by Christine Dornan | 6 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Grace Gray. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz Year 13 Solway College student and captain of the equestrian team, Grace Gray, always wanted to work with animals. That dream may no longer be possible after Massey University announced they...
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by Christine Dornan | 6 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Lambs at the Masterton Saleyards. PHOTO/ELI HILL ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Lamb prices were high but didn’t reach November’s record levels at Masterton Saleyards on Wednesday. PGG Wrightson Wairarapa area livestock manager Steve Wilkinson said the top price of $142...
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by Christine Dornan | 6 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Participants completing their share of 3085 man makers on Saturday. PHOTO/SUPPLIED EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz Pledging to do a gruelling exercise for every dollar raised for Movember seemed to be a good idea at the start of the month for Matt Henderson and George...
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by Christine Dornan | 6 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Solway School principal Mark Bridges at the Ngaumutawa Rd and SH2 intersection managed by give way signs and turning bays. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN ‘These intersections are dangerous’ KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Solway School principal Mark Bridges wants traffic...
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by Christine Dornan | 5 Dec, 2019 | Local News
St Teresa’s School pupils Benjamin Eberlein, Willow Harcourt, Rose Barry and Cassidy Gawler at the Donald’s Creek restoration project. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz Featherston pupils led their community in showcasing an environmental...
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by Christine Dornan | 5 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Veteran whitebaiter Garry O’Dwyer at Lake Onoke. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz It’s been an average year for Wairarapa whitebaiters. That’s according to veteran whitebaiter Garry O’Dwyer of Featherston. The North Island season closed at the...
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by Christine Dornan | 5 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Chanel College students, councillors, former staff, iwi, local figures, and those involved in the wharenui gathered to celebrate 25 years of Chanel College’s wharenui Hinerangi. PHOTO/ELI HILL ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Work to rejuvenate Chanel College’s 25-year-old...
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by Christine Dornan | 5 Dec, 2019 | Local News
People will vote in the Cannabis Referendum next year. PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM Cannabis is ‘not a winner’ KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Wairarapa MPs are split on whether the recreational use of cannabis should be legal. One admits to having smoked it twice, and...
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