Latest from Rotorua

High-profile Tauranga retail site sold for $18.6m to local investors
The site houses Noel Leeming, Animates, Elite Fitness, and Chemist Warehouse.

'Bad advice': Hipkins reflects on Labour's Rotorua housing challenges
Hipkins said Labour's next campaign will focus on jobs, health, and homes.

What’s the market mood at the midpoint?
OPINON: It has been a big six months and there's plenty more to come.

80,000 books: Library service reaches schools, rest homes and young offenders
Some customers have been using the service for more than 20 years.

Is it a toastie if it's shaped like a Jenga block?
Filled with prawn, looking like sushi – an eatery thinks it's onto an NZ toastie winner.

Claim councils 'bullied' into pursuing joint water services
'Leave us alone': One councillor's message to the Government.

Roads cut off, homes evacuated in the south as Auckland hit by thunderstorms
Severe weather hits as school holidays begin, with evacuations in Marlborough.

'A win for Tarawera': Sewerage connection cost lowered to $36k per household
An additional $4.685m has been committed to the scheme by the Government and two councils.

Cover-up alleged in motorbike manslaughter case
One man is charged with manslaughter, and another with being an accessory after the fact.

Geothermal baths with silica terraces planned for BoP town
The project includes an 'attractive bath complex' using geothermal fluids.

Finished: 25 new Kāinga Ora homes ready for Rotorua families
The project has employed about 300 tradespeople, mostly from Rotorua, since October 2023.

'I’ve got kids .. a career and a mortgage': How this woman beat cancer twice
Her first diagnosis at age 15 inspired a career in radiation therapy.

From a pig pen to home ownership: Jeannie Maano's migrant journey
'I had to grab any option. It was survival of the fittest.'

'It's a bit unnerving': Jewel heist leaves store owner on edge
Police tracked the stolen jewellery to Rotorua pawn shops.

'We're pinching ourselves': Inside Christchurch's new theatre marvel
Frank: Stories from the South, episode 7: The Court Theatre – Back Centre Stage.

'Fringe groups’: Local politicians to get home security funding as threats increase
More abuse means they'll be eligible for funded home security systems up to $4500.

Man accused of hit-and-run manslaughter appears in court
Riki Ronald Edward Lum appeared in the Hamilton District Court today.

Second person charged after deaf and blind man's death in alleged hit-and-run
The man has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter.

Feral goats' days numbered in 'unique' conservation park
An eradication programme has won a $750,000 government grant to get it started.

'Significant problem': Business owners clash with CBD homeless
'We have watched clients pull up and then drive away.'

Bustles, ballgowns and bustiers: Why costumiers get bitten by the cosplay bug
Costumiers will wear their finest garments at a fantasy event in Rotorua next month.