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Matariki is about remembering not only those of our loved ones passed but also our dreams and aspirations for the coming year plus new beginnings. At this year’s Matariki festival we had all the bases covered. The first event for…

The world was a very different place when ticket holders last enjoyed The Time Travellers’ Ball. In 2019 the “Best On Theme Award” was presented to the guest who accepted the challenge of dressing to the theme of Voyagers. After…

After a wild and wet 2022 Festival (not to mention the days leading up to the fest), the weather gods were smiling upon us and turned on the sunshine for the 13th and 14th May. The streets, shops and eateries…

Featherston has lost a modest but nonetheless important figure in the history of our town. Many older residents will have known Mike Beckett as a worker and owner at Beckett’s supermarket. Some will recognise him as the author of fascinating…

The students of St Teresa’s School have had a long affiliation with a South Wairarapa District Council-owned section of Donald’s Creek, accessed off State Highway 53. Over the past eight years, St Teresa’s School, as kaitiaki of the stream, has…

The Greytown Music Group is honoured to have interna- tionally celebrated concert pianist Dr Jian Liu open our 2023 “Piandemonium” concert series on Sunday 2 April. Jian is a highly sought-after solo pianist and chamber mu- sician, and has appeared…

The Colgate Games are New Zealand’s biggest athletics events for children and are attended by hundreds of athletes aged from seven to 14 years. Featherston Athletics sent two athletes to the 2023 North Island Colgate Games in Whanganui last month…

Pae tū Mōkai o Tauira has just won a Kūmara Award for its contribution to making Featherston a fabulous place and to revitalising Wairarapa Moana (Lake Wairarapa). Kūmara Awards are given out annually to local groups whose “placemaking” projects help to…

Tool library opens in time for summer by Guy Walker The long-awaited A Mua Community Tool Library is now open for business.It stocks a growing range of tools, gardening implements and machinery, ladders and a wheelbarrow.Membership for the tool library…

The Robert Algie Memorial Trust was lucky enough to partner with Wairarapa Bush Rugby and the New Zealand Parliamentary Rugby Team for a fundraising game last month.Born and raised in Featherston, Robert is remembered as one of New Zealand’s most…