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 ...

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 ...

Molewood Orchard in Greytown opened for its 2024 Pick Your Own [PYO] season earlier this month. The family-run orchard opened to the public for the first time last year, with its PYO apples season ...

Haines said that the tree will be removed in due course. Dave Penman, owner of local arborist business Urban Tree Works, estimated that the tree is over 100 years old. He said the ringbarking – or ...

After transforming Featherston’s hospitality and degustation scene over the past seven years, the founders of the Brac and Bow restaurant and bar have put their beloved business on the market. John ...

JORDAN, Christine Lyndsey. 23.11.49 – 22.12.23 Late of Eketahuna. Peacefully at Arohanui Hospice, aged 74. Partner, Buddy, best friend, travel mate and much more of Rex Hawes. It was Chris’s wish for ...

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 ...

With one solar farm in Wairarapa already granted and four other projects in various stages of the consent process, the region’s landscape may be flush with solar panels in the years to come. Combining ...

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 Masterton man’s 12-year wait to sell an iconic fedora worn by international pop star Michael Jackson has been well worth it, as the memorabilia has now fetched what he regards as a big premium. As ...

MILBURN, Peter John. 24.10.1951 – 4.01.2024 Loved father of Dean and Kate, Jody and Stephen Lamb, and Craig. Loved husband of Irma (nee Peetoom) and loved Poppa of Cade, and Ryanne; Phoenix, and Piper ...

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 – ...