Local Focus: ACT candidate for Wairarapa Simon Casey on Candidate Camera
ACT's Wairarapa candidate discusses the electorate's big issues.
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Local Focus: National candidate for Wairarapa Mike Butterick on Candidate Camera
Wairarapa's National candidate answers questions put forward by the local electorate.
Local Focus: Green candidate for Wairarapa Celia Wade-Brown on Candidate Camera
Wairarapa's Green candidate answers questions put forward by the local electorate.
Local Focus: The Kiwi charity helping thousands of children in the Phillipines
The Ruel Foundation has had a big impact on Filipinos - and Kiwis.
Local Focus: The Kiwi charity helping thousands of children in the Philippines
Tauranga's Mae Cunningham, 16, and her family share her adoption story.
Local Focus: Nurses choose surgery to save their own lives
Three Gisborne friends lost over 200kgs between them following weight loss surgery.
Local Focus: Nurses choose surgery to save their own lives
Three Gisborne friends lost over 200 kgs between them following weight loss surgery.
Local Focus: Lives on the line at level crossings
Judds Road proposed crossing closure causing concern for residents.
Local Focus: Off the rails
The Judds Road proposed closure is causing concern for local residents.
Local Focus: Inspirational teacher and para-athlete takes on the Taupō Cycle Challenge
'Don’t let them tell you you can’t. Show them you can.'
Local Focus: 'Don’t let them tell you you can’t. Show them you can.'
Inspirational teacher and para-athlete takes on the Taupō Cycle Challenge.
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: A simple goal to build the most sustainable surfboards in New Zealand
Surfing, furniture-maker Peter Claydon now shapes wooden surfboards.
Local Focus: Gisborne Footy team get amazing quarter-final experience
Tatapouri Thistle Marist football team are treated to the World Cup quarter-finals.
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: Gisborne footy team experience the quarter-finals
Tatapouri Thistle Marist football team get treated to the World Cup quarter-finals.
Local Focus: Cory Scott is fishing for another trophy at Fly Fishing World Champs
Cory Scott is one of New Zealand's top fly fishing guides and competitive fly fisherman. He is leading the NZ Fly Fishing Team to this year's World Fly Fishing Championships in Slovakia.
Local Focus: Meet Martinborough’s Union Square Welly Burger
This year's Welly Burger competition includes an 'oozy' entry from Union Bar and Bistro.
Local Focus: Meet Martinborough's Union Square Welly Burger
This year's Welly Burger competition includes an 'oozy' entry from Martinborough's Union Bar and Bistro.
Local Focus: Charity football raises awareness that men get breast cancer too
A football match and a close shave raise $5,000 in less than one week.
Local Focus: Charity football raises awareness that men get breast cancer too
A football match and a close shave net $5000 in less than one week.
Woman behind Masterton’s mysterious banners revealed
Now she's creating a Wall of Courage.
Local Focus: Woman behind Masterton's mysterious banners revealed
No-one knows why they've been appearing around Masterton, and now the mystery artist is creating a Wall of Courage.
What a score: Big surprise for Gisborne football women
Gisborne is not as far away from the FIFA Women's World Cup as they thought.
Local Focus: Gisborne football women get the surprise of a lifetime
Gisborne is not as far away from the FIFA Women's World Cup as they thought.
Local Focus: Taranaki Paramedic on the trauma of saving lives
Mark Belchamber wrote a book to help him deal with the dark side of the job.
Local Focus: Taranaki paramedic on the trauma of saving lives
Mark Belchamber wrote a book to help him deal with the dark side of the job.
Local Focus: Shifting to alternative modes of transport
Private cars account for 90 per cent of journeys in Tauranga and it’s causing headaches.
Local Focus: Building a better mountain bike
Freddy Salgado is using bamboo, flax and carbon fibre to build a unique bike.
Local Focus: Building a better mountain bike
Freddy Salgado is using bamboo, flax, and carbon fibre to build a unique bike.
Safety concerns after Masterton rail crossing crash
The rail crossing accident on Norfolk Road opens up a safety discussion.
Local Focus: Safety concerns after Masterton rail crossing crash
Rail crossing accident on Norfolk Road opens up safety discussion.
Local Focus: Gisborne weightlifter finds strength at home
Kitini Taihuka prepares for the Oceania Junior Championships in Samoa this October.
Local Focus: Gisborne weightlifter uses home to lift spirits
Kitini Taihuka heads to Samoa for the Oceania Junior Championships