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'Protecting our whānau': Vaccination clinic offers free hāngī with jab

The clinic will be operating every Sunday and Monday from 10am to 6pm until December.

$4.2m drug bust: Bogus companies, leased premises, stolen power and 19 offenders

Details of the sophisticated Rotorua-based operation can now be revealed.

'Back of the queue': Māori and Pasifika should have been prioritised for vaccines - experts

The Ministry of Health says sequencing was designed to vaccinate those most at risk first.

'Something needs to happen': Prue Kapua appointed to New Zealand Police Women's Advisory Network

Prue Kapua wants to increase the number of women at all levels of New Zealand Police.

Nick Saville-Wood: Big thanks to those supporting vaccine rollout

Opinion: Lakes DHB chief executive Nick Saville-Wood wants to thank the community.

Luke Kirkness: MIQ decision shows what can be achieved by a community united

Opinion: We've seen what can be achieved when we work together. Let's do it again.

Half-century of passion: Anne Samson's ballet story

Anne Samson has been teaching ballet for 50 years and is still passionate about her work.

Get jabbed: The 90% project encouraging all to vaccinate

The 90% Project is an NZME campaign encouraging New Zealanders to get the Covid jab.

'Simply awesome': Protest turns to celebration over MIQ backdown

Rotorua is celebrating news it will not get another managed isolation facility.

Detail, detail, detail: Rotorua's preliminary response to Three Waters reform

The message was clear: more information is needed for Three Waters reform to go ahead.

Rotorua wins fight to stop another MIQ

Rotorua will not get a fourth MIQ.

Hundreds expected at MIQ protest, but how will it comply with alert level rules?

Protest organiser Aneta Morgan says they have a Covid safety plan in place.

Nearly 50mm of rain: Power outages as weather hits BOP

It has been a wet and windy start to the day in the Bay of Plenty.

Car submerged in water near Tarewa Rd

Police and Fire and Emergency NZ staff were at the scene.

The 90% Project: We are at war and the vaccine is our next line of defence

OPINION: Lockdowns are not an option for the future - vaccinations are.

New MIQ in Rotorua 'unlikely' but protest going ahead

The Covid-19 Response Minister says another Rotorua MIQ facility is unlikely.