Best Bay of Plenty and Rotorua videos of 2023: Our visual journalists’ picks

Video is an important part of how the Bay of Plenty Times and Rotorua Daily Post tell stories that matter in informative and engaging ways.

From health battles and Hairy Maclary to rising lakes and a ‘perfect storm’, visual journalists Alex Cairns and Andrew Warner each selected their top five videos of 2023.

Alex Cairns’ top videos of 2023

Mum’s $70k dream for son left disabled after choking on apple at daycare

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How to talk about death: Former hospice nurse’s advice on facing ‘the inevitable’

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A black mark on her brain: Scan after concussion changes teacher’s life ‘overnight’

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‘Life-changing’: Woman’s 40-year journey to unlock the mysteries of her damaged brain

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‘It was all an accident’: Dame Lynley Dodd on how Hairy Maclary was born

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Andrew Warner’s top videos of 2023

‘The water just goes up’: The lakeside community being slowly swallowed

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‘The water just goes up’: The lakeside community being slowly swallowed

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From heaven to hell and back again: Rebuilding a forgotten timber town

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Dairy’s ‘perfect storm’: Farmers steeling for downturn say pain will be widespread

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He thought it was the flu. Now he uses a wheelchair

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