Latest from Wairarapa

Local Focus: Wading into the environment, lizard guts and all

Former Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown restores Wairarapa land to its natural state.

American billionaire-founded company opening new Wairarapa project

'It was always going to be a big space.'

New train rules from today: Kiwirail bosses called into Beehive to explain

Speed restrictions and a reduced train timetable are in place today in Wellington.

Passenger rail ripe for revival after hybrid trains announced

The announcement has sparked advocates' hopes of a nationwide rail revival.

'Here's the guts of it': Is Kieran McAnulty Labour's secret weapon?

OPINION: The hard-case minister who is infuriating National and Act.

Person critically injured in crash near Masterton

The crash happened about 11.40am.

Local Focus: Divine River responds to period poverty

Wairarapa charity turns old fabrics and plastics into eco-friendly sanitary towels.

'Chaotic': Fresh weather warnings as 40mm of rain an hour set to lash parts of NZ

Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty all in firing line for thunder tonight.

Local Focus: Feeding the hungry from South Wairarapa to the Tararua District

Community kitchen volunteers master the art of scraping together whatever.

Concerning levels of nitrate in 60% of NZ freshwater sources

GNS study reveals widespread cases of nitrate levels above key threshold for health risk.

Local Focus: Farming versus sustainability

Wairarapa farmers discuss climate change and explain how they're tackling it.

'It's like someone picked the district up and threw it around' - Tiny community flooded

Tinui has a huge clean up job on its hands after floodwaters swept through the village.

Serious assualt in Featherston, victim’s car found burnt out

Police said a member of the public found an injured man on their driveway early today.

Live: 'Our house is shaking like crazy' - Gabrielle's eye on NZ: Heavy winds, monster waves; trains, schools cancelled; thousands without power

Northland and Gisborne are also under red heavy rain warnings.

Live: Auckland Harbour Bridge closed to all traffic; Northland declares state of emergency; 11m high waves in Bay of Islands; Air NZ cancels flights

Northland and Gisborne are also under red heavy rain warnings.

An insider’s guide to the historic Castlepoint Beach Races

Visit the rugged Wairarapa coastal township of Castlepoint on Saturday 11 March.

Campground snapped up in property expansion drive

"This boom was happening before the pandemic."

MP to stop advertising mobile offices in his electorate due to ‘death threats’

McAnulty said the levels of abuse levelled at politicians was uncalled for.