by Christine Dornan | Jul 20, 2018 | Local News
Peter King standing in front of his collection of old woodworking tools in his family museum. PHOTO/ELISA VORSTER ELISA VORSTER elisa.vorster@age.co.nz Peter King’s family have been everything from builders to undertakers but are better known for their outstanding...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 20, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/ROBERT BRIENZA PHOTOGRAPHY You may have spotted an oversized motor home headed south on State Highway 2 on Tuesday night. A truck laden with a building destined for rural Featherston first had to navigate the roundabout on Renall and Chapel streets about 8pm,...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 20, 2018 | Local News
Looking north from the junction of State Highway 2 and Revans St [SH53, right]. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER HAYLEY GASTMEIER hayley.gastmeier@age.co.nz A proposal to close the main route to Martinborough to boost traffic past Featherston shops has left the town’s community...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 20, 2018 | Local News
Tenants of Empire Lodge must vacate by September 22. PHOTO/FILE Big Save arrival leaves tenants scrambling for new accommodation BECKIE WILSON beckie.wilson@age.co.nz Business owners in the buildings set to be demolished to make way for a new furniture chain store in...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 19, 2018 | Local News
Nine-month-old River Ellison is delighted with the laptop presented to mum Lucy Darroch by Spark. PHOTO/SUPPLIED You know when organisations ask you for feedback about their service? And you struggle to be bothered to respond? Well, sometimes it pays to make the...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 19, 2018 | Local News
Royce Doyle. PHOTO/SUPPLIED A former Masterton man who helped launch the New Zealand dollar has died. He was 88. Royce Doyle was born in 1930 and after leaving Wairarapa College, joined the Bank of New Zealand in 1948. He worked for the bank in Masterton until 1951,...
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