Apirana Ngata's 1919 expeditions documented moments of cultural significance
The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919 - 1923 captured Māori culture.
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Local Focus: Sam's Skate School donates mini-ramp to Memorial Park
Just in time for the school holiday, there's a new attraction at a Tauranga skatepark
Local Focus: South Taranaki company taking menopause supplements to Oz
MenoMe is exporting menopause-symptom supplements to Australia.
Local Focus: Fighting our kids' summer slump
StoryWalk combines fun with maintaining literacy levels in Napier and Hastings Parks.
Local Focus: Whareama Excellence in Teaching Award
Whareama School teaching principal wins only primary teaching National Excellence Award.
Local Focus: Waimana is on a vaccination mission
Waimana in the Bay of Plenty is on a mission to lift its low vaccination rates.
Local Focus: Tauranga's representation review – what's changed and why
Next year's local body election will look different to previous ones.
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: Golf, masochism and property development
Border restrictions means more people playing golf locally but clubs are struggling
'Lighthouse and Darkhouse' concept for new regional museum design
Designs for the new regional museum will be presented to council.
Local Focus: Bub Dewes lives in his canvas
East Coast artist Bub Dewes talks about his evolving art piece and exhibition.
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.
Childhood vaccines: Report calls for urgent changes to protect Māori children from 'lethal' diseases
"Business as usual is not enough to remedy or impact the current situation."
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.
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: 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.
Local Focus: PM's day cheering Tairāwhiti
Prime Minister visits Gisborne to praise vaccinators.
Local Focus: Big surge in Māori vaccinations
A Covid case encouraged more people to get the jab.
Local Focus: Gisborne mums are hot competition for the Fittest Mums competition
Fit Gisborne mums are competing globally.
Local Focus: Bay bus network refresh rolls out
New direct bus services linking Pāpāmoa, The Mount and Tauranga CBD go live.
Local Focus: Empowering women to succeed
Dress for Success client Demi-Lee achieved success. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Whanganui gardeners warming to bananas
Backyard banana growers in Whanganui are increasing
Local Focus: Is Tauranga ready for community spread of Covid-19?
Opinions on Tauranga's use of Covid health guidelines.
Local Focus: Tauranga teen's film crowned best
Bay of Plenty students dominate the International Youth Silent Film Festival awards.
Local Focus: Māmā, pēpi, whānau and vaccine
Wānanga about Covid and vaccination for Rotorua mums.
Local Focus: Art in the Garden sale means fingers crossed for fine weekend
The forecast is hot and humid for Art in the Garden - but take an umbrella just in case.
Local Focus: The adapting Hawke's Bay Farmers' Markets
How Hawke's Bay Farmers' Markets are adapting to Covid restrictions.
Local Focus: The Covid refugee carnival 'making things up as we go along'
Mahons Amusements isn't sure where it is taking its Ferris wheel next.
Local Focus: Artist Tā Derek Lardelli brings Tinana exhibition to life
Tā Derek Lardelli's Tinana Exhibition at the Tairawhiti Arts Festival.
Boom to bust? Mānuka honey producers 'can't sell' some of their stock
Hundreds of tonnes of mānuka is now sitting in beekeepers' sheds, producer says.