Wairarapa

Natural disaster experts at GNS and Massey University have warned low-lying parts of Wellington and the Wairarapa are the areas most at risk.

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Heading from Wellington up the Hutt Valley, the only obstacle to the Wairarapa is the sharp, pointy Rimutakas.

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Mine might be that the Wairarapa is a region where cows and posh choc shops, and chi chi handbag shops and a bakery which turns out croissants a Frenchman wouldn't turn his nose up at, exist in only slightly incongruous harmony.

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Peter Jackson lives approximately 90 minutes up the road from Wellington, in Masterton, Wairarapa.

New Zealand Might Build a Wellywood Sign | /Film 2010

They did a fundraising concert for Jemaine's old school tonight in Masterton, Wairarapa, and all 2000 tickets were sold out in 90 mins which isn't bad for a rural centre.

Good Manners Down Under elena maria vidal 2009

It would seem remotely possible that another tale could be told, of her being taken to the Wairarapa, where she died and disappeared -- until her skull was found.

European woman 'arrived in New Zealand before Captain Cook' Joan Druett 2008

An inquest was held last week in Masterton provincial capital of the Wairarapa, and, coincidentally, the town where I will be helping out with a Books 'n Bubbles event on Friday -- will we be talking about books?

European woman 'arrived in New Zealand before Captain Cook' Joan Druett 2008

The south-eastern lowlands of Hawkes Bay and the Wairarapa are in the rain shadow of the axial ranges, and have a relatively dry climate (just over 800 mm of rainfall per annum).

Northland temperate forests 2008

Yesterday an interesting e-mail arrived in my inbox, reminding me of recent news releases about the discovery of a really, really old European woman's skull in the Wairarapa.

European woman 'arrived in New Zealand before Captain Cook' Joan Druett 2008

We are not near the river Thames and the swans in the Wairarapa don't seem to be mute.

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