Roundabout to improve safety
One of Masterton's high risk intersections will be safer after a mini-roundabout is put in place over the next few months. Masterton District Council has let the tender for a mini-roundabout to be built at the Renall and Pownall St intersection, near Wairarapa College. Roading services manager Hamish Pringle said the improvement had been...
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Local man killed in violent attack
The man killed in a violent attack in Wanganui was veteran journalist and well-known Wairarapa man Derek Round.
New operators setting up camp
Greytown Campground is changing hands for the first time in about 20 years after the South Wairarapa District Council signed off on negotiations with a new...
Rewards in creating teams
It may not be glamorous, but the rewards are priceless. Mark Rogers talks to one of the personalities behind local junior rugby
Gun supplier bans entire shooting club committee
A Carterton man at the forefront of recreational shooting locally has fallen out with the Wairarapa Pistol and Shooting Club and has banned the entire committee...
Find a business in your area
What do you think of the new, smaller 2012 phone book?
Cairns upbeat at Serbia challenge
Ace Masterton kayaker Anne Cairns has plenty to occupy her mind.
- Season on the line for Kapene hopefuls
- Wairarapa face strong challenge from United
- Trophy success so close
- Ransom carries local hopes
Read contract terms carefully
Small seed growers are urged to carefully consider terms offered by merchants this year and seek legal advice where necessary, as the difficult harvest highlights...
- Kiwi ingenuity revives fungi farm
- Delivering wool harvest integrity
- Check out plans at council
- Industry shakeup - DIRA regulations
Masters of own destiny
There were really no surprises in the report released this week on the future of governance in Wairarapa.
- Noodles instantly on lips
- Same sex marriage takes toll
- Fathers need to step up too
- Initiative offers sobering outlook
Ask Dr. Gary: Ibuprofen risks for asthmatics
Doctors used to think ibuprofen was potentially dangerous for all asthmatics, period. Recent research has refined this a bit.
- Fashion: re use, reduce, recycle
- Gardening: Turning seed storage into a fine art
- Recipes that remind you of mum
- Cookbook review: Pipi: the cookbook
Movie review: The Five-Year...
There's a touch of realism about Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and Violet Barnes' (Emily Blunt) up-and-down journey to marriage.
- DVD review: The Son of No One
- Game review: Ridge Racer Unbounded
- Book review: Science on Ice
- Album review: Here we rest, Jason Isbell
Dad-of-three faces 36 abuse charges
A father who allegedly bashed his three children with a machete and cricket bats during a three-year reign of terror is facing eight years behind bars.Police allege...
- Friends share memories of special students
- Lifestyles hit by forced austerity
- Breast surgery in cancer error
- Attack on journalist 'horrific'
Controversial Zuma artwork not a...
The ruling African National Congress has threatened legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons President Jacob Zuma and accuses...
- Student dies in explosion at Italian school
- Diamond Jubilee: Invitation to controversy
- The Zimbabwe Mugabe didn't want you to see
- Jack Tame: Degree of hope found in land of...
Home sales recover in January as listings lag
Dunedin house prices gained 11 percent to an average $245,000, while the number sold gained 35 percent to 143 in January.
- NZ houses 'highly unaffordable'
- Insurance shocks hit homeowners
- Chiefs are cautiously optimistic
- Houses cheaper - but still at New York levels