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![Axe-wielding man robs liquor store for booze and cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Axe-wielding man robs liquor store for booze and cash
Police are still making inquires to find the alleged offender
![Investigation launched after hundreds of tyres dumped](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Investigation launched after hundreds of tyres dumped
An investigation has begun into a spate of tyre dumpings in the Bay of Plenty.
![Hotel which turned down managed isolation shares why](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Hotel which turned down managed isolation shares why
The hotel director says he was approached twice and declined twice.
![Mixed feelings about Rotorua's third isolation hotel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Mixed feelings about Rotorua's third isolation hotel
Rydges Rotorua's 134 rooms will be shut to the public from Monday.
![Airways services retained at Rotorua Airport](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Airways services retained at Rotorua Airport
The agreement ends the arbitration process Airways and Rotorua Airport entered into.
![Paul Harris Fellow awarded to Rotorua woman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Paul Harris Fellow awarded to Rotorua woman
The Paul Harris Fellow is named after the founder of Rotary.
![Firefighters called to house fire in Turangi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Firefighters called to house fire in Turangi
The house was well involved when firefighters arrived.
![Speed reviewed at Hemo roundabout days after truck rolls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Speed reviewed at Hemo roundabout days after truck rolls
The truck rolled early on Saturday morning, but no one was injured.
![Rotorua captures the attention of Olympic athletes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Rotorua captures the attention of Olympic athletes
Local runners rubbed shoulders with some of New Zealand's best this week.
![Rotorua Trust invests more than $12 million](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Rotorua Trust invests more than $12 million
The Rotorua Trust has released its 2019/20 financial statements ahead of its AGM.
![Rydges Rotorua's third managed isolation hotel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Rydges Rotorua's third managed isolation hotel
The hotel will be used for isolation from Monday, in addition to the Ibis and Sudima.
![Volunteers needed to enhance learner-driver safety](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Volunteers needed to enhance learner-driver safety
The Rotorua Blue Light programme is appealing for more volunteer navigators.
![Te Wero: Meet the faces behind the garments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Te Wero: Meet the faces behind the garments
The indigenous fashion event was first scheduled for April but was postponed until August.
![Colourful beanies connect residents with students](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Colourful beanies connect residents with students
Aorangi Primary School delighted with knitted beanies from retirement village.
![Bay of Plenty unscathed after Coromandel wild weather](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Bay of Plenty unscathed after Coromandel wild weather
The weekend ahead is looking cloudy with isolated showers.
![Preserved sea snails leads to four botulism cases](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Preserved sea snails leads to four botulism cases
Botulism is a rare but potentially serious illness.
!['Frustrating': courthouse upgrade years away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
'Frustrating': courthouse upgrade years away
"Everyone onsite knows improvements are urgently needed," says PSA national secretary.
![Bay represent! National front bench named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Bay represent! National front bench named
Nearly half of National front bench from of Bay of Plenty.
![Expect delays on Te Ngae Rd next week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Expect delays on Te Ngae Rd next week
Multiple work sites will be in place along SH30, between Sala St and Iles Rd.
![Forty local jobs created from new $2.5 million Government investment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Forty local jobs created from new $2.5 million Government investment
The funding would go into an environmental programme called Mauri Tu Mauri Ora Te Arawa.
![Inclusivity is key: Para swimmers gather in Rotorua](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Inclusivity is key: Para swimmers gather in Rotorua
Among those hosted by Te Arawa Swimming was a New Zealand Paralympian.
![Liam Messam runs free coaching clinic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Liam Messam runs free coaching clinic
Liam Messam took the time to pass on his expertise to the next generation.
!['The nicest guy you could ever meet': Community gem Sailesh Patel dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
'The nicest guy you could ever meet': Community gem Sailesh Patel dies
Patel was known as "the Chief Sitting Bull of Ngongotahā".
![Local Focus: The Rotorua electorate explained](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Local Focus: The Rotorua electorate explained
Big swing to Labour would bring in a new MP for Rotorua. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Hemo Gorge roundabout sculpture a Jonesie Award finalist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
Hemo Gorge roundabout sculpture a Jonesie Award finalist
The Jonesie Awards celebrate the best of the worst of government waste.
!['The best dad in the world': Daughters' tribute to speedway legend after Lake Rotoma tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
'The best dad in the world': Daughters' tribute to speedway legend after Lake Rotoma tragedy
Hayley and Amber Jarden describe how their Dad would always take them on adventures.
![About 230 jobs to be created in Ōpōtiki after Tauranga investment in mussel farm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=804)
About 230 jobs to be created in Ōpōtiki after Tauranga investment in mussel farm
The processing factory was hoped to be up and running by early 2021.