Church gets with the beat of fundraiser
The inaugural Jazz at St Marks concert in Carterton has raised $2000 for the planned Carterton Events Centre.The concert last month at the historic church, ... More
Wairarapa could soon have its second wind farm with a decision by Genesis Energy to push ahead with plans to build turbines 20km northeast of Masterton.The energy giant yesterday announced ... More
The finish line is far from fading for the group battling to make Masterton's planned all-weather athletics track a reality.The next big push in the Wairarapa All Weather Track Trust's ... More
Three groups of Wairarapa travellers escaped injury during a weekend of traffic calamities that included a vehicle bursting into flames on the Rimutaka Hill Rd.A family were travelling over the ... More
A unique Wairarapa methadone programme is showing the rest of the country how it's done.Wairarapa Addiction Services' methadone programme is the only one in New Zealand run by a community-based ... More
Seven years of reading books from the 1800s paid off at the weekend for Wellington author Lydia Wevers, who launched her new book on Saturday.Reading on the Farm, Victorian Fiction ... More
Shaun Miller and Linda Murphy say they are gutted that a manslaughter charge has been dropped against Daniel George Ewen, who yesterday admitted supplying methadone to their 17-year-old son last ... More
The director of Wairarapa's largest medical practice has raised worries the Government's proposed crackdown on ''sickies'' could drag GPs into workplace disputes.Masterton Medical general manager Jeff Ryan said the National ... More
Doctors have given Maria Kilmister until Christmas to live.But today the 38-year-old Bideford mother is rejoicing in her community and celebrating memories of her only son, Jayden Kilmister, 15, who ... More
Masterton is the luckiest town of its size in New Zealand _ accruing $80.4 million in prizes since Lotto began.The golden trough was topped up last week by a $500,000 ... More
Several items belonging to missing Auckland mother Carmen Thomas and her car are unaccounted for, say police, who describe her disappearance about a month ago as sinister.Ms Thomas, described by police as an escort, was reported...
A teacher at a Melbourne deaf school who made students expose themselves in class has avoided jail time because he has cancer.The man, 55, asked the students to expose their genitalia in class in the 1970s, the Victorian County...
Just a heads up on two issues you might find quite interesting in the Labour caucus.1) Next Tuesday the union based MPs will challenge Goff's position on the tradability of the 4th week of the month's annual leave entitlement....
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