Local Focus: A simple goal to build the most sustainable surfboards in New Zealand

Surfing, furniture-maker Peter Claydon now shapes wooden surfboards.

Local Focus: Fishing for a trophy in Slovakia

Cory Scott is heading to Slovakia next month for the 2023 World Fly Fishing Championships.

Local Focus: Building a better mountain bike

Freddy Salgado is using bamboo, flax and carbon fibre to build a unique bike.

'People have all kinds of grief in their life': The art of talking about loss

Local abstract artist Kelly Shrimpton talks about using art to deal with grief.

Watch: Girls' High rugby team inspired by idol chat

Chiefs Manawa star Luka Connor believes the future is "huge" for tomorrow's players.

Local Focus: Transforming Rotorua into a tech hub

Rotorua’s reputation as a technology hub is attracting professionals to the region.

Local Focus: Charity out to serve up kindness

Meet the volunteers who bake home-cooked treats for locals doing it tough.

Local Focus: Meet the Nanas knitting for the Cool Kids

Knitting for Cool Kids Rotorua will be donating over 800 packs of hand knitted clothes.

Local Focus: Rotorua BMX racer chases Olympic dream

Rotorua rider Megan Williams takes it up a gear ahead of Paris 2024.

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: Getting a greater yield from your garden

The Rotorua Seed Library and Kai Rotorua are helping residents become self-sustainable.

Local Focus: Black Label BBQ sizzles with skills

Shaun and Alia Branson have taken their passion for BBQ to a higher level.

Local Focus: Rotorua charities airdrop donated goods to Hawke’s Bay residents

What started with a single request for help quickly turned into something much bigger.