by Christine Dornan | Jul 18, 2019 | Local News
Samantha and James Fawcett found the first rock to be hidden. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Greytown Fire Brigade is using rocks and an artistic touch to create school holiday fun and teach children about fire safety. Over the past week members of the...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 18, 2019 | Local News
Log carriages at Waingawa. PHOTO/FILE PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz Wairarapa businesses want the option of railing goods north to Napier Port, if it is economic. The issue of “changing the direction of freight trains” came up at a Business Wairarapa lunch in...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 18, 2019 | Local News
Sub-Lieutenant Charlotte Carew is posted to Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Canterbury, which is taking part in Exercise Talisman Sabre with the United States, Australian and other forces, near Rockhampton, Australia. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Eketahuna’s Charlotte Carew...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 18, 2019 | Local News
The Wairarapa rail line is a gateway to the capital. PHOTO/FILE Long term benefits GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz The start of $96 million of track renewal work on the rail link between Wellington and Wairarapa will mean an even earlier start for...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 17, 2019 | Local News
Buyers digging through thousands of books. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV More than $4700 was raised thanks to the support of the community at the Rotary of Carterton Annual Monster Book Fair last weekend. Rotarian Deirdre O’Flynn said, “People were very generous and there were...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 17, 2019 | Local News
The mudfish at Daleton Farm. PHOTO/FILE ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Authorities are looking to learn from earlier mishaps as they work to rehome the remaining Daleton Farm brown mudfish to a more suitable habitat that is being created. This comes after Fish and Game...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 17, 2019 | Local News
Deborah Coddington at The Martinborough Bookshop. PHOTO/PAM GRAHAM PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz Former ACT MP Deborah Coddington has started a small business at the age of 66 in a dying industry in a small town. Madness? Not really. The Martinborough Bookshop has...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 17, 2019 | Local News
Ross Taylor with his children Mackenzie and Jonty soon after the Black Caps’ unlucky loss to England in the Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s. Earlier, Taylor was on the wrong end of a bad LBW decision. PHOTO/INSTAGRAM Kiwi fans across the nation were feeling the...
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