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It’s the last weekend of the school holidays and there is plenty to see around the region – from navigating the oceans at Space Place or catching a Disney musical.

“Disagreement with our process has also overshadowed the benefits the trial could bring.” Sheil Priest​, the council’s communications and engagement manager, said some residents had harassed contractors and staff. “It was enough that it was considered significant and a health and safety risk.” The project sought to bring “tactical urbanism” to the village. Imported from North America and Europe, the approach aims to make it faster and easier to create ‘’people friendly’’ street changes in urban areas where space is a premium. Kathryn King, Waka Kotahi’s manager o...

South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen has delivered a petition to Parliament on behalf of 33 mayors urging banks to reinstate rural branches across New Zealand. South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen delivered the petition on behalf of 33 mayors Photo: LDR/ WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE Beijen presented the petition to high-ranking government officials on Tuesday after his own concerted campaign to bring major bank branches back to his rural district. Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson also signed the accord. Since then, a part-time BNZ branch in neighbouring Carterton and Kiwibank facilities at shops in Featherst...

While the establishment of wineries in Martinborough decades ago heralded the first wave of visitors, people were now being pulled in by the allure of a country lifestyle. Many houses in the town were owned by Wellingtonians, used as boltholes away from the capital, but demand was driving prices and squeezing lower income residents out of the market. PIERS FULLER/Stuff South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen says his district needs more than just an ATM to serve its residents. Conor Kershaw owns the Four Square supermarket and Mitre 10 hardware store and said many of his 70-odd staff faced an u...