Wet, cold and wild Wairarapa summer
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...
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Spotlight on Wairarapa songwriters
A lifelong love of Kiwi music has spurred Masterton guitarist Steve Corbett to found the Tall Poppy Wairarapa Songwriters Night.
Billion dollar Wairarapa wind farm hearing ends
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...
Ready for Waitangi Day racing at Tauherenikau
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...
Carterton balloons to return skyward
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.
Should the 2012 Wairarapa balloon festival go ahead after the ballooning tragedy?
Teammates gear up for Woodville
A repeat performance is the aim for Yamaha teammates Josh Coppins and Darryll King at Woodville this weekend.
- Chrysolite adds to family record
- Holdsworth runners seek calm
- Lansdowne prevail in cup rematch
- Giants' upset defies all odds
Editorial: Why steal a swan?
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?
- Editorial: Happy ending to sad tale
- Editorial: Bravo for balloon festival
- Editorial: Vista fine, cold spell a pain
- Editorial: Idiots, maybe but boys no
Wisdom ensures there'll be no next time
Farm accidents are to come under the spotlight this month as the Accident Compensation Corporation and Federated Farmers adopt a psychological approach to them.
- Experience is the wisest teacher
- Confidence holds up down on farm
- Smart ways with water
- Turbine more than earns its keep
Travel: Up a lazy river
Expatriate Fijian Anendra Singh returns to see how his homeland is faring, and discovers he can no longer stand the heat
- Bubbles demand room to breathe
- Deliciously creamy cheeses (+recipes)
- Book review: Easy Barbecue
- Travel: Space to embrace nature
