Matthew Dallas

Sawmill closures and the Tararua highway tolls proposal have closed out Suze Redmayne's first year in office with a one-two punch – but she's not one to duck for cover.

Matthew Dallas Limbs and torsos, pushed and pulled to their limits with precision and grace, provide the indomitable wow factor on stage.

A North Shore dance studio has gone back-to-back at the National Young Performer Awards, with Auckland dominating the finals of the troupe competition.

Thousands of hands, large and small - and the odd head and foot - have helped Manawatū snare a playful world record.

It's a problem that comes in a flash, but there is no quick fix for preventing a key Feilding intersection from resembling a small lake in heavy rain.

Giving is more rewarding than receiving, and when it involves sifting and sorting through a mountain of toys, it's a heap of fun too.

Matthew Dallas Parochial pride in the region, and calls for more of it, were prevalent at the Manawatū Business Awards as the region's most prominent enterprise claimed top honours.

The geometry of nature, the lines and angles not apparent on first sight but revealed on closer inspection, appeal to Greg Tuthill.

Concert-goers are typically content to memorialise a show with a T-shirt from the merchandise tent or, if they're lucky, a retrieved guitar pick. Ruby Hansen got the whole guitar.

Children at a country school where there is a surging love of hockey have been put through their paces by someone who loves winning as much as they do.