In a move designed to improve access to healthcare for South Wairarapa’s ageing population, three general practices in the district will be joining forces next year. From April 1, Featherston Medical ...

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 ...

Wairarapa shoppers’ fresh produce options have grown a little, with The Warehouse in Masterton expanding into selling fruit and veggies last week. The new range is a seasonal selection of produce that ...

A local “ history buff and concerned resident” has turned to the crowdfunding platform Givealittle to help members of the local Rātana Church [Te Haahi Rātana] in Masterton raise funds to complete the ...

The prospect of passenger air travel returning to Wairarapa has received overwhelmingly positive support from businesses and residents, but questions still remain about who would pick up the service – ...

Wairarapa Racing Club track manager Matia Grace is off to Australia’s Gold Coast after winning a “Rising Star” scholarship. Grace, who is in her third year of managing the club’s Tauherenikau race ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In these bewildering times we’re all blundering through, it’s increasingly difficult to crack open a calendar without tripping over a new anniversary or appreciation day one has hitherto been entirely ...

Carterton writer Andrew Wright shares some observations from his visit to Israel and Palestine – and insights about the decades-long conflict within. In February 2020, I spent two weeks in the ...

A Wairarapa gin distillery is toasting its success at one of the world’s most prestigious wine and spirits competitions. Greytown Distilling Company [GDC] won gold for its Tweed gin while its ...