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![Crunch time: Best 'brain' foods to eat for NCEA exams plus top study tips](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Crunch time: Best 'brain' foods to eat for NCEA exams plus top study tips
A nutritionist shares brain food recommendations as students gear up for exams.
![Celebrity TV chefs open new restaurant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Celebrity TV chefs open new restaurant
Cooking on Fire winners Alia and Shaun to open new Rotorua business in Lava Bar building.
![Mark Lister: Are New Zealand shares heading towards an unwanted three-peat?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Mark Lister: Are New Zealand shares heading towards an unwanted three-peat?
A first since the 1960s.
!['My lungs collapsed... I thought I was going to die': Mum's horror health ordeal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'My lungs collapsed... I thought I was going to die': Mum's horror health ordeal
'I couldn't get off the bed - I was [spending] 16 to 18 hours in bed. I can barely walk.'
![Murupara marae upgrade opens doors to tourism opportunities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Murupara marae upgrade opens doors to tourism opportunities
Tourism is providing a growing income stream for the marae.
!['Once it’s gone, it’s gone': The risks of cities sprawling into farmland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Once it’s gone, it’s gone': The risks of cities sprawling into farmland
OPINION: Yes, we need houses, but productive land is a precious and finite resource.
![Deal's off: Emergency housing security firm sale falls over](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Deal's off: Emergency housing security firm sale falls over
Tiny Deane will face a final licensing authority hearing this month.
![Kāhu ki Rotorua: The story of the wharepuni Tuhoromatakaka](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Kāhu ki Rotorua: The story of the wharepuni Tuhoromatakaka
Tuhoromatakaka is the small whare puni standing in the heart of Te Whakarewarewa.
![Taking Māori performance to the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Taking Māori performance to the world
Rosie Belvie has recently returned home after performance in Jerusalem.
![SH1 crash: One dead, multiple injured after car and truck collide, four helicopters sent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
SH1 crash: One dead, multiple injured after car and truck collide, four helicopters sent
One person was trapped in a light truck and another in a car.
![Revealed: What not to talk about in your next job interview](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Revealed: What not to talk about in your next job interview
'Talk about it at offer – you don’t have to talk about it at application'
![Speed limit U-turn: Rotorua moves to 'tailored' approach over blanket rules](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Speed limit U-turn: Rotorua moves to 'tailored' approach over blanket rules
New rules mean the council will need to lower speed limits around schools.
!['I felt sick': Youth worker finds body of camper allegedly murdered by teen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'I felt sick': Youth worker finds body of camper allegedly murdered by teen
Adrian Humphreys was stabbed five times while staying at a remote Taranaki campground.
![Kāinga Ora reveals nine more housing developments for Ōwhata](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Kāinga Ora reveals nine more housing developments for Ōwhata
What do locals think about more Kāinga Ora houses on the eastern side of Rotorua?
!['Improves safety and experience': Refurbished birthing unit opens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Improves safety and experience': Refurbished birthing unit opens
Investment brought the 'current birthing facilities in line with relevant standards'.
!['We need it and I can do it': Why top developer is building for Kāinga Ora](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'We need it and I can do it': Why top developer is building for Kāinga Ora
'I realise I will have some people who will give me a bit of stick.'
!['It's a horror story': Teen allegedly murdered man while on camp for at-risk youth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'It's a horror story': Teen allegedly murdered man while on camp for at-risk youth
He allegedly stabbed the camper five times while trying to steal his car keys.
!['Looks like the wild west': Fire-gutted motel greets Rotorua tourists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Looks like the wild west': Fire-gutted motel greets Rotorua tourists
A fire gutted the Golden Glow Motel's main building almost two years ago.
!['Legal and financial minefield': How blended families can avoid inheritance battles](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Legal and financial minefield': How blended families can avoid inheritance battles
Every family is unique but blended families have some more complications.
!['High-pitched scream' rang out after teen allegedly stabbed camper, 57, to death for car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'High-pitched scream' rang out after teen allegedly stabbed camper, 57, to death for car
Adrian Humphreys was fatally stabbed while camping at the remote site.
![Gold clam: Lake Ōkataina closure extended](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Gold clam: Lake Ōkataina closure extended
The lake was initially closed at the beginning of October.
![Two stages, 50+ artists, One Love '24 to be the biggest yet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Two stages, 50+ artists, One Love '24 to be the biggest yet
Five new international acts and 20 Kiwi artists have just been added to the line-up.
![Mayor set to visit Japan and China - who will foot the bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Mayor set to visit Japan and China - who will foot the bill
Tania Tapsell will visit two of Rotorua's sister cities at a cost of $10,000.
!['Should never have happened': How 3 prisoners caused court evacuation, fire callout](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Should never have happened': How 3 prisoners caused court evacuation, fire callout
Prisoners go to 'extreme and elaborate lengths to obtain contraband' - Corrections.
!['Unsafe': Mayor targets 14 accommodation businesses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Unsafe': Mayor targets 14 accommodation businesses
Tapsell is concerned about 14 providers she believes might be taking in tenants.
![Child Cancer Foundation breakfast and auction raises $21k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Child Cancer Foundation breakfast and auction raises $21k
“We’re always happy with the support that we get.”
!['Enormous concern': Beggar punches McDonald’s manager at drive-through](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
'Enormous concern': Beggar punches McDonald’s manager at drive-through
Busy restaurant sees spike in beggars fighting over "lucrative" spot.
![Mark Lister: The sharemarket is nothing like a casino](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=800)
Mark Lister: The sharemarket is nothing like a casino
OPINION: For genuine investors, the casino comparison couldn’t be further from the truth.