by Christine Dornan | May 17, 2019 | Local News
Breadcraft owner John Cockburn and cricket expert John Hart with their cricket products. PHOTOS/PAM GRAHAM PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz The wraps are off a cricket farming venture in Wairarapa by Breadcraft, and while the taste may be nutty the business case is far...
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by Christine Dornan | May 17, 2019 | Local News
The land at 57 Fitzherbert St. PHOTO/FILE STEVE RENDLE steve.rendle@age.co.nz Plans are afoot for South Wairarapa District Council to make lemonade out of the ‘lemon land” in the centre of Featherston, where a Chorus duct has stymied development in the past. The...
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by Christine Dornan | May 17, 2019 | Local News
The Hodder Farm site proposed for irrigation of Featherston’s wastewater. PHOTO/FILE STEVE RENDLE steve.rendle@age.co.nz Hearings on controversial plans to irrigate Featherston’s wastewater to land have been deferred for the third time, with South Wairarapa District...
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by Christine Dornan | May 16, 2019 | Local News
Nina Gelashvili, delivering her speech at the 2019 Race Unity Speech Awards. PHOTO/BEN PARKINSON ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz A Wairarapa pupil with the gift of the gab has been named runner-up at the 2019 Race Unity Speech Awards – with a speech she left to the last...
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by Christine Dornan | May 16, 2019 | Local News
Plans for the proposed community hub at McJorrow Park. PHOTO/SUPPLIED PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz Masterton District Council yesterday considered putting processes in place so a new community hub can be built by a community group in McJorrow Park. Te Awhina...
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by Christine Dornan | May 16, 2019 | Local News
Iraia Morgan, 8, with brother Te Koha Waimotu-Dingle, 5, who was run over at school on Friday. PHOTOS/GIANINA SCHWANECKE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz A five-year-old boy at Kahutara Primary School is lucky to have escaped serious injury after being...
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by Christine Dornan | May 16, 2019 | Local News
Zoe Sinclair, Rob Brown and Emily Abbot [left to right] training for the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge on Saturday. PHOTO/ELI HILL Camaraderie key in climb ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz A trio of Martinborough firefighters are preparing to take on New Zealand’s...
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by Christine Dornan | May 15, 2019 | Local News
Jane Davis. PHOTO/FILE Carterton District Council chief executive Jane Davis’ contract has been extended for another two years. The decision was made during an extraordinary council meeting last week after a review. The review committee, set up in February, comprised...
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