Robert Sinclair first began offending after a phone call with IRD went badly.

There are some stunning views you can get from buses, trains and boats ferries.

Larger electric planes could be a feature on the timetable within 10 years.

A 47-year-old woman was charged in relation to the homicide.

Wairarapa had three times the rainfall on Tuesday than it did all of last month.

'I didn't even think I was alive. I woke up in hospital thinking I wasn't existing.'

Last month nearly 20 per cent of homes in the capital sold for $1 million or more.

Sam Morris, 27, was last seen on Monday February 8 in Upper Hutt.

Project would build up to 286 turbines at Castle Hill, southeast of Eketahuna, Wairarapa.

The use of any unattended watering system will be banned in and around Wellington.

The fire had claimed one shed but was now 80 per cent contained.

Witnesses put the fire down to campers 'doing a sloppy job' of putting their fire out.

How the eels became a surprise hit on a night tour in the Wairarapa.

'The ocean's a big place, it takes, sometimes it gives back, sometimes it doesn't.'

The penguin could have been pushed as far north as Wairarapa by a storm, DOC said.

Strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity - fire risk very high.

Four rural crews, two helicopters and 30 firefighters are now battling the blaze.

The scrub fire near Cape Palliser lighthouse started on Monday evening.

Searcher says everyone boating on the sea should have an emergency locator beacon.

A $1 million tree pruning project aims to create long-term employment in Wairarapa.

Tip to the MPI poacher line saw 127 undersize pāua and 13 undersize rock lobster seized.

It's good news if you like sunshine.

Godwell Mahowa, 58, died after the collision at Speedy's Crossing on Western Lake Rd.

Emergency teams rushed to Western Lake Rd around 2pm.

Bailey was brought to the Wairarapa coastline to find pest cordgrass, or spartina anglica.

GeoNet reported the quake was magnitude 4.1, hitting 30km northwest of Levin.

"We're all offering competitive wages for Wairarapa ... but you still can't attract them."

The official search for Koyren Campbell has been called off - but volunteers press on.

Teachers aim to lift students' aspirations above mere grades.

"It could have been a fatality ... His head was right where that big imprint is."