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EASY LISTENING: Music writers Chris Bourke and Nick Bollinger were at Hedley's Bookshop on Thursday night, the first Yarns in Barns event.

Yarns in Barns is officially under way, with 25 people attending the first event, Blue Smoke, at Hedley's Bookshop on Thursday night. Music writers Chris Bourke and Nick Bollinger led the audience in a "musical conversation" about the history of New Zealand music, to tie in with New Zealand Music Month. Bourke is the author of...

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Educational and fun day for farmers

The Farmers Big Day Out held in Masterton this week has been hailed as a great success, with about 180 people attending.

TOGETHER: Brothers Luani (left), 10, and Matai, 8, practise kapa haka at Greytown Primary School under close watch by a film crew. The three brothers, including Herewini (not pictured), 14, and their jam-packed calendar of extra-curricula activities are the focus of a Small Blacks TV episode.

Busy brothers take centre stage on TV

The unity of three young Greytown brothers - who share almost everything bar first names - this week won the attention of Small Blacks TV.

HELP WANTED: Cancer Society Wairarapa Dragon Boat coach Ivan Karaitiana stands outside the boathouse at Henley Lake.

Call for bigger lake, sport site

An extension to Henley Lake and a new indoor sports facility are some of the major suggestions suggestions for Masterton's development over the next 10 years.

Children escape injury in bus crash

A school bus crashed near Martinborough yesterday morning.

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Sport

Unhappy shooters seeking rival range

Recreational and competition shooters who have split from the Wairarapa Pistol and Sports Shooting Club are seeking to set up a rival range in Carterton. 2 Comments

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Rural

Biosecurity authority gets to grips with Psa

The work in controlling the initial spread of the bacterial canker Psa has been done. The protection sprays have been sorted and a new Gold3 variety, more tolerant... Have your say

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Opinion

Yarn fest terrific for area

The Yarns in Barns festival began last night with a music-themed event, and officially opens tonight at the Masterton Town Hall, with a discussion with top New... Have your say

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Beauty spot: Spritz for a quick lift

Banish bad hair days for good with two new hair products from Redken. Have your say

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Movie review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen(M), 107 minutesBRITISH film-makers seem to create a sense of warmth in their work that their American counterparts can only dream about. Have your say

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A demolition crew sizes up Masterton's former opera house yesterday at the start of the major task of lowering the old building, deemed to be an earthquake risk.

Demolition of old Opera House

Seule Soromon and a Wellington defender go toe to toe for possession.

Sport action from Saturday, May 19

TRUCK STOP: The Burling Transport truck and trailer that slid out of control on Ponatahi Rd yesterday, seriously injuring its Masterton driver. Burling Transport owner Fred Burling, pictured right, was on the scene.

Week in Pictures May 14 - 18 2012

Makoura goal defence Te Kapua Haira and Hell's goal attack Lexy Harmon-Karine.

Saturday, May 12 sport action

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Three rescued after fall into ocean off...

Three people were rescued after falling from the rocks into the ocean off the Otago coast this afternoon.A police spokesman said the family had been fishing off the...

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Sister of NYC murder accused prayed...

When police dug up a Manhattan basement last month in a fruitless search for the remains of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared in 1979, Lucy Suarez saw the...