Latest from Rotorua

Luke Kirkness: Proactive steps needed to tackle road toll

OPINION: What's the price of your life or that of your loved ones?

In the slow lane: Driver licence test waits cause concern

Advocates concerned about impact of long licence test wait times on young drivers.

'Pumping': Full hotels and Easter weekend events renew confidence

'Knocked it out of the park': Bay of Plenty a hot spot for visitors.

Ex-drug kingpin on gun seizures: 'The worst guns' are still with 'the worst people'

Gun Safe was introduced in March 2019 to record police encounters with firearms.

Jo Raphael: Why I'll still be masking up in public at orange

OPINION: Covid is still in the community, which is why I'm choosing to wear a mask.

Top Māori lawyer appointed High Court Judge

Kiri Tahana's love of the law has seen her appointed as a High Court Judge.

'Feeding frenzy': Explosion in people keen to head overseas

Border restriction changes have locals looking to book international trips again.

Search under way for missing fisherman near Opotiki

Police say Coastguard New Zealand is conducting a search.

Apprentice numbers soar: Trainee builders up 70 per cent but more needed

There's concern that the valuable Apprenticeship Boost Scheme will end in August.

Secret council proposal to sell 10 reserves for housing revealed

Parties say no decisions made but local MP 'extremely' worried.

One taken to hospital after car crashes into ditch

The victim had to be extracted using rescue equipment after the early-morning crash.

Organic waste collection to be considered for Rotorua

The council says it will likely be costly not to implement it.

Storm in a teacup: Why is the weather forecast sometimes wrong?

Ex-cyclone Fili was expected to do a lot more harm than it did.

Algal bloom subsides: Health warning lifted for Lake Rotoiti, Okawa Bay

Algal blooms prompted the warnings in December.

'Milestone': Dawn ceremony for latest lakefront addition

The dawn ceremony was led by members of Te Arawa.

Shocked property owners set to lose parts of sections

The regional council's plan to build a stopbank along the river has upset local residents.