The sight of scores of primary school children clutching their $10 vouchers, eager to buy books from more than 15 new, secondhand and antiquarian booksellers in Anzac Hall, was an outstanding feature of the third Featherston Booktown weekend in May.…
If you have not paid a visit to the tip sorry, recycling transfer station ‚ recently, now would be a good time to change that. Apleasant surprise awaits you. Gone are the evil odors, unsightly piles of rubbish and uneven…
On Tuesday 14 March all Wairarapa councils met with the Local Government Commission to discuss its draft proposal for a Wairarapa District Council. This has already been a long consultation process. It began in May and June 2013 when the…
March already and we are all geared up for another exciting year. Would you like to visit us to see if our Club is one you would like to belong to, if so then please call either Jenny on 308…
Having decided it was time for a complete change of lifestyle including location with the possibility of creating a small business that her family could be part of and enjoy, Jennifer Grey and her husband John began the search with…
Whilst looking over the internet – for something she has now forgotten – local resident Jenny Auckram stumbled across a word that was foreign to her. “Plarn” meant nothing whatsoever. A search through the dictionary found it meant plastic yarn.…
Featherston has an opportunity to express interest in being selected for the Community-Led Development Programme, a new approach to investing in communities by the Department of Internal Affairs. If successful, Featherston will have access to resources and funding for community-led…
After 12 long years South Wairarapa District Mayor Adrienne Staples has decided to call it a day. In no way can they be called turbulent years but as in all major organisations – as in life – there have been…
Featherston residents and businesses are being encouraged to clear out their cupboards of unused or out-of-date medicine to reduce accidental poisonings and medication misuse. Local medical practices, pharmacies and the Wairarapa DHB are running a ‘medicine spring clean’ campaign during…
Clifford Square, situated in the heart of Featherston township, is slowly being transformed with a sparkling new ‘ride-the-rail’ miniature train railway and is soon to be known as the Mini Fell Complex. There will be a grand opening of stage…