Carterton
Train drivers face 'horrendous' outcomes from drivers skipping level crossings - union says
A representative for train drivers is pleading with railway crossing signal jumpers not to take the risk of crossing while signals are going, after complaints about frequent false signals at the site…
Playground equipment shut over safety fears
Swings have been removed from a Carterton playground after a national standards survey, with concerns about items at four other playgrounds.
Mushroom-grower hangs up his cap
Clive Thompson was a curious 16-year-old when he started out growing mushrooms back in the 1960s. More than half a century on, he's now selling his Wairarapa business Parkvale Mushrooms. Video, Audio
Mushroom-grower hangs up his cap
Clive Thompson was a curious 16-year-old when he started out growing mushrooms back in the 1960s. More than half a century on, he's now selling his Wairarapa business Parkvale Mushrooms.
Video, AudioCarterton Council launches campaign for more local candidates
Criticising our politicians is close to a national pastime, but are you all talk or prepared to put your hand-up for a spot on your council?
Local body elections are coming up in a few months, and… Video, Audio
Water resilience on the way for Carterton
Water tanks that will hold an additional 4 million litres are due for delivery in Carterton mid-February.
Recycling resumes in Wairarapa towns
Kerbside recycling is starting up again for town residents, but rural dwellers still can't access transfer stations.
Dick Booth, guardian of the daffodils
A century ago the Booth family set aside a paddock at their farm Middlerun for daffodils to raise money for charity and the fundraiser is still going strong. Audio, Gallery
Dick Booth, guardian of the daffodils
A century ago the Booth family set aside a paddock at their farm Middlerun for daffodils to raise money for charity and the fundraiser is still going strong.
AudioCrashes leave three dead on lower North Island roads
Three people have died on the roads this morning in Tararua and Wairarapa.
'We shouldn't be in the shadows'
Members of a kapa haka group in the Wairarapa have been rehearsing for one of the most important performances of their lives. Audio
Wairarapa train service gets $96m boost
The line from one side of the Remutaka Range to Wellington will receive $96 million after being plagued with problems, such as slow trips and long delays. Video, Audio
Carterton man insists his compost didn’t make kids sick
The owner of a Carterton property at the centre of a school decontamination scare on Friday says the situation has been blown out of proportion and a gastro bug is more likely to have made pupils… Video, Audio
Compost believed to be source of sickness at Carterton school
The owner of the compost which is thought to have sparked an emergency response at a Carterton school on Friday says he'd be very surprised if anyone could get sick from it. Audio
Carterton school students going through decontamination process
Carterton Mayor John Booth joins Checkpoint live to provide an update on what is happening at South End Primary School. Students started vomiting this afternoon after a pungent smell of sulphur was… Audio
Meaty Mushrooms
Clive Thompson's foray into mushroom growing started when he was at school. More than 50 years later he is still at it and now picks seven tonnes of mushrooms a week from his growing sheds near… Audio, Gallery
Meaty Mushrooms
Clive Thompson's foray into mushroom growing started when he was at school. More than 50 years later he is still at it and now picks seven tonnes of mushrooms a week from his growing sheds near…
AudioStomping Grounds
Stomping Grounds is a new series, which sees the Music 101 team visiting the home towns of some of our favourite musicians.
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One person seriously injured in Carterton crash
At least one person is seriously injured following a two-car crash on State Highway 2 in Clareville, near Carterton in the Wairarapa.
Jean Cretney - Bideford and The Carswells
These days, there's not a lot to the small Wairarapa settlement of Bideford, but outside the small, and now closed, local school there is a modest memorial to former pupils who served in the First and… Audio
