Mobile users simply open their mouths to produce an animation of Pōhutu Geyser erupting.

It was the first time in 35 years the judge had seen a charge of rioting, he said.

Rotorua police are advising people to not leave valuable items in their cars.

The group stressed that a night shelter was urgently needed in Rotorua this winter.

The first inquest into synthetic cannabis-related deaths has been heard in Taupo.

Up to 30 cars in Rotorua have been broken into over the past two weeks.

A rescue helicopter spokesman said it appeared the horse had clipped a wire on a fence.

Jennifer Raphael saved the life of her husband, John, when he had a heart attack.

Terry Robinson joined a new app for CPR-trained people and saved a life within days.

Police can now release the name of the motorcyclist killed in the crash on Whites Rd.

Rotorua Lakes Council has been wrongly charging 94 CBD properties too much in rates.

"There is no life lesson that I cannot see reflected in the game of chess."

Rotorua Girls' High School and John Paul College are finalists in separate categories.

Ready to rumble: '"It's a tribal thing for these two clubs going back a very long time."

A person has died after a serious crash involving a motorcycle on Whites Rd.

The Herald rang petrol countries around the Super City to see how prices varied.

Gull in Atiamuri currently has what is likely to be the nation's cheapest petrol.

About 70 graves at Kauae and Rotorua cemeteries have been affected by subsidence.

Prices across the country break record highs but not here.

A car has rolled at the intersection of Te Ngae Rd and Brent Rd.

Shots were fired during the funeral procession for Mongrel Mob member Tahu Kingi.

"They made it out with their lives and their television but they've lost everything else."

Police hope to make more arrests relating to violent Murupara robbery.

A man caught on security camera breaking into a Rotorua home has pleaded guilty.

Two cars have crashed in Tikitere.

Six people were injured in a violent robbery yesterday in Murupara.

The partner of a slain police officer says, after 19 years, his killer has done his time.

Values course may have saved meth offender from life of crime.

Kayaker Scott Donaldson has now left Lord Howe Island on his way to New Zealand.

Police are responding to reports of a serious assault in Murupara.