Firefighters use water pumped from the ocean to fight an overnight blaze.

Squally thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to hit the North Island overnight, with a severe weather watch in place.

Only five days into November, 10 people have already died on our roads, and police fear another 60 to 70 people could be killed before the end of the year.

MP was part of one of the most bizarre election battles in New Zealand's history.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

Two men will appear in court charged with a range of drug and firearms offences after police carried out two search warrants.

One person is dead after a car with trailer and motorbike crashed five kilometres north of Eketahuna, police say.

Motorists are being diverted away from a section of State Highway 2 after a serious crash this afternoon.

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.

Changes undermine value of national bowel screening programme, expert says.

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

Children were caught setting fire to astro turf at a South Wairarapa school this afternoon.

Train passengers on the Wellington region's Hutt Valley and Kapiti lines will have 1000 more seats to choose from in morning and afternoon

A decision to take in Wairarapa stars proved fatal for American tourist Douglas Dietz who was found dead in his rental car.

A life has been lost on a South Wairarapa road this morning.

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

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

The mauling of a 15-year-old dog in Masterton has left its owner feeling "wrenched".

Sara Bunny heads over the Rimutakas to indulge in some winter R&R.

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.

A woman who survived an ill-fated rafting trip that claimed the life of her Oscar winner husband by clinging to a ledge as waters raged around her has died.

A business-savvy traveller from China has chosen Masterton as his new home and the base of a new tour group company. The father of

A man has been charged in relation to a crash at a Masterton petrol station.

Average house values in Masterton and Carterton have fallen in the last three months, despite house values rising around the country

A giant kiwi has briefly taken flight in the tiny town of Eketahuna - just long enough to find a new nest.

A Greytown-born Jack of all Arts will be moving on from Wairarapa, leaving his second-hand bookshop behind to turn a new page in the