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Rotorua car fire: Crews extinguish blaze in the eastern suburbs
Footage of a car fire on Coulter Rd. Video / Andrew Warner
Six thieves fail to pull off ram raid thanks to three doors and an alarm
Springfield Bottle-O in Rotorua is targeted by ram raiders again. Video / Supplied
Rotorua mum's survival story
Sian Habgood was thrown 7m across Urbano Bistro's floor when a car smashed through the restaurant's window.
Crankworx Rotorua
Crankworx FMBA Slopestyle World Championship women's event in Rotorua. Video / Crankworx
Steve Lovegrove
Professionals Rotorua principal Steve Lovegrove talks about the current real estate market.
Neihana Renata walks again
Marama and Wi Renata's dream has come true - their son Neihana has taken his first steps in nearly eight years with the Trexo walker.
Pip Lewis' diagnosis battle
Pip Lewis has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a rare genetic condition that affects her connective tissues.
One critically injured after gunshots in Rotorua
Police tape and a cordon are up at the Te Ngae Shopping Centre. Video / Andrew Warner
Girl, 3, gets finger jammed in door
Aria Prakash, 3, was rescued by firemen after getting her finger jammed in a hinge on a bathroom door at her preschool.
Tuhoto Ariki Pene
Crankworx 2024 preview King of Crankworx (winner 2023) Rotorua's Tuhoto-Ariki Pene - 2024 goals/how he's feeling this festival
Ross Dittmer
Ross Dittmer comes second in the 60 plus age group for Coast to Coast last weekend, only months after fighting cancer for the second time and having a course of radiation. Video / Andrew Warner
Timothy Lee
Timothy Lee had a mountain biking accident in 2010 which has left him tetraplegic and in a wheelchair.
Catch up with Matthew Keogan
Rotorua man Matthew Keogan continues to take Keytruda after being diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2021. Video / Ben Fraser
Volunteers clean up Utuhina
Rotorua resident Gary Coker on his efforts to clear rubbish from the mouth of the Utuhina Stream and wider city.
Kohanga's van stolen
Kahukura Hahipene is upset Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Koutu's first van it had bought to transport children was stolen overnight on February 13. NC3KAKEBYZF45ALUTQGNVHO35I
Salvation Army releases report
Ana Iko delivered the Salvation Army's 17th annual State of the Nation report in Rotorua on Thursday.
WHHS French trip
Western Heights High School head of department of international languages Wendy Pike and some French students who are fundraising for their trip to Tahiti in July.
Rotorua's smallest school celebrates win
Rotorua Seventh Day Adventist School principal Lanea Strickland talks about the school's reaction to news its voice had been heard in an intensification decision.
Dame Ruia Morrison's latest honour
The Rotorua tennis legend was the first Māori person to play Wimbledon and has now been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Helicopter at bush fire south of Rotorua
Emergency services were called to the bush fire at Waiotapu about noon.
Born to Adapt
This unique FREE 2 day, community trail running event welcomes disabled and non-disabled athletes of all abilities to get out on Rotorua’s beautiful redwood trails.
Don McCarrison
Don McCarrison was diagnosed with melanoma last year and was recently given the all-clear after having surgery and radiation. He also lost his parents and two siblings to cancer. He owns Bay Decorators and has rallied local painters and suppliers, including Dulux, to paint the Rotorua Cancer Society office free of charge.
Supper Club
Deborah Kay (left) and Linley Parry at the Ronald McDonald retreats in Ngongotaha for the Supper Club preview.
BMX Racing World Cup
Over 200 riders from 27 countries has been confirmed for the first-ever UCI BMX Racing World Cup in New Zealand, to be staged at the new Te Papa o Te Kauri BMX facility at Whakarewarewa on 10 and 11 February.
What's Cooking lunch bar robbery
Rachel Crystal from What's Cooking lunch bar was robbed at 3am yesterday.
Canopy Tours
Canopy Tours GM Paul Button - the company is the first company in Rotorua and the first zipline business in the Southern Hemisphere to get a B Corp certification.
Keith Fraser still rowing at 93
Rotorua 93-year-old rower Keith Fraser is still competing, including in a regatta over the weekend.
Richard Lyons
Richard Lyons was 83 years old when he was diagnosed with melanoma in his right forearm.
Aerocool Rescue Helicopter sent to multiple incidents in Bay of Plenty
Aerocool Rescue Helicopter at the Kohi Point and Mauao incidents over the weekend.
Eat Streat noise complaints
Urban Gusto co-owner Perry Singh believes noise constraints in the dining precinct are unreasonable.