Lucy Cooper

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As the Lunar New Year approaches, Australian fruit producers are gearing up for one of the busiest times of the year.

The 31st Toast Martinborough is being hailed as a success by event organisers with “the feedback saying it's epic out there”.

Featherston may be small but it is gearing up to pack a very proud punch in March when it hosts what organisers believe is Wairarapa's first Pride parade.

A Martinborough op shop is proving its worth, providing a much-needed cash injection to support two busy Wairarapa food banks just a year into its operation.

The collapse of Vanuatu's national carrier is the "best thing that's ever happened" to its tourism industry, resort owner Brendon Deeley says.

Only 39% of Wairarapa Hospital patients waiting for their first appointment with an orthopaedic specialist last year were seen within the Government's target time of four months.

Wairarapa is bucking the trend of medical centres closing their books to new patients, with five out of the region's seven doctors' surgeries now accepting new enrolments.

New data shows residential property values have been persistently sluggish in Wairarapa over the past year.

A menopause specialist says Pharmac's latest decision to review oestradiol patch brand options shows an understanding that “hormones are not just a lifestyle choice” for women.