The Blenheim centre holding Sir Peter Jackson’s WWI planes will get a $1.5m boost in funding from the Govt.

Police have said they are investigating social media post that suggests arson was the cause of the blaze at Rotorua Girls' High.

A woman has managed to fight off an attacker, who police believe was attempting a sexually motivated assault.

A man has appeared in Manukau District Court facing charges of bestiality and indecent assault of various animals.

The 26-year-old experienced kayaker who died on the lower Kaituna River, near Rotorua, had competed at an international level in white water kayaking.

Searching has resumed this morning for a Rotorua woman missing on the Kaituna River after she became separated from her kayaking companions.

Rotorua's Redwoods mountain-bike trail network through Whakarewarewa Forest has been voted New Zealand's cycling heaven for a second year running.

A Rotorua mother says an extremist Islamic militant group is tarnishing her daughter's name, but she won't be changing it.

Ngongotaha residents have been burying dead ducks found on the shores of Lake Rotorua, and experts say the birds are likely to have died of botulism.

Organisers of a Maori basketball tournament have hit back at accusations it banned non-Maori coaches and staff from entering the competition.

Organisers of a basketball tournament have been called on to allow a girls' team to play after they were refused entry because their coach wasn't Maori.

Donna McIntyre and family visit New Zealand's number one off-road cycling destination.

It's been a very busy year for Tamati Coffey and his partner Tim Smith and it's going to get even busier next year when they open their new bar on Eat Streat.

A 50-year-old woman was flown to Rotorua Hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into a power pole yesterday at 5.45pm.

Nicky Park dishes up five food experiences to try in Rotorua.

When Theo and Laken Archer were born six weeks early they were found to have heart murmurs that were problematic but treatable.

A Bay of Plenty man has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for sexual offending against children.

Elisabeth Easther is charmed by the Sulphur City.

The body of 24-year-old William Rouppe van der Voort was recovered from Lake Rotorua by the Police National Dive Squad yesterday. Divers found his body about 500m from shore.

The driver of a grey hatchback is being sought following a collision with a motorbike in Rotorua this morning.