Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2023.

A single vehicle collided with a power pole and lines came down across the road.

'It’s just the best thing that could have ever happened to him.'

'There is a lot of unknown in the ocean,' shark expert Dr Riley Elliott says.

Some opted for a Kiwi classic.

There have been two crashes in the North Island and one in the South.

And that is just the provisional tally with donations continuing to pour in.

'Now I live a life that I thought only existed in movies or books.'

North Island will be under a moist and humid northerly air flow.

'It’s looking like it’s going to be a great summer.'

Offender led from the dock in tears after hearing judge's sentence.

The band is set to part ways next year.

Ten months on from the cyclone, Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary is back to full strength.

Police were called around 11.50am.

OPINION: have never been so happy to be proven wrong.

Men are due in Rotorua District Court this week.

Contractors will pause work from midday tomorrow through to 8am on January 8.

The Rotorua-based stayer has spent the past year recovering from tendon damage.

While one group petitioned against it, another says it must go ahead ASAP.

Two people have been injured.

Hundreds of homes across the country are affected by the engineering forgeries.

Their daughter has shared a tribute on social media.

Santa's not the only one who needs help with sorting boxes at Christmas.

Police were called around 6.50am.

Taupō's businesses are getting a helping hand thanks to technology.

Three other people were badly injured in Monday's Te Ngae Rd/State Highway 30 crash.

He had a sexual relationship with a 13yo he helped into prostitution.

Two people have died after two vehicles crashed on Te Ngae Rd/State Highway 30.