Incidents happened while the country was in level 4 lockdown.

Christopher Young has 77 prior dishonesty convictions.

When the sentence became clear, the public gallery erupted in shouting and barking.

Raymond Jury was found guilty in August of murdering Rotorua man Trevor Rikihana.

Defendant says friend 'signed his own death warrant for not paying his tick'.

The trust says it hopes other companies will look at new ways to support employees.

A trial date has been set for Sir Howard Morrison's daughter, Donna Grant.

A Rotorua taxi driver will be sentenced for indecently assaulting his passenger.

What do Lynmore, Utuhina and Fordlands have in common? Skyrocketing house values.

Dairy manager Rajat Sehdev recommends all dairy owners install a fog cannon.

The ewe isn't the first to give birth to quads on the Rotorua lifestyle block.

The 32-year-old man charged with the murder of a 2-year-old at Te Mahoe has been named.

A Rotorua woman has been sentenced for two charges of ill treatment of a child.

A Rotorua playground was found to have broken glass deliberately buried in its bark.

Of the $14.3m worth of commercial consents, $10m is for fitting out a new five-star hotel.

Opinion: It's fabulous to see money being invested into upgrading Rotorua schools.

Police have become involved in a serious assault at a Rotorua school this week.

Four plead not guilty, while a fifth pleads guilty and is offered diversion.

A tattooist accused of violent sexual assaults had erectile dysfunction, a court has heard

A woman accused of murdering Tracey-Anne Harris has appeared in Rotorua District Court.

A local business has been ordered to pay one of its former employees more than $25,000.

A Rotorua woman talks about her struggles since leaving Richora Group Limited.

Rotorua's tough rental market sees people struggling to find homes.

A school has been forced to pull two people out of retirement to fill teaching positions.

The thunderstorm forecasted has hit, causing flash flooding in some areas.

Police will continue to gather information this week about death of local woman.

A teenager allegedly stole a police car, crashing through a fence and into a parked car.

Tragic circumstances led to the drowning of Colin McCormick at Rotoiti earlier this year.

Simon Harvey Frank will be detained in hospital as a special in-patient.

A Rotorua teenager has become a shadow of her former self after being attacked twice.

A Rotorua teenager has become a shadow of her former self after being attacked twice.

Men charged in relation to the deaths of Raymond and James Fleet have appeared in court.

Rotorua appears to be the place of choice for many of the Bay's first home buyers.

A highly sophisticated scam took $1600 from a Rotorua woman.

A Rotorua man will serve 18 months in prison for abandonment of a child and other charges.

'They're still out there': Daughter afraid to go to school after street beating.

The teenager who evaded police for three weeks has appeared in court.

Two schoolgirls are terrified to walk home after being viciously attacked this week.

Nearly half of the images showed serious sexual abuse of children, including toddlers.

Two Rotorua secondary schools are to take part in a first to train future police officers.

Ratepayers forked out more than $60K to defend Reynold Macpherson's legal challenge.

Prominent Rotorua headmaster calls for rethink on cannabis referendum.

Three men who were arrested in 2015 during a police operation have today been sentenced.

A high school rugby coach has resigned after his failed bid to overturn his convictions.

Three sinking houses in Ngongotaha have failed to sell at auction.

National Party candidate Todd McClay has won the Rotorua seat.

Designer Kharl WiRepa has been convicted on 14 counts of benefit fraud.

A Rotorua man in Florida has shared his first-hand account of Hurricane Irma.

A new dementia and aged-care village in Ngongotaha is set to open next week.