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Local Focus: Reporting amid the 'new normal'

Here's how Wairarapa Times-Age reporters have adapted to working from home.

Local Focus: Howard Morrison Junior takes up the mantle

Howie Junior lives life on his terms but honours his father Sir Howard Morrison's legacy.

Local Focus: Earthworks begin at Pāpāmoa Hills

Work begins on the long-awaited upgrade to Te Rae o Pāpāmoa.

Local Focus: Carterton Swim Club dives in to fundraise $1m

Carterton Swim Club is fundraising to replace its rusty indoor pool building.

Local Focus: Families moving to Gisborne where the grass is greener

Overseas returnees move to Gisborne for a better family life.

Local Focus: An uplifting role model

How powerlifting helped a single mum become a better version of herself for her daughter

Local Focus: Every Friday is Women's Day

Masterton's King St Artworks hosts women's-only days every Friday to boost mental health

Local Focus: Thank GodsOwn for harvesting hopportunity

GodsOwn Brewery harvests its hops using customers' sticky fingers

Local Focus: Big tractor saves little birds

Hawke's Bay's riverbed management is a rare win-win for industry and the environment.

'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: Live at Lads for the kids

Lads brewery fundraising for Starship Children's Hospital with live band this Saturday.

Local Focus: It's like MMA with swords

The Tauranga Titans are exponents of medieval armoured combat.

Focus Live: State of emergency declared in Buller

February 10 2022 A state of emergency has been declared in Buller and people are being forced to evacuate after a deluge of rain on the already soaked West Coast.

Local Focus: DIY publishing celebrated

Whanganui Zine Fest to put DIY publishing on show.

West Coast downpour: Residents given all-clear

February 5 2022 Westport residents have been given the all clear to go home, after heavy rain forced them from their homes.

Focus Live: Buller district mayor gives update on the West Coast downpour

February 4 2022 Buller district mayor Jamie Cleine said heavy rain is expected to pass through overnight and ease to just passing showers by tomorrow afternoon.

Focus Live: Mayor announces Westport evacuations with worst rain to come

February 4 2022 Buller district mayor Jamie Cleine has announced partial evacuations for areas of Westport that are at risk from flooding, with a severe rainstorm set to hit the West Coast today.

Local Focus: Hawke's Bay community may lose its water under new rules

Raupunga fears for its water supply but Government says new rules are not finalised.