Searchers hope hunger will bring Nigel Peterson out into the open.

Local man Nigel Peterson remains missing after jumping out of a car on Friday afternoon.

Jacinda Ardern made her first Rotorua appearance as Prime Minister at FOMA30.

A Rotorua teenager has become a shadow of her former self after being attacked twice.

Motorists travelling on the Kaimai Ranges are being told to take a different route.

Queenstown's gondola was officially opened on November 17, 1967

A witness said he arranged for the police to falsely arrest him for his own safety.

Moana Whaanga was crowned Miss NZ in 1954 and competed in Miss Universe in California.

Witness tells how 20 heavily armed gang members advanced on a Rotorua property.

The 17-year-old and 19-year-old were arrested this afternoon.

The Crown has opened its case against eight Mangu Kaha gang members.

The following incidents were reported to Rotorua police during the past few days.

Gang members face several charges over 2015 shootout in Western Heights.

Rotorua appears to be the place of choice for many of the Bay's first home buyers.

The family of two men found dead in Mamaku Forest are reeling after another tragedy.

Fordlands is thought of as a rough area, but locals want to show the other side.

Up to 10 gang members create disturbance in a rowdy dispute.

A highly sophisticated scam took $1600 from a Rotorua woman.

'They're still out there': Daughter afraid to go to school after street beating.

Community patrol volunteers want a positive adult presence on the streets.

A driver allegedly failed to stop for police and led them on a half-hour pursuit on foot.

The teenager who evaded police for three weeks has appeared in court.

Jason Reeves checks into the Sudima Hotel, Rotorua.

People can wipe up to $47,000 in debt under the No Asset Procedure government scheme.

Maaki Emery is alleged to have stolen a police car - with a police-issue firearm inside.

According to GPS, car was driven from Taupo to Rotorua - twice.

A mobility van has crashed into the front of the Mediaworks building on Ranolf St.

The car's owner claims shoddy work and joyriding; the mechanic says he hasn't been paid.

Two schoolgirls are terrified to walk home after being viciously attacked this week.

Nearly half of the images showed serious sexual abuse of children, including toddlers.