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SH53 road reconstruction works near Phillips Line

10 January Capital Journeys on behalf of NZTA will be undertaking road reconstruction and resurfacing as follows: SH53 north and south of Phillips Line, for 500 metres (see map below)…

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Media release: Featherston and Greytown join Martinborough on tighter water restrictions

8 January 2020 Water restrictions in Featherston and Greytown are today being tightened to hand-held watering devices only. This means that, in all three South Wairarapa towns, sprinklers, irrigation systems…

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FURTHER NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION

Nominations have now closed for the Featherston and Greytown Community Boards and as the number of nominations exceed the number of vacancies elections will be conducted by using the First…

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MEDIA RELEASE: $120,000 funding to progress region-wide trail idea

Monday 16 December, 2019 More than $100,000 has been secured to progress a community-initiated project to develop a region-wide recreation trail linking the five main Wairarapa towns. The Wairarapa Trails…

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Important information for residents on Martinborough water supply – Total Outdoor Water Ban lifted

9.45am, Monday 16 December 2019 The Total Outdoor Water Ban in Martinborough has now been lifted. Thank you to the Martinborough community for their water conservation efforts over this past…

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Important information for Featherston and Greytown residents – the Total Outdoor Water Ban is lifted

9.08am, Saturday 12 December 2019 The Total Outdoor Water Ban in Featherston and Greytown has now been lifted. The year-round policy of garden watering on alternate days still applies –…

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Important information for residents on Featherston and Greytown town water supply – update #1

11.30am, Friday 13 December 2019 After a planned water shutdown to install new treatment equipment for Greytown’s Memorial Park bore yesterday, Wellington Water was restoring supply when a power cut…

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Important information for Featherston and Greytown residents on town water supply

9.37am, Friday 13 Decemeber 2019 Morning update for Greytown and Featherston residents: Please continue to restrict your water use to essential needs only and to avoid any garden watering for…

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Martinborough Water Supply Update #2

12 December 2019 The bore pump has been replaced and water is pumping into the reservoir again. The outdoor water ban remains in place until the reservoir is full again and…

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Martinborough Water Supply Update

11 December 2019 Following the fault on Monday with the low manganese bore that is supplying the Martinborough Township, the pump was successfully replaced yesterday. However this morning the pump…

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