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Local Focus: Make a waste free New Year resolution
Yes to compost, no to junk-mail. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Local Focus: Westshore Beach blues
Raised in the 1931 earthquake but now sinking. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Speeding the Blokart breeze
Blokart Hawke's Bay has a new purpose-built track. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Māori women's suffrage day celebrated
20 December was the anniversary for Māori women to vote. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Operatunity a dream gig for musicians
Operatunity is NZ's most successful live music company. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The school production with an unusual subject
Flaxmere Primary School production on kauri dieback. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Is this Aotearoa's next big Māori superstar?
This sassy 18-year-old is just getting started. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The secret to a perfect Christmas tree
The quest for the best Christmas conifer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Viewpoint NZ: Q&A with Santa and the Bay Sausage Rollers
Video news from around the regions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Picnic in the Pinetum
Largest collection in the southern hemisphere. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A bug's life: Waging war on weed
Relocating leaf bugs to control tradescantia. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The free store giving away four tonnes of food a week
A project that gives to the clients and the volunteers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: HIV isn't a death sentence, if detected soon enough
The surprising lack of awareness about HIV. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Viewpoint NZ: Are pokie machines a harmless fundraiser, or destructive addiction?
The latest video news from around the regions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Celebrity chef impresses school kids - with healthy food
He's cooked on TV, for the Queen and now Tauranga kids. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Meet the mite tackling our worst weed problem
The mite to fight the country's most prolific weed. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Colourful life led to an unmarked grave
Searching for family of a soldier in an unmarked grave. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
How community ousted pokie machines
Gisborne community trust shuts down pokie bar. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Alternative health practitioner: 'Health organisations tried to shut me down'
The naturopath had paint thrown at her car. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Wishes grow on trees for 25 years
Twenty-five years of Wishing Trees at Kmart. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Seabed smothered in forestry sediment
7.5m tonnes of sediment is flowing into Hawke's Bay. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
For love and roses
Hastings garden growing love and roses. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Blade shearing still cutting a swathe 150 years on
A shearing milestone has been marked in Waipukurau. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch: Is this NZ's most devoted Christmas fan?
Meet the woman who's already excited about Christmas. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Rose of the Year wins by a nose
Pacific Rose Bowl Festival brings colour to Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tauranga motorists react to lower speed limits
Slow down in Tauranga CBD. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Feilding's 30-foot sandwich
Feilding's 30-foot sandwich to feed the needy. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The man putting plaques on unmarked graves at former psychiatric hospital
Mental patients passed into a field of lost souls. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Kiwi ready for royal treatment
Rainbow Springs is ready for royalty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Port of Tauranga signals growth to continue in 2019
Port of Tauranga shareholders hear they have plenty to smile about.
Bridge works uncover a stunning surprise
Old bridge, short river, stunning views. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The death of a lake: 'We fix it or rename it Lake Horror-whenua'
Looking for clarity in the murk of a polluted lake. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Secrets revealed beyond the grave
Past Hamiltonians stories uncovered in cemetery tour. Made with funding from NZ On Air