Carterton schoolgirl Grace Yeats will today become the first child in New Zealand to receive electrical brain implants to help calm her violent seizures.

An 18-year-old woman was punched in the face during what appeared to be a random attack in the Masterton McDonald's carpark early yesterday.

A person is in a serious condition after being hit by a bus outside Palliser Estate at the Toast Martinborough wine festival.

Three of Wairarapa's November 14 babies will be celebrating their birthday in style this year - with Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.

An Australian woman remains in a critical condition in hospital today after a quadbike crash, after the second serious quadbike incident this week.

The death of a 10-year-old boy in a quad bike accident on a south Wairarapa farm has prompted calls for more safety messages aimed at the vehicles.

At least three separate investigations are underway after a 10-year-old boy was killed in a quad bike accident near in Wairarapa this morning.

A man lost a finger and a tooth while tackling a teenager who he believed had stolen his motorcycle, police say.

A woman who admitted falsely claiming more than $90,000 in benefits said she wanted security for her children.

A Wairarapa couple have been sent to prison for more than a year and a half after being found guilty of ill-treating and neglecting their adopted daughter.

The parents of a Wairarapa high school student will be prosecuted for failing to ensure the child's attendance at school after years of ongoing truancy issues.