Video Journalist Wairarapa, NZH Local Focus
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Local Focus: National candidate for Wairarapa Mike Butterick on Candidate Camera
Wairarapa's National candidate answers questions put forward by the local electorate.
Local Focus: Green candidate for Wairarapa Celia Wade-Brown on Candidate Camera
Wairarapa's Green candidate answers questions put forward by the local electorate.
Local Focus: Act candidate for Wairarapa Simon Casey on Candidate Camera
Act's Wairarapa candidate discusses the electorate's big issues.
Local Focus: Off the rails
The Judds Road proposed closure is causing concern for local residents.
Local Focus: Meet Martinborough’s Union Square Welly Burger
This year's Welly Burger competition includes an 'oozy' entry from Union Bar and Bistro.
Woman behind Masterton’s mysterious banners revealed
Now she's creating a Wall of Courage.
Safety concerns after Masterton rail crossing crash
The rail crossing accident on Norfolk Road opens up a safety discussion.
Local Focus: Taking the plunge at Matariki
Matariki in Wairarapa unveils a modern pou honouring a Māori chief and a midwinter dip.
Local Focus: Going native in a Masterton forest reserve
The 30-year story of how an urban wasteland became Masterton's native forest reserve.
Take a tour of Stonehenge Aotearoa
How a replica of the English Stonehenge was built in a Carterton paddock.
Local Focus: Fred’s wonderful world of film
A 93-year-old film-maker, Fred Holloway, documents the people of Wairarapa.
Local Focus: Young mothers seek the light at Puawānanga
Inside Masterton's teen parent unit.
Wairarapa Film Festival showcases early Preston doco
Nine local films set to be showcased as part of the Wairarapa Film Festival.
Local Focus: Carterton's skate scene revival
Roller skaters are flocking to Carterton's A&P Showgrounds for a smooth ride.
Local Focus: Wading into the environment, lizard guts and all
Former Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown restores Wairarapa land to its natural state.
Local Focus: Every town needs a village
More than 50 young people have passed through The Village since it was set up in 2019.