by Gianina Schwanecke | 18 Oct, 2019 | Local News
Housing crisis Masterton Community Trust member Jock Kershaw at the new Kuripuni social housing flats. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Highest polling Masterton district councillor and third-highest polling candidate in the Masterton...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 18 Oct, 2019 | Local News
‘Shot up road signs will become a common sight’ For 20 years the club ran the Kids Shoot programme alongside the police and defence force to foster community relationships and teach firearms safety at an early age. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 16 Oct, 2019 | Local News
Martinborough voters seeing double Pip Maynard, left, and Mel Maynard were both successful local body elections. PHOTO/ELI HILL MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz It was a great weekend for the Maynard family in Martinborough. Pip Maynard was elected to council as...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 16 Oct, 2019 | Local News
GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz It’s not quite driving a tractor up the steps of Parliament but farming lobby group, 50 Shades of Green, intend to have their concerns heard – they’ve organised a march on Parliament. Chair Andy Scott called the...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 16 Oct, 2019 | Local News
‘Astro-tourism has huge potential’ for region Star Field Martinborough promises stargazers a premium dark sky experience when it opens on Friday. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Wairarapa’s sparkling night skies will come sharply into focus with the opening of the Star...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 16 Oct, 2019 | Local News
KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz The majority of newly elected Wairarapa district health board members have clinical experience and most at a senior level. Of the seven people elected six members are new. Leanne Southey was re-elected for a fourth term on the...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 16 Oct, 2019 | Local News
Eketahuna’s Tracey Collis has been returned as Mayor of Tararua District. PHOTO/FILE KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz A whopping ninety percent of Tararua district voters wanted Tracey Collis back as their mayor for a second term. “This gives me a clear...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 15 Oct, 2019 | Local News
Adrienne Staples was re-elected as Wairarapa representative on Greater Wellington Regional Council. PHOTO/FILE MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz Adrienne Staples said she got the message that Greater Wellington Regional Council [GWRC] needs to “up our game” after...
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