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

Compass Health's three-week smoke-free dining trial came to a close last week, with the majority of people filling out campaign surveys

A man who rushed to a fatal crash last night recounted the horror that awaited him after a car plunged into a flooded river.

One person has died and three others were left clinging to a car roof after the vehicle ended up in a river.

Were the quakes that struck Wairarapa today and Christchurch last night caused by the weather or planets ... or neither?

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.

Volunteers discovered the largely intact skeleton while cataloguing items at the old hospital in the museum grounds last week.

School says ban will stay until there is certainty around new Health and Safety at Work Act comes into force.

A Featherston teenager has pleaded guilty to attempting to set fire to the town's petrol station.

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.

A Fire Service spokeswoman said the blaze broke out just before 11pm at the Murdoch James Estate Winery in a building that housed tractors.

Martinborough offers 25 wineries, good tucker and a buzzy nightlife.

A roadtrip to Palliser Bay can take a traveller's breath away, writes Richard Moore.