Phil Tataurangi is one of the most respected golfers in New Zealand. After an illustrious career, he's giving back to the community. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

My Future Rocks is a scheme aiming to support local Rotorua apprentices into the industry after completing study. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The 44-year-old Atiamuri scaffolder is on trial in the High Court at Rotorua.

Oriwa Kemp is pregnant again, just months after CYF removed a child from her care at birth.

A Rotorua street has been targeted by thieves at least three times in the last year, but the houses haven't even been built. Police say some of the thefts are for scrap metal, but even items such as a fireplace have been stolen.

New year, new Bachelor, same toe-curling awkwardness.

Skingraft owner David Young is this week a free man after being jailed for operating a large-scale and lucrative synthetic cannabis operation. He speaks exclusively to head of news Kelly Makiha about why he did it.

Fire tore through the roof cavity of a Lake Okareka home this morning - and a heat gun is believed to be the cause.

Kiwi mum Rochelle Ryan shares how she got through son Levi's cancer diagnosis.

Kiwi NBA star Steven Adams has thrown his support behind the All Blacks, as England take aim at their world record.

A shallow earthquake has hit 5km south of Rotorua.

Mariana Morrison vying for love in the new season of The Bachelor.

Top Maori businesses and business leaders are being encouraged to enter a prestigious annual award.

Rotorua open water swimmers Glyn Eason and David Blackmore are training for the World Masters Games.

A Rotorua teenager has signed with an NRL club.

Flood waters ripped through driveways, north of Rotorua, angering residents.

Two people in a critical condition after a crash near Turangi.

Little rain overnight is good news for sodden region.

An incredible 130mm of rain has fallen in the Coromandel Ranges in the past 24 hours.

A Rotorua man will attempt to set a Guinness World Record by giving 24 speeches at 24 venues in 24 hours.

Heavy rain is expected in the region today and tomorrow.

The family of an autistic 6-year-old who went missing for four hours have spoken of the "greatest relief" when police found him at Rainbow Springs.

The trial continues in the Rotorua District Court of a man charged with abducting a teenage girl.

A detective has been grilled by a defendant over what he was doing at a Bay of Plenty property on the day of an alleged shootout that left four police offers injured last year.

A teen has told a court that as a 12-year-old boy he was too scared to tell his female sports coach to stop when she fondled him intimately.

Rotorua's Lakeside Concert has been forced to move indoors, for the first time in its 21-year history - and the popular fireworks display canned.

It's renovations, rather than new builds, making up most of the residential building consents issued in Rotorua last month.

A bit of wet weather will not put a dampener on this Saturday's 21st Lakeside concert at the Village Green.

A gun was pulled on her when her father and cousins arrived at the Rotorua house where she was being held, a teenager at the centre

Boydie Pirika preferred to lead from back but was prepared to confront issues.