Video Journalist Gisborne, NZH Local Focus
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Local Focus: Inspirational teacher and para-athlete takes on the Taupō Cycle Challenge
'Don’t let them tell you you can’t. Show them you can.'
Local Focus: Gisborne footy team experience the quarter-finals
Tatapouri Thistle Marist football team get treated to the World Cup quarter-finals.
Local Focus: Charity football raises awareness that men get breast cancer too
A football match and a close shave net $5000 in less than one week.
What a score: Big surprise for Gisborne football women
Gisborne is not as far away from the FIFA Women's World Cup as they thought.
Local Focus: Gisborne weightlifter finds strength at home
Kitini Taihuka prepares for the Oceania Junior Championships in Samoa this October.
Local Focus: Who should pay for this destroyed Gisborne bridge?
Gisborne farmer Sam Gemmell completely cut off after Cyclone Gabrielle destroys bridge.
Local Focus: More rain for flooded Gisborne
The state of emergency has been lifted in Tairāwhiti but the rain continues to fall.
Local Focus: 50 flipping years
They've been flipping kids since 1972, so Local Focus' Renae Lolohea gave it a go too!
Local Focus: Gisborne community rallies around family who lost it all
The Alexander's family home was destroyed by flooding after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Local Focus: Pickleball popularity peaks in Gisborne
Pickleball Gisborne goes from a handful of players to over 150 members.
Local Focus: CrossFit pair qualify for Brisbane championship
Gisborne master athletes, Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson, prove age is just a number.
Local Focus: Isolated and alone while losing his legs
Gisborne resident Josh Grant talks about his lonely brush with death.
Hair, makeup and rongoā Māori medicine
The healing journey of former Māori Television head of hair and makeup, Bianca Fallon.
Local Focus: Miss NZ finalist goes from gumboots to high heels
Tolaga Bay local has had quite a journey to the Miss New Zealand pageant.
Local Focus: Waka ama saved my life
Champion speaks frankly on her battle with long Covid, depression and survival.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Mucking in to get the muck out of Te Karaka, Gisborne
Over 200 volunteers help with the Te Karaka clean-up project after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Local Focus: My obsession with inflatables
Entrepreneurial Gisborne mum reveals her obsession with inflatables.
Gisborne musicians singing to win $10,000 on 5 Minutes of Fame
Gisborne's Five Minutes of Fame finalists.
Local Focus: Gisborne school bringing history to life
Tūranga Tangata Rite's new school building to become school syllabus.
Local Focus: Building Academy adds tools to students' belts
Gisborne high school's Building Academy is good for students and good for the community.
Local Focus: Inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs
Gisborne youth get real-world entrepreneurial learning.
Local Focus: Frocks on Friday getting people talking
Gisborne wāhine dress up to bring awareness to mental health.
Local Focus: Gisborne, Wairoa and Ōpōtiki women get first dibs at Muster
Gisborne, Wairoa, and Ōpōtiki locals will be first to buy Shepherdess Muster tickets.
Local Focus: Jody Toroa on Candidate Camera
Tairāwhiti Māori Ward candidate on why she is running for council.
Local Focus: Chris Haenga on why he's running for the Tairāwhiti Māori Ward
Haenga says he's running for the Gisborne District Council to ensure everyone has a voice.
Local Focus: John Smith on Candidate Camera
Napier mayoral candidate John Smith shares his views.
Local Focus: Moera Brown on Candidate Camera
Meet Tairāwhiti General Ward candidate Moera Brown.
Local Focus: Tony Robinson on Candidate Camera
Hear why Tony Robinson is seeking a second term on Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Rhonda Tibble on Candidate Camera
Hear why Rhonda Tibble wants to become Gisborne's mayor.
Local Focus: Council candidate Liz Gear stops interview over vaccination question
Gear was asked if she was anti-vax or anti-mandate, and she didn't like it.
Local Focus: Nigel Simpson on Candidate Camera
Nigel Simpson discusses why he is running for NCC mayor in the upcoming elections.
Local Focus: Maxine Boag on Candidate Camera
Hear why Maxine Boag is seeking her sixth term on the Napier District Council
Local Focus: Charlie Reynolds on Candidate Camera
Council candidate Charlie Reynolds discusses Tairāwhiti infrastructure needs.
Local Focus: Daniel Thompson on Candidate Camera
Meet Daniel Thompson, candidate for Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Josh Wharehinga on Candidate Camera
Gisborne Deputy Mayor Josh Wharehinga seeking a fourth term.
Local Focus: Marijke Warmenhoven on Candidate Camera
Meet Tairāwhiti Māori ward candidate Marijke Warmenhoven
Local Focus: Rob Telfer on Candidate Camera
Rob Telfer is running for the council to give rural communities and businesses a voice.
Local Focus: Ani Pahuru-Huriwai on Candidate Camera
Meet Ani Pahuru Huriwai, candidate for Tairāwhiti Māori Ward, GDC.
