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Michael Pene, station co-ordinator Mamaku Fire, Salvation Army Midlands public relations co-ordinator and mayor Steve Chadwick were happy to be collecting in the rain.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rain makes collection fun

8 Dec, 2018 12:00pm
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Christmas Appeal collectors had fun in the rain on Monday evening.

Driving instructors Rawiri Daniels, Jennie Michie and Tipu Daniels, right, pictured with Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey. Photo / Katee Shanks

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Driving programme aims to keep offenders out of prison

8 Dec, 2018 9:00am
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Supporters says getting a driving licence is a key step to keeping people out of prison.

Susan Ray's family ran the Little Village at Whakarewarewa for years and has all the clippings from its establishment. Photo / Stephen Parker

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Whakarewarewa Village memories kept in a box

4 Dec, 2018 1:00pm
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A box holding details of the establishment of the Whakarewarewa Village is treasured.

Police are now treating a death of an Ōpōtiki man in 2016 as a homicide. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Historic Ōpōtiki death now treated as homicide

3 Dec, 2018 3:15pm
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Police are now treating a death of an Ōpōtiki man in 2016 as a homicide.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Scholarships ease the burden for tertiary study

3 Dec, 2018 9:26am
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Rotorua students have received thousands of dollars in scholarship funding.

Brent Brooks and Jaydin Matoe from Tyre Works grew their

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Movember 2018 shaping up to be the best yet

1 Dec, 2018 7:00am
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Movember 2018 has been described as the best yet by national manager

Heidi Te Are and her family have built up their house from the ground after it was destroyed in the April flood. Photo / Stephen Parker

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Home at last for Rotorua flood family

29 Nov, 2018 9:13am
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Heidi Te Are and her family are about to move home after seven months.

Rotorua residents attempt to clean the roads which turned into rivers on April 29. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Flood displaced welcomed back home with packs

29 Nov, 2018 8:00am
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Welcome Home Packs have been handed out to people displaced in the April flood

Judith Stanway and Te Ururoa Flavell are part of the independent panel reviewing what happened and what contributed to flooding in Ngongotahā. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Report into flood almost ready for release

29 Nov, 2018 7:00am
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A report into the April 29 flood may be released to the community on December 11.

The 'magnificent 8' who did the full 24-hours. Photo / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Former Maori All Black raises money for Movember

23 Nov, 2018 8:00am
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Former Maori All Black Joe Royal has raised $2500 for men's health.

Tauranga City Council met on Tuesday to vote in bans on begging and rough sleeping. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua torn on Tauranga begging ban

22 Nov, 2018 11:30am
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Rotorua retailers debate a 5m bylaw similar to one that has been confirmed in Tauranga

Tiny Deane is looking to set up a homeless shelter in Auckland. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Tiny Deane's plan to set up Auckland homeless shelter

22 Nov, 2018 8:00am
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Rotorua's Tiny Deane is helping to set up a homeless shelter in Auckland.

Police in the Eastern Bay carried out a traffic sting operation, netting 26 offences. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Police sting nets 26 Eastern Bay drivers

20 Nov, 2018 1:00pm
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Whakatāne Police remind drivers to drive safely

Noel Lamberton, (left) Elisha Hulton, and Joanne La Grouw. Photo / Andrew Warner

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Opera in the Pā returning to Rotorua

20 Nov, 2018 7:30am
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Event will be "a beautiful and breath-taking evening of opera in the heart of Rotorua".

More stock has come on to the market in Rotorua. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST | Property

More homes sold in Rotorua

17 Nov, 2018 1:20pm
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Rotorua's real estate market continues its success story

Karter Kapu-ai-waho Jarmie Fraser was a happy baby and a 'little character'. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Remembering baby Karter: Tournament raises awareness of SUDI

17 Nov, 2018 6:00am
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Tournament a chance to remember Karter Kapu-ai-waho Jarmie Fraser and other SUDI babies.

Master carver and sculptor Lyonel Grant. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Te Waka Toi Award for Rotorua carver

15 Nov, 2018 2:18pm
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Rotorua's Lyonel Grant has been recognised in this year's prestigious Te Waka Toi Awards.

Mount Maunganui looking east to Pāpāmoa. File photo

PROPERTY

Record median house price set in October

15 Nov, 2018 8:00am
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REINZ figures highlight a record median price of $667,500 for Tauranga in October.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Active housing market in BOP

14 Nov, 2018 10:31am
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The slow spring real estate market has increased with the help of new listings.

