The car used in the Challenge ram raid was left with more than $3000 damage.

Rotorua could become the first official bilingual city in Aotearoa.

A long-serving Rotorua councillor is backing the purchase of mud for a new festival.

The officer attacked in Owhata last week has left hospital.

Tourists are disturbing threatened bird species at a Rotorua geothermal attraction.

Five tonnes of South Korean mud costing $90,000 will be imported for Rotorua's Mudtopia.

A stolen car has been used to ram the front of a Rotorua petrol station.

The case of a man accused of killing a woman in Taupo has been called in the High Court.

Resigning Rural Community Board member Euan McLachlan says job offer was too good to miss.

NZ's 5th largest city still without a museum. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

NZ's 5th largest city still without a museum. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Police are seeking tall, skinny man with a white hoodie after two garage fires.

A man has been flown from Ruatahuna to Rotorua Hospital after being injured in a fall.

Motion Entertainment is going gangbusters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Motion Entertainment is going gangbusters. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A 24-year-old man will appear in court tomorrow charged with attempted murder.

Power will be out overnight for at least 35 customers, as the big clean up continues.

Full recovery of Lakes District Health Board's computer network system months away.

Whare Aroha Care village is modelled on a renowned Dutch centre, De Hogeweyk.

Rotorua's Turanga Merito is appearing on a new TV reality singing show.

Lakes DHB is no closer to determining when their computer system will be back online.

A 49-year-old woman missing since last week has been airlifted out of deep bush.

Dash cam captures chilling moment milk tanker and car nearly collide.

Rotorua Museum will not open for the foreseeable future. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rotorua Museum will not open for the foreseeable future. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The owners of a block of Rotorua flats have been told to pay debts of nearly $290,000.

A man who burned down a flat in a fight with his former partner admits assault charge.

Work has started a third major project following a Crown settlement.

A high-profile building housing six tenants has been sold in Rotorua.

It could be at least three days before the DHB's computer system is back up and running.