Sand touted as from the Pink and White Terraces is drawing bids of more than $1m - but there are doubts about its authenticity.

Photos from the Raggamuffin Music Festival, held in Rotorua on Saturday February 5th, 2011.

Hone Harawira doesn't seem to be in a mood to reconcile his differences with the Maori Party, saying today "dickheads" within it were trying to get rid of him.

Scientists using underwater robots have discovered remnants of the Pink Terraces on the floor of Lake Rotomahana, near Rotorua.

Parents of newborn babies are receiving conflicting messages about sleeping with their newborn babies.

MP Hone Harawira's future with the Maori Party will be up for discussion tomorrow in a meeting to consider the complaint laid against him by a fellow MP.

Fire crews are battling a scrub fire at Rotorua Golf Club, and a helicopter has been brought in to douse the flames.

Bishop Thompson was buried wearing an All Blacks jersey - a fitting tribute to a teenager who had his heart set on one day making the team.

An 11-year-old boy received serious burns after petrol from a lawnmower exploded in the sleepout where he and a teenager were sleeping.