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Young parents celebrate
Wairarapa TPU students and teachers sing a waiata. PHOTOS/SOUMYA BHAMIDIPATI SOUMYA BHAMIDIPATI soumya.bhamidipati@age.co.nz Resilience was what led to the success of young parents and students this year, which was acknowledged at Wairarapa Teen Parent Unit’s annual...
The little digger that couldn’t
Workers repairing damaged power poles on State Highway 2 on Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO/TOM TAYLOR Delays: Student late to exam TOM TAYLOR tom.taylor@age.co.nz A digger on a trailer flipped into a power pole just south of Greytown on Wednesday, forcing State Highway 2...
Battle over 25m2 home
Crowds at the auction at 2 Daniel St, Martinborough on Wednesday. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN One-bedroom home, $595k KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz A ‘glammed-up’ shed on a modest piece of central Martinborough land sold at auction for just under $600,000 on...
Tuia graduate backs search for 2021 candidates
Local Democracy Reporting MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz Cooperation and communication are the key skills young people can nurture through the Tuia programme, recent graduate Laura Bradley says. Applications for the 2021 Tuia programme close on Friday December...
Student nails artwork
Te Rouhine Horiana Greening displaying her award-winning nails. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED TOM TAYLOR tom.taylor@age.co.nz A Ucol Wairarapa student took out the top prize in this year’s NAILX Nail Art Challenge. Te Rouhine Horiana Greening won the challenge with her nail designs...
Stroke victim credits a ‘Magic carpet’ to recovery
Julia Parker demonstrates the Hovermatt and Hoverjack system, using Dr Norman Gray as her ‘patient’. PHOTO/SUPPLIED SOUMYA BHAMIDIPATI soumya.bhamidipati@age.co.nz A piece of hospital equipment became one woman’s “magic carpet”, after a near-miss at Wairarapa Hospital...
Retailers confront alleged serial shoplifter
PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Masterton shop owners who were targeted by an alleged serial shoplifter have confronted the woman, asking for their goods back. A woman went on an alleged shoplifting spree in three Queen St stores last...
‘Rapa Valley’ name offensive
Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa general manager Taiawhio Gemmell. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz The ‘Rapa Valley’ is pitched as exclusive Martinborough lifestyle blocks, and most are sold, but some Maori are offended at the slang use of...
Construction begins on The Old Winery
An artist’s impression of The Old Winery development. IMAGE/SUPPLIED TOM TAYLOR tom.taylor@age.co.nz Construction has begun on The Old Winery development in Martinborough, employing more than 150 people. Once completed, the development will house three of Foley Wines’...
Masterton Primary raises $500 for bird sanctuary
Masterton Primary Room 9 pupils holding up their certificates and the cheque they presented to Pukaha’s Marie Weston. PHOTO/TOM TAYLOR “Birds can’t talk, but if they could, they’d want to say thank you so much,” Marie Weston said to the pupils of Masterton Primary’s...
Fernridge School gets Green-Gold standard
Mila Waitere, eight, Vivian Maguire, nine, Arlo Andrewartha, nine, and Logan Mackenzie, 10, selling their produce. PHOTOS/TOM TAYLOR Masterton’s Fernridge School became the region’s sixth Green-Gold Enviroschool last Friday. The new status was an improvement on the...
Trust gives back more than ever
GRAPHIC/TIMES-AGE Trust ‘cautiously optimistic’ KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Trust House Limited reported a record trading profit and increased its community grants by $100,000 in the past financial year but is anticipating lower returns from its hospitality...
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The Year That Was 2020
72 page magazine celebrating Wairarapa’s triumphs & experiences of education in 2020.
Farmer heeds reprint call
Author Don Farmer with a proof of his book Walking Back to Happiness – A Wairarapa boy’s story. PHOTO/FILE GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz Wairarapa readers will have a second chance at getting their hands on former Wairarapa Times-Age chief reporter Don Farmer’s...
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