by Christine Dornan | 24 Jun, 2022 | Local News
A trial will go ahead if mediation attempts between Masterton District Council and Wairarapa District Health Board are unsuccessful. PHOTO/FILE Council denies liability GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz Two years ago, Wairarapa District Health Board took legal action...
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by Christine Dornan | 23 Jun, 2022 | Local News, Masterton District Council
A ruined picnic area at Queen Elizabeth Park. PHOTO/GEORGE SHIERS Hoons donut respect our park GEORGE SHIERS george.shiers@age.co.nz Vandalism to a picnic area at Queen Elizabeth Park in Masterton has council and the community upset, but so far nobody has owned up to...
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by Christine Dornan | 23 Jun, 2022 | Local Democracy Reporting, Masterton District Council
PHOTO/FILE With Wairarapa councils set to approve annual plans next week, one authority has updated its rates database to show property owners what they will likely be paying over the next year. Masterton ratepayers can view indicative rates for the 2022-23 year with...
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by Christine Dornan | 23 Jun, 2022 | Local News
Astrotourism in the Aoraki Mackenzie district. PHOTO/SUPPLIED HELEN HOLT helen.holt@age.co.nz With Wairarapa aiming to become a dark sky reserve, a team of astrology experts will teach tourism operators everything there is to know. Canterbury University astrology...
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by Christine Dornan | 23 Jun, 2022 | Local News
PHOTO/FILE Debt burden weighs heavily on Taratahi The land at Taratahi farm training centre may have to be sold to repay the debt that caused the training centre to enter liquidation in 2018, after a High Court judgement. In her judgement, Justice Rebecca Ellis said...
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by Christine Dornan | 22 Jun, 2022 | Local Democracy Reporting, Local News
Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty being sworn in as a minister outside of cabinet last week. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty will be taking on more responsibility for controversial reforms – including Three Waters – in his new role as Associate Minister of...
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by Christine Dornan | 22 Jun, 2022 | Local News
A child inspects a ‘weta hotel’ at Pukaha National Wildlife Centre. PHOTOS/FILE New studies into the behaviour of tree weta allow for monitoring of the species without the need to kill them. And, as GRACE PRIOR discovers, nail polish was an unusual tool in the...
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by Christine Dornan | 22 Jun, 2022 | Carterton District Council, Local Democracy Reporting, Local News
Play equipment at Carrington Park playground in Carterton. PHOTO/EMILY IRELAND The sliding standards of playgrounds Rundown equipment, poor play surfaces, and finger trap risks. Carterton District Council’s [CDC] four playgrounds have been labelled “tired and in poor...
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