Commuters catching the Wairarapa Line may have to wait for another four months before the track’s bad vibrations are dealt with and until next year for speed restrictions to be completely lifted.

I visited the Fieldays in Hamilton last week. I used to go there in the 1970’s as a rural journalist for the old New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation and then Radio NZ. It’s changed. My memories from ...

A Masterton man took matters – and a baseball bat – into his own hands when he discovered a trespasser on his property on Saturday night after several thefts in the neighbourhood. “I was already on ...

Today’s DHL Super Rugby Pacific semi-final between the Hurricanes and the Chiefs in Wellington is a near sell-out, but fans travelling from Wairarapa will need to use their cars to get there. Metlink ...

The “pure Wairarapa” cast and crew of a short film exploring the topic of financial scams hit the red carpet for its New Zealand premiere at Regent 3 Cinema in Masterton this week. Written and ...

A newly formed Wairarapa Housing Strategy Group that includes local organisations and local and central government representatives has committed to working collaboratively to ensure there are ...

A new emergency night refuge for people experiencing homelessness in Masterton needs to plug a $40,000 funding shortfall before it can open. The Kim’s Way project – named after Masterton resident and ...

Masterton support and advocacy service CCS Disability Action [CCS] has “major concerns” about whether Budget 2024 will deliver better outcomes for disabled people living in Wairarapa. CCS community ...

The owner of a Masterton jewellery store has been left feeling “angry and frustrated” following a burglary in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Vania Ireland, who owns Showcase Jewellery Store at ...

A Wairarapa couple is breathing new life into an old Greytown Main St property that was a maternity hospital, aged care home, and a “social welfare home” for children. Builder Tim Iro and his partner ...

When it was reported in April last year that an anonymous Wairarapa family had donated $1 million to Wellington Free Ambulance [WFA] to support the build of its new station in Masterton, the region ...

The scoreboard shows another heavy defeat, but Wairarapa Wahine Toa continue to improve from week to week in the Manawatū Premier Women’s Championship. The result at the Solway Showgrounds was a ...