Colourful artwork and improved treatment rooms will greet sick young people in Rotorua Hospital's newly upgraded children's ward. Health minister Dr Shane... Read More

Nearly 400 Rotorua residents - or those wishing to be buried in the city - are pushing their council to create a natural burial site. Natural burials favour... Read More

Walk Without Fear Trust, a charity born from the tragic passing of a 25-year-old mixed martial artist, has been officially launched. Liufau Vake, known as... Read More

A drone show is set to light up the night sky this Matariki. Set to take place at the Rotorua Lakefront on June 27 and June 28 at 8pm as part of the Aronui... Read More

Lakeside homeowners are furious about a 'horrendous blowout” as they face paying up to about $88,000 per property to be connected to a sewerage scheme... Read More

The widow of a former Rotorua councillor is pleading with the council not to shelve her late husband's long fought-for dream of a new skatepark as it looks to... Read More

The battle against an invasive species that has decimated kōura (freshwater crayfish) populations has taken centre stage in a centennial celebration. Te... Read More

Seventy-five workers at Rotorua's council-controlled organisation InfraCore who would normally be tending to the city's garden beds and graves were instead waving... Read More

A Rotorua resident has spent his own time removing masses of rubbish from a local stream including a whopping 87.5 dumped tyres in only one day. Along with... Read More

A small Rotorua school that fought plans to allow higher buildings in its neighbourhood after finding human poo, drug paraphernalia and sanitary pads on its... Read More

A Rotorua iwi board is protesting the laying of a sewerage pipeline near a sacred lake which they fear is disturbing their tūpuna (ancestors) who are buried... Read More

Fix crumbling teeth or keep their home? A retired couple say they are weighing up their choices in the face of a potential $48,000 council bill. Local Democracy... Read More