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Wellington Heads

Capital city blues band Wellington Heads will be our headline this week. They’ll be playing their blend of original jump blues and swing, '40s / '50s rhythm & blues styles, plus Hawaiian sounds, Caribbean beats, and ...

Wellington | Friday, 2 December 2022

30.11.2022 Local Focus: Hawke's Bay mobility scooter group - the most peaceful Mob in NZ
There's a group of people that call themselves the mob in Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, but they're a peaceful group.Mob stands for mobility, and they are the Central Hawke's Bay Scooter Mob, formed by Super Gold card holders.Gloria...
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29.11.2022 Local Focus: Rotorua Heritage Week impacts our future
Rotorua Library/Te Aka Mauri celebrated its third Heritage Week last week, encouraging locals to dig into the past to see how it shapes their present and future. Rotorua Library's heritage and research lead, Abby Wharne, believes...
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27.11.2022 Cooking the Books podcast: Why a flatmate could be the secret to affording your first home
Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to boost your income to get a mortgage application approved. Hosted by Frances Cook. First-home buyers...
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26.11.2022 'Huge ball of fire': Neighbours rush to help after vehicle crashes into power transformer
Mairangi Bay resident Carmen Thorton was cooking in the home kitchen when she heard a loud bang.She rushed out to see a vehicle had crashed into a neighbouring property and was on fire.A black ute collided with a power transformer...
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25.11.2022 Local Focus: 8000 wine lovers enjoy Best Sunday Ever in Toast Martinborough
"Red, red wine!" sang the crowds last weekend at Toast Martinborough.After a three-year hiatus, Toast Martinborough was back with thousands of people from all over New Zealand enjoying the Best Sunday Ever. And just like the old...
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24.11.2022 Local Focus: SPCA Masterton is having kittens
Gavin might be the largest goat to have ever set foot in Wairarapa, but if you want to witness the sheer scale of this horse-sized bovid, you're too late. The benevolent cloven hooved beast has already found a home through SPCA Masterton....
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24.11.2022 Local Focus: Red Clay Tennis arriving in New Zealand
Wairarapa's Red Clay Tennis currently stands one love against all other tennis courts.Using red clay imported all the way from Italy, construction is underway to create two European club-style courts in the heart of Martinborough.While...
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