Latest from Rotorua

You've smashed it Rotorua! Foodbank appeal to help record number of families

The money and food raised will help more than 300 families.

Revealed: Rotorua's top-performing suburbs of 2020

CoreLogic report shows Fordlands in Rotorua recorded a 28.9 per cent rise in median value.

Diggers, dirt, delays - but are Clayton Rd residents worried?

Residents are looking forward to the end of roadworks but don't mind the commotion.

Roller skaters' plea to Rotorua council

'Stones are not friends to those using small wheels.'

Questions as regional council mulls big rates rise

One-off 'humps' tend to repeat, warns councillor.

The horse whisperer: Rotorua legend refuses to quit

Bill Pomare has been training horses in Rotorua for decades. He just secured his best win.

Here comes Santa! Christmas parade rolls into town

Rotorua is in for a festive weekend with the Christmas Festival and Christmas Parade.

Appeal shows we are one generous community

Rotorua Weekender's Shauni James thanks the community for all of its appeal generosity.

'Milestone for our lives': Thurston Performing Arts Centre opened

The $4m facility at John Paul College will be available to the wider community also.

Rotorua brothers begin Navy legacy for family

Khan and Bodean Raharuhi graduated from the 16-week Basic Common Training course.

Man and woman stable after Ngongotahā Rd crash

The road was closed for three hours after the incident.

Highlights aplenty during Christmas Appeal

Reporter David Beck runs his eye over the Christmas Appeal so far.

Kiri Gillespie: Wharf St upgrade just what city needs right now

Opinion: Could the dining precinct come to rival Rotorua's popular Eat Streat?

Has the housing market become impossible for first-home buyers?

Property experts weigh in on whether it's harder to get on the property market today.

'Our people' say thanks to Jill Nicholas

Journalism royalty Jill Nicholas has been given a hearty thank you from the community.

'Absolutely appalled': Rotorua's costly parking contract

Last year, parking charges brought in $2m. I-Park took $1.7m.