by Cal Roberts | Sep 19, 2018 | Local News
Tuturumuri School, which only has eight Students, was earmarked for closure in June. HAYLEY GASTMEIER and ELISA VORSTER Tuturumuri School pupils cheered yesterday at news their tiny country school was, against all odds, safe from closure. Education Minister Chris...
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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 Elisa Vorster | Sep 18, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz A new home insulation programme hinges on Bob Francis being able to get Carterton and South Wairarapa councils, Trust House and the Wairarapa DHB to put skin in the game. Previously, these authorities all helped fund...
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by Elisa Vorster | Sep 18, 2018 | Local News
Equestrian Jenny Champion with Barack Obama. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV Wairarapa endurance horse Barack Obama has been put down in the United States with kidney complications after a chaotic endurance ride at the World Equestrian Games in the United States last week....
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by Elisa Vorster | Sep 17, 2018 | Local News
Powell hut will be demolished, with a new hut built in in its place. PHOTO/SUPPLIED CAL ROBERTS cal.roberts@age.co.nz Tararua Forest Park’s most popular hut will be demolished and off-limits for trampers for six months over summer. Powell Hut will be closed to all...
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by Elisa Vorster | Sep 15, 2018 | Local News
Union Square owner and head chef Adam Newell. PHOTO/SUPPLIED HAYLEY GASTMEIER hayley.gastmeier@age.co.nz Two Martinborough restaurants have been named in Cuisine magazine’s top 100 New Zealand eateries for 2018 – the only Wairarapa inclusions. Pinocchio and...
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by Elisa Vorster | Sep 14, 2018 | Local News
The outdoor pool in Masterton. PHOTO/FILE PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz Nearly 30 per cent of private swimming pools in Wairarapa are failing inspections required under new safety regulations – but the owners face dramatically different council inspection costs...
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by Christine Dornan | Sep 12, 2018 | Local News
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa led by kaitātaki tāne or kapa haka leader, Charlie Kasher, centre front, at the Te Awakairangi ki Wairarapa Kapa Haka primary-intermediate competition last month. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV Kura keeping te Reo alive The Times-Age is entering...
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