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Luke Kirkness: My failed dreams and what you can learn from them

OPINION: Make the most of your glory days, you don't know how long they'll last.

Court action against 9 emergency housing motels off - for now

Why the council has backed off taking court action against some emergency housing motels.

First-home buyers trickle back to market as median house price falls

REINZ: The need for more housing had become urgent

'Be very vigilant': Woman's warning after four unauthorised purchases in fortnight

'It is just lucky that I had a little bit of savings ... I would have been screwed.'

Motels for 1000 homeless: Submissions open for resource consent applications

Locations for contracted emergency housing motels and for how many have been revealed.

'Pretend paramedic' was unlawfully administering drugs to patients

Patients had no idea he was unqualified, a court has heard.

Rotorua Reserves proposal: Some assessments based on anecdote

The mayor says she trusts the council to do adequate due diligence.

Letters: Language is a communication tool, not not a cultural requirement

Our readers have their say.

Hacking victim gets money back but calls for more protection

A Rotorua woman whose bank account was hacked has been reimbursed the stolen refunds.

'Easy way' to make money sees cannabis grower jailed

He wanted an easy way to make money, so got involved in a cannabis growing syndicate.

Danger zones: Warning for Mt Ruapehu visitors as eruption risk rises

Ski season visitors will need to check for hazard zones before arriving.

Woman fights council for almost 9 years to make home legal

Council says land issues put the property in breach of Building Code.

Marriage is between man and woman: School under fire for 'discriminatory' statement

But the school says the statement is to "transparently explain" its philosophy.

Council investigating targeted rate for emergency housing

Some believe it won't solve the issues and will embed the system in Rotorua.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Luxon should have gone further in condemning racism

OPINION: Luxon should call out the racists at every opportunity,

Opinion: How we're missing the chance to punish bad drivers

Luke Kirkness says the law is the law, and if you break it, you should be punished.