Winds gusting from 80-120km/h and 4m waves made the rescue a 'challenging' one.

Former Labour secretary likely to be first and last tried for blasphemous libel

Now they're laughing - all the way to the bank.

A principal is scared for his students after knife held to throat of a 12-year-old.

Police are looking for 25-year-old Dane Dickson who is believed to be in South Wairarapa.

The ticket was bought from Kuripuni Lotto and Post Shop in Masterton.

Villa Maria has been named on a list of the world's most admired wine brands.

Lucky store also sold one of the largest-winning tickets in history - $36.9 million.

The 21-year-old murdered in Wellington was a 'shining light', her auntie says.

Man charged with murder in strangulation death case has been granted bail.

Carline Rex had her 21st birthday two weeks ago. On Sunday it would've been Coral Burrows'

14 year old boy fights NZ first cancer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Former Golden Shears champ can't remember collapsing.

A Wairarapa school that has no students is likely to close.

Wet and wild weather to hit almost a week after ex-Cyclone Gita.

The storm has split in two and continues to ravage Canterbury and the lower South Island.

Police search for Henare Keri Namana, who is considered dangerous.

Emergency services are at the scenes of two separate crashes just 40km apart

Local and Central Government should increase the number of drinking fountains.

Fierce competition in shearing and woolhandling at the Taihape A & P Show

There are speed restrictions on the Wairarapa line in cause the heat misaligns the tracks.

PM says she will donate part of her salary during her maternity leave to Plunket.

The man had nowhere to spend the night and was 'distraught and upset'.

A man was found by the burning vehicle with serious head injuries and burns.

On average, South Wairarapa locals won around $2,119 per capita in Lotto wins in 2017

Pashley has called the Greytown store its most beautiful retailer in the world.

Matthew McRae has distinctive tattoos on his face and neck.

A Martinborough winery is going through the pricey process of swapping its vines.

7.5 metre waves recorded off Wellington; firefighters deal with 543 weather-related calls.

Unbeaten Wairarapa win rain-affectd Whanganui girls' under-18 cricket tournament