Several traumatic incidents - including four police officers shot while attending an AOS callout - is behind a spike in the number

Police said Shargin Stephens, 35, of Rotorua, died in Waikato Hospital.

Rotorua Boys' High School will this week discuss the future of its director of rugby, after he pleaded guilty in court to assaulting

Drivers in the Bay region got more tickets than anywhere else in the North Island for travelling too slow last year and it's not just elderly people being pinged.

David Haerewa has appealed his 17-year sentence for killing Moko Rangitotehiri, days after his partner lodged her sentence.

Drug testing comes in - student enrolments drop.

The company behind a planned $18 million hotel on the shores of Lake Rotorua has not been able to get hold of the new land owners

Rotorua police are talking to a number of people in regards to the shooting of a 35 year-old man by a police officer on Te Ngae Rd

The owners of Eat Streat's Ponsonby Rd Lounge Bar in Rotorua have renamed a controversial cocktail named after Te Arawa ancestors.

Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Parihaka in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.

The Auckland brewery which sparked controversy after putting images of Te Arawa legends on the beer bottles has apologised for any offence.

An Auckland brewery says it's been threatened over a collection of craft beers depicting Maori ancestral legends which critics say are culturally inappropriate.

Rotorua has been showcased in a recent tourism mission to India - one of New Zealand's fastest growing international visitor markets. A

Andrew Brooking has locked the three heavy gates to his Rotorua car yard for the last time, after they could not keep out crooks.

Shot man fighting for life in hospital.

UPDATE: The fire has been put out and there were no injuries. Fire northern communications centre shift manager Carren Larking said

Police spent this morning mapping the area where a man was shot by police on Te Ngae Rd earlier this week. A section of Te Ngae Rd

A man who was tasered then shot by police in Rotorua this week was on electronically-monitored bail, the Corrections Departments says.

An American travel blogger has expressed his sincere gratitude to Kiwis for an attitude he describes as helping him see the world with "new eyes".

Police are hunting a man who can be identified by a tattoo of a swastika and a dagger on his left forearm. Kerry McKenzie is believed

Rotorua police officers tonight found themselves doubling as farmers as they herded horses and pigs off a main highway. Police were

Faustinah Ndlovu thinks she may have a new world record on her hands, but either way she's happy she's made a difference for children in her home country of Zimbabwe.

A winter treat brings warmth and a feeling of well-being, writes Lydia Jenkin.

As part of our build-up to Rio 2016, we're revealing New Zealand's top Olympic towns. Today is No 8.

John Paul College and Waikite Valley School have been awarded Bayer Science Fund Grants to help with environmental science projects. John

Police are investigating the robbery of a man on a Rotorua street.

Mōhio tonu atu tētahi whānau o Rotorua he pai kē tana mahi i te rongonui toro rere o tā rātou kanikani poi ki te waiata a Beyonce.

Tai Mitchell rugby returns for its 75th edition this Friday when Tauranga West will try to defend their title at Opotiki's Memorial

Rotorua is set to become the country's official home of mountain biking with Cycling New Zealand keen on setting up the Mountain Bike National Performance Hub in the city.

Rotorua's "luckiest" store is expecting big sales for tomorrow's $34 million Powerball jackpot.