Wairarapa Times-Age

Cambelle Cook Wairarapa Times-Age LUCY COOPER / A man was shot in Featherston and proceeded to drive to Carterton where he later died on March 22. Serious firearms incidents in Wairarapa this year have community leaders and justice figures concerned about the availability of illegal weapons. It follows the  fatal shooting of Doreion Hard  in Featherston on March 22, a firearm that was  discharged at the Ministry of Social Development office  in Masterton on May 5, and an inci

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A neighbour heard yelling around the time a shot was fired inside a Work and Income office in Masterton on Monday. “We did hear some yelling, some guy shouting,” the neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said yesterday.