Local Focus: Knitting for Cool Kids this winter
'Knitting for Cool Kids' keeps Rotorua school children warm in winter.
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Local Focus: Upcycling to the next level
The one-women furniture restoration business turning something old into something new.
The bridge that will connect Napier to Wairoa
Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, a bridge to connect Hawke's Bay is almost ready.
Local Focus: Reconnecting Wairoa to Hawke’s Bay
Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, SH2 prepares to reopen between Napier and Wairoa.
Local Focus: Wading into the environment, lizard guts and all
Former Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown restores Wairarapa land to its natural state.
Local Focus: Wading into the environment, lizard guts and all
Former Wellington Mayor restores Wairarapa land to its natural state.
Local Focus: Helping to fix throwaway mindset
Napier's Repair Cafe is fostering a fix-it culture.
Local Focus: MasterChef for seniors
Inside the programme showing seniors how to cook for themselves after losing a loved one.
Local Focus: MasterChef for seniors
Inside the programme showing seniors how to cook for themselves after losing a loved one.
Local Focus: Bringing broken items back to life
Napier's Repair Cafe is turning a throw-away culture into a fix-it culture.
Local Focus: Taranaki water celebrates 20 years
When the Bonithon Petroleum Company dug for oil, it found something completely different.
Local Focus: Residents upset after Foodstuffs cans new supermarket
Flaxmere residents upset plans for a new supermarket have been canned.
Local Focus: Residents upset after Foodstuffs cans new supermarket
Flaxmere residents "deserve something on this land that’s been prepared".
Local Focus: Taranaki water celebrates 20 years
When the Bonithon Petroleum Company dug for oil, it found something very different...
Local Focus: Youth find answers in The Village
Stan Walker comes to Carterton and meets the Village People - a organisation helping young people with problems.
Local Focus: Every town needs a village
More than 50 young people have passed through The Village since it was set up in 2019.
Local Focus: Rotorua BMX racer chases Olympic dream
Rotorua rider Megan Williams takes it up a gear ahead of Paris 2024.
Local Focus: BMX racer chases Olympic dream
Rotorua rider Megan Williams takes it up a gear ahead of Paris 2024.
Local Focus: Arataki Boardriders to the rescue
Community-funded water safety programme teaches families how to respect the ocean.
Local Focus: Pickleball popularity peaks in Gisborne
Pickleball Gisborne goes from a handful of players to over 150 members.
Pickleball popularity peaks in Gisborne
Pickleball Gisborne has seen a huge influx of players, going from a handful of players to 150 members.
Local Focus: Arataki Boardriders to the rescue
Community-funded water safety programme teaches families to respect the ocean.
Local Focus: Eight million tonnes of sediment still coats Esk Valley
Scientists are flying in to understand how the region can better prepare for the future.
Local Focus: Top scientists fly into Esk Valley
Scientists want to understand how the region can better prepare for future events.
Local Focus: CrossFit pair qualify for Brisbane championship
Gisborne master athletes, Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson, prove age is just a number.
Local Focus: Supermarket vouchers help cyclone victims recover
Hawke’s Bay residents tap into $150,000 gift card fund to restock the pantry.
Local Focus: CrossFit athletes qualify for championship
Gisborne master athletes, Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson, prove age is just a number.
Local Focus: Supermarket vouchers help cyclone victims re-stock the cupboards
Hawke’s Bay residents tap into $150,000, PAK’nSAVE gift card fund.
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: Manaaki Rotorua invites cyclone victims to ‘Be Our Guest’
Free getaway packages to Rotorua offered to those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Local Focus: Divine River responds to period poverty
Wairarapa charity turns old fabrics and plastics into eco-friendly sanitary towels.
Local Focus: Divine River responds to period poverty
Wairarapa charity turns old fabrics and plastics into eco-friendly sanitary towels.
Local Focus: Long-forgotten footage of Charles and Diana recovered
Lost footage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana opening Baycourt in 1983 surfaces.
Local Focus: Baycourt’s royal opening revisited
Lost footage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana opening Baycourt in 1983 surfaces.