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'We had to use the jaws of life'
Emergency services in southern Wairarapa are busy today dealing with three car crashes, the most serious of which saw a woman flown to hospital by helicopter.
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One dead in river rescue
One person has died and three others were left clinging to a car roof after the vehicle ended up in a river.
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The real reason NZ gets earthquakes
Were the quakes that struck Wairarapa today and Christchurch last night caused by the weather or planets ... or neither?
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Masterton runaways found
Police and family searchers have found two young runaways near a lake several kilometres from their Masterton home after the pair went missing two nights ago.
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Bones in box may belong to 1918 flu victim
Volunteers discovered the largely intact skeleton while cataloguing items at the old hospital in the museum grounds last week.
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Tree-climbing banned as new act looms
School says ban will stay until there is certainty around new Health and Safety at Work Act comes into force.
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Teen admits arson attempt at gas station
A Featherston teenager has pleaded guilty to attempting to set fire to the town's petrol station.
![Light Entertainment: 2016 Wairarapa Balloon Festival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Light Entertainment: 2016 Wairarapa Balloon Festival
The skies above Carterton were a riot of colour as participants from New Zealand and around the world took to the air for the 2016 Wairarapa Balloon Festival, which wrapped up on Monday.
![Vineyard storage shed fire in Wairarapa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Vineyard storage shed fire in Wairarapa
A Fire Service spokeswoman said the blaze broke out just before 11pm at the Murdoch James Estate Winery in a building that housed tractors.
![Tilted house all in a day's work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tilted house all in a day's work
Drivers travelling along a rural Wairarapa road could be forgiven for imagining the worst when they came across a cottage perched on the side of a bridge.
![35-year-old beard shaved for WWI re-enactment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
35-year-old beard shaved for WWI re-enactment
Wairarapa farmer Bill Hallett is taking a World War I commemorative march so seriously he's shaved off his distinctive, 35-year-old beard.
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Whitebaiter swept to sea had lifejacket
A whitebaiter who died when he was swept out to sea at a river mouth in Wairarapa yesterday was wearing a lifejacket.
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Recovered yacht towed back to harbour
A yacht which came into trouble in seas outside Wellington this morning is being towed into Wellington Harbour.
![The Martinborough Hotel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Martinborough Hotel
Shandelle Battersby checks in to a charming hotel in the Wairarapa's wine district.
![Two car collision in Wairarapa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two car collision in Wairarapa
Two cars have collided at a Wairarapa intersection today, closing the road.
![Kia ora: Martinborough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kia ora: Martinborough
This Wairarapa town isn't just for wine lovers and weekending Wellingtonians.
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Rapist and kidnapper loses appeals
A Wairarapa man found guilty of repeatedly raping a teenager and abducting her to the countryside has had his appeal against his conviction dismissed.
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'Super city' plans rejected
Wellington and Northland will not be reorganised into "super cities" but Hawkes Bay will follow in Auckland's footsteps.
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Mayor against Wairarapa's inclusion in super city
While there was an appetite for a lower North Island super city, the Wairarapa should not be included within it, Wellington's Mayor Celia Wade-Brown told the Local Government Commission today.