Youth finds answers in The Village - Wairarapa Times-Age
Pastors Wayne and Jennifer Poutoa are helping youth with problems to find solutions with The Village housing centre.
Wairarapa Times Age
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Pastors Wayne and Jennifer Poutoa are helping youth with problems to find solutions with The Village housing centre.
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SPORTS AWARDS Voting for the 2022-23 Wairarapa Times-Age Sports Awards closes at 4.30 pm today. There has been a phenomenal response, with public votes likely to surpass last year’s tally of more than 16,000 votes across all 15 categories. The new categories – Youth Sportsman, Youth Sportswoman, Senior Sportsman, and Senior Sportswoman – have drawn […]
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Reduced to Clear launched yesterday in Masterton, opening its doors to the public for the first time at 8am. Store development manager Luke Jones said it had been a busy debut. “It’s been so hectic, we honestly haven’t had any time to take it all in,” he said. Since leasing the space in March, the […]
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The promise of new hybrid-electric passenger trains also brings the prospect of high-skilled jobs to Wairarapa, in addition to more regular services. The government has pledged to pay 90 per cent of the estimated $847 million cost of purchasing 18 four-car, tri-mode trains and related infrastructure, with the rest set to be covered by Greater […]
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Interim relief is on the way for three properties worst affected by sewage overflows in Masterton. Early last month, a group of Cockburn St residents made a plea to Masterton District Council [MDC] for a solution that would give them a reprieve from repeat sewage overflows onto their properties. After heavy downpours, the residents have […]
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Greater Wellington Regional Council is calling for greater transport equity as the central government pushes to decarbonise private vehicles. In a draft submission to the government’s draft long-term electric vehicle charging strategy, Transport Committee chair Thomas Nash and Climate Committee chair Penny Gaylor raised concerns that the strategy does not respond to growing transport inequity. […]
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A certificate of compliance to fell a copper beech tree in Greytown is under consideration. Despite going to some lengths to protect the tree in its revised resource consent application for 134 Main St, Woolworths NZ has also applied to the district council for a certificate of compliance that would allow the removal of such […]
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In the last in the series on the finalists for the Wairarapa Times-Age Sports Awards, CHRIS COGDALE profiles the Senior Sportswomen and Sportsman categories. SENIOR SPORTSWOMEN Cushla Abraham – Woolhandling Cushla Abraham represented New Zealand in two woolhandling tests against Australia after winning the Alexandra fine wool woolhandling national title. Abraham paired with Angela Stevens, […]
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Everyone in Wairarapa should be relieved by the Government’s decision to fund 90 per cent of the $817 million needed for new trains. Four years ago, Waka Kotahi, Horizons Regional Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council put together the business case that outlined the urgent need to replace the 50-year-old trains, which reach their end […]
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Stokes Valley 2 Douglas Villa 10 Tumu Douglas Villa scored their second big win in five days, with a 10-2 demolition of Stokes Valley in a one-sided clash at Delaney Park on Saturday. Coach Mark Taylor said Villa dominated from start to finish, and there were some excellent team goals. Eight were scored by the […]
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