by Christine Dornan | Dec 15, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/SUPPLIED Female offender with purple hair key to case Police have released descriptions of the three suspects responsible for an assault which left a Masterton man hospitalised with serious facial injuries this week. The assault happened at the 58-year-old man’s...
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 14, 2018 | Local News
A wooden power pole on Lake Ferry Rd was snapped in a crash which has landed a South Wairarapa man in hospital with serious injuries. PHOTOS/HAYLEY GASTMEIER HAYLEY GASTMEIER hayley.gastmeier@age.co.nz A 28-year-old South Wairarapa man is in intensive care after a...
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 14, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE A light drizzle wasn’t enough to stop around 100 people from gathering in Masterton Town Square on Wednesday for a candlelight vigil to honour British backpacker, Grace Millane, 22, who was murdered in Auckland this month. The people gathered...
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 14, 2018 | Local News
Pansies at the northern roundabout in 2011. PHOTO/FILE Town needs flower power Missing pansies spark lively debate at meeting PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz The saga of the demise of the pansies in the northern traffic islands in Masterton has taken another twist –...
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 13, 2018 | Local News
Child restraint technician Holly Hullena showing where to check car seats expiry dates. PHOTO/STEVE RENDLE An “epidemic” of expired car seats for children has prompted the Wairarapa Road Safety Council to offer free checks and disposal of out-of-date seats. The offer...
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 13, 2018 | Local News
Daleton wetlands, where the mudfish will be moved to later this month. PHOTO/SUPPLIED ELISA VORSTER elisa.vorster@age.co.nz Carterton’s meddling mudfish will finally move to their new home later this month thanks to a stroke of luck caused by recent severe weather....
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 13, 2018 | Local News
Liz Eaton has retired after more than 26 years as matron to the boys of Repton Boarding House, Rathkeale College. PHOTO/ELI HILL ELI HILL Eli.hill@age.co.nz Liz Eaton has stepped down from her role as a matron, friend and occasional prankster. Eaton estimates she had...
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by Christine Dornan | Dec 13, 2018 | Local News
Wairarapa DHB reports nine serious incidents, including a death ELI HILL eli.hill@age.co.nz One patient caught fire during surgery, and another died after a colonoscopy at Wairarapa Hospital between July 1 last year and June 30 this year, according to adverse events...
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