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Watch NZH Local Focus: Heartbreak as thieves ransack new home
A recent immigrant to New Zealand has had everything taken in a burglary in Whanganui.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Heartbreak as new home stripped by thieves
A recent immigrant to New Zealand has had everything taken in a burglary in Whanganui. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
2 of 5 missing teens make it home
The five Upper Hutt teenagers had been uncontactable to family members since last night.
Trampers flown out of remote Ruahine hut
Two trampers have been airlifted out of a remote hut southeast of Taihape after a suspected case of food poisoning. The two women
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'How to Dad' attends National Gumboot Day
How to Dad YouTube star Jordan Watson made a guest appearance at the gumboot throwing competition in Taihape - but did his skill with gumboot throwing match his skill in front of the camera? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Temperatures plummet in the deep south
A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.
Cows in river set to be moved
A herd of cows photographed cooling off in the river that supplies drinking water to Horowhenua were due to be moved away from the
Gumboot throwing champs: 'It's technique'
Kurt Bayer went to the Gumboot Throwing Champs as a reporter, and left a champ.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Te Matatini organisers strive for financial autonomy
It's an expensive exercise for Kapa haka teams to get themselves onto the stage at Te Matatini - organisers say they want to help more with that cost as well as becoming an autonomous business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'It represents us an iwi'
The hard work, uniforms and final kapa haka performance at Te Matatini is what represents Te Reanga Morehu o Ratana as an iwi. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: One raft to rule them all
Plumber Dan has done it again, with a raft race down the Wanganui river to raise money for Plunket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: One raft to rule them all
Plumber Dan has done it again, with a raft race down the Wanganui river to raise money for Plunket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Controversial pig pen burned down
Mike King's appearance at the piggery near Levin helped in the campaign to ban on sow crates.
Body found in Manawatu River
Police are working to notify relatives and complete formal identification of the body.
The Boss spotted out in Auckland
Excited Bruce Springsteen fans have been spotting the music legend out and about in Auckland.
Rise of the blue whales
In 2015, the first year of a three-year survey 33 blue whales were sighted in the South Taranaki Bight, this year there were 68 different individuals.
Dream Black Caps session for teen
Levin teenager Erin Buckland was stunned to meet and train with her Black Cap heroes in Wellington.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Environmentalists give evidence opposing seabed mining
Greenpeace and KASM give evidence about the potential impacts on marine mammals at the EPA seabed mining hearing in Wellington. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Company calls seabed mining proposal a significant opportunity for NZ
Trans-Tasman Resources gave evidence today at the hearing which will determine whether or not they will get marine consents to mine iron ore off the coast of South Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Hearing on Taranaki seabed mining proposal opens
Trans-Tasman Resources is proposing to mine 50 million tonnes of iron ore per year off the coast of Patea in south Taranaki. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Girl hit by truck transferred to Starship
A young girl hit by a truck in Palmerston North yesterday morning has been transferred to Starship Hospital.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Call centre aims to empower Maori and Pacific workers
It could be a call centre anywhere in the world, but Connect Global is based in the small South Taranaki settlement of Waverley. It provides desperately needed jobs for ten locals. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Watch NZH Local Focus: Taihape man shears one million sheep
Kopere Downs has been a shearer for 20 years, and now he's reached a major milestone. He has shorn his millionth sheep. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Taihape man shears one million sheep
Kopere Downs has been a shearer for 20 years, and now he's reached a major milestone. He has shorn his millionth sheep. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Watch NZH Local Focus: New Zealand Masters Games opens in Whanganui
The New Zealand Masters Games has kicked off in Whanganui.
Killing mirrors Albury-Thomson case
The case of Donella Knox, jailed for four years for the murder of autistic daughter Ruby, mirrors New Zealand's most famous autism death.
Children risk lives raiding burned home
Children in Levin have been risking their lives to raid a home ravaged by fire, giving the home owner more anxiety.
Tramper survives on Skittles
Search teams elated as DOC worker stumbles across missing tourist.