The Rotorua community is raising funds for the family of three-year-old Elliott Crimp who is in Starship children's hospital with meningococcal C.

A man has appeared in court this morning charged with causing the death of a Rotorua hunter.

Donations have been flooding in for Rotorua 82-year-old Gavin Hayes after a teenager allegedly stole his car which he can't afford to replace.

A Rotorua man who is alleged to have played sexual "games" with a young girl encouraged her to copy what she saw in adult movies they watched together, a court has heard.

Kara Hurring - ex-partner of the 'Runaway millionaire' - says home detention is no "walk in the park'' and she is counting down the days until the sentence ends.

The third annual Rotorua Zombie Walk will take place later this month despite calls to cancel the event.

A man has been charged in relation to the death of Rotorua man James Wilson Dodds in a hunting incident last month.

A Rotorua man has been sentenced for giving his 6-year-old stepson a black eye by elbowing him in the face while he was having a tantrum over being buckled into his car seat.

It is too early to say how a man came to be hit by a car during a brawl in Rotorua, police say.

A Rotorua woman who made headlines after her assault on another woman was caught on camera has now been sentenced to community detention.

A man is fighting for his life after being run down by a ute following a street brawl in Rotorua.

Overdue fines at DVD rental stores are stacking up, with one owner reporting at least $50,000 in fines still owing.

A dispute over a dead cat ended with a Rotorua man bashing his elderly neighbour with a torch after 'things got out of hand'.

A one-legged sickness beneficiary has been jailed after being found guilty of repeatedly raping and indecently assaulting a young girl in Rotorua between 1966 and 1976.