Latest from Rotorua

Covid tracing cards axed as Ministry of Health shifts focus to vaccinations

A Covid tracing card option has been scrapped after a week-long trial in Rotorua.

Arson trial: Woman denies she burnt down house for financial windfall

A woman has denied she purposely burnt a house down saying she needed it for her son.

'Sacred' Te Arawa and Western Bay partnership hailed

Tirity o Waitangi will underpin the new 'sacred' relationship.

'Proceed with caution': Business head's warning over Govt's plans

A business chief said opening the border was a double-edged sword.

Local Focus: Whāriki and Facebook join forces

Māori businesses in Rotorua get social media savvy. Made with NZ On Air.

Bystander grappled knife-wielding patched mobster after robbery

A Bay of Plenty man has been jailed for a spate of armed robberies in Ōpōtiki town centre.

Transitional housing planned for large vacant Fenton St motel

Signs on Fenton St have prompted concern over housing for the homeless.

Squeeze on MIQ spaces as Government increases its own allocation

A dwindling supply of rooms is aggravating the situation.

This high school has more Olympic gold than most countries

Lisa Carrington and Stacey Fluhler have more gold medals than most countries competing.

Rotorua shooting: Witnesses wanted as police investigation continues

One person was transported to hospital in a moderate condition.

Māori flag to fly at BOP regional council buildings

The last surviving designer of the flag says the move is "awesome".

'Firearms, gangs and drugs': Meth and black market gun dealer sent to jail

Illegal firearms dealer Gordon Mark McRae was sentenced in Rotorua District Court today.

'I don't want to go to Rotorua': Burnt car victim speaks out

Three cars were destroyed and at least two others damaged.

MPI raids multiple properties over 'highly organised' black market crayfish ring

About 80 fishery officers searched eight East Coast homes with police in support.

Hotel guests' cars destroyed in suspicious blaze

What started as one car fire reportedly spread to others.

'Escalation of poverty' in pandemic linked to jobs, living costs

'If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap.'