Commuters catching the Wairarapa Line may have to wait for another four months before the track’s bad vibrations are dealt with and until next year for speed restrictions to be completely lifted.

I visited the Fieldays in Hamilton last week. I used to go there in the 1970’s as a rural journalist for the old New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation and then Radio NZ. It’s changed. My memories from ...

A Masterton man took matters – and a baseball bat – into his own hands when he discovered a trespasser on his property on Saturday night after several thefts in the neighbourhood. “I was already on ...

Today’s DHL Super Rugby Pacific semi-final between the Hurricanes and the Chiefs in Wellington is a near sell-out, but fans travelling from Wairarapa will need to use their cars to get there. Metlink ...

A new emergency night refuge for people experiencing homelessness in Masterton needs to plug a $40,000 funding shortfall before it can open. The Kim’s Way project – named after Masterton resident and ...

Masterton support and advocacy service CCS Disability Action [CCS] has “major concerns” about whether Budget 2024 will deliver better outcomes for disabled people living in Wairarapa. CCS community ...

A Wairarapa couple is breathing new life into an old Greytown Main St property that was a maternity hospital, aged care home, and a “social welfare home” for children. Builder Tim Iro and his partner ...

Died 18th May 2024. Awesome husband, brother, dad, grandad, great grandad and friend. A private cremation has been held. A celebration of John’s life will be held 11.00am, Saturday 25th May at his ...

The scoreboard shows another heavy defeat, but Wairarapa Wahine Toa continue to improve from week to week in the Manawatū Premier Women’s Championship. The result at the Solway Showgrounds was a ...

Wairarapa ratepayers could see as much as a 15 per cent drop in rates if local mayors have their way and the GST collected on rates is returned to the community. Local Government NZ is urging central ...

Masterton-based Māori business Wairarapa Moana has won the top spot at New Zealand’s most prestigious Māori farming awards. Kingi Smiler, chair of Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation, said he is ...

“Water is the new gold,” Shane McManaway said to the many dozens of farmers, officials, and noteworthies gathered at his 580ha Ongaha farm in Featherston this week. “We need to use it wisely.” Andrew ...