'This is our suburb': Residents fight for a say on transitional housing plan
Residents are mounting a fight to be notified about the Wylie Court consent process.
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'Nearly at breaking point': Health board's plea as Govt eyes extra MIQ facilities
MBIE is investigating new managed isolation facilities, including in Rotorua.
Covid tracing cards axed as Ministry of Health shifts focus to vaccinations
A Covid tracing card option has been scrapped after a week-long trial in Rotorua.
Arson trial: Woman denies she burnt down house for financial windfall
A woman has denied she purposely burnt a house down saying she needed it for her son.
'Sacred' Te Arawa and Western Bay partnership hailed
Tirity o Waitangi will underpin the new 'sacred' relationship.
'Proceed with caution': Business head's warning over Govt's plans
A business chief said opening the border was a double-edged sword.
Local Focus: Whāriki and Facebook join forces
Māori businesses in Rotorua get social media savvy. Made with NZ On Air.
Bystander grappled knife-wielding patched mobster after robbery
A Bay of Plenty man has been jailed for a spate of armed robberies in Ōpōtiki town centre.
Transitional housing planned for large vacant Fenton St motel
Signs on Fenton St have prompted concern over housing for the homeless.
Squeeze on MIQ spaces as Government increases its own allocation
A dwindling supply of rooms is aggravating the situation.
Man fined for carrying fake guns and pretending to be an immigration officer
A man used an imitation firearm to demand a woman pay $500 to fight a deportation.
Former Māori language commissioner Waereti Tait-Wall dies
Her tangihanga is being held at Tūnohopū Marae in Rotorua.
Serial groper given 'last chance' and released on parole again
He's been given one final chance after a "steep learning curve".
Arson trial: Couple accused of burning down house for $85,000 windfall
A man and a woman are accused of burning a house down to gain money from insurance.
Another Rotorua store targeted as Bay of Plenty records increase in car thefts, ram-raids
Rotorua's FreshChoice is the latest victim in a string of property damage incidents.
Local Focus: Rotorua's male midwife says gender is irrelevant
One of only eight male midwives across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Whakarewarewa, MacDiarmid Institute co-designing education centre
Documents signed at Whakarewarewa Village continue the partnership for the next 7 years.
Bay of Plenty nurses 'bordering on unsafe' work conditions
The DHB has sought legal advice, concerned about staffing levels on strike day.
'You can make a better life': Teen who crashed stolen ute given second chance
The sentencing judge said he wanted to give the teenager a chance to 'break the cycle'.
This high school has more Olympic gold than most countries
Lisa Carrington and Stacey Fluhler have more gold medals than most countries competing.
Rotorua shooting: Witnesses wanted as police investigation continues
One person was transported to hospital in a moderate condition.
Māori flag to fly at BOP regional council buildings
The last surviving designer of the flag says the move is "awesome".
'Firearms, gangs and drugs': Meth and black market gun dealer sent to jail
Illegal firearms dealer Gordon Mark McRae was sentenced in Rotorua District Court today.
'I don't want to go to Rotorua': Burnt car victim speaks out
Three cars were destroyed and at least two others damaged.
MPI raids multiple properties over 'highly organised' black market crayfish ring
About 80 fishery officers searched eight East Coast homes with police in support.
Hotel guests' cars destroyed in suspicious blaze
What started as one car fire reportedly spread to others.
'Escalation of poverty' in pandemic linked to jobs, living costs
'If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap.'
Woman murdered by partner was 'beautiful and full of life'
Darkie Cable has pleaded guilty to murdering Samantha Reid near Taupō in January 2020.
'I imprisoned myself': Miss Rotorua contestant's inspiring story
Pageant contestant Anita Paul is a single mother of six children.
Dairy labour shortage: 'I'm doing 16 hours a day minimum'
''If you are in a shop you can lose a customer so be it, but you can't lose a cow.''
'It's the principle': Woman to fight 8-year-old parking ticket in court
'A lot of people would be really intimidated by a letter like this.'
National's new tough on crime campaign uses bad data, attacks scheme Collins helped set up
Judith Collins was Minister of Police in 2010 and Minister of Justice in 2014.
'It feels like half of me is gone': Crash victim's husband gives emotional statement
Pastor sentenced for causing the death of a nurse who cared for Whakaari victims.
Kaupapa Māori mental health service gets funding boost
'I do feel stronger. Talking about things helps,' a Poutama Ora participant says.