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

One of the accidental millionaires, Kara Hurring, has appeared in court and will fight eight charges of money laundering and one charge of theft of $6,782,000 from Westpac Bank in 2009.

More than a decade ago Chris and Janet Watmore fell in love with a lake.

Police in Rotorua are looking for a gun used to shoot a man in the face this morning after what is thought to have been an argument with another man.

Dev Sangha said he saw his "daughter's blood before his eyes" before he charged at her killer in the High Court at Rotorua today.

Two teenagers involved in a jetski incident in which Rotorua teenager Bishop Thompson died will face charges.

The man who admitted murdering a Tauranga mother and her daughter and stashing the 2-year-old girl's body in washing machine has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

Name suppression has been lifted for the driver accused of killing 17-year-old Jesse Howe and injuring 10 others by dangerously driving a vehicle.

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