A series of images of a bike and helmet belonging to a deceased man have been released by police in a bid to find out how he died.

Police have confirmed the identity of a man found dead in a Rotorua stream on Tuesday, but are seeking any sightings of him in the week before his death.

The identity of a man found dead in a Rotorua stream yesterday is now known, police said.

A fire at a Rotorua school this morning may have been deliberately lit, police say.

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.

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.

The owner of the dogs that mauled a Japanese girl in Murupara was not home during the attack and there was "nothing he could have done" to prevent it, a court has heard.

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.

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.

A helicopter that crashed into Lake Rotorua during a scenic flight lost power due to an engine malfunction, it has been determined.

Dramatic geothermal landscape of Waimangu volcanic rift valley a miniature Mars for space buggy inspired by next robotic rover Nasa plans to land on red planet.

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.