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Someone asked me if you have to be famous to have an obituary in a newspaper.

Opinion

Obituaries shouldn't just be for rich, famous

With the extra moisture in the ground and sunshine we should get a good response.

Rural

Rain answers farmer's prayers

Fourteen Wairarapa schools were represented at the annual Masterton Harriers primary schools' cross-country event held at Solway Showgrounds in Masterton last Sunday with Douglas Park and Masterton Intermediate winning two team trophies apiece.

Sport

Bright day for young harriers

Police are investigating a crash involving a vehicle that plunged down a steep bank off Te Wharau Rd, near Carterton, on Saturday.

News

Driver hurt after plunge down bank

Ben Winder was in fine form when race three of the Trust House-sponsored cross-country series was held on the Massey University research farm at Mikimiki on Sunday, with the continuing fine weather proving to be a bonus for runners and spectators alike.

Sport

Top times at Mikimiki event

Masterton endurance athlete Graeme Butcher has placed 73rd in a field of 170 while representing New Zealand at the world 24-hour championships in the Netherlands over the weekend.

Sport

Ultra runners go the distance

Wairarapa United progressed to the next round of New Zealand football's premier knockout trophy, the Chatham Cup, after defeating Wellington United 2-1 at Howard Booth Park on Sunday.

Sport

Wairarapa United labour to win

The sun was shining for dogs and their owners at the Dog Day Out at Henley Lake yesterday.

News

Lake outing doggy delight

Every dog has its day and tomorrow at Henley lake there will be many canines sharing a special day.

News

Dog day to fetch charity funds

The weather gods smiled on Les Chevaliers d'Argent this month, who host two Medieval equestrian camps a year in Eketahuna.

News

Running the gauntlet

Drought is the economy's Achilles heel and we cannot emphasise enough the impact of "the big dry" on NZ Inc.

Rural

The big dry's economic toll on farmers

Wairarapa farmers need to be proactive now about sourcing additional winter feed, according to Wairarapa Federated Farmers provincial president Jamie Falloon.

News

Source winter feed now, farmers urged

One of the features of the latest round of Moose Kapene Cup rugby fixtures played on Saturday was the closeness of most of the scorelines.

Sport

Close games feature of weekend

Round 7 of this season's Moose Kapene Cup gets under way tonight with a couple of interesting fixtures in store for rugby fans.

Sport

Conditions may dictate

Every time I look out my window my heart sinks; the barren land a sign of more hardship to come.

Rural

Support each other through the dry weather

Marquis Wairarapa United travel over the hill to take on Lower Hutt City at Bell Park tomorrow.

Sport

Wairarapa United getting into groove

Former Federated Farmers president Alistair Polson discusses his roles as chairman of the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust and as Special Agriculture Trade Envoy

Rural

Farmers worldwide face same issues

REMEMBER: Catafalque guard Private Sarai Cosgrove, of Bravo Company, 7th Battalion, at Featherston's Anzac Day service last year.

News

Time to remember as nation marks Anzac Day

The old Plastalon building - built in the 1950s - in Dixon St was demolished on the weekend.

News

Town's old plastics factory demolished

The chilly weather has arrived so we thought it time to share tips on ways to keep those power costs to a minimum.

Business

Oily Rag: Switch off your higher power

Results in the latest round of the Moose Kapene Cup premier rugby games on Saturday ran fairly much to form.

Sport

Results true to form

The annual Made in Wairarapa show in August will have a whole new look, thanks to some shrewd trading and networking by Henley Men's Shed co-ordinator John Bush and weeks of work from a "bunch of blokes" at the shed.

News

Men's Shed to rescue for show fencing

It's A solemn moment when I'm presented with the tall bundle of yaqona (kava) root and asked to lead our group into the Fijian priest's house.

Lifestyle

Fiji safari: Drink it all in

A rural postman who caused a crash at an intersection in rural Eketahuna has been convicted of careless driving causing injury, disqualified from driving for six months and fined $800.

News

Wairarapa postman accepts total responsibility for crash

NOT LIFE THREATENING: A road works truck involved in a collision in High St, Masterton, is loaded onto a tow-truck.

News

Warning after crashes

It seems you can't beat the modern driving technology.

That's what my wife Debra-Rose and I concluded after a near-collision in a borrowed 2013 Mini Roadster.

Motoring

Mini Roadster: Stability wizardry

Boys took classes for the first time in more than 70 years at the Solway College boarding school for girls in Masterton this term.

News

Boys at Solway after 70 years

Balmy weather and an early Easter has helped lift spending in Wairarapa, latest figures reveal.

News

$37m Easter spending spree

Rockstars from across the country are clamouring for a royal audience at the King Street Live concert venue opening in Masterton next month.

News

Top artists clamour for venue date

Gordon St residents fear for their lives after a serial arsonist struck in their neighbourhood for the second time this year.

News

Masterton arsonist strikes again

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