by Christine Dornan | 23 Dec, 2019 | Local News
18-month-old Afri is a desexed female at SPCA in Masterton. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz Adopting a pet is a long-term commitment, not just a Christmas gift. That’s the message from the Masterton centre of The Royal New Zealand Society for the...
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by Christine Dornan | 23 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Featherston’s Colin Robinson has been hard at work with a unique Christmas gift. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz A crafty Featherston pensioner has brought a touch of The Shire to Christmas this year. Colin Robinson has created a hobbit hole...
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by Christine Dornan | 23 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Poto College House Trust trustees Richard Sandall, Chrissina Loader, and chairman Mike Higinbottom celebrate the reopening of Poto House. PHOTO/ELI HILL Trust focusing on future enrolments ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz It’s official – Poto House is back up and running....
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by Christine Dornan | 21 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Former mayor Garry Daniell, Chinese Embassy representative Wellington Yang Yaxian, Mayor Lyn Patterson, Zhang Hongxing, and Wang Huafeng. Back row left to right: David Borman, Gao Fei, Sun Zhe and Jonathan Hooker. PHOTOS/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN...
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by Christine Dornan | 21 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Warning signs on the banks of the Waipoua River in Masterton. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM A swimming ban has been extended to the entire Waipoua River. Greater Wellington Regional Council announced on Wednesday that 80 per cent of the riverbed was covered with algae and there...
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by Christine Dornan | 21 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Wairarapa MP Alastair Scott says the idea behind his declined member’s bill has been stolen. PHOTO/SUPPLIED EMILY IRELAND emily.ireland@age.co.nz Roadside drug testing is set to come into force in early 2021. But Wairarapa MP Alastair Scott said the government had...
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by Christine Dornan | 21 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Aviation pioneer Rhona Fraser in recent years. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz The search is on in Wairarapa for a piece of aviation history. A helmet and goggles set owned by aviation pioneer Rhona Fraser has gone missing. The 93-year-old...
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by Christine Dornan | 20 Dec, 2019 | Local News
Chief executive Mark Johnston and marketing and fundraising manager Sebastian Grodd. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN Saving lives doesn’t come cheap as people work behind the scenes to keep Life Flight crews flying. Times-Age reporter EMMA BROWN spent a day in the heat of the action...
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