The Rotorua Wearable Creations 'n Colour Awards transformed dozens of ordinary household items into works of fashionable art.

The consequences of a man's sexual relationship with an underage girl that led to her taking her life has seen him jailed.

Police have named a Rotorua 16-year-old who died after being stabbed on Friday.

The final moments of a slain Rotorua 16-year-old's life ebbed away before the eyes of the passer-by who tried to save him.

The Rotorua Girls' High School ball went ahead without Kristi-Rae Ruri-Gardiner, who died in a car accident a month ago.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old, who was found in a Rotorua driveway late last night.

Emergency services found the 16-year-old boy in the driveway at a home on Clinkard Avenue shortly after 10pm last night.

A student had a knife held to his throat by a man who threatened to cut off his fingers and kill him if he didn't give him $100 to buy P.

Thousands have farewelled a teenage girl killed while driving with friends to pick up their school ball gowns.