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Local Focus: Have yourself a very crafty Christmas
The Hawke's Bay Arts and Crafts Christmas Bazaar is a treasure trove of unique gifts.
Local Focus: How to have a very crafty Christmas
Arts and Crafts Christmas Bazaar a treasure trove of unique gifts.
Local Focus: Paying it forward at the Citadel
Citadel's 'Pay it Forward' charity Christmas present drive is well underway.
Local Focus: Paying it forward at the Citadel
Pay It Forward Christmas at Castlecliff Cafe in Whanganui.
Local Focus: Golf, masochism and property development
Border restrictions means more people playing golf locally but clubs are struggling
Local Focus: Real talk and real life stories
Pania Te Paiho reveals a deeper side in the book Real Talk.
Local Focus: Wāhine Toa Hunting tells her story
Pania Te Paiho shares a deeper side in Real Talk. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Christmas is a time of giving
Schools and businesses Fill the Bus in Rotorua.
Local Focus: The most colourful house in Aotearoa
East Coast artist Bub Dewes talks about his evolving art piece and exhibition.
Local Focus: Bub Dewes lives in his canvas
East Coast artist Bub Dewes talks about his evolving art piece and exhibition.
Local Focus: Masterton galaxy a quiet space for kids
Masterton Trust House Recreation Centre has a new room for the neurodiverse.
Masterton's galaxy for the neurodiverse
Masterton Trust House Recreation Centre has a new room for the neurodiverse.
Local Focus: Tauranga women tell their homeless stories
Those most at risk and vulnerable lack affordable housing
Local Focus: Tauranga women tell their homeless stories
Tauranga women and transgender women surviving homelessness thanks to Hine Ngākau.
Local Focus: East Coast teens scouted for Japan
Two teens headed to Japan for high school and rugby scholarships.
Local Focus: East Coast teens scouted for Japan
Two East Coast teens have earned rugby scholarships in Japan.
Local Focus: Sprinklers banned until April under new council plan
Tauranga City Council looks to Australia for water conservation tips.
Local Focus: Sprinklers banned until April under new council plan
Tauranga City Council looks to Australia for water conservation tips.
Local Focus: Thirty day Diwali draws to a close
For Monisha Sharma, Diwali is a celebration with lights, candles, fireworks and family.
Local Focus: Thirty day Diwali draws to a close
For Monisha Sharma, Diwali is a celebration with lights, candles, fireworks and family.
Local Focus: A year’s worth of food donations collected in three hours
Pāpāmoa emergency services prepare for a massive night of drive-by donations.
Local Focus: Emergency services descending on Pāpāmoa letterboxes
Pāpāmoa emergency services prepare for a massive night of drive-by donations.
Local Focus: Everesting challenge a good deed
Everesting at Te Mata Peak raises over $10,000 for Mental Health Foundation.
Local Focus: The Everesting challenge that's a good deed
Successful Everesting at Te Mata Peak raises over $10,000 for Mental Health Foundation.
Local Focus: AstraZeneca vaccine may bring teachers back
Alternate vaccine gives those affected by vaccination mandate another option to keep their jobs.
Local Focus: AstraZeneca vaccine may bring teachers back, principal says
Alternative vaccine gives those affected by mandate another option to keep jobs.
The dust up, then stress: Two years of struggle at the Havelock North cellphone tower
The neighbourhood took on Spark. The stress it brought the Fookes' has been significant.
Local Focus: The Havelock North tower stoush
Havelock North neighbourhood takes on Spark over a tower too close to home.
Local Focus: Weaving people together
People from across the globe join together in the ancient practice of raranga.
Local Focus: Flying doctors boost vaccinations on the East Coast
Flying vaccination clinic and Māori Battalion pulling whānau on board for vaccinations.
Local Focus: Flying doctor boosts jabs on the East Coast
Flying vaccination clinic and Māori Battalion pulling whānau on board for vaccinations.
Local Focus: Beware the 'frisky' cows of Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay Regional Council reviewing use of 1600ha of flood-control land.