Tāmati Coffey, a former TV host, proposed to Tim Smith in 2010 in Rotorua.

It's nearly Lakeside time. Here's how the show is shaping up.

The pair is hoping to bring their culture to the roles and uphold the mana of Raukura.

Locals are fed up with trail bike and dirt bike riders flouting the law around Rotorua.

James Eric Hiroki and Carey Raymond Leask will be sentenced on March 22.

Stephanie Elmiger's boss rewarded her. She repaid him by siphoning off company funds.

A 56-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the death of a Rotorua man.

The stick walkers of Te Awamutu Marathon Clinic. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Images show two men with firearms, pointing them at the gulls.

Despite mixing with pop royalty, Kiwi band Drax Project haven't forgotten their roots.

Heartbreak Island contestant asked whether local boys weren't good enough.

A fire broke out in the Whakarewarewa Forest on Tuesday.

$100 million funding boost brings Rotorua potential regional economic benefits.

A 24-year-old man died at the scene near the corner of State Highway 38 and Kopuriki Rd.

Police are investigating both crashes

One person has died after a motorcycle crash on State Highway 38 near Murupara.

Karl Alsop had more than two years medical practice and travels that road often

"I am getting calls coming in every hour about them," Rhys Wolfgram said.

Findings of a decade-long study to be presented in public meeting on February 12.

Police release name of 69-year-old who died in Rotorua on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old's custom-made $4500 kayak was stolen on January 11 at Ōkere Falls.

A post-mortem exam is taking place today to determine the cause of death.

A heatwave has seen an air-con business under the pump and some staying at work later.

A woman had admitted reversing over a supermarket worker who was trying to stop her.

Lumbercube site has been sold to a local firm and the mill equipment is being removed.

Infants, particularly those under 12 weeks of age, struggle to regulate their temperature.

Police, fire and ambulance are all at the crash.

There's been sporadic yellow to brown discolouration of the town's tap water.

Two visitors had to be rescued after a mishap trying to paddle across Lake Rotorua.

People make the most of a hot, sunny long weekend for Auckland Anniversary Weekend.