Our dreary summer has not just been frustrating for holidaymakers, it's also left some Wairarapa tourist operators and farmers facing a bleak year. Higher rainfall and lower temperatures are taking their toll, with some worried more wet weather could add to the gloom. Mike McCreary has a cropping and finishing farm near Kahutara and said the...
Read the Full StoryA lifelong love of Kiwi music has spurred Masterton guitarist Steve Corbett to found the Tall Poppy Wairarapa Songwriters Night.
The fate of a billion-dollar wind farm project in North Wairarapa now rests with a three-man panel of commissioners who yesterday wrapped up a week-long resource...
A great family day is in store for Wairarapa people who make the Waitangi Day pilgrimage to Tauherenikau racecourse, recognised as one of the country's best picnic...
The first public ballooning event since the Clareville crash that killed 11 people is set to be held at Waitangi Weekend, nearly a month after the tragedy.
A repeat performance is the aim for Yamaha teammates Josh Coppins and Darryll King at Woodville this weekend.
EditorialThe best I can think of to say about a pet swan is that it would be marginally more fun than a pet goose.WHO would steal a swan?
Farm accidents are to come under the spotlight this month as the Accident Compensation Corporation and Federated Farmers adopt a psychological approach to them.
Expatriate Fijian Anendra Singh returns to see how his homeland is faring, and discovers he can no longer stand the heat