by Bevan Wills | 28 May, 2022 | Masterton, Masterton District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz The Office of the Auditor-General [OAG] has revealed flaws in record-keeping for Masterton’s civic facility project decisions. The OAG confirmed this in a statement released yesterday. It said when Masterton District...
read more
by Bevan Wills | 28 May, 2022 | Local News
Over the weekend, one of the most popular huts in the Tararua Ranges was hit by lightning during a thunderstorm. The Department of Conservation [DOC] said Powell Hut was struck on Friday, May 20. No one was believed to be staying in the hut at the time. “There...
read more
by Janice Dagg | 27 May, 2022 | Business, Life & Leisure
Marlene Ditchfield Profile Writer/Photographer Deciding to follow your dream and create a business, or to change direction in life, takes an enormous amount of courage at the best of times. To do so in the time of covid brings up another set of challenges but that...
read more
by Bevan Wills | 27 May, 2022 | Local News, Masterton, Masterton District Council
Panama Village in Masterton, New Zealand on Tuesday, 4 August 2020. Photo/Dave Lintott Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz Masterton District Council has unanimously supported selling 4.2 hectares of land to be developed for public housing. The...
read more
by Bevan Wills | 27 May, 2022 | Carterton, Carterton District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz The Maori Electoral Option is a “barrier to participation”, tangata whenua say. In response, Carterton District Council [CDC] is pushing for an amendment to the option at this year’s Local Government New Zealand...
read more
by Bevan Wills | 26 May, 2022 | Court, Featherston
The driver who fled the scene of a serious crash in Featherston on Good Friday has pleaded guilty to six charges, including stealing a vehicle and failing to ascertain injury after a crash. Rhian Lloyd, 23, from Wellington, was already facing multiple charges...
read more
by Bevan Wills | 26 May, 2022 | Featherston, Greytown, Local News, Martinborough, South Wairarapa District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz All three of South Wairarapa’s urban wastewater treatment plants are non-compliant, documents from Wellington Water [WW] show. While wastewater issues in Featherston had taken the spotlight in recent years, a WW report...
read more
by Bevan Wills | 26 May, 2022 | Local News, Masterton
Sanjay Patel, the owner of lucky store Copper Kettle Dairy and Lotto on Queen St. PHOTO/FILE MARY ARGUE mary.argue@age.co.nz A performance Tesla, a house deposit in Wellington, or a luxury superyacht for a week are only a handful of ideas for Masterton’s lucky winner...
read more
Electrical Services. PO Box 141, Carterton
10 Richmond Road Carterton (06) 379-7616