEYNA MARTINEZ aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz...
Rare bat recorded at Pukaha reserve
PHOTO/SABINE BERNERT A critically endangered bat has been discovered at Pukaha National Wildlife Centre. The New Zealand long-tailed bat was detected on an acoustic recorder set up to record Pukaha’s wild birds. It was the first time the bat had ever been recorded at...
Generosity after blaze destroys home
This Judds Rd house was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. PHOTO/SUPPLIED ALEYNA MARTINEZ aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz Kushla Anderson has set up a Givealittle page for her partner Keith Pullman and his three children after they lost their Judds Rd, Masterton home and...
Injured hunter rescued at Aorangi
The Aorangi Forest Park where an 18-year-old hunter was rescued after taking a fall on Sunday night. PHOTO/FILE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz Wet weather and poor visibility made the rescue of an injured hunter in the Aorangi Forest Park on Sunday...
Sheep killed in truck roll
Fire crew remove a dead sheep from a stock truck trailer that rolled on East Taratahi Rd on Monday. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN Rainfall a factor in crash KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz The trailer of a fully laden stock truck rolled and crashed on East Taratahi Rd on...
Flying fox ‘zipping along’
Construction worker Scotty Oldfield gets to work on Queen Elizabeth Park’s new flying fox. PHOTO/ARTHUR HAWKES ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Workers were spotted on Thursday constructing Queen Elizabeth Park’s new flying fox. The coming installation is part of...
Service aids well-being at work
Sarah Donaldson of TEA Retreats. PHOTO/SUPPLIED ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz While covid-19’s impact on business revenue has been well-accounted for – with wage subsidies and government bailouts – the well-being of employees is something that can’t be patched...
No excuse to lack PLB
Sam Milligan holds the Wairarapa Rescue Trust’s poster advertising the importance of carrying a PLB. PHOTOS/ARTHUR HAWKES ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz Can you put a price on your safety? Probably not, but if you were to, it would likely be higher than $5 –...
Blaze devastates Solway family
The Judds Rd fire caused 70 per cent damage to the house making it “unliveable”. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED Solway home 70 per cent damaged ALEYNA MARTINEZ aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz A family of six is mourning the loss of their pet cat and dog after a fire that began in their...
From Kuripuni Village to Vogue UK
Danielle Burkhart said support after her feature in Vogue UK has been wonderful. PHOTO/ALEYNA MARTINEZ ALEYNA MARTINEZ aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz Danielle Burkhart, the owner of Hebe Boutique and clothing label My Boyfriend’s Back is celebrating after she was featured...
Proud to be Maori Warden
Maori Warden Jenny Katene-Morgan. PHOTO/FILE KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Wairarapa Maori Wardens are a group of 15 volunteers of which Jenny Katene-Morgan has been the chairwoman for the past four years. The motto of the Wardens is “Aroha ki te tangata – For...
Residents in the danger zone fearful
After Masterton’s CBD reductions, Featherston residents are calling on local and central government to reduce the town’s limits. PHOTO/FILE Calls for NZTA to act on town’s speed limits Review of SH2 coming, NZTA says ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz With...
‘Putting’ in good work
Masterton Mini Golf manager Katie Manson, the Par Four boys, and Rob Irwin from the Rotary Club presenting their cheque. PHOTO/JOHN MURRAY ARTHUR HAWKES arthur.hawkes@age.co.nz John Middleton, Kyle Sutcliffe and Zac Roberts are men on a mission: to raise money and...
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