The Hawke's Bay family who've packed up their lives to sail the world
The Whittakers have sold everything to sail the world. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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Local Focus: Last orders at the Foodbank
Days left to donate to the Foodbank Christmas appeal. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Student rents and commute times make UCOL attractive
"A myriad of options" UCOL claims. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: New business for oldest building
Katie Brown - inspired to make a living from art. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: High School leavers launch Taupō bungy with leap into next chapter
A special way to jump into life. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Trelinnoe Park falls into passionate hands
"Gardening is the only passion that increases with age". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: White Island victims remembered in paddle out
"People who came to holiday here won't be going home." Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Taupō transport event has community at heart
Car rally to fix a road. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Time running out to talk trash
Tauranga sends too much household waste to landfill. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kiwiana Christmas at Te Puke's Aberdeen House
Aberdeen House Christmas Shed powered by love. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Bee Card is a boost for buses
Bee Card creating a buzz for commuters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: SDA Rotorua shows size doesn't matter
Small class numbers, big community intentions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Go Santa Go! Run kicks the season into gear
It was a race with a difference. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Catfish Killas reel in additional help
Killing catfish is their business and business is good. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Cycling veteran clocks 100 laps of Lake Taupō
The Taupō Cycle Challenge race for charity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Because Methven - why comedy is coming to the provinces
Playing the regions to rehearse their Netflix special. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Local Focus: Turtles take time and commitment
Among the 100 most invasive species in the world. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Orange Day Parade shuts down CBD
Hundreds of children march in Tauranga for safer roads. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Hunters armed with secateurs
Rose Hunters are saving our gardening history. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Minister delivers more putea to forestry and related industries
Focus on infrastructure and value add for development. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Local Focus: The broken bridge of Whakakī that no one owns
Closure requires mourners to walk 700m to the urupā. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: 8 Scott Ave in Ōwhata was the place to be last Saturday night
No actors, just whānau on stage. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Sprinklers blamed for early water restrictions
Council asks community to use water efficiently. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Tauranga leads the way with electric buses
Quiet, free Wi-Fi, USB charging and the environment. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Average house price in Whanganui-Manwawatu jumps to $400,000
House prices in Whanganui rose 17.6 per cent in a year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Napier stormwater citizens have their say
Public see pros and cons to new bylaw. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Home detention on the beach - killer driver's sunbathing sentence
Killer driver Rouxle Le Roux posted pictures at the beach during home detention sentence.
Local Focus: Access closed to popular DOC campsite for 12 years
Calls to open new campsite at Jock Sutton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Tauranga Pride Picnic to celebrate differences
Organising a Pride event in Tauranga is no picnic. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Amazing video shows hatching of 2000th kiwi
Livestream video of incredible moment a kiwi hatches. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Whanganui set on attracting new business
Rolling out the red carpet rather than the red tape. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Pāpāmoa groms surf with Aussie hero
Former world champ Joel Parkinson meets Pāpāmoa groms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: The upper cut of business success
Trading blows for Bo's Mow's. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Six-year-old Archie's autistic diet shifts the family farm
"Within three days he got his eye contact back". Made with funding from NZ On Air.