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Local Focus: Leighton Baker Party Candidate for Bay of Plenty, Wendy Gillespie on Candidate Camera
Ōropi local discusses why she's running for the Leighton Baker Party.
Local Focus: Act's Bay of Plenty candidate Cameron Luxton on Candidate Camera
The cost of living and crime are the big issues for Act's Pāpāmoa-based candidate.
Local Focus: Live for More getting troubled youths back on track
Charitable trust helps young people leave their troubled pasts behind.
Local Focus: A simple goal to build the most sustainable surfboards in New Zealand
Surfing, furniture-maker Peter Claydon now shapes wooden surfboards.
Local Focus: Fishing for a trophy in Slovakia
Cory Scott is heading to Slovakia next month for the 2023 World Fly Fishing Championships.
Local Focus: Building a better mountain bike
Freddy Salgado is using bamboo, flax and carbon fibre to build a unique bike.
'People have all kinds of grief in their life': The art of talking about loss
Local abstract artist Kelly Shrimpton talks about using art to deal with grief.
Watch: Girls' High rugby team inspired by idol chat
Chiefs Manawa star Luka Connor believes the future is "huge" for tomorrow's players.
Local Focus: Transforming Rotorua into a tech hub
Rotorua’s reputation as a technology hub is attracting professionals to the region.
Local Focus: Charity out to serve up kindness
Meet the volunteers who bake home-cooked treats for locals doing it tough.
Local Focus: Meet the Nanas knitting for the Cool Kids
Knitting for Cool Kids Rotorua will be donating over 800 packs of hand knitted clothes.
Local Focus: Rotorua BMX racer chases Olympic dream
Rotorua rider Megan Williams takes it up a gear ahead of Paris 2024.
Local Focus: Manaaki Rotorua invites cyclone victims to ‘Be Our Guest’
Free getaway packages to Rotorua offered to those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Local Focus: Getting a greater yield from your garden
The Rotorua Seed Library and Kai Rotorua are helping residents become self-sustainable.
Local Focus: Black Label BBQ sizzles with skills
Shaun and Alia Branson have taken their passion for BBQ to a higher level.
Local Focus: Rotorua charities airdrop donated goods to Hawke’s Bay residents
What started with a single request for help quickly turned into something much bigger.