By Matthew Martinmatthew.martin@dailypost.co.nz*NEW HOME: Binoy Madathiparambil-Bhavanandan and his wife have bought their first home

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsRACING: Maori from around the country travel to Hawke's Bay each year to compete in IronMaori. PHOTO/HAWKE'S

Median property values in Mangakakahi and Utuhina have jumped 30.3 per cent, with Fairy Springs and Western Heights close behind

Six fire crews are battling a blaze in the roof space of a sawmill in Rotorua.

The grieving parents of a teenager killed when a sleepy teacher crashed a minivan during a school trip to New Zealand want compensation.

mattmartinsmile.epsCircle_see_more_DP.epsGOING, GONE: Judy and Graeme Hardie (foreground) are the proud new owners of the Toi Ohomai

Billy Macfarlane has gone from living in a million-dollar Bay of Plenty mansion to the back room of his mother's house. Now he's waging war on P.

A man has been flown to Rotorua Hospital after his tractor rolled down a bank south of Rotorua. The BayTrust Rescue Helicopter was

The Head Hunters gang is not an organised criminal group, a judge has told the jury trying nine men on kidnap and associated violence charges.

rebeccamalcolmsmile.eps House values in Rotorua's booming property market are continuing to rise - with a 27.7 per cent jump in average

TREE LIGHTS: Andrew Robertson from The David Trubridge Studio oversees the installation of lights at the Redwood's Treewalk. PHOTO/STEPHEN

A lawyer has likened the Head Hunters gang to a rugby club as defence counsel takes issue with the Crown's case against nine men facing a raft of charges.

There has been another eruption in Lake Rotorua, near the site of Monday's hydrothermal eruption.

A Rotorua business has been ordered to pay a former employee $33,661 and pay $40,000 in penalties for not paying him.

A coroner has disagreed with a WorkSafe finding that blamed an experienced forestry worker for the accident that caused his own death. Rotorua

By Stephanie Arthur-Worsopstephanie.worsop@dailypost.co.nz A four-legged predator has been causing a commotion in the management

Actor James Rolleston presented an award at an event in Auckland last night, four months after the crash which almost claimed his life.

An iconic Maori sculpture proposed for the southern entrance to Rotorua is expected to cost about $570,000 - and could come at the

Police have located a burnt out vehicle which may be linked to a fatal crash on State Highway 35 opposite the Raukokore Marae, near Te Kaha, on Saturday afternoon.

CELEBRATING: Natalie Richards is thrilled a proposed hotel in Koutu has been refused resource consent. PHOTO/BEN FRASER 291116bf9.JPG/291116bf10.JPG By

More than 100 charges against nine men accused of kidnapping a wealthy businessman and his employee with associated violence charges

Four preschoolers have been injured, one critically following a two-vehicle crash at Okere Falls, near Rotorua.

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.eps Sixteen people in 16 hours were caught drink driving in Rotorua during a police sting at the weekend. The

Four people are receiving medical attention after a serious crash near Rotorua.

GNS volcano information specialist Brad Scott answers questions on the science behind the eruption which sent water shooting 20- to

Circle_see_more_DP.epsSTRONG DISPLAY: Eastern Pirates' Des Beckett batting against BOP Indians in the Rotorua/Taupo senior reserve

Police have named the motorcyclist who died in a crash near Te Kaha on Saturday. He was 38 year-old Don Henry Turei Junior from

A mother has been sentenced to 100 hours' community service for assaulting two girls who had "made her daughter's life a misery" for

FRUSTRATED: Rotorua local Tamara Clarry has been struggling to find accommodation amid rising rental prices since January. PHOTO/STEPHEN

rebeccamalcolmserious.eps Some people are moving out of Rotorua because they can no longer afford to rent in the city, while others