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World Vision 2022 fundraiser by Naomi Riedel
Tauhara College head girl Naomi Riedel and her father ran and walked around Lake Taupō in under 40 hours to raise money for World Vision.
Rotorua Girls' High hostel
The school is planning to open a boarding hostel in term four this year.
Traffic lights at busy intersection to remain out until at least Monday
The lights at the Fenton St and Hinemoa St intersection have been flashing yellow.
Business network extends a hand
Rotorua Maori business owners are spreading the word that they are back and determined to build an effective network within our rohe.
97-year-old Tahiti-bound with Whakaue kapa group
Covid cancelled a Hawaii trip for Te Kapa o Ngati Whakaue in 2020.
Waikite keep Rotorua flag flying
The whole community will turn out from our Koeke down to all our Mokopuna.
Paul Foote
Paul Foote, who owns a waste management business in Kawerau talking about critical it was for his survival that the TECT Rescue Helicopter service was there after he sustained major crushing injuries during an accident at his workplace on June 16, 2021.
Rotorua stabbing
Adrian Renata found the man's body on the grass outside her emergency housing hostel. Former NZ First MP Ron Mark was also at the scene. Video / Mead Norton / Ron Mark
Te Komiti Nui o Ngāti Whakaue chairman Kingi Biddle explains the significance of Matariki
Hundreds attend Rotorua's Matariki civic ceremony on first official public holiday. Video / Mead Norton
Rotorua rest home implements 'groundbreaking' Māori aged care strategy
Rotorua's Cantabria Lifecare and Village say they will be the first in New Zealand to pioneer a kaupapa Māori strategy in aged care that launched this week.
The fall of Te Tumu - a death marks iwi boundaries
The authentic site of Te Tumu is still debated.
'Out of this world': Rotorua weaver buzzing over festival experience
Weaver Ataraiti Waretini is still buzzing over her participation at the World Indigenous Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada.
Focus Live: Ayesha Verrall, Ashley Bloomfield host Covid update
New Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said alongside Director-General of Health Dr Ashely Bloomfield that lockdowns and border closures would still be a last resort. Video / Mark Mitchell
Bookstore forced to close after flood damage
McLeods Booksellers project manager Rafael Moreira in the storeroom that flooded over the weekend. Video / Ben Fraser
Local Focus: The power of words
A wish penned last year by author Shilo Kino has become reality.
Present-day tranquillity of the Kaituna Cut far cry from history
Ngai Te Rangi once successfully occupied this stretch of land.
Matariki celebrations to be held on shores of Lake Rotorua
Celebrations will include an umu kohukohu whetū ceremony.
Te Arawa to mark golden anniversary of Matatini
Te Arawa Kapa are going all out to celebrate the golden jubilee
Road rage attacker sentenced
Nui Kereopa has been sentenced for wilful damage following a violent road rage incident. Video / Supplied
New infrared camera to find non-compliant wood burners
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Senior Regulatory Project Officer Marion Henton.
Local Focus: Breast cancer also hits men and young women
28-year-old Megan Hati, who found out she had breast cancer on her son's sixth birthday, says people should get any symptoms checked out immediately.
Fletcher Tabuteau
Fletcher Tabuteau has started a petition to remove homeless from Fenton street.
Huka Trapping demonstrates the AT220 automatic possum trap
Huka Trapping, Taupō celebrates catching their 500th rat. Volunteer organiser Clyff Harrington demonstrates the workings of the automatic possum and rat catching machine the AT220.
Voice from the past speaks of Ruawahia
It's told three opportunities presented themself to Tūhourangi warning of the eruption.
Mt Tarawera eruption birthed a new dawn
About 2am on June 10, 1886, the world changed irrevocably when Tarawera erupted.
Poutiri Trust
Poutiri Trust delivers kiwifruit bins, compost, topsoil and seedlings to households
Local Focus: From SH1 to shared zone, Taupō upgrade opens the town up to the lakefront
Taupo's CBD is being opened up to its lakefront view thanks to a $20m upgrade.
Mum describes scary ordeal with stranger at daughter's window
Mother Jenny Chapman describes the terrifying ordeal when a man appeared in the window of her daughters' bedroom in the early hours of the morning. Video / Rotorua Daily Post