The ‘Rapa’s Best Kept Secrets

Herald writer, Tim Dick, extols the many virtues of his Wairarapa homeland – which have thus far escaped the notice of Wellingtonian wine tourists. High on his list of recommendations are having a “three-scoop ice-cream from the Kia Ora dairy in the still daggy, drive-through town of Featherston,” looking out of place “swigging on pints of Tui” in Martinborough, visiting the lighthouse and seals at Cape Palliser, and enjoying “summer holidays Kiwi-style” at coastal gem, Castlepoint: “There are no swanky restaurants here, just a dairy that doubles as a cafe, some good surf, plenty of fishing and a landscape made for walking and doing sweet nothing.”