A grass-roots protest against a planned Rotorua Eastern Arterial (REA) route is gaining momentum with hundreds of people taking to the internet to voice their opposition.

Elisabeth Easther delves into a true national treasure - Rotorua.

A five-year study into Rotorua's hydrogen sulphide levels has found the gas has no negative impacts on people suffering from asthma.

A man has denied raping a woman near a Rotorua skate park, claiming the sex was consensual.

Another Rotorua man has avoided jail for his part in a gang brawl outside a child's first birthday party in Koutu.

A Facebook page set up to name and shame Rotorua shoplifters with personal photos has been set up and taken down - but not without hundreds seeing it first.

A Rotorua woman whose home was torched by her ex-partner is shocked he has been released from jail after serving just over one-third of his sentence.

One of the men involved in a gang-related brawl outside a child's first birthday party says he deeply regrets his actions as they have robbed his children of their father.

A helicopter pilot and three passengers had a lucky escape after crash landing on Lake Rotorua this morning.

A mix of tears, cheers and exaltation greeted Te Arawa's first kapa haka group performing at Te Matatini 2013.

A pitbull which attacked a 10-year-old boy in Rotorua must be destroyed and its owner punished, a judge has ruled.

Editorial: Since the 1980s, scientists have been warning about the declining water quality in lakes around Rotorua, some of the country's most beautiful and popular.

Police are investigating whether a space-saver wheel played a part in the crash which killed a Rotorua mother.

The Green Party has criticised an agreement between Rotorua farmers and the regional council to reduce nitrogen levels in Lake Rotorua.

A 33-year-old woman is dead and her 15-year-old son is fighting for his life after a two-car head-on crash in the Bay of Plenty.