by Christine Dornan | 27 Feb, 2021 | Local News
Natalie Beckham and Marie-Claire Andrews of MyTrucking in Carterton. PHOTO/SUPPLIED MyTrucking, an international software company headquartered in Carterton is promoting National Truck Driver Appreciation Week this week by offering a prize of a personalised artwork of...
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by Christine Dornan | 27 Feb, 2021 | Local News
PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM A disgruntled accountant, who began evading thousands of dollars in tax after an Inland Revenue Department staff member was rude to him on the phone has been sentenced to home detention. Masterton man Robert Sinclair also faces a reparation...
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by Christine Dornan | 27 Feb, 2021 | Local News
A Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules. PHOTO/SUPPLIED A Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] C-130J Hercules will make return trips across the Tasman for this year’s Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival at the Hood Aerodrome in Masterton this weekend. The RAAF...
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by Christine Dornan | 26 Feb, 2021 | Local News
Wairarapa farmer and catchment group member Mark Guscott installing a Good Nature trap as part of the leptospirosis project. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz A unique on-farm rodent trapping project began across Wairarapa late last year, in a bid to...
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by Christine Dornan | 26 Feb, 2021 | Local News
Leaders were divided about the region’s electric future at a council meeting on Wednesday. PHOTO/STOCK.ADOBE.COM Stances were divided about the uptake of electric vehicles on Wednesday at Greater Wellington Regional Council’s climate committee meeting. A point was...
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by Christine Dornan | 26 Feb, 2021 | Local News
PHOTO/FILE New debt to fund MDC projects Masterton’s debt is projected to increase from $51 million to more than $110m in the next five years, its draft Long-Term Plan shows. And ratepayers will bear the brunt of it with rates forecast to increase by 67 per cent...
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by Christine Dornan | 26 Feb, 2021 | Local News
A Masterton councillor says the town hall is planned to be sold. PHOTO/FILE Consultation needed before town hall call Masterton is getting a new civic centre. But has that sealed the fate of the historic town hall and municipal buildings? One councillor thinks so,...
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by Christine Dornan | 25 Feb, 2021 | Local News
Audiologist Lia Zamora. PHOTO/SUPPLIED A new audiology clinic has opened in Masterton, with its owner urging people not to put off getting their hearing checked. Audiologist Lia Zamora opened her new business two weeks ago with the hope of providing affordable hearing...
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