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Sunset Rd smash: Police seek witnesses to crash aftermath

Police also wanted to hear from anyone who may have dash-cam footage.

When is a Mexican White Cedar a native plant?

Farmer claims non-native trees included in farm's SNA

Sold: Government pays $8.1m for motel to house homeless

Politicians divided over purchase of 0.66 hectare site at 265 Fenton St.

Kiri Gillespie: Natural disasters are telling us something

Increasing natural disaster events should be considered a prompt for getting prepared.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Three Waters loomed large at LGNZ forum

OPINION: Overriding concern was accountability to local ratepayers would be removed

Letters to the editor: Losing the fight against plastic

Our readers have their say.

'Home away from home': 2500 petition to save camping spots

Holiday park board states it keeps with regulations, but an industry expert disagrees.

Two Rotorua school building projects among $21m approved consents

The value of consents approved in June was up on the previous two months.

'All he wanted was help': Mental health services turned away man who later bashed cops

A man who seriously assaulted two police officers in police cells has been sentenced.

Escape plans and sleepless nights: Bay of Plenty residents fear for family in South Africa

One family had an escape plan ready in case rioters started invading homes.

Rotorua fire cause remains unknown, investigator returns to scene

The fire could be seen from Hamurana.

RSV: Hospitals plan to open more childrens bed with oxygen

Five to seven children are admitted a day at Lakes DHB hospitals.

Dozens of new public houses built but are they enough?

Kāinga Ora built 73 houses in Rotorua but one city leader says that's 'hardly enough'.

'Torpedoed': Saving Springfield claims Rotorua's sports fields could be fixed for $2m

The council says the figures are 'based on assumptions' not actual analysis of the fields.

Tractors on Fenton St? Why farmers downed tools on Friday

'Work with us, not against us.'

Problematic plastic: Learn more about being plastic free

The campaign Plastic Free July is running, with people encouraged to learn more