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Ex-beauty queen jailed over sham marriage
A former teen beauty queen has been jailed for a year on a raft of offences, including a "sham" marriage.
Body found in burning car identified
A dead woman found in a burning car near Rotorua has been identified by DNA testing.
Rotorua: Relax lakeside
If you're keen for a spot of luxury and pampering, Rotorua's Peppers on the Point may be just the place, says Diana Balham.
Reports of child abuse escalate in Central North Island
Child abuse complaints have more than tripled in Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo in the past five years.
P lab undetected for 7 years in Rotorua
A commercial methamphetamine business in a suburban Rotorua street went undetected for seven...
Multisports: Ussher looks for new challenges
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.
Teen braves fire to rescue little boy
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
'For God's sake, get a smoke alarm'
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