A towed car, cancelled sponsor and missing goodie bags were not enough to hinder Rotorua designer Kharl WiRepa who says his New Zealand

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

An Australian father and son have been rescued off Mt Tongariro after taking a wrong turn. A statement from police said the 49-year-old

After being hit in the head with a ball six months ago, Rotorua cricketer Karl McKnight is now back at work full time and looking

A Fijian polio survivor believes his new leg brace has made him a super hero because it is "super awesome". Thanks to QE Health Rotorua

Police have released the name of the woman who died in three-car crash south of Rotorua on Sunday. She was Helen Knox, also known

Police fabricated a traffic incident so they could arrest and question Quinton Winders about the death of stop-go worker George Taiaroa, his lawyer has claimed.

Rotorua police would like to hear from witnesses to a fatal crash on State Highway 5 near Tumunui yesterday. The crash happened about

The Rotorua Lakes Council is warning dog owners to remember their responsibilities in the wake of an incident last week where a young

Rotorua's famous arm wrestler Maateiwarangi Heta-Morris didn't care about losing his latest competition because as soon as he met

A mother and daughter who had to be winched out of the forest they were lost in "did all the right things," according to Land Search

She has had time to reflect on the disappointment of missing out on an Olympic medal, but Rotorua rower Julia Edward isn't looking

A Rotorua cancer survivor can't wait to give away her blood this Christmas. Emma Short, 23, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in

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A man convicted of historic sex charges has had his jail term increased after failing to pay court-ordered reparation to his victims.

Murder-accused Quinton Winders has been described as "a bit more Mission Bay than Whangamomona" by a witness who had regular dealings with him.

A young man who deliberately crashed into a series of Taupo power poles, cutting the supply to 630 homes, was upset that his partner was moving overseas, a court has heard.

A French woman is lucky to be alive after she narrowly avoided sliding down a cliff in icy conditions on the Central Plateau.

A Jeep Cherokee with what appeared to be a new number plate was found by police at the Taupo home of a man with Mongrel Mob connections, a court has heard.

Young boy bitten by two dogs as he walked home from school wants to thank the man who saved him - and his school mates.

Without regular blood donors Sean Johnson would die. The 55-year-old Rotorua man has Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

Jurors have today visited the Tram Rd bridge, stopping at the faded hi-vis jacket and blue hardhat marking the spot where George Taiaroa was killed.

A truck is on fire south of Taupo causing State Highway 1 to close.

The parents of Rotorua rower Julia Edward say they are "so proud" of what their daughter has achieved. Speaking from Rio, where they

4.40pm: Albert Wall has taken the witness stand and is being questioned by Crown prosecutor Chris Macklin. Mr Wall was travelling

The mother of a 7-year-old girl who suffered leg injuries after getting impaled on a hook on a soccer goal post has described the accident as scary.

A Rotorua grandmother was able to diagnose her own stroke with the help of some instructions on a pen.

A jury has heard a Jeep was driving so fast it forced another car off the road moments after George Taiaroa was shot dead.

Nominations for positions on the various local government bodies representing Rotorua residents ended today at midday, now the real

Farmer mystified when Jeep refused to pass his slow-moving tractor on approach to roadworks where George Taiaroa was shot.