COMMENT: This the right time to take some risks to lift performance of places with potential, writes Michael Barnett.

The man who died when a vehicle plunged into a Wairarapa river at the weekend was the son of one of New Zealand's longest-serving judges.

Two men have been trespassed from Carterton School for fighting in front of pupils on school grounds.

The driver in a car crash that killed two Featherston teenagers is being urged to be honest with the victims' families at a family group conference.