by Emily | Sep 21, 2018 | Local News
Emergency services have locked down South End School in Carterton, Wairarapa, after a mystery chemical fell from an aircraft. Fire, ambulance and police responded to incident at 2.30pm and a rescue helicopter was dispatched from Wellington just after 3pm. One student...
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by Emily | Sep 21, 2018 | Local News
Emergency services are heading to South End School in Carterton after a number of students have fallen sick. The school said a strong smell was discovered in the playground at about 1pm and several students have reported feeling dizzy and unwell. One student told...
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by Emily | Sep 20, 2018 | Local News
A 25-year-old man has been charged at Masterton District Court with the alleged murder of an eight-month-old girl in Whanganui in 2016. He appeared in Masterton District Court today and has been remanded in custody. Bella Richardson died at a property in Whanganui on...
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by Cal Roberts | Sep 19, 2018 | Local News
CAL ROBERTS cal.roberts@age.co.nz Postage stamps are no longer being physically postmarked by New Zealand Post, frustrating stamp collectors and raising the prospect of stamps being re-used. NZ Post insists it has ways of detecting if a stamp had been used before,...
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by Cal Roberts | Sep 19, 2018 | Local News
Tuturumuri School, which only has eight Students, was earmarked for closure in June. HAYLEY GASTMEIER and ELISA VORSTER Tuturumuri School pupils cheered yesterday at news their tiny country school was, against all odds, safe from closure. Education Minister Chris...
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by Hayley | Sep 18, 2018 | Life & Leisure, Local News
Greytown’s Main St, looking south. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV What was once a sleepy little town with a booming fruit and vegetable industry is now a trendy retail centre and weekend hotspot. Reporter HAYLEY GASTMEIER talks to Greytown locals about the fashionable present...
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by Elisa Vorster | Sep 18, 2018 | Local News
PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES PAM GRAHAM pam.graham@age.co.nz A new home insulation programme hinges on Bob Francis being able to get Carterton and South Wairarapa councils, Trust House and the Wairarapa DHB to put skin in the game. Previously, these authorities all helped fund...
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by Elisa Vorster | Sep 18, 2018 | Local News
Equestrian Jenny Champion with Barack Obama. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV Wairarapa endurance horse Barack Obama has been put down in the United States with kidney complications after a chaotic endurance ride at the World Equestrian Games in the United States last week....
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