by Christine Dornan | 18 Sep, 2019 | Local News
Jemma Puhara and Quentin Henderson next to empty shelves at Stirling Sports Masterton, on Monday. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN Shelves cleaned out at Stirling Sports Second raid in a week KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz In the small hours of Monday morning Stirling...
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by Christine Dornan | 17 Sep, 2019 | Local News
Wairarapa Whanau Trust youth group made a big impact at the Easter Camp in Feilding earlier this year, winning the team spirit award for the Top Town Competition. PHOTO/SUPPLIED From widespread crime in South Wairarapa five years ago to only minor misdemeanours today,...
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by Christine Dornan | 17 Sep, 2019 | Local News
GRAPHIC/FILE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz The Wairarapa Youth Council is calling on the region’s youth to get involved in this year’s local body elections. To help increase youth participation and civic education it has organised a meet the...
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by Christine Dornan | 17 Sep, 2019 | Local News
Group from Soulway Church looking forward to going to Mexico soon to build a house for a family in need. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN Trio spend night hungry and cold EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz With only a makeshift hut and a tarp for coverage, three students spent a night...
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by Christine Dornan | 17 Sep, 2019 | Local News
Tessa Duder, author of First Map, How James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand. PHOTO/SUPPLIED MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz The author of a new history of James Cook’s circumnavigation of New Zealand called on personal experience for the book. First Map author...
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by Christine Dornan | 16 Sep, 2019 | Local News
The second Wairarapa Awards, celebrating business excellence in the region, will be held on Thursday, October 3. We profile the nominees in the third of the five categories, the Tranzit Vibrant Award, which showcases businesses who are leaders in Wairarapa’s...
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by Christine Dornan | 16 Sep, 2019 | Local News
Lisa Pedersen, left, with Callum James, holding Garry the Cat. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN From South Island to Wellington to Masterton – in five years EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz Driving a Lamborghini, becoming prime minister, and taking a trip to America were among the...
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by Christine Dornan | 16 Sep, 2019 | Court, Local News
Eugene John DeMarco. PHOTO/FILE After three weeks, the man at the centre of the fraud trial relating to Sir Peter Jackson’s company, The Vintage Aviator Ltd, has been found guilty on all counts. Former manager Eugene John DeMarco, 57, was convicted on two charges of...
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