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a woman in black tights and a pink long sleeve t-shirt stands on a rocky coast with the ocean in the background

Where to eat in Wairarapa – an insider’s guide

Charlotte Muru-Lanning

A collection of photos of crowded panel events and local shopfronts in Featherston, overlaid on a pink background

Ten things I learned at Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2026

A landslide has caused soil, debris, and a broken fence to slide onto a wet road near houses, with trees and power lines affected. Cars are parked along the street and rain is visible on the pavement.

Wellington region state of emergency: what you need to know

Could Wellington finally be ready to merge?

Catherine McGregor

A photograph of a crowd of people seated on white chairs in an old fashioned village hall.

Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival: A firm favourite for writers

Georgina Beyer, dressed glamorously in a silk shirt and large gold earrings, stands arm in arm with a farmer dressed in a singlet, shorts, a wig and a bucket hat

A trip back to Wairarapa in the 1990s, when a trans woman was elected mayor

Why are book festivals thriving while the publishing industry is struggling?

The indie books fest bringing big ideas to small town Wairarapa

Kieran McAnulty’s been touted as a future Labour leader. He’s not having a bar of it

Stewart Sowman-Lund

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‘Give us back our whenua’: The complex world of Treaty cross claims

Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes