by Christine Dornan | May 15, 2019 | Midweek
The Makoura pupils’ charity screening of Daffodils at Regent 3 which raised $2000 for the Samoa trip. PHOTO/ERIN KAVANAGH-HALL Erin Kavanagh-Hall The school year may have barely started, but a group of Masterton teens are already planning for their Christmas holiday –...
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by Christine Dornan | May 15, 2019 | Midweek
The late Cherie Dette and her daughter Dyami Kirwan who was visiting from Australia. PHOTO/JUDY WAGG Emily Ireland Every moment counts when a loved one is terminally ill. And capturing those moments forever is just one of Hospice Wairarapa’s many gifts to their...
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by Christine Dornan | May 8, 2019 | Midweek
Martinborough is still on a boil water notice. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Gianina Schwanecke Martinborough residents may be temporarily without water as the South Wairarapa District Council will be scouring and flushing pipes to remove any existing deposits in preparation for the...
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by Christine Dornan | May 8, 2019 | Midweek
Donna Harper’s lamp in memory of her son Ryan Crook has been stolen. PHOTO/EMILY IRELAND Emily Ireland When 18-year-old Ryan Crook took his own life last year, his mum Donna Harper turned a lamp on outside his bedroom window. It was Donna’s way of letting her son know...
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by Christine Dornan | May 8, 2019 | Midweek
The Hospice Wairarapa team. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV Emily Ireland It’s hard to imagine Wairarapa not having a hospice. But the threat of this was very real last decade. The shock closure of Wairarapa’s Hospice, run by Te Omanga, came after a 2006 Wairarapa District Health...
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by Christine Dornan | May 2, 2019 | Midweek
PHOTO/PAM GRAHAM The driver of a logging truck was in a moderate condition in Wairarapa Hospital after his truck rolled when turning from State Highway 2 into Norfolk Rd about 4pm on Monday. Richard King from Fire and Emergency New Zealand said the man, believed to be...
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