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Predator control good news for bat
A colony of native long-tailed bats have been discovered in the Aorangi Ranges in South Wairarapa. PHOTO/COLIN O’DONNELL GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz A population of native bats has been found in South Wairarapa’s Aorangi Ranges. Post graduate...
Failed crossing
PHOTO/SUPPLIED Vehicle abandoned when water poured through windows Three men were forced to make a quick escape when the vehicle [pictured above] they were in began to fill with water after a failed attempted crossing of the Ruamahunga River near State Highway 53 in...
Rural angst on the rise
East Coast Rural Support Trust Tararua co-ordinator Jane Tylee tells Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor about the building angst in rural communities. PHOTO/EMILY IRELAND EMILY IRELAND emily.ireland@age.co.nz Critical water restrictions, a drought, cattle diseases,...
Councillors shut down rates freeze
There will be no public Anzac ceremonies in Wairarapa this year. PHOTO/FILE Anzac Day services cancelled, hospitality industry badly hit STAFF REPORTERS A bid by Carterton district councillor Steve Cretney to recommend a rates freeze and halt “non-urgent projects”...
Medics prepare
Featherston Medical Centre manager Aruni Dias prepared for more testing for Covid-19. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN Suspected case puts local students in isolation Expert says don’t panic, prepare KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz Eight Wairarapa medical centres are set up...
Eccentric lost stories shared
Anna Peschke and William Connor. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz A one-armed girl meets an organist selling body-parts and exquisite skin. This is part of the story line for a coming of age performance held in Greytown starting yesterday. Greytown...
Solway tests hip hop moves
Solway College students perform in Wellington as SOULC. PHOTO/ANDREW TURNER ALEYNA MARTINEZ Aleyna.martinez@age.co.nz Aspiring hip hop dancers from Solway College busted out their best moves at Hip Hop International over the weekend in Wellington, placing sixth out of...
Hundreds of thousands lost in guest cancellations
Wharekauhau Country Retreat. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz New self-isolation requirements to help contain covid-19 have led to South Wairarapa luxury resort Wharekauhau Country Retreat receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars of...
Contractor: Industry has ‘died’
William Beetham. PHOTO/FILE Primary industries struggling STAFF REPORTERS Tourism, events, and primary industries in Wairarapa continue to suffer from the impact of covid-19. Masterton sound and lighting contractor Ben Brunskill said the event industry had “just...
Misplaced your meth?
PHOTO/NZ POLICE Wairarapa Police are keen to ‘reunite’ meth with owners EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz Hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of methamphetamine was handed over to Wairarapa Police last year after being found on the side of the road. Wairarapa Police...
Making self-isolation work
Brian Eccles and Lisa McDonald of CRS Software ready to work from home. PHOTO/KAREN COLTMAN KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz None of CRS Software’s 43 staff turned up to work on Tuesday at its Masterton office because they are working from home to “see how it...
Panic buying as virus bites
Empty shelves at a Wairarapa supermarket. PHOTO/SUPPLIED Covid-19 has ‘huge flow-on effects’ STAFF REPORTERS As the Government announced a well-received $12.1 billion stimulus package, with more to come through the Budget, the grip of covid-19 was tightening in...
When will there be SH2 action?
The car Mitch Dean was driving was hit by a truck at the Ngaumutawa Rd-SH2 intersection. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz A collision between a car and a truck at the Ngaumutawa Rd-State Highway 2 intersection on Friday night has sparked public outcry...
Three marathons in one day planned
Simon Ellis with a class from the Wairarapa Boxing Academy. PHOTO/EMMA BROWN EMMA BROWN emma.brown@age.co.nz After years of doing all he could to avoid exercise, Masterton man Simon Ellis set himself a marathon-sized task one year ago of completing three marathons in...
CORONAVIRUS: Mass event cancellations
Last year’s Wairarapa Balloon Festival. PHOTO/FILE Coronavirus testing under way in Wairarapa KAREN COLTMAN karen.coltman@age.co.nz The reality of covid-19 has struck Wairarapa with organisers cancelling events this weekend and beyond. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on...
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