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Jemma Morris02:00, May 25 2021 Unknown/Supplied Jemma Morris, manager of Rotorua's McLeods Booksellers. OPINION: McLeods Booksellers is a 77 year old independent bookshop in the heart of Rotorua. Owned by David Thorp and Lynne Jones, the business has survived a world war, a major recession, and now a Covid pandemic. When New Zealand moved into level 4, the shop was unable to physically operate, but we kept in touch with our customers via email, social media and received web orders too, which we aimed to fill as soon as the country moved into Level 3. During this time, we were supported by B...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Scaffolding erected for maintenance work surrounds the historic Memorial Library at Timaru Boys High School which sits behind the statue of famous old boy, Jack Lovelock. Timaru Boy's High School's 97-year-old Memorial Library is being earthquake strengthened and given a spruce-up outside. Rector David Thorp said work began when the school shut down for the Christmas holidays. "Currently we're doing some maintenance work outside, with painting and tidying up. "It's a building that costs a lot to maintain but it's important that we do it, not just for the school but for Ti...

>> time to get our hoe started with the first video of the day. steven has it and the story behind it. >> when you buckle yourself into a ride at an amusement park, you may have wondered in the past, i hope something doesn't go wrong. take a look at this video, it shows the megabounce frog ride in leicester, england. keep your eyes in the bottom lefthand portion of the screen. >> oh, my god! >> as it starts spinning around, one of the carriages on this ride breaks off. >> oh [ bleep ]! >> and flips over. >> inside the carriage were two 16-year-old passengers. identified as conner bak...

wrong. >> well, something went very wrong here. we've got the story. >> oh! >> look how far he is. >> after a head-on crash, a driver tries to run. but, the guy with the camera? >> starts to chase after him. >> oh my goodness. this is awesome zblxt see how he was finally corralled for the cops. his sneaky proposal went viral. now we've got video -- >> of their wedding. >> they're married now. >> how the groom pulled off one last surprise in the ceremony. >> and, two jacked-up cats. >> want to get at each other. >> see the raid by the dog police who busted some tail. >> oh, wow. >> ti...