by Hayley | Sep 18, 2018 | Life & Leisure, Local News
Greytown’s Main St, looking south. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV What was once a sleepy little town with a booming fruit and vegetable industry is now a trendy retail centre and weekend hotspot. Reporter HAYLEY GASTMEIER talks to Greytown locals about the fashionable present...
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by Hayley | Sep 10, 2018 | Life & Leisure, Local News
Film maker Heperi Mita was in Masterton recently for the screening of his documentary, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen. PHOTO/REBECCA MCMILLAN PHOTOGRAPHY Merata Mita played a significant part in the growth of the Maori screen industry as an accomplished...
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by Hayley | Sep 2, 2018 | Local News
The cardboard cut-out promoting Brent Gare, right, a finalist in the Woman’s Day’s Hottest Radio Hunk contest, with his nominator, Mediaworks promotions coordinator Saphron Yaxley. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER Brent Gare’s journey onto the airwaves began when...
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by Hayley | Aug 29, 2018 | Local News
A Wairarapa College student was threatened with a screwdriver this morning after they caught a man trying to break into a car. The school went into lockdown while police investigated the incident. At around 10.15am, the student saw a person attempting to break in to a...
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by Hayley | Jun 7, 2018 | Local News
Mycoplasma bovis has been confirmed to be in Wairarapa. The Ministry for Primary Industries confirmed today that cattle on a farm near Masterton had tested positive for the disease. The farm concerned is a sheep and beef farm and was located through the tracing of...
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