'No-brainer': Three-time cancer survivor calls for changes to travel assistance scheme
The Government has spent more than $31m on the scheme to July 2022.
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'Crackhead, 'prostitute': Landlord found to have harassed tenant, threatened her with gang retribution
The tenant went nearly four months without a working shower.
PMG Funds celebrates 30 years, CEO 10 years at the helm
PMG Funds is celebrating 30 years in business, and its CEO a decade at the helm.
‘Exciting’: $800,000 project to move whare waka to Rotorua’s lakefront approved
The council issued a total value of $6,669,000 in commercial building consents in October.
Region's top athletes acknowledged at sports awards
Olympians, Commonwealth Games athletes and coaches were among the winners.
'Just beautiful': Kapa haka pupils delight whānau
Rotorua schools are showing their parents their kapa haka skills at various performances.
Zoe Hunter: Age is no barrier to keeping fit - my dad is proof
My dad jumped in the boxing ring at age 58, and I couldn't be prouder.
Opinion: Reasons why 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote
OPINION: There is nothing dangerous about the act of voting, at least not in New Zealand.
'A bit of trepidation': MP Tāmati Coffey on preparing to raise 'baby number two'
'We’re not necessarily experts on girls but actually, we’ll be okay.'
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Birth involves whole whanau and whakapapa
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Matauranga Maori creates spiritual space at birthings.
Spraying for summer: Weed eradication under way at local lakes
Kāhu ki Rotorua: TALT ensures lakes in good health.
Kāhu ki Rotorua: Tupuna jealously guarded ancient taonga
Te Arawa ancestors carried many tangible gifts from Hāwaiki Tawhitiareare.
'Frustration' over delay in defining emergency housing
'MBIE haven’t got off their - um, haven’t done their job yet.'
MP Tāmati Coffey announces baby girl due in March
Coffey made the announcement on Facebook this afternoon.
Premium Debate: Why not allow 10-year-olds to vote?
OPINION: Subscribers have their say.
Fighting for Rotorua: End could be in sight for widespread use of motels for emergency housing
Rotorua's council will consider the agreement on Thursday.
Opinion: Lowering voting age wise for NZ's future
OPINION: When you consider the things young people can already do, this just makes sense.
Top athletes up for recognition at awards
The Bay of Plenty Sports Awards will be held on Friday.
Dairy target of early morning ram raid
Police responded to a burglary at a commercial premise in Mangakakahi.
Lakeside 2023 officially launched: What to expect at next year's concert
Next year's Lakeside concert is back after two years of cancellations.
Kāinga Ora to attend public meeting over new housing plan
Kāinga Ora representatives will attend a meeting on Monday over its Devon St project.
Mayor concerned as Kāinga Ora suggests high rises in Rotorua suburb
Kāinga Ora wants to see most of Glenholme zoned for high-rise development.
'I had done the unthinkable to my son'
Melody Ngawhika is on trial for the murder of her baby.
Local Focus: The doors are still closed, but Rotorua Museum is open to suggestions
"They're our stories, they're their stories, so let's tell them." - Clark Pirika.
How this cricket team is paving the way forward for local women
'There is a team for any female to play cricket in the Bay; there is a team for you.'
Black Friday sales expected to blitz Boxing Day again
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Comment: Happy as working from home
OPINION: Covid has made working from home more acceptable.
Letters to the editor: Use of foul language a sign of slide into violence
OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.
'Hitting hard': Food support services see more families in need over the school holidays
School leaders say some families are experiencing "increasing financial strain".
NZ Aria finals fill renovated Sir Howard Morrison Centre with music once again
The Aria Trust’s 75th Festival of Song competition was held last week in Rotorua.
'The voices told me to do it': Trial begins for mum accused of suffocating baby son
The mother is standing trial after allegedly suffocating her newborn against her shoulder.
Labour MP Tāmati Coffey voted off Rotorua Trust
Four out of five candidates who stood again were re-elected.
Mamaku community donates 341 cans to food drive
The fire engine collected donations from every street in Mamaku.
Paper-maker's invention bridging culture divides
When people make their own shrouds, they have a connection to it.