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…
Moves underway to upgrade popular campsite by Anne Hynds Concerned Featherston residents Ed and Sian Harcourt and Anne Hynds recently met with representatives from the Department of Conservation (DOC) to talk about the need to improve facilities at the Bucks…
Featherston’s Matariki festival is something to be proud of. This year New Zealand has celebrated our oldest and newest national holiday for the first time as a bicultural and multicultural nation, and it will be an entry in the history…
Restoration Day attendees spent two days getting kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) with the local fish species of the Wairarapa Moana wetlands. Magical weather and hands-on learning, from spotlighting for fish to touching eels, made this a captivating field trip.…
The wind blew and the gazebos could not be put up – however, the Sports Hub Open Day was a huge success, with around 80 people turning up to register their children or themselves for a range of sporting activities.“We…
The coast may be half an hour’s drive away, but Featherston is well endowed with summer swimming opportunities.The South Wairarapa District Council-run swimming pools on Johnson Street, behind the Sports Hub clubhouse, are open fromearly December to mid-March and are…
It has been great to see the Windy Wheels community bike track being enjoyed this year. It looks like we will be spendingmore time socialising outdoors this summer, so it’s good to have another place to enjoy spending time together.…
Having children is a life-changing experience for anyone. But Featherston resident Kimberlee Le Ceve has taken it one stepfurther. After watching how her daughters Alex (now 4) and Indi (3) responded to the pictures in their storybooks, she was inspired…
On a bright but chilly Sunday in August – just before the last lockdown – South Featherston School was alive to theindustry of whānau, staff and kids getting muddy, hauling river stones and planting saplings and shrubs in the new…
It seems incredible that it is almost 17 years since an informal group of about six singers gathered with the intention of starting a choir. Within two weeks there were 12, which soon swelled to 20, and the number has…