The new SH3 looking down towards Woodville on the Tararua District side of the highway pass. Photo: Piers Fuller / Wairarapa Times-Age
The four-lane Te Ahu a Turanga highway has officially opened surpassing motorists' expectations.
Short term free travel for Wairarapa train line passengers has been floated as an idea to alleviate their frustration.
Easy access to illegal guns is worrying community leaders, and Greytown's giant gum tree is a finalist in the NZ Tree of the Year competition.
Piers Fuller is the Editor of the Wairarapa Times-Age, based in Masterton.
