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Wairarapa farm worker cut from crash

A visiting German farm worker had to be cut free from the mangled wreckage of his car after a head-on collision with another vehicle on a rural road near Masterton yesterday morning.

  • Nathan Crombie

South Wairarapa wants rates paid

Bringing in debt collectors, and naming and shaming residents who do not pay their rates, were some of the ideas floated at the South Wairarapa District Council's policy and finance meeting last week.

  • Vomle Springford

Masterton councillor says irrigation a must

The flow-on effects of a successful irrigation scheme in the South Island has seen unemployment in the Ashburton district drop to a mere 0.08 per cent, says farmer and Masterton District councillor David Holmes.

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  • Don Farmer
OPENERS: Koia band members, vocalists Tirau Tetau (left) and Karauria Hamilton, and lead guitarist Raymon Butler perform as the opening act.

Kiwi music gets a great workout

Up to 160 die-hard fans of Kiwi music turned out for the first of two New Zealand Music Month concerts, featuring a slew of Wairarapa bands and performers.

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  • Nathan Crombie
Defamation claim against Metro magazine dismissed

Defamation claim against Metro magazine dismissed

A High Court judge has dismissed a "wholly deficient" defamation claim against the publisher of Metro magazine and its editor-at-large. The action was taken by Auckland businessman Augustine Lau who blamed Metro's Donna Chisholm for his benefits at Sky City casino being cut off. Lau, who used to work for real estate firm Ray White, launched the proceedings following a story in Metro last November which alleged he engineered a complex system to make money for himself and Asian property investors. The story, written by Chisholm, was promoted on the cover of Metro as "Auckland Property Scam Exposed". In…

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