by Christine Dornan | 19 Oct, 2021 | Local News
Metlink said it had been offering the free service since September 20 as part of a co-ordinated effort to boost attendance at vaccination centres and events. PHOTO/FILE Free public transport is being offered by Metlink for people getting their covid-19 vaccination....
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by Christine Dornan | 19 Oct, 2021 | Local News
The driver of a truck that rolled down a bank on Remutaka Hill Rd on Saturday has died. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz Police confirmed on Saturday that the driver of a truck that rolled down a bank on the Remutaka Hill Rd has died. Police said that...
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by Christine Dornan | 19 Oct, 2021 | Local News
Over a thousand covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in Wairarapa for Super Saturday. PHOTO/GRACE PRIOR GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz More than a thousand covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in Wairarapa on Saturday as New Zealand rallied together for...
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by Christine Dornan | 18 Oct, 2021 | Local News
PHOTO/FILE While at least 80 per cent of Wairarapa District Health Board staff have been fully vaccinated against covid-19, the organisation does not know how many of its workforce have had just the first dose – despite the first deadline for mandatory vaccination...
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by Christine Dornan | 18 Oct, 2021 | Local News
A Life Flight crew searching for a tramper trapped in snow on the Tararua Ranges. PHOTOS/FILE GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz Four teenagers were flown out of the Tararua Ranges lasts week, marking the third rescue in a month. Search and Rescue officers from the...
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by Christine Dornan | 18 Oct, 2021 | Local News
PHOTO/FILE TOM TAYLOR tom.taylor@age.co.nz Organisers have made the call to postpone Wairarapa’s longstanding wine and food festival, Toast Martinborough. Originally scheduled for Sunday, November 21, the event would now take place next year on Sunday, January 16. The...
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by Christine Dornan | 16 Oct, 2021 | Local News
Plastic from Tauherenikau River winds up at Wairarapa Moana. PHOTO/SUPPLIED A long clean-up process has been pushing on after rubbish was eroded into the Tauherenikau River in August. Greater Wellington Regional Council said the process of removing the rubbish had...
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by Christine Dornan | 16 Oct, 2021 | Local News
Hedleys Bookshop owner David Hedley with one of the first copies in the world of The Beatles: Get Back. PHOTO/TOM TAYLOR Beatles book has something special TOM TAYLOR tom.taylor@age.co.nz A new Beatles book is set to hit the shelves – and a Masterton bookseller played...
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