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'No family should ever have to live in circumstances like this'
"People are offering donations... It's very kind, but we just really need a house".
'Leave your lights on': Tribute to truckie goes viral
Tributes have been pouring in for a truck driver killed on SH3 last week.
Cop killer to be a free man after 20 years behind bars
Constable Murray Stretch's killer, Carlos Namana, is to be released from jail this month.
Local Focus: Council opens doors for climate change workshop
Rotorua students create Climate Change Action Plan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Council opens doors for climate change workshop
Rotorua students create Climate Change Action Plan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Mount Maunganui cruise to victory
Black Ferns squad member Karli Faneva led Mount Maunganui to a convincing win.
Small town's cash crisis after brazen ATM heist
Murupara residents now face a 30km drive to the nearest ATM.
Obituary: Lively doctoral scholar remembered for passion, enthusiasm
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Family of 7 living in tent with disabled kids pleads for help
How can it be that seven people including two disabled children are living in a tent?
Mayor fighting for national change after deaths of road workers
"It's quite clear speed restrictions at roadworks are totally ignored most of the time."
Community comes together at Hīkoi 4 Life
Members of the community have come together for awareness and support around suicide.
Sentence reduced for employee who stole $140,000
Employer couldn't believe woman's 'scale of deceit' and 'colossal breach of trust'.
Okere Falls' peanut butter pest control and a goat called Kevin
The project focuses on 136ha of land around the Kaituna River.
Should Rotorua's urban roads drop to 40km/h? NZTA thinks so
Honest conversations are needed if the roads are to be made safer, says the NZTA.
Rotorua angler's bizzare find in trout
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Third heart surgery and only 8 months old
Rotorua baby Royal Lemalie-Lewis is one of New Zealand's 'heart kids'.
Council video featuring defamation claims taken offline
The recording included claims a mayoral candidate wrote a defamatory post while drunk.
'Trapped in his own body': Toddler's family in desperate plea for help
Heath can't even crawl due to his condition, treatment for one year would cost $660,000.
Local Focus: Mind the gap! Digital divide closing in Murupara
A quarter of a million kids without internet - solved. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Mind the gap! Digital divide closing in Murupara
A quarter of a million kids without internet - solved. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Deputy Mayor has no time for people who try to talk Rotorua down
He's been called everything from poodle to puppet. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Deputy Mayor has no time for people who try to talk Rotorua down
He's been called everything from poodle to puppet. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The suburb making more than $40 million in house sales
Rotorua's home values have jumped 15.8 per cent to a median value of $440,000.
Let's not get drinks: Why more Kiwis are cutting out booze
Meet your neighbours who choose to live sober.
Loader grabs ATM from Murupara building
An entire ATM has been stolen from a Bay of Plenty bank overnight.
Rotorua's Dr Jackie Blue, a wāhine toa and ONZM
Dr Jackie Blue has spent her adult life advocating for women, in various roles.
Queen's Birthday Honours: Bonnie's doing it for Matatā
Matata's Bonnie Dobson honoured in the Queen's Birthday 2019 list.
It's not about me, it's about we, says Dame Areta Koopu
Areta Koopu is the only Māori woman to be made a dame this Queen's Birthday.
School principals warn new wave of inequality looms
Govt plans to scrap school donations in some schools mean huge inequities - principals.
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Leaders reflect one year on: "There is still so much to be done."
Mt Eden killing: Young dad 'life of the party' says mourning family
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