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Local Focus: Shepherdess making connections

Shepherdess magazine is connecting rural women.

Local Focus: Rewinding at Ongaonga

Ongaonga Museum shines a light on the days when the small town boomed.

Local Focus: Another love book for Rotorua's Sharma

Vishal Sharma is raising funds to write his third book about Rotorua.

Local Focus: Napier's heavenly jewel

The Hawke's Bay Holt Planetarium is an all-weather starry experience for all the family.

Local Focus: Radio Control Car Club roars into 2022

Bay of Plenty Radio Control Car Club set to benefit from future TECT Park upgrades.

Local Focus: How joy triumphs tragedy

The life of Gisborne's Nana Su.

Phwoar: Temps soar to 32C on a stunner day - and another hot one coming tomorrow

Auckland made it to 28C while further south, several centres hit 32C.

Local Focus: Aotearoa's first saint in the making and her ties with the Whanganui region

The rich history of Whanganui's Jerusalem and its French nun Suzanne Aubert.

Apirana Ngata's 1919 expeditions documented moments of cultural significance

The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919 - 1923 captured Māori culture.

Local Focus: Golf, masochism and property development

Border restrictions means more people playing golf locally but clubs are struggling

'Lighthouse and Darkhouse' concept for new regional museum design

Designs for the new regional museum will be presented to council.

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: Sprinklers banned until April under new council plan

Tauranga City Council looks to Australia for water conservation tips.

Childhood vaccines: Report calls for urgent changes to protect Māori children from 'lethal' diseases

"Business as usual is not enough to remedy or impact the current situation."

Local Focus: Emergency services descending on Pāpāmoa letterboxes

Pāpāmoa emergency services prepare for a massive night of drive-by donations.

Local Focus: Everesting challenge a good deed

Everesting at Te Mata Peak raises over $10,000 for Mental Health Foundation.

The dust up, then stress: Two years of struggle at the Havelock North cellphone tower

The neighbourhood took on Spark. The stress it brought the Fookes' has been significant.