Proposed fee increases for community facilities range from 6 per cent to 138 per cent.

Rotorua had its “wettest month on record” last month since records started in 1963.

'It’s going to put pressure on the staffing which is a major concern for us.'

Bryce Dinneen has been named in this year's King's Birthday Honours.

'We rebuild bodies to restore lives and that’s what we're trying to do.'

'It has just been a lifetime passion. I can't see my life without it.'

'I think history will show that we have done a pretty damn good job.'

“We weren’t even at the damn door … we’re not even in the room.”

Brian Thorne had just minutes to get to safety when his pensioner unit flooded on Monday.

Crime prevention or breach of privacy? Not all are happy with bodycams at the checkout.

'It’s an opportunity to connect with organisations that we didn’t know existed.'

The developer will now be allowed to remove the remaining trees, council says.

Rotoiti and Mount Maunganui rugby clubs unit to celebrate a century of rugby.

The tournament has rebounded to pre-Covid levels, and beyond.

While it did not meet the threshold for prosecution, a formal warning was issued.

It comes as second heart care laboratory opens at the hospital, meaning fewer transfers.

'His death has made, and will continue to make, a big difference in the lives of others.'

Shark scientist Dr Riley Elliott had been tracking the great white.

Closing this road was the next step in a carefully sequenced programme, Waka Kotahi says.

Plus we reveal the furniture and interior retail specialist on the bottom floor.

The local surf club president said the deluge 'came without warning'.

'There is nobody visiting now. You’ve got to have foot traffic to make things work.'

Coastguard boss says too many volunteers have had to "pull dead bodies from the sea".

'They left with the clothes on their back.'

The revamp will not happen until the hospital's future site is known.

Police are still urging anyone with information to come forward.