by Christine Dornan | May 25, 2019 | Local News
The police presence for today’s auction. PHOTOS/STEVE RENDLE Today is one of the more unusual antique collections auctioned in Greytown by Wakefield Auctions. STEVE RENDLE went to see the pieces on offer and then had to find out a bit more about the man who owned...
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by Christine Dornan | May 24, 2019 | Local News
Abigail Murcott is presented with the Masterton Trust Lands Trust’s 2019 Alan MacDiarmid Scholarship by Education Committee chairwoman Christine Brewster. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Last year’s Chanel College dux Abigail Murcott has been awarded Masterton Trust Lands Trust’s 2019...
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by Christine Dornan | May 24, 2019 | Local News
Sinead Latimer’s petition to get counselling services in to primary and intermediate schools has gained more than 760 signatures. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE GIANINA SCHWANECKE Gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz New Zealand’s youth suicide rate is one of the highest in the...
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by Christine Dornan | May 24, 2019 | Local News
Mangarata. PHOTO/SUPPLIED PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz Neighbour Geoff McKay has purchased Mangarata, one of the farms owned by the Taratahi Institute of Agriculture, and will run it has a sheep and beef farm. He says he purchased the 518ha farm on April 12 and...
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by Christine Dornan | May 24, 2019 | Local News
Who said Kiwis can’t fly? Star jumper Zed Em winning the Grand Annual Steeplechase [5500m] in front of a packed crowd at Warrnambool. PHOTO/RACING PHOTOS Plenty of races left in sprightly champ ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz As far as beginnings go, Wairarapa-owned...
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by Christine Dornan | May 23, 2019 | Local News
Bernard Teahan on his appointment for the second time as chief executive of Trust House in 2007. PHOTO/FILE Bernard Joseph Teahan November 1, 1946 – May 9, 2019 Bernard Teahan could take a lot of credit for making Trust House what it is today, a successful...
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by Christine Dornan | May 23, 2019 | Local News
Rathkeale Auditorium has been closed for strengthening work. PHOTO/FACEBOOK PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz An initial engineer’s report said the 760-seat auditorium at Rathkeale College was safe but a more detailed one found vulnerabilities, so a quick decision has...
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by Christine Dornan | May 23, 2019 | Local News
PHOTO/ELI HILL STAFF REPORTERS Police are investigating the death of a 62-year-old Masterton woman from serious head injuries on Tuesday at Wairarapa Hospital, where she was being treated. The woman was found at a Lansdowne address with injuries which were believed to...
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