Latest from Rotorua

Local Focus: Brendan Davis on Candidate Camera

Local school teacher says housing and homelessness are his top election issues.

From 'drowning' to teaching 200: Reo learning tool helping to learn language

Tuterangiwhiu Grant-Cairns decided to do something about a lack of resources to learn reo.

House prices fell $322 a day in August: New REINZ data

"More stock has lessened the urgency to buy'" REINZ chief executive says.

Former Te Arawa leader facing serious fraud charges: High Court hearing gets under way

Te Arawa business leader Roger Pikia's case is in the High Court at Rotorua this week.

Dog left hanging in tree, SPCA appeals for information

The dog was discovered on August 21 and the SPCA has already sought information.

Toi Ohomai associate dean shares language journey as Māori Language Week begins

A Māori educator on how we can make te reo Māori 'a normal part of our everyday being'.

'Absolute nightmare': Alone in emergency housing - a meth addict's road to recovery

'When you're an addict ... in six months' time, you could be in jail [or] dead.'

Uber creep: Woman's scary experience with food delivery driver

'I was so shocked about what was happening, I was kind of a little bit frozen.'

Joint effort to launch careers for Anahera

Education is the key for this 18-year-old wahine toa.

What Rotorua's mayoral candidates would do about emergency housing in motels

One candidate says the city is being 'ripped apart' by emergency housing in motels.

Spring chill: Cold snap across NZ after snow falls in Christchurch, Desert Rd closed

Dunedin motorists were warned to be careful driving on the hill suburbs.

How Rotorua's 'shocking' motel mile is shaping the city's mayoral race

The community feel like the situation is out of control.

'Absolute train wreck': Calls for an urgent investigation into Rotorua emergency housing

Community and political leaders speak out over Rotorua's emergency housing situation.

Felix Desmarais: The pronunciation of 'helicopter' has me in a spin

OPINION: Language reaches across barriers and cultures to our mutual humanity.

Travel agents work long hours as understaffed offices keep up with demand

Some have reported business is better than it was pre-pandemic.

One person dead following crash on Pukehangi Rd, Rotorua

The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.

Whakarewarewa sinkhole: Road repaired and village reopened to manuhiri

Village staff say they are being cautious and looking out for any changes.

Police seek witnesses to knifepoint robbery

Kalah Bar in Ngongatahā was robbed by someone wielding a knife.