Lunchtime quake nearly 90km deep.

A truck crash has left the Pahiatua Track closed this morning.

A truck has collided with a train in Carterton this afternoon.

Crashed truck carrying dangerous cargo is partially blocking a North Island highway.

Wairarapa candidates answer the important questions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Teen accused of a hit and run near Wellington is also facing charges of lying to police.

The Vintage Aviator, which sells WWI aircraft, is undergoing 'internal investigations'.

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.

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.

A visit to Masterton Intermediate School may leave you wondering if you are suffering a severe case of double vision.

Plane buffs are devastated after bad weather forced the cancellation of Wings Over Wairarapa, but none more so than the organisers.

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.

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.

Chronically ill former Carterton mayor and Wairarapa MP Georgina Beyer has set her sights on returning to Wairarapa - dead or alive.

Three liquor outlets in the Tararua District have come under fire for selling alcohol to underage teens, despite being shown their correct ID.

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.