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'.

More than 1000 family, friends, fellow mountain bikers and motocross riders farewelled Rotorua mountain biking legend James Dodds in Rotorua this afternoon.

To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.

The steady life in sales and prices started in the central Auckland suburbs over a year ago and has now spread across the new supercity. But as Bruce Morris reports, it's still tough going out in the provinces.

The provincial towns and cities are well below their 2007 peaks, but there are signs of life south of the Bombays, reports Bruce Morris.