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Local Focus: Business or the environment? Rotorua candidates want it both ways
Can you have one without the other? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
New multimillion-dollar health facility one year away
All going to plan, the 3000sq m building will be complete by the end of October next year.
War of words: Mayor and councillor trade accusations over wastewater deal
Macpherson describes Chadwick as 'arrogant'; mayor alleges his actions have damaged city.
Local Focus: Business or the environment? Rotorua candidates want it both ways
Can you have one without the other? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
150km a day: Where is Rotorua's recycling going?
8.2 tonnes of recycling travels from Rotorua to just south of Thames every day.
'Enthusiastic and determined': Rotorua MTB Club's first female president
New Rotorua Mountain Bike Club president Clair Coker has big ambitions.
Hastings shines at school mountain bike champs
Rotorua's enduro specialist turned heads in Wellington.
Election 2020: Labour denies being worried about losing Waiariki seat
Poll shows Tāmati Coffey is 12 points ahead of the Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi.
Tourism BOP launches 'Sure to Make You Smile' campaign
Tourism Bay of Plenty has launched a new campaign aimed at enticing more visitors.
'He loved his students like his own': Adored teacher loses cancer battle
Del Porter taught at Mokoia Intermediate for 11 years.
Urgent need: The industry crying out for 14,500 workers by summer
Worried employers call for border to be opened for migrants.
ACT announces Build Like the Boomers strategy
ACT leader David Seymour made the announcement while in Tauranga today.
Expect delays: Work to begin at Tarawera roundabout
Major changes to the intersection get under way later this week.
Pin pulled on 2021 Supper Club fundraiser
Another major event has been postponed because of the effects of Covid-19.
Kristin Macfarlane: Community needs to show no tolerance for society's unwanted
OPINION: Our bus drivers, school children, elderly, women deserve to feel safe on buses.
More than $700k awarded to community groups
The New Zealand Community Trust awarded 16 grants in Bay of Plenty in September.
Danielle van Dalen: The process of dying doesn't need to be painful or scary
COMMENT: Researcher Danielle van Dalen on considering legalising euthanasia.
Charge dismissed for woman who snuck into Sudima Hotel
The Tauranga woman was seen on the grounds of a Rotorua managed isolation hotel in August.
Election 2020: First advance voters get ticks tallied
Advance voting is important "because not everyone can make it on Saturday [October 17]".
Matt Cowley: Politicians are avoiding the tourism question
OPINION: Are political parties answering the big questions around tourism?
Collecting taonga species? Permits now required at Te Arawa lakes
The new bylaws apply to our native freshwater species, not trout.
NZ Kiwifruit Growers and MPI launch new jobseekers course
A new course for those interesting in working in the kiwifruit industry has been launched.
Local Focus: Workers versus employers in Rotorua - which candidate backs which?
Rotorua candidates argue it’s a balance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Workers versus employers in Rotorua - which candidate backs which?
Rotorua candidates argue it's a balance. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Free dental care policy comes with a catch, Peters reveals
Winston Peters has announced New Zealand First's Healthy Kiwis Package.
Local Focus: Recent Girls' High student running for MP
Kaya Sparke, 24, is promoting the Greens' vote. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Kristin Macfarlane: Speeding at roadworks is like going to someone's work and putting their life in danger
OPINION: Don't risk people's lives because you think what you're doing is more important
Road workers endangered by 'unacceptable' driving
Motorists need to be 'putting themselves in the boots of our workers', Rob Campbell says.
Waititi nipping at Coffey's heels in Waiariki
Twenty-four per cent of undecided respondents could be the deciding factor.
Whakatāne's Damon Rees eighth in British Superstock
The penultimate round of the British Superstock Championship was held at the weekend.
Labour's Māori caucus coming to Rotorua and Tauranga
Tāmati Coffey is to host public hui in Rotorua tomorrow.