Rotorua Daily Post‘Careless disposal’: Fire blanketed Rotorua area with smokeThe fire was extinguished and crews left at around 4.30pm.16 Feb 10:44 PM
Rotorua Daily PostWhat you need to know about Te Matatini 2025 – the ‘Olympics of kapa haka’Te Matatini 2025 will be hosted in New Plymouth/Ngāmotu, Taranaki.16 Feb 09:38 PM
Rotorua Daily PostCritical injuries after SH30 crash involving truckEmergency services were called to State Highway 30 at Rotoiti Forest.16 Feb 09:20 PM
PremiumPremiumRotorua Daily PostRetail shake-up: Appliance delivery and removal brand moves into NZThe company believes the NZ appliance retail market is ripe for upheaval.16 Feb 06:12 PM
Rotorua Daily PostGrand plans: Motel owners defy tough economy with $4.2m upgradeThey want to keep investing and have confidence things will ease.16 Feb 06:06 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionMark ListerOpinion: Green shoots emerge as business confidence reboundsThe Fonterra payout this season is the highest in history.16 Feb 03:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post‘Deeply thankful’: Hindu community celebrates new garden initiativeFind out if there is a public reserve community garden you can get involved in.15 Feb 11:01 PM
Rotorua Daily Post'Deeply disappointing': Proposed job cuts will worsen access to palliative care - doctorPublic money would be spent on hospital admissions for people with 'nowhere else to go'.15 Feb 05:00 PM
Rotorua Daily PostThe final reunion: Former NZ Forest Products workers set to gatherForest workers to descend on Tokoroa from far and wide.14 Feb 11:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post‘Hard decision’: Woman, 27, heading to US for $550k cancer treatmentAmelia Branson and her family are fighting to extend her life.14 Feb 04:04 PM
Rotorua Daily PostOperation FTP goes ahead despite risk of fineRotorua's homeless have been given free food in a counter operation to Operation Trolley.14 Feb 01:56 AM
Rotorua Daily PostConfirmed: 230 workers to lose jobs as Kinleith Mill shuts paper productionStaff were called to an open-air meeting on the Tokoroa mill’s grounds.13 Feb 11:23 PM
Rotorua Daily Post‘Oh my God’: The shocking cost of Kāinga Ora ‘container homes’ revealedThe homes were criticised by locals when they first arrived on the site.13 Feb 08:04 PM
Rotorua Daily PostNearly a third of schools receiving free lunches send complaints, queries to ministry'We had a great system before ... it was just great and now we’ve got this.'13 Feb 06:35 PM
Rotorua Daily Post'Kill him': Armed mobster on meth-fuelled rampage held 74yo man hostageHe was fleeing police when he broke into the pensioner's home and assaulted him. 13 Feb 07:05 AM
Rotorua Daily PostHoliday house hike: Group to assess impact of targeted rateA working group to be set up to recommend improvements.13 Feb 05:00 AM
Rotorua Daily PostMichael Voss lines up alongside world’s top trail runners The Tarawera Ultra-Trail, New Zealand's premier running event starts in Rotorua.12 Feb 11:00 PM
Rotorua Daily PostOperation FTP: Crackdown on trolley thefts sparks counter operationOperation Feed The People launched in opposition to police trolley crackdown.12 Feb 04:04 PM
Rotorua Daily PostRotorua woman seeks brain tumour treatment in AmericaAmelia Branson is going to America for surgery and radiation for her brain tumour, which costs about $550,000. Video / Megan WilsonWatch12 Feb 12:23 AM
Rotorua Daily PostCall for order amid heated fluoride debate at Rotorua councilThe ministry's head dentist defended fluoridation, citing safety and health benefits.11 Feb 04:02 PM
Rotorua Daily PostYaba Daba Do – Red Stag Timber want two from twoThe Red Stag team is determined to give winning the Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix a good go.11 Feb 12:14 AM
Rotorua Daily PostHow Aquabots are leading charge for diversity in techYoung female engineers from Rotorua will compete at the Aquabots finals in June.10 Feb 10:18 PM
Rotorua Daily Post'Simply devastating': School rallies after death of hostel studentRotorua Boys' High School principal says support in place for the school community.10 Feb 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumRotorua Daily PostOwed nearly $150k: Rotorua crime victims believe reparation payments an 'absolute joke'Nearly $4.6m in fines and reparation is owed by Rotorua offenders.10 Feb 08:16 PM
Rotorua Daily PostMan on trial accused of killing his friend after fight over messages to girlfriendMoscrip says he was defending himself after Ruatara had confronted him angrily.10 Feb 05:00 AM
Rotorua Daily PostStudent dies at Rotorua Boys' High School hostelRotorua Boys' High School principal says support was in place for the school community.09 Feb 08:43 PM
Rotorua Daily Post100 cats need new homes after owner’s cancer diagnosisThe family of a man diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer is determined to rehome his cats.09 Feb 06:11 PM
Rotorua Daily Post‘I was knocked unconscious’: Dispute over parking leads to alleged assaultStevee Ormsby denies assaulting a man who confronted her about her parking.08 Feb 11:00 PM
Rotorua Daily Post'Like Meremere raceway': Boy racers terrorise residents'Someone’s going to get really hurt.'07 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorOpinion: Rotorua deserves answers on housing crisis impactLocal readers have their say.07 Feb 03:55 PM
Rotorua Daily PostJudge’s maths blunder won’t change jail sentence for mobsterTihema Nuttall's sentence will stay the same despite a judge's error.07 Feb 12:01 AM
Rotorua Daily PostOverseas-born students driving roll growth in Rotorua'We're getting an even spread of New Zealand-born and overseas-born students.'06 Feb 04:08 PM
Rotorua Daily Post‘A great mix of cultures’: Rotorua’s vibrant Waitangi Day festivitiesThe Waitangi Day event in Rotorua attracted up to 10,000 visitors.06 Feb 02:48 AM
Rotorua Daily PostWaitangi - Mō Te Aroha O Te Iwi, For The Love Of The PeopleThousands attend official Waitangi Day event in Rotorua. Video / Kelly MakihaWatch06 Feb 02:45 AM