Featherston Booktown Karukutea Festival, which honours the literary spirit, starts this evening and runs through Sunday.

Coach Brent Gare is under no illusion of the challenge ahead for Wairarapa Wahine Toa when they host Freyberg Old Boys in ...

I attended a meeting in Tīnui last week on the subject of Masterton District Council rates. It was called by Councilor David ...

A famous New Zealand cold case with links to the Wairarapa is shaping up to be a highlight of this year’s Featherston ...

GOOD Let’s kick and punch our way into this week’s edition with Corban Mita winning the WKA 72kg National title in a stirring ...

Walking the urban streets of Masterton and Wellington in the past few weeks, I have been struck by clumps of chrysanthemums ...

There’s been a mixed response in Wairarapa to the changes the government has announced to the Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunches ...

Yesterday’s coalition government announcement about the Healthy School Lunches Programme [HSLP] brought to mind several well-worn phrases that are cliches because they tend to be true. First, there’s ...

Masterton and Featherston Fire Stations have raised a combined $7,224 for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand as part of ...

Social housing provider Kāinga Ora [KO] is progressing with the construction of three separate social housing sites in ...

Factors including the increased cost of renting have led to an increase in homelessness and hunger in Masterton since ...

Tensions remain high in South Wairarapa following the sidelining of the district’s mayor, with public participation being ...