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Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

Life-changing ops for three friends

Friends who nurse together get surgery together. That was the case for Jess Saxby, Tai Lolohea and BJ Taare, who now have more than a nursing degree in common. The three close friends have lost more than 200 kilograms between them. BJ had a partial...

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

31 Aug 2023

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Cycling for Heart Kids NZ

Jack Adams first realised he was a little bit different from other kids when he was at primary school in a small town in Norfolk, in the UK. He was born with an ulnar club hand, a rare congenital malformation, which consists of an underdeveloped or...

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

23 Aug 2023

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Marist Thistle experience the quarter-finals

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

17 Aug 2023

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Cory Scott is fishing for another trophy at fly fishing world champs

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

17 Aug 2023

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A football match and a close shave net $5000 in less than one week.

Breast cancer charity football game raises money and awareness. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

17 Aug 2023

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Breast cancer charity football game raises money and awareness

A pink-themed top-of-the-table men’s football game has raised thousands of dollars for the Breast Cancer Foundation. The total was boosted by a flurry of donations after High School Old Boys player and co-coach Matthew McFatter put his hair on the...

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

10 Aug 2023

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Three surprises for Tatapouri Thistle Marist Women

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

07 Aug 2023

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World Cup surprise for Marist Thistle women’s team

A World Cup secret has finally been revealed much to the relief of Tatapouri Marist Thistle goalkeeper Eden Schollum, who has been tightlipped about a huge surprise for her teammates since May. Schollum received an email about becoming part of an...

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

04 Aug 2023

Sport

Weightlifter on the way up

Sunshine Coast-based Gisborne athlete Kitini Taihuka has been named in a New Zealand squad to compete at the Oceania Youth, Junior and U23 championships in Samoa in October.

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

26 Jul 2023

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Gisborne Weightlifter finds strength at home

Ten years ago Kitini Taihuka took up CrossFit where his love of the sport’s lifting components quickly drew him to what he loves the most - weightlifting. Taihuka heads to Samoa for the Oceania Junior, Youth and U23 Championships in October...

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

25 Jul 2023

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River up, isolated again

After another bout of severe weather on June 22, Gisborne farmer Sam Gemmell was without power and completely cut off again. The only road access from his family homestead to Wharekopae Road is via a bridge that was wiped out by Cyclone Gabrielle in...

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

14 Jul 2023

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Who should pay for Gisborne bridge?

Gisborne farmer Sam Gemmell completely cut off after Cyclone Gabrielle. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

11 Jul 2023

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More rain for flooded Gisborne

The state of emergency has been lifted in Tairāwhiti, but the rain continues to fall on an already sodden community. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air

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Renae Lolohea, Local Focus Reporter

26 Jun 2023