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Football

Douglas Villa go three from three

Chris Cogdale - April 15, 2024

Health

Petition highlights funding cuts

Sue Teodoro - April 15, 2024

Infrastructure

Pole nursery taking root

Sue Teodoro - April 16, 2024

Crime

Machete-wielding man hospitalised

Freddie Wilkie - April 16, 2024

Briefly

News in brief, Tuesday April 16

Staff Reporter - April 15, 2024

Stories and veg changing spaces

Local Focus Erin Kavanagh-Hall - April 12, 2024

Words take flight for Rachelle

Midweek Erin Kavanagh-Hall - April 12, 2024

Meeting answered key questions

Alan Emerson - April 11, 2024

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Life and Leisure

Dragon boats, second chances and silver linings

Lucy Cooper - April 5, 2024

Climate Change

Huge effort for nature paying off

Lucy Cooper - April 12, 2024

Carterton

The call up for ‘coolest people’ begins

Erin Kavanagh-Hall - April 5, 2024

Life and Leisure

Local design skates into book

Lucy Cooper - April 8, 2024

Midweek

Words take flight for Rachelle

Erin Kavanagh-Hall - April 12, 2024

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Fire and Emergency

Car strikes Clareville barrier

MARLEE PARTRIDGE - January 16, 2024

Fire and emergency

Off the Rails at Judds Road

Phil Stebbing - August 29, 2023

Fire and emergency

Vehicle collision with Wairarapa commuter train

Phil Stebbing - July 21, 2023

Firefighters simulate serious crash

August 31, 2023

Helicopter called for two-car Featherston crash

March 13, 2023

Motorbike stunt goes wrong

March 10, 2023

Investigation into another shed fire

March 10, 2023

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Opinion

Government’s priorities are questionable

MARLEE PARTRIDGE - April 15, 2024

So much to say in such a small space

Roger Parker - April 12, 2024

Why is trust in NZ media plummeting?

Nick Grant - April 12, 2024

Mediageddon not the end of the world

Opinion Nick Grant - April 12, 2024

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Masterton

MDC forms new disability advisory group

Emily Ireland - April 16, 2024

Masterton District Council [MDC] has voted to establish a disability advisory group. It will have up to 12 members.

Masterton fees set to rise

Emily Ireland - April 15, 2024

Council rift over long-term plans

Emily Ireland - April 5, 2024

Crier making a comeback

Emily Ireland - April 5, 2024

Carterton

Carterton’s long-range rates forecast points up

Emily Ireland - April 2, 2024

CDC's LTP Consultation Document has signalled that after a 15.09 per cent rates rise, ratepayers will face an 8.5 per cent rise next year.

Carterton’s aged wastewater plant a ‘significant risk’

Emily Ireland - March 27, 2024

Nitrates in water a cupful of concern

Emily Ireland - March 26, 2024

ALSO: Carterton tips 15.09 per cent rates rise

Emily Ireland - March 22, 2024

South Wairarapa

Town cross at closure plan

Emily Ireland - April 9, 2024

Closing Featherston’s Fox St rail crossing to traffic would “impede” emergency services response times and “lives will be lost”.

SWDC consults on funding assets

Emily Ireland - April 5, 2024

No rise in water service funding

Emily Ireland - April 3, 2024

Proposal targets heavy water users

Emily Ireland - April 3, 2024

Infrastructure

Pole nursery taking root

Sue Teodoro - April 16, 2024

Fast Track Approvals: What it could mean for Wairarapa

Lucy Cooper - April 12, 2024

SH2 closure for essential maintenance

MARLEE PARTRIDGE - April 13, 2024

Roundabout work starts

Freddie Wilkie - April 12, 2024

Road worker abuse regarded as ‘part of the job’

Freddie Wilkie - April 16, 2024

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Health

Petition highlights funding cuts

Sue Teodoro - April 15, 2024

Hundreds of Masterton residents are supporting a disabled community leader’s call for the sector to have more say over recent government funding changes.Peter Knighton...

Convoy of students flocks to give blood

Freddie Wilkie - April 12, 2024

Late last month, a convoy of Wairarapa teenagers flocked to the Copthorne Hotel and Resort Solway Park to make a life-giving donation.On March 26...

Safety review at hospital following shock attack

Sue Teodoro - April 12, 2024

Wairarapa Hospital leaders are taking the recent safety breach in the emergency department seriously with a comprehensive review.

Rural

FROM LEFT: Mike Butterick, Mark Patterson and Todd McLay open their woolshed tour in Masterton this week. PHOTOS/

Meeting answered key questions

Alan Emerson - April 11, 2024

The total yarding on Tuesday was 1617. PHOTO/KATE JUDSON

Weaner auctions a complete sellout

Events Kate Judson - April 11, 2024

Above: Gemma and Andy Phillips at the commercial native plant nursery they have established with two other local families. Left: Andy and Gemma Phillips of Masterton’s Motumatai Farm, with their haul of awards. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED

Local couple win regional award

Business Kate Judson - April 5, 2024

Farmers took to the streets of Europe to protest agricultural restrictions. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

EU farmers win important battle

Roger Parker - April 3, 2024

Drought officially declared in Wairarapa. PHOTO/GWRC

Drought support extended

Climate Change Kate Judson - March 29, 2024

Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard has received support and criticism. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

It was a bureaucratic nightmare

Districts Roger Parker - March 27, 2024

Sport

Football

Douglas Villa go three from three

Chris Cogdale - April 15, 2024

Districts

Young shepherd wrangles big award

Kate Judson - April 16, 2024

Hockey

Dalefield leave it late to salvage dramatic draw

Chris Cogdale - April 15, 2024

Rugby

Carterton counterattack just too slick for Marist

Chris Cogdale - April 15, 2024

Athletics

Inwood happy after a bad day

Chris Cogdale - April 12, 2024