Local Focus: Aubrey Ria on Candidate Camera
Tairāwhiti Māori Ward candidate Aubrey Ria on why she is running for council.
Local Focus: Andy Cranston on Candidate Camera
Andy Cranston shares why he is running again for Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Meredith Akuhata-Brown on Candidate Camera
Meredith Akuhata-Brown on why she wants to be reelected to Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Gareth Mill on Candidate Camera
Local business owner Gareth Mill is running for Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Jordan Walker on Candidate Camera
Meet Jordan Walker, Tairāwhiti's first non-binary/trans local body elections candidate.
Local Focus: Agnes Walker on Candidate Camera
Meet Agnes Walker, Tairāwhiti Māori ward candidate, GDC.
Local Focus: Rehette Stoltz on Candidate Camera
Rehette Stoltz discusses why she is standing for GDC mayor again.
Local Focus: Hine Moeke-Murray on Candidate Camera
Meet Hine Moeke-Murray, candidate for Tairāwhiti General Ward, Gisborne.
Local Focus: Dennis Pennefather on Candidate Camera
Meet Dennis Pennefather Candidate for Tairāwhiti General Ward, Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Tina Karaitiana on Candidate Camera
Meet Tina Karaitiana, candidate for Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Rawinia Parata on Candidate Camera
Rawinia Parata is a candidate for the Gisborne District Council.
Local Focus: Larry Foster on Candidate Camera
Meet Gisborne District Council candidate Larry Foster.
Local Focus: Mana of the jersey changing lives on the East Coast
Ngāti Porou East Coast women's rugby and the amazing wāhine behind it.
Local Focus: Dream come true for Gisborne boxer
Tawhiri Toheriri-Hallet heads to Birmingham as working hard at the gym pays off.
Local Focus: When arty opposites attract
Gisborne couple Jason and Holly's differing art styles complement each other nicely.
Local Focus: Gisborne gym hosts hefty athletes
Olympic Weightlifter Megan Signal runs lifting workshop in Gisborne.
Local Focus: Tautua Village allowing young people's voices to be heard and valued
Tautua Village in Gisborne is creating opportunities and a safe space for youth.
Local Focus: The sparkle of a high-sea romance
A 1960s love letter has emerged as the couple celebrate their diamond anniversary.
Local Focus: Gisborne man won't take no for an answer
Given a dire prognosis Michael Thorpe is determined to prove it wrong.
Local Focus: Tossing their way to Rēkohu
Gisborne Pétanque held the Were McClutchie tournament, raising money and awareness.
Local Focus: Truckers in it for the long haul
Gisborne businesses band together during Covid-19 and the recent floods.
Local Focus: The good people that run Gisborne's school holiday fun
Gisborne's holiday programmes: Tōnui Collab, YMCA, Central Football and gymnastics club.
Local Focus: Fifties Forward to celebrate 30th anniversary
Gisborne's Fifties Forward fitness class soon to celebrate 30th anniversary
Local Focus: Meet the feminist sound system
DJ Laura Lush is the creator of Ninth Wave Sound, a feminist sound system.
Local Focus: Families moving to Gisborne where the grass is greener
Overseas returnees move to Gisborne for a better family life.
Local Focus: Cancer doesn't stop, so fundraising dancers won't either
A Rhythm and Lines fundraiser in Gisborne will feature 3 hours of non-stop line dancing.
'Fight mum' - I could hear my boys while in a coma
"I wasn't ready to go, I wasn't going without a fight."
Local Focus: Band school creating national talent
Musician Ricky Boyd is producing up and coming artists in Tairāwhiti.
Local Focus: Andrews sells car for Games dream
Gisborne judoka Sydnee Andrews on fundraising mission to get to Olympic Games.
Local Focus: Everesting Manutahi Hill
Manutahi Hill Ruatorea, bringing arts and history to life
Apirana Ngata's 1919 expeditions documented moments of cultural significance
The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919 - 1923 captured Māori culture.
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: Flying doctor boosts jabs on the East Coast
Flying vaccination clinic and Māori Battalion pulling whānau on board for vaccinations.
Local Focus: PM's day cheering Tairāwhiti
Prime Minister visits Gisborne to praise vaccinators.
Local Focus: Gisborne mums are hot competition for the Fittest Mums competition
Fit Gisborne mums are competing globally.
Local Focus: Artist Tā Derek Lardelli brings Tinana exhibition to life
Tā Derek Lardelli's Tinana Exhibition at the Tairawhiti Arts Festival.
Local Focus: Heavy rains bring floods to Gisborne
Rivers and roads were swollen but that didn't stop kids having a splash.
Local Focus: Gisborne's special athletes
Gisborne to take first Special Olympic team to the National Māori Basketball Tournament.
Local Focus: Creating uncomfortable discussions
A panel discussion on institutional racism with an indigenous lens.