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Local Focus: Councillor seeks eleventh term
Sturt has been on Rotorua Council since 1989, but still has more to do. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern on concerns about foreign companies bottling our water
Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern on concerns about foreign companies bottling our water. /Mark Mitchell

Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges on the ANZ turmoil
Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges on the ANZ turmoil. /Mark Mitchell

Soper: Govt steps up to farmers' plate usually served up by Nats
COMMENT: Farming is a business like no other.

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis during a stand-up after announcing a $128.3 million boost in mental health and addiction services for offenders.
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis during a stand-up after announcing a $128.3 million boost in mental health and addiction services for offenders.

Local Focus: Green light for environmental education funding
"We need millions of people doing it imperfectly." Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A year in the life of the First Baby
Meeting moviestars and juggling politics, it's been an eventful year for Neve.

Local Focus: Councillor wants underground infrastructure over cycleways
Council spending on 'nice to haves' must stop. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Focus Live: Brenton Tarrant enters not guilty plea and will stand trial in May next year
Focus Live: Brenton Tarrant enters not guilty plea and will stand trial in May next year.

Interview with Act leader David Seymour ahead of the party's annual conference this weekend
Interview with Act leader David Seymour ahead of the party's annual conference this weekend.

Focus: Irish minister for Business, Heather Humphreys speaks to The New Zealand Herald as she visits Fieldays
Focus: Irish minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovtion Heather Humphreys speaks to The New Zealand Herald as she visits the National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

Focus: One dead, witness pulls survivors free from crash near Waiouru
A man has been sentenced for his meth-fuelled accident that killed his baby son. Video / Alex Campbell

Focus: NZ First MP Winston Peters after he was kicked out of Parliament
Focus: NZ First MP Winston Peters after he was kicked out of Parliament this afternoon / Jason Walls

Local Focus: Meng Foon on lunches, blackmailing gang members and te reo Māori
Gisborne mayor won't be drawn on his next move but he was happy to lift the lid on some of the antics from his mayoralty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Cold Water Classic in huge surf with mud and logs
Teen wins surfing trophy named in brother's honour. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Focus Live: Tramper Darren Myers’ body found in Tararua Rangers
Focus Live: Tramper Darren Myers’ body found in Tararua Rangers.

Housing Minister Phil Twyford feeling the heat in this morning's caucus run.
Housing Minister Phil Twyford feeling the heat in this morning's caucus run.

National leader Simon Bridges saying the govt sat on a lie over the alleged hacking of the Treasury's Budget website.
National leader Simon Bridges saying the govt sat on a lie over the alleged hacking of the Treasury's Budget website.

Judith Collins is asked about the recent polls putting her above leader Simon Bridges.
Judith Collins is asked about the recent polls putting her above leader Simon Bridges.

Local Focus: Council opens doors for climate change workshop
Rotorua students create Climate Change Action Plan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Focus Live: Truck fire causes traffic problems on Auckland's Southern Motorway
Focus Live: Truck fire causes traffic problems on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

Soper: Ardern will need flak jacket in House over Budget debacle
COMMENT: The Nats will today train their Budget fallout attack on three ministers.

Focus: Jacinda Ardern on the alleged hack of the Treasury's Budget website
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on why the Government didn't act on advice from the GCSB about the alleged hack of the Treasury's Budget website.

'Time to go': NZ to pull troops out of Iraq by June 2020
Ardern said when it comes to the mission in Iraq it was "time to go".

Local Focus: NZ's youngest councillor sees climate change as the challenge of the century
Councillor Chandulal-Mackay and the challenges facing the region. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Miracle recovery for boy who lost half his family
Wee fighter tells his dad "I love you" after crash that killed his mum and sister.

Local Focus: Lally says Te Puke isn't a destination
Councillor Mike Lally talks about the problems facing the small “service” town. Made with funding from NZ on Air.