Another former Rotorua police officer is to go on trial after being charged with sexual assault.

Musician Wyclef Jean has cancelled his performance at Raggamuffin 2010 in Rotorua on Saturday.

Dave Cade is pushing hard to keep didymo - or rock snot - out of Taupo waterways.

Olaf the friendly troll, missing from the Tararua town of Norsewood, is back - battered, beheaded and splattered with bits of spaghetti.

Telecom XT customers needing to contact emergency services are being told to use landlines instead of their cellphones while the network remains down.

Olympic rowing champion and golden twin Caroline Evers-Swindell formed a new partnership yesterday - this one for life.