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 ...

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 ...

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a car fire on Bidwills Cutting Rd in the early hours of Thursday morning, following a spate of cars having been found burnt out across the region ...

Wairarapa tourism operators are being represented at an industry convention in Wellington that could provide a much-needed boost for the region. Run by Tourism Industry Aotearoa, Trenz is a three-day ...

The wetland established by Kahutara School in South Wairarapa, which has just received its seventh student-led annual plant out, is flourishing. Thirteen students aged five to eight from the ...

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 ...

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 ...