'It’s important to find your passion as when you love what you do, you do your best work.'

Plus - we ask why one city, unusually, has no honourees on this year's list.

Police target factors that decide whether people walk or are carried away from crashes.

Sian Habgood was hit by a car while sitting inside a restaurant.

Ngawai Clendon aims to inspire others as she heads to Antarctica with Inspiring Explorers.

Toxic algal bloom warning issued for Ōkawa Bay, Lake Rotoiti.

Three champions give input into the new Crankworx downhill track.

Iwi places rāhui on Ōhiwa Harbour as search for missing swimmer intensifies.

Boxing Day shoppers in Rotorua and Tauranga are happy to be spending.

The holiday park says staff pick up a bag of rubbish a day from the carpark opposite.

Walker mentors six jade carvers in Rotorua.

She has outlived her one-year life expectancy and focuses on the positive: 'I am living'

Rotorua initiative gifts 10 whānau new bikes for Christmas, fostering community joy.

Police have thanked the public for their help in finding Hayden Kemp.

A disregard for authority could be why those attending court are thumbing their noses.

"If you’re loyal to them, they will be loyal to you."

Two more motels will stop being contracted by the Government for emergency housing.

The money will help fund 'supportive cancer care and integrative medicine' retreats.

An orange heavy rain warning is in force for the Bay of Plenty for Saturday.

'Ultimately, it cost us time with Tasha,' her family says.

'We are preparing for the busiest summer we have seen.'

She was one of six people to lose their lives on Rotorua roads in a week.

Thirteen people are now appearing before the court on a range of charges.

It exceeded last year's donation total after the rides sold out within hours.

Crews monitored hotspots on Mt Edgecumbe near Kawerau overnight.

A man was seen wearing one of their stolen shirts after they tracked their missing tech.

'Me and my wife don’t really know what to say or do.'