Latest from Rotorua

Jo Raphael: Don't give jabs a bad name

OPINION: That's a 'no' to Bussy McBusface.

'Hidden cancer': It's Blood Cancer Awareness Month

About 21,000 people in New Zealand are living with blood cancers.

'Confident to stand in this world': The benefits of full-immersion Māori education

Māori-medium education got these two industry leaders to where they are today.

Level 2 'devastating' for wedding industry, venue owner calls for capacity rule change

"There is no real light at the end of the tunnel, there is no certainty."

Local Focus: Kia kaha te Wiki o te reo Māori

Rotorua is at the forefront of reo Māori integration. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'I have got a gun': Teen jailed for pointing firearm at police and stealing patrol car

She held up police at gunpoint and stole their patrol car, then crashed it.

Bilingual science kits 'spark curiosity'

A Tauranga woman has improved the way science is taught in New Zealand primary schools.

Ngahihi o te ra Bidois: We owe it to our history to speak te reo

OPINION: It has taken moments of courage to get te reo Māori to where it is.

Zizi Sparks: Spread MIQ facilities into other cities

OPINION: It's time for other locations to step up and take on MIQ.

Charity to benefit from Emergency Services Games

The Graeme Dingle Foundation has programmes in six Rotorua schools.

How marae renovations are helping iwi reconnect with their history

Renovations to local marae are not just strengthening buildings but building communities.

Car crashes into building, occupants get stuck inside

The crash was reported at 5.25am.

'It's a slow death': Rotorua suffering without Aucklanders

Rotorua is still at level 2, Auckland still at level 4, and businesses still suffer.

He made and spent fake $50 notes around the region, now he's been jailed

A Tokoroa man who scammed businesses with forged $50 notes has been jailed.

Kuia fights for Māori flag: 'I'm not taking them down. They can get stuffed'

Jenny Jones is proud to fly her tino rangatiratanga flag at her family home.

Large Rotorua house fire started in bedroom

Fire crews battled a blazing house fire in the early hours of Saturday.