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Local Focus: Coal versus sustainable energy in Palmerston North
Palmerston North candidates on the dirty and the clean. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Climate campaigners bring election message to Whanganui
The roadshow group wants people to consider the climate as they vote this year.
Local Focus: Celebrating Aokautere the great Rangitāne chief
Oho and Aareta say Aokautere for us. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Meet the candidates: National's Ian McKelvie - Rangitīkei
Ian McKelvie says New Zealand needs to "grow its way out" of Covid-19 debt.
School bus v train tragedy: Trapped students smashed windows to escape
"Everyone just stopped their vehicles and pitched in and helped," a witness said.
Local Focus: The island that's up a hill - Te Motu o Poutua
Oho and Aareta track down more Māori place names. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori embraces Manawatū
Oho and Aareta go down to the river. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Quarantine workers not 'prisoners of the state'
Should there be restrictions on quarantine and managed isolation workers' activities?
Local Focus: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori kicks off in Ahimate
Oho and Aareta will have you saying Ahimate in no time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Winners and losers: Which provinces coped best with lockdown?
ASB's latest rankings shows the uneven impacts of lockdown measures across the country.
Local Focus: Who is William Wood, National Party candidate for Palmerston North?
Young business student running for Palmerston North. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Who is Teanau Tuiono, Green candidate for Palmerston North?
The Green Party candidate running in Palmerston North. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Who is Tangi Utikere, Labour candidate for Palmerston North?
Deputy Mayor looking for a promotion to MP. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'There is still anxiety': Principals go doorknocking as kids slow to return
Anxious Auckland parents are still wary about sending kids back to school.
Computer basics course to help employees keep up with tech
The 10-week course starts at the end of September.
'Don't want to get ahead of ourselves': PM on possible change in NZ's alert levels
School students may get a fast-track into building industry jobs.
Man sentenced for meth-fuelled accident that killed his baby son
The driver, who had been smoking meth, overtook on a blind corner near Waiouru.
Lois Tolley slaying: Two more murder charges to be laid
The latest man charged in relation to her death has pleaded not guilty.
Two dead, three in hospital after horror night on New Zealand roads
A woman died in Kaitaia and a pedestrian was killed in the South Island.
A perfect murder? Did 'junk science' convict an innocent Mark Lundy?
Did "junk science" convict an innocent man?
Local Focus: Coal or sustainable energy? Business or the environment? Whanganui candidates state their views
Whanganui electorate candidates on energy. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Results of water tests capture farmer interest
Started in 2017, the Rangitīkei Rivers Catchment Collective is still growing.
NZ and the road ahead: Forgotten sufferers 'are really angry' about Covid spending
The Road Ahead finds businesses and politicians working flat out - and a nation spending.
Horizons' biodiversity spend to become contestable
Councillors decide criteria and desired outcomes from biodiversity funding.
Man sentenced for murder of Feona McKay-Patea
Ngatai's sentence indication reduced by one year, after Justice Grice reads reports.
Local Focus: 'Streets for people' was Palmie's last street party for a while
Shopkeepers express support for pedestrian project. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Palmie streets' last party
Shopkeepers express support for pedestrian project. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Freshwater action package adds work for Horizons Regional Council
Adding and monitoring new freshwater rules will cost the region's ratepayers.
'Unscientific': Winston Peters hits back on poor Northland poll result
NZ First leader Winston Peters says he can't believe the poll is gaining any currency.
Rangitīkei River project looks to make river more resilient to climate change
The project is still conceptual, but Horizons grateful to receive Govt funding.