by Christine Dornan | Nov 21, 2018 | Local News
White Ribbon motorbike rider Maurice Tarei travelled with around 25 other riders on Monday to Featherston School and Makoura College to talk to pupils about family violence. PHOTO/ELI HILL ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Around 25 motorbike riders stopped in Wairarapa on...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 21, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/SUPPLIED HAYLEY GASTMEIER hayley.gastmeier@age.co.nz Nearly 20 per cent of people in Wairarapa are drinking alcohol to “hazardous” levels, with booze-fuelled crime higher in the region than the rest of greater Wellington. The statistics have prompted Compass...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 20, 2018 | Local News
South Wairarapa Mayor Viv Napier, Waihinga Charitable Trust project co-ordinator Victoria Read, trust chairman Max Stevens, developer David Borman, and project manager Mike Arnopp. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER HAYLEY GASTMEIER hayley.gastmeier@age.co.nz The end is finally...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 20, 2018 | Local News
Jess Gooding, left, enjoys a front row seat to the Warratahs with her mum, Rachael Gooding, of Featherston, and Liam Burgess, who is originally from Wairarapa but now lives in Texas with his wife, Tabitha, right. PHOTOS/ HAYLEY GASTMEIER Another day to remember HAYLEY...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 20, 2018 | Local News
The Masterton Primary School enviro kitchen turned into a classroom. PHOTO/ELISA VORSTER Confusion over ministry regulations ELISA VORSTER elisa.vorster@age.co.nz Masterton Primary School’s roll has exploded to the point staff have resorted to teaching some of its...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 19, 2018 | Local News
Eketahuna’s Charlie Death, left, his wife Rena Tyler and Tararua District Mayor Tracey Collis at the presentation of his Tararua District Civic Honour for Voluntary Service. PHOTO/CHRISTINE McKAY BECKIE WILSON beckie.wilson@age.co.nz After 30 years giving his time to...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 19, 2018 | Local News
Project organiser Richard Butler, left, and Mike Tatham sitting on the digger which will convert the “eyesore” land into a bike track. PHOTO/ELISA VORSTER ELISA VORSTER elisa.vorster@age.co.nz A Solway Primary School old boy is calling in decades of owed favours to...
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by Christine Dornan | Nov 19, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/FILE Council planning for cool solutions PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz Masterton’s outdoor lido and toddlers’ swimming pools are out of action for summer and Masterton District Council is talking to schools to see if they can use their facilities. The council...
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