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.

Rotorua Museum will be shut indefinitely following earthquake damage and about 20 staff will be made redundant in January. It follows

SCIENCE: Dr Michelle Dickinson (left) with Glenholme School teacher Morag Owen who was trying out the hoverboard with a leaf blower

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 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

The spectacular eruption of a geyser near the shores of Lake Rotorua comes as scientists are discovering new insights into the city's famous geothermal backdrop.

A lack of the evidence against one of the accused in a kidnapping trial is the crux of his defence, his lawyer has told a jury in

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

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

Residents tell of fear after eight water eruptions of up to 30m on the lake this morning - the first geothermal activity in the area for about 15 years.

Three teenagers had to stay in Rotorua police cells for more than 72 hours last week due to a lack of youth justice residence beds across the country.

Police say a crash near Te Kaha that killed a motorcyclist is being treated as suspicious. The crash occurred on State Highway 35

There will be no rock under the towel this summer for the All Blacks after they produced a performance that demanded they dig to the deepest parts of themselves.