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Iconic hotel has new owners
Greytown’s White Swan Hotel has joined the Experience Collective fold. PHOTO/FILE MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz Greytown’s White Swan Hotel is under new management. Experience Collective, a Gladstone-based company led by husband and wife team Rosie and Nick...
$49k ice rink could help flawed festival’s comeback
Children having fun in the snow dome. PHOTO/FILE EMILY IRELAND emily.ireland@age.co.nz Despite icy feedback, a controversial Carterton event may make a comeback next year. Thousands of people flocked to Carterton last year for the Heart of Winter Festival – an event...
McAnulty aims for double tick
Kieran McAnulty. PHOTO/FILE KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Labour Party 2020 election candidate and current list MP Kieran McAnulty said he is encouraged by supporters of other political parties saying they will vote for him for the Wairarapa electorate seat....
Environment, travel good mix for Jessie
Wairarapa College student Jessie Caldwell is in Thailand surveying the coral reefs. PHOTO/SUPPLIED ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Wairarapa College student Jessie Caldwell is doing her bit for the planet this summer. The 17-year-old is passionate about travel and the...
Snell’s close ties with region
Wairarapa College students took on Peter Snell [sixth from left, back row] and Murray Halberg [sixth from right, back row] in Pahiatua 1963. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz News of the death of triple Olympic gold medallist middle distance runner...
As Kiwi as cricket
Ten new citizens were confirmed as New Zealanders in Martinborough on Thursday. PHOTO/MARCUS ANSELM MARCUS ANSELM marcus.anselm@age.co.nz The captain of the reborn Featherston Cricket Club was among 10 citizens welcomed as New Zealanders in Martinborough on Thursday...
Pump track hitting mark
PHOTOS/EMMA BROWN EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz Round and round children keep going on South End School’s new pump track. Since opening last Tuesday, the track has been a hit, principal Clare Crawford said. After school crowds have “flocked in” to use the track....
Demolition for car parks
A JPS Earthmoving 20 tonne excavator demolishing the 1950s garage next to New World, Carterton. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz A derelict service station in central Carterton has been demolished to make way for supermarket car parks. The...
Full noise for parcel boys
Courier delivers 700 items in a day KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz From Castlepoint to Ngawi and back again, couriers and posties are flat tack across Wairarapa getting parcels and post in letter boxes and on doorsteps before Christmas. To keep up with the...
The boy’s back – St Pat’s kids celebrate
St Patrick’s School’s room two pupils, teachers, and artist Katie Gracie with the two pieces of art which have come back after being stolen. PHOTO/ELI HILL ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz The life-sized paintings from the St Patrick’s School mural are back together again...
Logging truck’s trailer flips
A logging truck’s trailer flipped on the Opaki Kaiparoro Rd on Thursday afternoon. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN and EMILY IRELAND A logging truck’s trailer flipped into a ditch on Opaki Kaiparoro Rd north of Masterton after a tyre burst just after 5pm on...
Guard of honour for nurse of 47 years
Kaye Taplin was given a guard of honour on her way out of Wairarapa Hospital on Thursday after 47 years nursing. PHOTO/ELI HILL ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz Nurses, doctors, staff and patients lined the halls of Wairarapa Hospital on Thursday to celebrate the 47 years...
Driest place in NZ
Coastal Wairarapa is the only place in New Zealand currently labelled ‘extremely dry’. PHOTO/LUCAIS DAVIES Praying for rain before mid-January EMILY IRELAND emily.ireland@age.co.nz Wairarapa is the driest place in New Zealand, with some parts bordering on drought...
Iconic pool reopens with free swimming day
Lifeguards Alex Julian, left, and Camryn Potangaroa keeping an eye on children enjoying the refurbished Lido pool. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN Masterton’s Lido pool will be officially reopened by Mayor Lyn Patterson on Saturday after a major upgrade. To mark the occasion,...
Feathy’s Dr Mike retires
Doctor Mike Berry retired yesterday after being the Featherston Medical Centre’s lead doctor for 32 years. PHOTO/STAFF REPORTER KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Featherston’s Dr Berry retireed yesterday after serving the town for 32 years. It’s been some journey....
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