Fletch and Vaughan pack in a weekend of lakeside action around Rotorua.

Dionne Christian is cleared for a nervous lift-off on a Rotorua eco-adventure tour.

Rotorua has a range of activities for a mother and daughter weekend away.

Taking time out to explore Rotorua, Nadia Lim discovers the joys of trout fishing.

An accountant has been struck off for scamming Inland Revenue out of $280,000 by doctoring his employer's tax returns to gain false donation rebates.

A 73-year-old has been given diversion after Rotorua police found a large home-brew set up in his shed - and a bar in an adjoining room.

A Rotorua man who murdered Polish tourist Roman Skorek in Rotorua's Kuirau Park will spend the next 14 years in jail, at least.

A motorist has died and several others are injured after a crash near Rotorua this morning.

She was a fighter who battled right up until her last minutes, but her fighting spirit wasn't enough to save wee Skyla Waters.

A woman ran into a busy Rotorua road and risked being killed by a car to escape a man who had punched her in the face and was trying to steal her backpack.

The Lakes District Health Board has moved to reassure all first time mothers they will be eligible for free antenatal classes under changes to the way childbirth education is delivered in Rotorua.

Police warn they will be proactive in cracking down on newly banned drugs under a law which came into effect at midnight.

Rehabilitation workers are welcoming the banning of synthetic highs, but say it won't be the end of the drugs.

A Rotorua teacher has admitted deliberately driving into a tree, with three children in the car.

When a Rotorua woman who drove into two pedestrians tried to explain to a judge she'd only had two glasses of wine, he asked 'What were they - buckets?'

The mystery of why an experienced truck driver plummeted 20m off a Kaingaroa Forest road is unlikely to be solved, a coroner has warned.

A Rotorua man has made his mark on the America's Cup after being commissioned to airbrush artworks onto the side of team New Zealand's catamaran.