Latest from Wairarapa region

Masterton's Alison Andrews-Paul was the toast of the New Zealand squad on the opening day of the world junior (under-20) track and

Cyclists are tentatively backing changes to a dangerous stretch of road after the transport agency bowed to pressure and reviewed

A Masterton District Councillor got more than she bargained for these winter holidays. Pip Hannon was skiing in Queenstown over the

A Martinborough man who sparked a day-long police manhunt has pleaded guilty to pointing a gun in public. Robert James Atkinson

A Carterton hairdressers had a close shave yesterday morning when a vehicle careered into the shop's window, leaving staff "pretty

The Featherston community will soon have a new central meeting hub, with the town square set to be complete by the end of this month. The

A man has been charged in relation to a crash at a Masterton petrol station.

Attempts by Spark New Zealand to improve cellphone coverage at Ocean Beach in South Wairarapa have backfired according to residents. Ocean

Wairarapa is booming, and our long-term economic future is looking even rosier. That's the view of local political and business leaders

A man evaded police on foot this morning after plowing his car in to a petrol station pump in Masterton.

Carterton mother Brooke Malyon would have given up the fight against cancer after her second diagnosis, if it wasn't for her "miracle baby daughter" Charlie.

A Wairarapa man has been flown to hospital after a serious work injury at Masterton's Transfer Station and Recycling Depot. The Earthcare

A group of young bikers, believed to have been tearing up a newly-upgraded Masterton park and using river trails to evade police

The teenager whose dangerous driving killed two of his Featherston friends will have to live with the "heart-breaking" effects of

Five hoons on motorbikes evaded police again yesterday afternoon, taunting officers and causing further damage to the newly-upgraded

Wairarapa-Bush head coach Josh Syms has no complaints with his team's draw for the 2016 Heartland rugby championship, and it's easy

Hoons tearing up the turf of a newly-upgraded park in Masterton have been avoiding police for months, using river trails for their

About 100 Greytown people "unanimously" cast a vote of no confidence in Greater Wellington Regional Council's flood protection plans

James Cameron is fronting a new $11 million-plus campaign to market this country overseas.

Thirty Masterton District Council staff have been moved out of the Municipal Building on Chapel Street for safety reasons and the

Up to $25,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen from a house in Carterton - one of seven burglaries in the region over the weekend. The

Wairarapa is getting its own TV channel. From October 24, Freeview channel 41 will be the home of Wairarapa TV, a regional station

In a few weeks' time, Allyson Lock's fate will be left "swinging in the wind". The Masterton mother of three has Pompe disease, a

Carterton residents are questioning a new floodplain management plan which they say will protect Greytown from flooding while increasing

At an age when most children spend all year anticipating their birthday presents, a Masterton boy has selflessly asked for foodbank

Before she knew how to speak the language of her own land, Marama Fox was taught French and Latin. It eventually took the death of

Eric McIsaac must serve at least 14 years behind bars for bludgeoning 10-year-old brother with wood splitter while he slept.

A Featherston teenager who turned his life around after trying to set fire to the town's petrol station has escaped a prison sentence.

Five teams remain in contention for the top four in the Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Tui Cup premier rugby championship going into the penultimate