Police are keen to know the whereabouts of several firearms stolen recently.

Reality is slowing sinking in for Reverends Ed Masters and Lance Thomas as they survey the remains of their beloved St John's church. "It's

The blaze that will likely result in the demolition of St John's Church is being treated as suspicious, police have confirmed. Police

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Heartbreak in church community after devastating Rotorua fire.

St John's Church in Rotorua was engulfed in flames and "burning to the ground" - and the blaze spread to at least one neighbouring building.

The body of a Kiwi man who died as a result of injuries he received outside a Perth bar will be brought home to Rotorua.

The owner of a Whakatane berry farm has praised the actions of a woman who confronted a man alleged to have fired a gun during an attempted robbery.

A fire that ripped through a popular Rotorua restaurant last night is not being treated as suspicious. The fire was at Bistro 1284

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Rotorua father Diego Hulton is still in a critical condition in a Perth hospital after he was brutally beaten in a pub carpark.

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A Rotorua man is fighting for his life after he was beaten by two men in a Perth carpark.

A woman has been airlifted off Taupo's Mt Tauhara after injuring her ankle. The 58-year-old was flown to Taupo Hospital's emergency

Emergency services are at a single-vehicle crash near Rotorua.

Mayors in three of New Zealand's poorest districts - the Far North, Rotorua and Gisborne - want to take over central Government agencies in their areas to eradicate "entrenched poverty".

One of New Zealand's most-identifiable buildings closed for at least two years.

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Police cordons were removed from Werrina Cres just after 9pm tonight. In a statement at 9.22pm a police media spokesman said: "Police

A new, multi-tenanted entertainment and conference complex at Rotorua has been placed on the market through Colliers International. Motion

A tanker driver is being checked after his truck rolled near Kinleith.

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Two men have been injured in separate motorcross incidents across the region. The BayTrust Rescue Helicopter was sent to Mangakino

TRUMPED: Rotorua MP and Trade Minister Todd McClay has his work cut out for him after new the US president dumped the controversial

SOCIAL MEDIA: Ash Gower-Rudman is using Tinder to travel the country to raise money for charity. PHOTO/SUPPLIED 260117ashDP.JPG By

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Te Arawa leaders are warning that whoever stole a treasured whalebone patu paraoa could be in serious trouble for breaking Maori protocol.

CUTTING COSTS: Phil Goff, who is pictured sworn as Auckland mayor by Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town, is already cutting