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When Harry met Gracie: Secrets revealed in love letters from 1895
Love letters from the past.

Local Focus: Equity for Māori is core issue for Whanganui DHB
A new holistic approach to health for Whanganui DHB. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

'Despicable': Struggling farmers gutted after thieves take $10k of calf feed
Keep an eye out for stock feed going cheap in Taranaki - it could be stolen.

Local Focus: Council candidate has a secret confession
"I'm going in baby-faced". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Council candidate has a secret confession
"I'm going in baby-faced". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Stratford mayor not assuming he'll win
Volzke shares his vision for Stratford - if he wins. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Stratford mayor not assuming he'll win
Volzke shares his vision for Stratford, if he wins. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'It's a health issue': Medicinal cannabis one step closer
"People are stunned when they see the difference in me". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Medicinal cannabis one step closer
Nichola Smith sees it as a health issue. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Divorce 1919 style: All on show in court
A builder, his wife, a sheep farmer and a messy Wairarapa divorce case.

'Scary': Govt steps in to help 367 schools - the full list
Officials have stepped into a third of all low-decile schools since 2009.

Local Focus: Public art for New Zealand's only republic
NZ's only republic gets its first public artwork. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Serious injuries in crashes on rural North Island roads
Emergency services are on the scene.

Victim of fiery Stratford crash named
Tania Frost-Saywell, 54, died in SH3 head-on collision near Stratford on Sunday night.

Car-fire tragedy: Residents battle in vain to save woman
"He was saying we need to get this lady out, this car is on fire."

Fatal crash on SH3 near Stratford
Diversions in place as emergency services attend an incident on SH3 south of Stratford.

Body never found after dispute on Mt Taranaki
Pioneer of Highlander condensed milk never found after climb of Mt Taranaki.

Man who died in fatal crash near Whanganui named
Daniel Peter White, 25, was from Stratford.

Speedway: Ministocks and Minisprints at Whanganui tomorrow night
First titles of the season on the line at Oceanview.

Police sweep Taranaki town for gunman
A large number of police raced to a town in Taranaki today after reports of a gunman.

Mountain guide's tragic fall in fortunes
A Stratford man who was forced to sell his house blames DoC bureaucracy for his trouble.

Man stole from employer to buy 'Friday night beers'
Panel shop manager altered invoices to higher amounts when presenting to clients.

No holds Bard in new street names
Stratford wants to keep using names from the Bard's works.

She bought a car on Facebook, then someone stole her identity
A woman has fallen victim to identity theft, costing her thousands.

Is Linda NZ's oldest woman?
Five pieces of advice on living a long and happy life from perhaps our oldest woman.

Grieving farmer raises $70,000 for suicide prevention
After losing a son, John Herlihy threw his energy into fundraising for suicide prevention.

Teachers threaten two-day strike, PM tries to placate
Almost 30,000 teachers are striking today to demand better pay and conditions.

Opinion: The terrible Taranaki men of Tinder
Emma Helleur tackles the atrocities of Taranaki Tinder.