Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.

A commercial methamphetamine business in a suburban Rotorua street went undetected for seven...

Top New Zealand multisport athlete Richard Ussher is looking at a new focus this year after hard-fought win at the off-road Xterra race at Rotorua today.

Howls from a child trapped in a burning house compelled an 18-year-old neighbour to dash inside. "That was a cry that you would never hear in your life," said Wiremu Ropata, who was watching television at home and getting ready to go to bed

A woman who died in a Rotorua house fire early today would probably have been saved had the house been fitted with smoke alarms, firefighters say. Six occupants were taken to Rotorua Hospital for minor smoke inhalation. Two ambulances

Rotorua police have charged a teenager after a woman was allegedly kidnapped in the city early today.

Heavy rain is on the way today for much of the North Island, with as much 200mm for some areas today and tomorrow, MetService forecasts.

A former Rotorua woman who allegedly left New Zealand with her partner when Westpac mistakenly put $10 million into his account will face 24 new charges when she appears in court next week.

Rotorua court told of bid to drop charges over death on lake