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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 May 2026

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ArticleBreak­ing down the Budget

Some Wair­ar­apa com­munity lead­ers are ques­tion­ing whether Thursday’s “bread and but­ter” Budget will do enough for house­holds, schools and ser­vices already under pres­sure. Fin­ance Min­is­ter Nic­ola Wil­lis’s last Budget of the term set aside...

Break­ing down the Budget

ArticleSub­stan­tial drop in sat­is­fac­tion

Mas­ter­ton Dis­trict Coun­cil’s 2026 res­id­ents’ sur­vey res­ults are in, and the coun­cil has received a mixed review. The sur­vey, con­duc­ted by Key Research, showed that over­all sat­is­fac­tion with the coun­cil’s per­form­ance was 40%,...

Sub­stan­tial drop in sat­is­fac­tion

ArticleFirst ‘liv­ing taonga’ recip­i­ents hon­oured

More than 200 people gathered at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wair­ar­apa in Mas­ter­ton on Thursday night for the inaug­ural Liv­ing Taonga Awards. Rep­res­ent­at­ives from marae and the com­munity across Wair­ar­apa were hon­oured for their lead­er­ship,...

First ‘liv­ing taonga’ recip­i­ents hon­oured

ArticleCom­munity views sought

Mas­ter­ton Dis­trict Coun­cil (MDC) is ask­ing for people’s views as changes to local gov­ern­ment are con­sidered across New Zea­l­and. Fol­low­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s recent announce­ment of the Head Start pro­gramme for local gov­ern­ment to...

Com­munity views sought

ArticleRoad­works in Mas­ter­ton

There are two sets of work sched­uled for State High­way 2 in Mas­ter­ton next week. The Wai­p­oua Bridge (south­bound) will be closed overnight next week to south­bound traffic between Monday and Thursday, from 9pm to 5am. Addi­tion­ally, due to...

Road­works in Mas­ter­ton