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Major news media outfits have cut back in the regions in recent years. That doesn't just leave locals worse off - it also means all New Zealanders miss out on important ideas, events and perspectives. But even though the media's margins are tight, intrepid publishers and people are still doing the business there. Mediawatch checks in on Whanganui to find out how their media are doing - and how they're doing it.
Your playlist will load after this ad A team from Otago University is working to help them. Source: 1 NEWS Survivors or family of those killed are being interviewed by clinical health experts and researchers. “Our aim is to understand how people who have been through that are coping,” says Caroline Bell, one of the researchers working on the study. “And really trying to understand that from the perspective of their wellbeing, what’s helped them cope and what hasn’t helped, and how they are most importantly and if they do need more ...
Your playlist will load after this ad For many of us, one time is too many. Source: 1 NEWS Steve Gregor and Brent Findlay are trying to break a New Zealand record that’s stood for almost 22 years - the most number of simultaneous skydives done in a single day - which currently stands at 100. Gregor planned his first attempt at the end of 2018. “Honestly it was like a full-time job,” he says. It took him a year to get sponsorship money, consents to close the airport and ground crew and pilots, along with hours of training and preparati...
It's the second arson attack on the pile in three years, with the most recent expected to burn for months.