Scary scarecrows, harvest brides and winning brews. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rouxle Le Roux had twice failed to answer the door when Probation officers checked on her.

New park attracts international basketball superstars. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Always a meal on a Monday eve for those in need. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The event was created by Lindisfarne College a decade ago and provides benefits all round.

Responses to: funding to fix building issues, cheaper doctor visits and midwives pay boost

Strain on doctors expected to climb with 600,000 people gaining cheaper access to GPs.

Funding for housing and addressing child poverty a good start some say, but more is needed

Beegee to his friends, Dad and Granddad to his family, now he can be called Sir.

A neighbourhood project is paying dividends. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Flaxmere elder gets QSM in New Year Honours List.

A Napier dance stalwart was surprised to be named in this year's New Year Honours list.

Former MP gets gong

Man died in workplace accident after time off to recover from road-rage injury.

Man who shot and killed a kea damaging his property has been convicted and punished.

A man who assaulted his stepdaughter's rapist says the rapist "faked" a head injury.

Man wants to appeal community work sentence for beating up stepdaughter's rapist.

A father has been sentenced to home detention for abusing his daughter for two years.

It may be the digital age but libraries are coming to a street near you, and they need your books. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.

Residents in Otorohanga are coming together to get through the tough economic times. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

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Around 100 athletic Whanganui Santas have staged a fun run in support of charity Kidscan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Community spirit is alive and well in Whanganui with parents and bike enthusiasts working together to build a huge new bike park for the kids. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

For more than a year, undercover investigators in California tracked the sales of food through a community Facebook group.

An Auckland pharmacist who falsified a prescription and sold prescription medication to a known drug addict has been sentenced to home detention.

When Edendale, Southland, local Lois Heads had to decline involvement in another community service, she cried.

Hayden Smith and Ben Harris have been removing rubbish from the Waitemata Harbour for over 12 years, writes Sam Judd. Rain or shine, they are out there.

Whanganui's Kathy Parnell did her first volunteer stint aged 8 at a St John fair.

Community Spirit Makareta Tino (Ngapuhi), known as "Nan" to many in the West Auckland community, has spent a lifetime welcoming and guiding those around her.

Not many principals would give consent for diggers to tear up their school grounds for a fun run. Yet when the organising committee of parents at Arahoe School suggested staging a mud run and obstacle course within the school grounds, principal Richard Li