Police speaking to 'person of interest' after mother taking son to karate struck by car.

Cyclone Donna brings a fresh threat of flooding rains next week.

Wairarapa pea growers can apply for ex-gratia payment.

Georgina Beyer is on the road to recovery after a kidney transplant.

The body of the diver was recovered from the water by a local boat.

Investigation launched after 33-year-old Carterton man dies in mental health respite unit.

He murdered his stepdaughter and was sentenced to life in prison. But that was not enough for 'Smiling Assassin' Stephen Roger Williams.

World's first openly transsexual MP is due to get a life-saving kidney transplant this month, thanks to the generosity of a close friend.

Wings Over Wairarapa organisers say they are gutted to announce that today's air festival and night shows will be cancelled due to bad weather.

Heavy rain has undermined part of State Highway 53 near the bridge over the Tauherenikau River.

A woman has died and another is seriously injured after a two-car crash on a bridge near Eketahuna this morning.

Central and southern New Zealand to bear brunt of heavy rain and severe gales.

Two people escaped serious injury after their car and caravan veered off the road and crashed down a bank yesterday afternoon.

The name of the Filipino fisherman who was washed out to sea yesterday has been released.

A search and rescue operation is underway for a man who's been swept out to sea at Lake Ferry in the Wairarapa this afternoon.

A body has been located in the Tora bush, believed to be that of a missing hunter.

Rain and possibly thunder and lightning are expected to lash parts of the country again as MetService issues a severe weather watch for Manawatu down to Buller.

Virginian couple had been honeymooning in New Zealand for just five days when husband was killed in a Wairarapa car crash.

Feral sheep are under threat but Wimbledon farmer Brian Hales is showcasing what these exotic breeds have to offer. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Feral sheep are under threat but Wimbledon farmer Brian Hales is showcasing what these exotic breeds have to offer. Made with funding from NZ on Air

'I asked him how many Panadol he had taken and he said lots,' mother says of incident last year.

It's hard to put a price on a piece of Wairarapa history, but for the freshly marketed Carrington House, valuers say it would cost just under $4m to rebuild it.

Two men have been arrested and charged with the armed robbery of two women in Masterton on Wednesday night.

Police have arrested two men in relation to the aggravated robbery in Masterton yesterday.

A man convicted of historic sex charges has had his jail term increased after failing to pay court-ordered reparation to his victims.

Tracy Yeats hopes Govt will take notice of a survey which shows overwhelming support for legalisation and decriminalisation of cannabis for medicinal use.

Troubled former All Black Zac Guildford will be back on familiar territory when he arrives in South Featherston to live with grandparents Frank and June Burt.

A jersey signed by the late Jerry Collins is to be auctioned, with funds raised to be given to Collins' baby daughter Ayla.

Increasingly worried pea crop farmers have been given alternatives to help escape the "crisis" brought on by the discovery of the pea weevil in Wairarapa.