Story: Wairarapa region All images & media From page 1 – Overview Lake Wairarapa Tararua wind farm Martinborough reinvented Driving sheep Eketāhuna signpost From page 2 – Boundaries and identity Wairarapa region Wairarapa–Bush rugby game Georgina Beyer From page 3 – Land and climate Looking north from Jumbo Dairy country Wairarapa fault 1942 earthquakes Ruamāhanga River in flood (1st of 2) ‘The big blow’ (2nd of 2) From page 4 – Plants and animals Vegetation map Tararua fairyland Clearing the Bush Lake Wairarapa Stuffed huia Castlepoint daisy From page 5 – Māori settlement Stone rows ‘Kupe’s Sail Rock, Palliser Bay’ Rehutai and Tangimoana Māori migrations after 1820 Nuku-pewapewa carving From page 6 – European settlement Wairarapa sheep flock 1850s topographic map The Wrigleys’ small farm Logging the Forty Mile Bush Pāpāwai marae From page 7 – A farming economy ‘Wairarapa hill farm, Haurangi [Aorangi] Range’ Stock sale Champion shearer Dairy factory, Eketāhuna Milking sheep A & P show From page 8 – Forestry, fishing and horticulture Exotic forest Eel fisherman Picking apples Olive oil Banning booze Wine tasting From page 9 – Diversifying the economy Industrial decay Myer Caselberg Waingawa wood mill Community shopping Toast Martinborough From page 10 – Society Longwood homestead Famous family Élite education Cobblestones Museum Boarders, Wairarapa College Victorian Gothic (1st of 2) Monument to modernism (2nd of 2) From page 11 – A divided region Deprivation in Masterton Percentages of Wairarapa and New Zealand population by age group, 2006 Teaching teen mums Promoting non-violence From page 12 – Transport Crossing the Rimutakas Rimutaka rail accident Climbing the line Air show Roadside Stories: The rugged Rimutakas From page 13 – Arts and heritage Museum of Childhood Aratoi Entertaining soldiers New lease of life From page 14 – Leisure and sport Summer Hummer Rugby champions Castlepoint races Crossing the Tararuas Cedric the Ghost Balloon fiesta