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Local Focus: Biker moves to mobility scooter
Jamie Chapman on his recovery from a motorbike crash resulting in brain trauma.
Local Focus: Wairarapa electorate explained
Anything can happen in Wairarapa. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Wairarapa electorate explained
Anything can happen in the Wairarapa electorate. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Bay housing crisis: Prices soar in affordable suburbs
"If you could gravitate living standards with the rise of prices that would make my day."
Man accused of murdering his parents found unfit to plead
Lewis Corrigan said brother John admitted shooting their parents
Big read: Will cheese become NZ's next craft beer?
There's a strong aroma of cheese wafting through the commercial air.
Sh*t Towns of New Zealand: NZ's Worst 'Big Things'
Anonymous authors' scatalogical slagging of pretty much the whole country is now a book.
Blessed are the cheesemakers
New compliance process eases red tape for small cheese makers
Man in court over alleged armed robbery
Eketahuna man appears over alleged armed robbery in Palmerston North.
Heartbeat: Eketahuna shakes off its joke tag
Eketahuna - a joke town to much of New Zealand - is making an unlikely recovery.
Heavy snow on the way for both islands
It may be snow-go for some motorists this week, with white stuff on the way.
Victim in Eketahuna crash named
The woman who died in a two-car crash on a bridge near Eketahuna, north of Masterton has been named as 46-year-old Nicola Dawn Dryden.
Woman dies in 35km diesel spill crash
A woman has died and another is seriously injured after a two-car crash on a bridge near Eketahuna this morning.
Highway closed south of Eketahuna
Motorists should expect delays for the next two hours after two-truck crash injures two.
Aftershocks rattle New Zealand overnight
More than a dozen aftershocks have rattled the country since midnight last night.
Trevett: fresh hell for Robertson
COMMENT: Grant Robertson is having a hard time explaining Labour's proposed 'training levy'.
15 dead in 'disastrous' week on NZ roads
Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.
One dead in crash near Eketahuna
One person is dead after a car with trailer and motorbike crashed five kilometres north of Eketahuna, police say.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Tracey Collis Tararua District’s new mayor
Tracey Collis vows to hit the ground running as she steps up the challenge of Tararua District’s new mayor. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Girl flown to hospital after motorcycle accident
A girl had to be picked up by a rescue helicopter after coming off her motorcycle at a property near Eketahuna.
Stubborn kiwi finally takes off
A giant kiwi has briefly taken flight in the tiny town of Eketahuna - just long enough to find a new nest.
Kia ora: Eketahuna
Hiking, fishing, rugby and a giant kiwi draw Elisabeth Easther to a small community that has big spirit.
Quake shakes lower North Island
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the lower North Island around 2.30am this morning.
Earthquake rattles the Wanganui region
A moderate earthquake rattled the Wanganui region today. The 3.9 magnitude tremor hit at 7.28am, GNS Science said.
Moderate quake rattles Tararua District
A moderate earthquake rattled the Tararua District today.
Bus carrying 18 kids blown off road
A bus carrying 18 school children left the road, apparently blown off, near Eketahuna this morning as strong winds hammer the lower North and South islands.