Firefighters are dampening down hotspots after a major scrub fire on State Highway 2, between Omokoroa and Katikati. Fire and Emergency received multiple... Read More

The owner of a ram-raided Rotorua liquor store says masked crooks did about $60,000 worth of damage to steal little more than 'a couple of bloody Woodstocks”. Westbrook... Read More

Warning: Graphic content A 'violent and disturbing” video has emerged of a teenage boy repeatedly punching a live octopus in the head at a Bay... Read More

3.17pm update: State Highway 29 is now open following a serious crash between McLaren Falls Rd and Poripori Rd. "Traffic is very heavy is this area,"... Read More

Colourful artwork and improved treatment rooms will greet sick young people in Rotorua Hospital's newly upgraded children's ward. Health minister Dr Shane... Read More

Nearly 400 Rotorua residents - or those wishing to be buried in the city - are pushing their council to create a natural burial site. Natural burials favour... Read More

Walk Without Fear Trust, a charity born from the tragic passing of a 25-year-old mixed martial artist, has been officially launched. Liufau Vake, known as... Read More

A drone show is set to light up the night sky this Matariki. Set to take place at the Rotorua Lakefront on June 27 and June 28 at 8pm as part of the Aronui... Read More

Lakeside homeowners are furious about a 'horrendous blowout” as they face paying up to about $88,000 per property to be connected to a sewerage scheme... Read More

The widow of a former Rotorua councillor is pleading with the council not to shelve her late husband's long fought-for dream of a new skatepark as it looks to... Read More

The battle against an invasive species that has decimated kōura (freshwater crayfish) populations has taken centre stage in a centennial celebration. Te... Read More

Seventy-five workers at Rotorua's council-controlled organisation InfraCore who would normally be tending to the city's garden beds and graves were instead waving... Read More