by Bevan Wills | 8 Aug, 2022 | Masterton
Masterton career firefighters from left; Chris Peterson, Laurie Matthews, Tim Scott and Garry Nielsen. PHOTOS/MARY ARGUE George Shiers george.shiers@age.co.nz Negotiations have fallen apart, and strike action will escalate with Masterton’s career firefighters...
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by Bevan Wills | 8 Aug, 2022 | Featherston, Infrastructure, South Wairarapa District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz South Wairarapa councillors are being asked to approve an extra $75k or $116k [contingency-inclusive] to build a new dog pound in Featherston. The council previously set the budget at $340k. Approving the extra funding,...
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by Bevan Wills | 8 Aug, 2022 | Masterton, Masterton District Council
Emily Ireland emily.ireland@age.co.nz With Wairarapa’s over-75 population set to triple by 2051, a housing developer is seeking to build a 9-hectare retirement village north of Masterton. It would add to the stock of almost 500 retirement village homes in Masterton...
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by Bevan Wills | 1 Aug, 2022 | Crime and justice, Education, Masterton
Unmasking the source behind the school bomb threats MARY ARGUE mary.argue@age.co.nz An intelligence expert believes anti-mask circles are behind a hoax bomb threat at a Masterton school. Former intelligence and defence policy analyst Dr Paul Buchanan said members of...
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by Bevan Wills | 1 Aug, 2022 | Carterton, Masterton
A sod-turning ceremony yesterday marked the start of the construction of three new roundabouts. PHOTO/GEORGE SHIERS. Controversial upgrades to State Highway 2 have officially begun, as construction on the road’s three new roundabouts begins. Waka Kotahi New...
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by Janice Dagg | 30 Jul, 2022 | Local News, Masterton
State Highway 2 High St. PHOTO/MARY ARGUE Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency [NZTA] is seeking consultation on changes it is proposing to State Highway 2 in Solway. The changes include no-stopping areas along a short section of the highway from South Belt...
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by Janice Dagg | 28 Jul, 2022 | Local News, Masterton
Sarah McClintock, Aratoi’s new director. PHOTO/SUPPLIED MARY ARGUE mary.argue@age.co.nz Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History has made a call on who will lead the jewel of Masterton’s cultural crown into the future. Sarah McClintock has been appointed...
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by Janice Dagg | 27 Jul, 2022 | Featherston, Local Democracy Reporting, Local News
The Featherston train station. Residents are being asked if they want Featherston’s train station moved to the centre of town. South Wairarapa District Council is thinking outside the box with “radical” plans to enhance Featherston as a growth area. It has...
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