Local Focus: RSEs evacuated safely in Fernhill
49 Samoan RSEs had to abandon their belongings after camp flooded.
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Local Focus: Samoan RSEs evacuated safely
49 Samoan RSEs had to abandon their belongings after camp flooded.
Local Focus: Hobby horsing rides fun factor
The inaugural Hooves on Drews hobby horsing extravaganza was a hit with locals.
Local Focus: Hobby horsing is not a joke
Inaugural 'Hooves on Drews' hobby horsing extravaganza was a surprise hit.
'We've been through hell': Harrowing stories of floods survivors
Alastair Needes and other survivors tell of their close calls with rising flood waters.
Local Focus: Survivors tell harrowing tales of floods
Alastair Needes was one of many people stuck on their roof with water rising, looking at swimming for safety and watching animals drown.
Local Focus: Is Whanganui ready for floods?
Mayor Andrew Tripe and WDC emergency manager Tim Crowe discuss civil defence.
Local Focus: Pāpāmoa coast relatively unscathed after Cyclone Gabrielle
Beach accessways damaged following 6.8 meter waves.
Cyclone Gabrielle live: Thousands still without power in BoP, fallen trees block roads, schools closed
Latest on Cyclone Gabrielle in the region.
Local Focus: Cyclone Gabrielle brings huge swells to Mt Maunganui and Pāpāmoa beaches
Mauao base track and Moturiki (Leisure Island) are closed due to high swells.
Local Focus: Cyclone Gabrielle brings huge swells to Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa beaches
Mauao base track and Moturiki (Leisure Island) are closed due to high swells.
Local Focus: Is Whanganui ready for floods?
Whanganui Mayor Andrew Tripe and emergency manager Tim Crowe discuss emergency planning and climate change mitigation.
Local Focus: Delicious dumplings boost cultural exchanges in prison
Dumpling class brings inmates and staff together at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison.
Local Focus: Delicious dumplings boost cultural exchanges in prison
Dumpling class brings inmates and staff together at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison.
Local Focus: 'Window' opens in Hawke's Bay property market for first-home buyers
'When the market does turn, it will happen really quickly. Right now, there's a window.'
12 workers sleeping in living room: Four-bedroom house earning $3500 rent a week
Local Focus: 28 RSE workers share one kitchen - we went to have a look.
Local Focus: $3500 to rent a 4 bedroom house - the inside story of RSE workers' accommodation
28 RSE workers in Hastings share one kitchen.
Department of Conservation undertakes its annual census of rare geothermal wetland ferns.
Rotorua Department of Conservation team is undertaking its annual census.
'Selling a house is not a hopeless exercise': Inside Hawke's Bay's property market
Agents say the property market is slowly, but surely, improving.
Local Focus: Waikite's Wetland Wonder-fern
Department of Conservation undertakes its annual census of rare geothermal wetland ferns.
Local Focus: Tarawera's honeysuckle trail
Japanese honeysuckle is beautiful and sweet-smelling, but deadly to native bush.
Local Focus: Is pay the reason for hospo staffing shortages?
Differing opinions on hospo pay rates and whether training is needed to wait tables.
Local Focus: Is pay really the reason for hospo staffing shortages?
Differing opinions on hospo pay rates and whether training is needed to wait tables.
Local Focus: Beach volleyball event to bring millions into local economy
Mount Maunganui hailed as “the perfect place” for beach volleyball in New Zealand.
Local Focus: Beach volleyball event to bring millions into local economy
Mount Maunganui hailed as "the perfect place" for beach volleyball in New Zealand.
Local Focus: My obsession with inflatables
Entrepreneurial Gisborne mum reveals her obsession with inflatables.
Local Focus: My obsession with inflatables
Entrepreneurial Gisborne mum reveals her obsession with inflatables.
'Go Dad!' Firefighters compete in the Waterway Challenge
The water was flying and the kids were cheering.
Local Focus: “Go Dad!” Firefighters compete in the Waterway Challenge
From the hose to the pump, the standpipe to the hydrant, firefighters are testing their skills in the Waterway Challenge.
Local Focus: Fun in the sun for Rotorua’s East
Rotorua's East Side residents are being encouraged to go to their local parks.
Local Focus: Riversdale floodgates have opened
Cyclone Hale left Riversdale farms with metre-deep river sediment covering entire paddocks ruined.
Floodgates still open in Riversdale
Cyclone Hale left Riversdale farms with metre-deep river sediment covering entire paddocks
Local Focus: Xanadu Book Exchange home to 10 million books
Inside the second-hand book store where people lose track of time.
Fun in the sun for whānau in Rotorua’s East for next 10 weeks
Rotorua's East Side residents are being encouraged to go to their local parks.