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Beat the Heat: NZ's best local swimming spots
Cool off this summer at one of New Zealand's best swimming holes.
Staycations, books, bars and beaches: The ultimate guide to a Bay of Plenty summer
Information and opinion: Staycations, beach reads, fish and chips, best bars, and events.
Rawiri Waititi: A Kirihimete mihi to our Māori Battalion of 2021
Opinion: Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, we all thank you for your tireless efforts.
'We were as confused as everybody else' - Pharmacists on booster eligibility
Opposition leaders criticise the Government for "crazy" vaccination booster rollout.
Local iwi calls for visitors to stay away to protect community
Whirinaki forest DoC huts and campsite will be closed until February.
Rare measure to place rāhui on Whirinaki forest draws mixed reaction
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare has placed a rāhui on Whirinaki Te Pua a Tāne Conservation Park.
'Upsetting': Girl's koro hits back over Farmers email
'The email, in my view, was very disappointing.'
Boozed-up and banged-up: ACC pays out millions for alcohol-related injuries
Fights, falling over and broken glass contributed to millions in ACC injury claims.
Two Covid-19 cases in Murupara as just over half of town fully vaccinated
Murupara is one of New Zealand's least vaccinated areas.
Public backlash: Govt minister claims she was 'racially profiled' at Farmers
Marama Davidson is calling for a 'racism shake-up' in the retail sector.
'Juice junkies': Welfare leader concerned about payment schemes used to buy liquor
Feedback has been sought on buy now, pay later schemes.
Eight tips to ease your Covid anxiety as we head into 2022
Kiwis have high hopes for a better 2022, but it's still easy to succumb to worry.
'Racial profiling' victim offered opportunity with model and talent agent
Aiomai Nuku-Tarawhiti, 15, was told she looked 'undesirable' while shopping last weekend.
Can money be made from human poo? A council spent millions trying
How Terax became Rotorua Council's multimillion-dollar black hole.
'Always lived life to 110%': Family, school mourn loss of former head girl
The 21-year-old died after a farm accident on Tuesday.
Three new cases of Omicron detected in Rotorua MIQ
The three cases were in Rotorua but have been transferred to Jet Park in Auckland.
The words a grieving partner will never forget: 'He's gone sis. He's dead'
A man found guilty of another man's manslaughter following a party has been sentenced.
Black Power women jailed for brutal bashing and kidnappings
Gang women who twice seriously bashed and kidnapped a woman over drugs have been jailed.
'Amazing' feedback: Support mounts for teen victim of 'racial profiling'
'A lot of people said it was the video (of Aiomai) that really moved them.'
'Best Christmas present': Families prepare for tearful reunions with Auckland loved ones
Families are reuniting with their Auckland based loved ones, just in time for Christmas.
'Racial profiling': Māori teen in tears after store employee calls her 'undesirable'
'I don't know why she said that. It has really hurt me."
'Terrified on a daily basis': Govt blasted over inaction on emergency housing
Police have refused to comment on whether crime has increased around emergency housing.
Tourist bus fatal crash driver's appeal to stay in New Zealand declined
An immigration tribunal has decided Junwei Zhang will be deported in January.
Covid-19 case in Rotorua school community
The Ministry of Health informed the school on Sunday afternoon about the Covid-19 case.
11yo driver crashes car with kids inside, gives cop the fingers
"The youth 'flipped the bird' to the police officer and sped off again."
'Worst Christmas': Quiet start to holiday accommodation bookings but some 'optimistic'
Rotorua's accommodation industry is facing Christmas with realism and hope.
'Double vaxxed': Family lived with positive case for two weeks - and didn't catch it
'I couldn't hug my mum': 11-year-old speaks out about having Covid-19.
Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'
Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.
New Fish and Game chairman learnt to fish before he learnt to ride a bike
Ngahihi Bidois is believed to be the first Te Arawa chairman of Eastern Fish and Game.
'Heightened levels of anxiety': Student demand for mental health services rises
One principal says students are expressing worry about Covid-19 and climate change.
'Industrial scale': Key player in $4.2m cannabis growing syndicate jailed
Tony Herbert was one of the masterminds behind a cannabis-growing syndicate.
When you need a vax pass and when you don't - your traffic light questions answered
The differences between green, orange and red are important to remember over summer.
Rotorua sex toy thief jailed for 'crime spree'
Homeowners feel "utterly betrayed" after being targeted in meth-fuelled crime spree.