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Kmart Rotorua part of $20m development

Kmart is finally coming to Rotorua as the major tenant in a new $20 million development.

Opinion: Hooray for Kmart

Finally it's official. We can reveal today that Kmart is coming to Rotorua. For some of you, the news may be met with a shrug of

Still plenty of heat in market despite drop in house sales (+video)

GOING, GONE: Rotorua real estate agents Steve Lovegrove (right) and Karl Hereford have had great success with auctions in the past

Support for Government offices in regions

By Rebecca Malcolmrebecca.malcolm@dailypost.co.nz Rotorua's mayor says a New Zealand First plan to shift government departments into

Watch NZH Local Focus: 50 tonnes of massive mussels in Opotiki

Check out these mussels! New Zealand's first commercial open ocean marine farm, off the coast of Opotiki brings in its first harvest. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Watch NZH Local Focus: 50 tonnes of massive mussels in Opotiki

Check out these mussels, from New Zealand’s first commercial open ocean marine farm, off the coast of Opotiki. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Venture Centre and Priority One collaborate on CoWork Hui

Tauranga's Venture Centre is launching a New Zealand first event in the coworking space, the CoWork Hui, on 29-30 October. Organisers

WNT Ventures gets funding extended

Callaghan Innovation has confirmed two years of additional funding for Bay of Plenty technology incubator WNT Ventures, and for two

Watch NZH Local Focus: Opotiki's spring pollinating bees under threat

Opotiki beekeepers are worried too many hives are now being placed in the region by corporate newcomers, threatening the survival of the pollinating bees required for the local kiwifruit industry. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Megaship sails into Tauranga

The arrival in Port of Tauranga of the biggest container ship ever to visit New Zealand was a historic day for New Zealand exporters

Commercial consents $12.3m for month

CONSENT: The old library building, to be converted into the new children's health hub and shared library. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER 031016aw07.JPGstephworsopserious.eps The

UK diplomat visits city

BREXIT: Rotorua MP and Trade Minister Todd McClay with British High Commissioner Jonathan Sinclair addressing the Rotorua Chamber

NZ's biggest debt city may surprise you

People declaring insolvency in this city racked up $17m in debt owing to non-governmental agencies - the highest amount in the country.

Technology spells end of branch banking

In just five years, more than 150 branches of NZ's major banks have disappeared, and more are earmarked to go the same way.

Rotorua's tourism success celebrated

By Matthew Martin / mattmartinsmile.eps / CHEESE: The team from Rotorua Canopy Tours celebrate their three awards, including the

Maori need to utilise their own land to solve housing needs

The proposed subdivision of its 27ha Te Houhou Treaty Settlement block in Papamoa is an example of ways Maori can scale up their housing

Rotorua attraction takes supreme award

Rotorua Canopy Tours - a business which in just four years has got visitors raving and nature flourishing - has won the supreme award

Ngati Whakaue's assets boom

Wise investments of treaty settlement money has seen a Rotorua iwi trust add more than $7 million to its assets while dishing out