Latest from Wairarapa

Devoy: 'This is not how we roll'

Smashing times for vandals and thieves

Resolute raiders keep coming back

'We had to use the jaws of life'

Emergency services in southern Wairarapa are busy today dealing with three car crashes, the most serious of which saw a woman flown to hospital by helicopter.

Search operation sparks warning to trampers

Nature lovers heading into the bush are being urged let someone know where they're going following a major search and rescue operation north of Wellington.

'It was chaotic and surreal'

A man who rushed to a fatal crash last night recounted the horror that awaited him after a car plunged into a flooded river.

One dead in river rescue

One person has died and three others were left clinging to a car roof after the vehicle ended up in a river.

The real reason NZ gets earthquakes

Were the quakes that struck Wairarapa today and Christchurch last night caused by the weather or planets ... or neither?

Masterton runaways found

Police and family searchers have found two young runaways near a lake several kilometres from their Masterton home after the pair went missing two nights ago.

Tilted house all in a day's work

Drivers travelling along a rural Wairarapa road could be forgiven for imagining the worst when they came across a cottage perched on the side of a bridge.

35-year-old beard shaved for WWI re-enactment

Wairarapa farmer Bill Hallett is taking a World War I commemorative march so seriously he's shaved off his distinctive, 35-year-old beard.

Whitebaiter swept to sea had lifejacket

A whitebaiter who died when he was swept out to sea at a river mouth in Wairarapa yesterday was wearing a lifejacket.

Recovered yacht towed back to harbour

A yacht which came into trouble in seas outside Wellington this morning is being towed into Wellington Harbour.

The Martinborough Hotel

Shandelle Battersby checks in to a charming hotel in the Wairarapa's wine district.

Two car collision in Wairarapa

Two cars have collided at a Wairarapa intersection today, closing the road.

Kia ora: Martinborough

This Wairarapa town isn't just for wine lovers and weekending Wellingtonians.

Rapist and kidnapper loses appeals

A Wairarapa man found guilty of repeatedly raping a teenager and abducting her to the countryside has had his appeal against his conviction dismissed.

'Super city' plans rejected

Wellington and Northland will not be reorganised into "super cities" but Hawkes Bay will follow in Auckland's footsteps.