One vet says pet owners should not “reward the waistline” with treats.

'We wouldn’t want any other kid to have to go through what he is going through.'

Tarawera residents face big bills for a sewerage scheme they must legally connect to.

The Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal has three weeks to go.

'It’s a real privilege for us to support the artistic community and the foodbank.'

He waiata whakanuia tenei mo nga Tamariki huri noa I tea o nei.

Cost of rice has doubled: 'We can’t afford to give even a single grain for free anymore'.

'I very clearly remember him saying that. He said it calmly.'

Last year 10,041 items or more than $25,000 worth were collected during Fill the Bus.

Revealed: The fire report that led to a backpackers' being deemed a dangerous building.

The defendant had denied two charges.

The case was called at a hearing in Rotorua.

By 9pm, the Salvation Army bus was so heavily laden with donations it could hardly move.

The jury has been out since Monday afternoon.

All activity on a stretch of the Rangitaiki River is banned until December 9.

Officers attended the accident on the outskirts of Taupō in 2020.

Sulpher city is again becoming the adventure capital of Aotearoa.

The attack left a woman with serious scalp injuries.

Kids aged 11-13 grapple with issues previously not faced until 15 or 16, says principal.

The jury has retired to consider its verdict.

Police were called about 8.15am.

With throat and mouth swelling, head pounding and painkillers useless, he needed 'relief'.

Opinion: The cost-of-living crisis has turned a hard situation into an impossible one.

An Indigenous Australian rugby star seeks greener pastures in Rotorua.

A relative says Eddie Duffy often made the long ride to Bunnings to buy more blooms.