by Ellie Franco | 15 May, 2022 | Life & Leisure, Local Focus, Local News
By day, Steve Rendle is a Masterton District Council spokesperson; by night, he goes by the pseudonym ‘Topdresser’ , plays guitar, and writes his own music. Steve performed two songs in the Wairarapa Times-Age office as part of its Tiny Desk-style concert series for...
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by Bevan Wills | 5 May, 2022 | Local Focus, Rural
The Overseas Investment Office has confirmed that six more farms will turn to forestry after being sold to overseas buyers, including the Earlyhurst farm near Masterton. The farms ranged from 264 hectares to 1275ha, with the majority of the land earmarked for planting...
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by Ellie Franco | 23 Apr, 2022 | Local Focus, Local News
One-hundred-year-old WWII veteran Richard Harding says he was recruited into the Royal New Zealand Navy by his father, an officer in the Royal Navy. He said the training was tough. “We had no hammocks, we just slept on the floor, on the ground, and...
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