Reports of shots being fired at vehicles in Rotorua at the start of last week.

The eruption lasted for 40 seconds and saw mud and steam spurt into the air.

A Mongrel Mob member swung an axe into a Black Power member's leg during a daylight fight.

Andrea Taiapa was sentenced to six years and four months imprisonment for manslaughter.

ABC Sunset Rotorua is licensed for 65 children, including 15 under-two-year-olds.

Northern Mystics have bounced back after falling to an all-time low in the Premiership.

An average of 9.8 houses were sold each day in June, REINZ figures show.

Dairy manager Rajat Sehdev recommends all dairy owners install a fog cannon.

Lizzie Marvelly says it's time for men to stand up, women can't do it all on their own.

'Perry cried when he heard the baby's heartbeat.'

The collision happened just before 8.30am and a person was seriously injured in the crash.

More details about an up-market gated community for central city land has been revealed.

A former Rotorua man is making a documentary about the day three circus lions escaped.

Over the past four weeks, on average two Rotorua children have slept in motels each night.

Zyla Adonia Loudene Monilita Brittany Tigerlily Butler is facing a charge of manslaughter.

Home values in the town of 6800 people jumped more than 25 per cent over past year.

The jury has returned verdicts for gang members on trial in Rotorua.

Rotorua nurses are rallying in Kuirau Park after walking off the job at 7am this morning.

Jury deliberations continue in the trial of five Black Power members.

Rotorua police ticketed more than 50 people as part of a crackdown on distracted driving.

The 32-year-old man charged with the murder of a 2-year-old at Te Mahoe has been named.

Concerns have been raised over the safety of Tauranga's highways following a fatal crash.

The fate of five Black Power gang members is now in the hands of the jury trying them.

The trial of five Black Power gang members has reached its closing stages.

Lawyer claims client was just at the scene of the shooting to see what was going on.

"I felt my arm being pulled into the machine and my immediate reaction was to pull back."

A gang patch was at the centre of gang hostilities in Whakatāne, a jury has heard.

The trial of a group of Black Power gang members has reached its closing stages.

Temuera Morrison spent a number of weeks "very intimately" with Nicole Kidman.

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