The Scion team with their New Zealand Biosecurity Biological Heritage Challenge Science Award. Drs Brian Richardson and Steve Pawson with Melanie Mark-Shadbolt (Te Tira Whakamātaki) and Dr Nick Waipara (Plant and Food Research). Photo / Supplied

THE COUNTRY

Scion win at awards night

14 Nov, 2018 9:15am
4 minutes to read

Rotorua's Scion has been recognised at the 2018 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walks on to Te Manuka Tutahi Marae in Whakatāne. Photo / Katee Shanks

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

PM launches treaty settlement project in Whakatāne

9 Nov, 2018 1:03pm
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She will visit the newly-opened museum and Te Manuka Tutahi Marae.

Mike Tana is the mayor of Porirua City but he and his family live in Rotorua and commutes weekly. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Porirua mayor's family live in Rotorua

7 Nov, 2018 11:41am
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Porirua mayor Mike Tana called out about family still living in Rotorua

(From left) Hannah McLean, Simon Smith and Jessica Lamb are gearing up for exams. Photo / Stephen Parker

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua students ready for end-of-year exams

7 Nov, 2018 6:21am
5 minutes to read

More than 8000 Bay of Plenty students are sitting their NCEA exams

Diwali celebrations at Toi Ohomai last year. Photo / File

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua Diwali celebrations to run throughout the week

6 Nov, 2018 2:15pm
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Rotorua will be awash with colour as Diwali celebrations take place

Sharon Hitchcock, co-ordinator of the Melbourne Cup Charity Auction. Photo / George Novak

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Melbourne Cup fever about to hit Tauranga

6 Nov, 2018 8:00am
3 minutes to read

It's Melbourne Cup time tomorrow

Melbourne Cup at Ambrosia in 2017. Photo / Stephen Parker

THE COUNTRY

The race that stops a nation

5 Nov, 2018 11:00am
3 minutes to read

It's Melbourne Cup time tomorrow.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Marking 100 years since the end of WWI

4 Nov, 2018 3:20pm
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Armistice Day Commemorations for Tauranga and Rotorua

Heritage & Research team lead Ani Sharland tries out He Pou Aroha Community Cenotaph. Photo / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Scan to add war-related memorabilia to site

3 Nov, 2018 1:00pm
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A digitisation kiosk has been installed at the Rotorua Library in Te Aka Mauri.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Tales of war compiled in local book

3 Nov, 2018 12:00pm
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Rotorua people share their wartime experiences in a book to be launched next week.

Tony Moller fought a hard battle and died on his terms. Photo / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Former Kawerau cop farewelled

3 Nov, 2018 6:30am
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A service for town identity Tony Moller will be held today at the Kawerau Town Hall.

Southern right whale in Ōhope Beach. Photo / David Marshall

NEW ZEALAND

Stunning snaps of whale off Ōhope coast

2 Nov, 2018 10:27am
Quick Read

Southern Right Whale spends time swimming near Ohope on Tuesday.

NEW ZEALAND

Supreme Court dismisses woman's appeal against judgment

30 Oct, 2018 2:42pm
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal and makes an order for costs.

The redesigned toilet block at Rotorua Lakes High School. Photo / Stephen Parker

NEW ZEALAND

Gender-neutral loos contribute to $25.2m building surge

29 Oct, 2018 10:59am
3 minutes to read

September consents issued by Rotorua Lakes Council in September were down from August.

Opera singer Samson Setu. Photo / Michael Bradley

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Samson Setu to sing at NZ Aria

24 Oct, 2018 11:46am
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Auckland baritone Samson Setu will be performing at this year's NZ Aria

Reuben Turner, 4, from ABC Rotorua Central helps plant the kumara. Photo / Stephen Parker

THE COUNTRY

Minister, mayor, students and volunteers plant kūmara

23 Oct, 2018 12:19pm
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Approximately 3500 kūmara tubers were planted last Friday.

Tenant Jocelyn Burgess (left), and property manager Melissa Ruebe. Photo / Stephen Parker

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rising rents have impact on all Rotorua tenants

20 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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While Rotorua rents have seen a big increase, some landlords have kept rises at a minimum

Piwi King, 39, had a smile that lit up a room. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Family say timber yard death 'brought us together'

16 Oct, 2018 3:00pm
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A woman who died at a Kawerau timber yard is remembered for her friends and huge smile.

A Whakatāne book club gives Peter Fergusson the social interaction he needs. Photo / Supplied

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Narrowing world opened at book club meetings

13 Oct, 2018 1:00pm
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A Whakatāne men's book club have been meeting for the past three years

Colin Cloete death is the second tragedy to hit his family, after his sister died in a car crash 10 years earlier. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Family lose both children in 10 years

13 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Rotorua's Charles and Barbara Cloete have been devastated by the death of their son.

Rotorua hospital was one of three Bay hospitals to make the top 10 places to work for graduating doctors. Photo / File

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Bay hospitals popular with new doctors

12 Oct, 2018 10:02am
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Whakatāne and Rotorua Hospitals preferred place to work for graduating doctors

The Maiho'a Rā'au team competing in this weekend's Ekiden. Photo / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Annual Ekiden relay attracts 1500 competitors

11 Oct, 2018 9:00am
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The annual Ekiden relay around Lake Rotorua goes ahead on Saturday.

