On Saturday 12 June, Wairarapa’s Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate (OGKWI) club competed against karate clubs from across the lower North Island to win the overall Kāpiti Karate Academy Championships. Thirteen karate students from South Wairarapa travelled to Kāpiti to compete against…
Another first for Paetūmōkai-Featherston! On 1 May 2021 this became the first town in South Wairarapa to have its own resource recovery centre. Called Ā Mua Community Resource Centre, this new facility has been set up by a group of…
For those of us seasoned enough to remember May 1996, not much has changed, and yet so much has. “How Bizarre”, from Auckland’s OMC, was one of the world’s top selling songs, and number one in charts around the globe…
Featherston Booktown launched the 2021 Karukatea Festival programme on 31 March at the Sports Hub, and it’s a wonder! Check the programme at www.booktown.nz and start marking your calendar for talks, debates, workshops, readings and spoken-word performances. From novelists to…
There are only another 20 or so days to go until Dogs in Togs! Our annual pool party will take place at Featherston Swimming Pool on 20 March from 1pm to 5pm. All welcome! We had such a great response…
Three years ago Featherston’s Ashley Taylor never thought she would be interested in drama, let alone good at it. But now she is poised to tread the boards at the Globe Theatre, after winning a place in a prestigious programme…
Featherston Community Centre’s new art exhibition, iti: small works, was held 12-15 November 2020 and it was astonishing. It broke all previous Centre art sale records by an incredible 80% and delighted visitors and locals alike. iti explored the experience…
A ruined and authentic heritage building just south of Featherston could become a key attraction for people wanting to experience the Wairarapa region’s night skies. Mouldering tōtara planks and steel rails from the night sky observatory built by amateur astronomer…
The Featherston Knitters made the most of lockdown, producing hand-knitted items for various institutions and agencies. Covid-19 saw a big demand for extra items for families in need, such as jerseys, hot-water bottles, shawls for the elderly, clothing for babies…
The students at St Teresa’s School are stoked to welcome Featherston’s very own freshwater science station! Conceived around a year ago and created in collaboration with the students, teacher Liz Lark, Mountains to Sea Director Zoe Studd and artist Siv…