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Inside Toast Martinborough
Life & Style Editor Nicky Park shares her insider tips for making the most of Toast Martinborough ahead of ticket sales for this year's food and wine festival.

Man crashes car into tree
A man has been seriously injured after his car crashed into a tree in Wairarapa overnight.

Fatal crash: No punishment
Nearly two years after an Australian tourist died in a quad bike accident, the negligent operator has walked away without a conviction or having to pay a cent.

Sir Peter's vintage warbird dogfight
The vintage-aircraft market was once divided between pilots and aviation museums, but Peter Jackson represents a new breed of collector.

Martinborough: Well oiled in olive country
It isn't just wine that Martinborough excels at, discovers Sharon Stephenson.

Room check: Wharekauhau Country Estate, Wairarapa
Anne Gibson takes in the luxurious accommodation and dramatic surroundings at a Palliser Bay lodge that's hosted royalty.

Wharekauhau Country Estate, Wairarapa
The astonishingly wild setting of this Palliser Bay lodge belies the extreme luxury of its accommodation spaces.
For further information see: wharekauhau.co.nz.

James Cameron buys more land
Hollywood film tycoon James Cameron has made two further Wairarapa farm purchases but how much he paid has been kept secret.

Wintry weekend, especially in south
Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.

Wairarapa: Kiwis' own great stone icon
Paul Rush visits a site where Maori legend and ancient architecture collide to remind us of our shared heritage.

21 years of 'horrendous' offending
"Horrendous" is how a judge has described Jim Wilson's 21 years of sexual offending against a female victim, starting when she was four years old.

Five injured in two-car crash
Five people were injured in a two-car crash in Wairarapa this morning.

'One day at a time' for injured toddler
It's "one day at a time" for toddler Caleb Skinner as doctors slowly bring him out of an induced coma, after he was allegedly seriously injured by a friend of his mother on Monday.

Victim's quiet night ended in fatal attack
The mother of a Wairarapa supermarket worker bashed to death in his flat says her son had planned for a quiet night in front of the television when he was attacked.

Large blaze at Masterton Medical Centre
A large fire has broken out at the Masterton Medical Centre this evening.