Rotorua angler Kevin Coutts is concerned about the Indigenous Freshwater Fish Amendment Bill. Photo / Stephen Parker

NEW ZEALAND

Green Party bill causing concern for anglers

9 Oct, 2018 6:00am
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Bill to protect indigenous fish poses threat to freshwater angling, some say.

ROTORUA DAILY POST | Property

Average Rotorua house price now $435,812

6 Oct, 2018 11:00am
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Rotorua's average house price has increased 2.6 per cent in past three months

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Programme expected to detect hundreds of cases each year

5 Oct, 2018 9:32pm
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Bowel cancer screening to be offered at Lakes DHB in February next year.

Diabetes NZ Rotorua branch manager Karen Reed. Photo / Stephen Parker

ROTORUA DAILY POST

New home for Diabetes NZ in Rotorua

5 Oct, 2018 5:00am
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Diabetes NZ has moved to new premises in Rotorua and will integrate more with community.

Tauranga's property market has picked up heading into spring. Photo / File

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Median home value climbs past $709,000

4 Oct, 2018 5:33pm
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Tauranga home values have jumped 3.3 per cent year-on-year.

The Tumunui tomo that formed on farmland earlier this year. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Google sends oglers flocking to farm sinkhole

3 Oct, 2018 9:06am
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Rotorua tomo has become an attraction for locals and tourists.

Richard Evans of Rotorua Rentals says it's not uncommon to have five families interested in one property, with four inevitably disappointed. Photo / Andrew Warner

BUSINESS

Landlords quitting rental market over concerns about regulatory changes

2 Oct, 2018 5:50am
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It's a challenging time for Rotorua landlords, renters and property managers

Hundreds of people turned up to search for a young Kawerau girl on Wednesday night. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Kawerau comes together to find lost child

28 Sep, 2018 7:29am
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Hundreds of people turned up to search for a young Kawerau girl on Wednesday night.

The fire destroyed the Whakatāne home. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Burns victim has long road ahead

26 Sep, 2018 8:44am
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A Whakatane man suffers serious burns after going back into a burning house.

An artist's impression for the new QE Health. Image / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua's QE Health has found a new place to call home

22 Sep, 2018 8:40pm
3 minutes to read

QE Health hope to be in new building at the Scion Innovation Park next year.

(From left), Thomas Fisher, 8, Jaedyn-Skye Nikora, 10, Isabella Morey, 9, Molly Waqanimaravu, 9, and Oscar Burns, 10. Photo / Stephen Parker

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua school turning trash into cash

21 Sep, 2018 2:56pm
2 minutes to read

Otonga Rd Primary School pupils are involved in three national recycling programmes.

Elsie Spiers is off to New York. Photo / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Rotorua girl off to New York drama school

21 Sep, 2018 9:21am
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Rotorua's Elsie Spiers is to study at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Dog to restore life balance for Rotorua woman

15 Sep, 2018 3:52pm
3 minutes to read

Alana Portsmouth has waited a long time for a service dog.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Sex ed classes covering many topics

14 Sep, 2018 2:19pm
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Rotorua secondary schools believe they are doing enough to educate students on sexuality.

The te reo version of Moana will screen at Reading Cinema on Sunday with entry by way of a canned food donation.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Moana te reo Māori screening in Rotorua

13 Sep, 2018 9:45am
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As part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Moana screens on Sunday.

Rotorua Lakes Council staff practising for Waiata Mai Rotorua. Photo / Supplied

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Join in with waiata at Te Aka Mauri

13 Sep, 2018 6:00am
2 minutes to read

Waiata to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are set to visit Rotorua. Photo / Getty Images

LIFESTYLE

Harry and Meghan's amazing Rotorua itinerary

13 Sep, 2018 4:00am
4 minutes to read

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to experience the best of Rotorua next month.

The answer to whether or not the Rotorua Racecourse should close has divided the city. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Proposed racecourse closure divides city

8 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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The answer to whether or not the Rotorua Racecourse should close has divided the city.

ROTORUA DAILY POST

Te Reo strategy to be launched in Whakatāne

6 Sep, 2018 10:30am
3 minutes to read

Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi to launch new te reo strategy next week.

ROTORUA DAILY POST | Property

Median house prices fluctuate over winter

3 Sep, 2018 6:00am
5 minutes to read

Rotorua suburbs show increases and decreases for the last quarter

Nick Scanlon is celebrating his 16th Father's Day this Sunday. Photo / Stephen Parker

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Rotorua father credits his son on 16th Father's Day

1 Sep, 2018 3:00pm
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Rotorua dad Nick Scanlon is looking forward to his 16 Father's Day on Sunday