Hello local friends.
Anyone know if the McLachlan Stone Circle in Rangitūmau is ever open to the public (or indeed if it still exists!). We went there back in 2001, just after it was constructed, but have never heard anything about it since.
At the time it was the only stone circle in New Zealand, and one of only two in Australasia.

#Wairarapa #Masterton #StoneCircles
#NewZealand #Aotearoa

_The Evening Post_, 25 July 1923:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
…
It is somewhat of a coincidence that during the quarter ended 30th June, five males and three females died in the Masterton Hospital, while for the same period five males and three females were born in the maternity ward at the hospital.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230725.2.26
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #NewZealand #Births #Deaths #Masterton

@billbennett G'day Bill, Vik from #Masterton here.

I've ordered 2 #prusa 3D printers for the #FabLab in #Masterton. Kinda come full circle since the Prusa is based on the Kiwi Mendel design I did 13yrs ago. Prusa was kind enough to ask if I was Ok with this.

Ok folks, it's olive plucking season in #Masterton again. A bit soggy for it, but there's a dry patch due Wed/Thur/Fri and we're going for it. Anyone fancies helping out and scoring a few bottles of organic oil, do join in.

Afternoon dog walk yesterday at Queen Elizabeth park in #Masterton found some late season black swan cygnets

#Swan #Birds #cygnets #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Wairarapa #Autumn

Such a beautiful morning (taken on our walk)
#Wairarapa #Masterton #Lake #photography #landscape

#NashvillePredators #CodyGlass Nominated for #Masterton Trophy — Award Given to NHL Player Who Best Exemplifies 'Qualities of Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication to Hockey'

https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/cody-glass-nominated-for-masterton-trophy/c-343340822

#Earthquake M3.1 strikes 30 km E of #Masterton (New Zealand) 3 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1242561

#Earthquake M3.2 strikes 30 km E of #Masterton (New Zealand) 15 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1242556

I took this shape to the #Masterton #FabLab and printed out a bunch of tiles to play with. Several younglings and a couple of adults had a go at the benches while waiting for 3D print results. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-geometric-tiled.html

#Earthquake M3.3 strikes 278 km SE of #Masterton (New Zealand) 3 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1240885

southerly change has definitely hit #Masterton :)

#weather #wind

#Earthquake M3.4 strikes 32 km E of #Masterton (New Zealand) 4 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1235724

#Earthquake M3.8 strikes 193 km E of #Masterton (New Zealand) 8 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1227442

Yikes #eqnz that was a big one. Almost knocked me over here in #masterton
https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2023p122368

#Earthquake M3.2 strikes 15 km NE of #Masterton (New Zealand) 2 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1215117

Lake Te Ore Ore is filling up outside #Masterton. And more rain next week. #nz #weather

Reminder that the #Masterton #FabLab is open 10-2 this Wednesday so all the good boys and girls of whatever gender or age can come in and make free custom Xmas merch.

It took a while, but Tamara has completed the first prototype eggbot for the #Masterton #FabLab from "an unholy collection of previous eggbot projects." All Open Source, no proprietary components or format standards required. Her next step is to complete the documentation - and make Xmas decorations!