UPDATE: Rotorua Museum director Stewart Brown (right) and Rotorua Lakes Council chief executive Geoff Williams provide an update on

The last of more than 100 prosecution witnesses has given evidence as the Crown closed its case against nine men charged with kidnapping

A large fire visible from around Rotorua is a controlled burn-off, police say.

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Rotorua will be one of the first in New Zealand to roll out a new neutering programme that aims to reduce attacks by menacing dogs

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air

John Paul College principal Patrick Walsh is standing down from the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand after 10 years

By Rebecca Malcolmrebecca.malcolm@dailypost.co.nz A whooping cough outbreak has hit Rotorua - with more than 30 cases recorded so

Circle_see_more_DP.epsHUMBLE HERO: Rawiri Pakinga, 25, gave his bone marrow to save the life of a child he has never meet. PHOTO/STEPHEN

CLOSED: The Rotorua Museum remains closed after new earthquake damage was found last week. PHOTO/FILE A_23115sp1.JPG Engineers are

Emergency services are at the scene of a one car crash at the intersection of Waikite Valley Rd and SH5, south of Rotorua.

CCTV footage places kidnapping accused at service station.

Rotorua Museum remains closed due to earthquake damage - with several events due to be held there week moved to other venues. Some

Failed mayoral candidate Reynold Macpherson has dropped his legal challenge contesting October's mayoral election. But one former

The Rotorua community has voted for change, electing four new trustees to join the re-elected two to serve on the Rotorua Energy Charitable

Te Arawa kaumatua Mita Mohi was a man who used his culture and mana to change the troubled lives of others. The gentle leader who

Outgoing US President Barack Obama has said he would like to visit Rotorua after an invite from Rotorua MP Todd McClay during a conversation at APEC.

Love for all was the message being sent to Brian Tamaki by a group of peaceful protesters outside his Rotorua sermon this morning.

A 17-year old has suspected head injuries after a motorbike accident in Ruatahuna.

Rotorua Museum has been closed as a precautionary measure following the appearance of cracks in part of the building after this week's

KASH4KAIKOURA: Peterpan's Chloe Carter and Zorb's Haydn Marriner are raising funds to support tourism operations in Kaikoura. PHOTO/STEPHEN

A police officer has described how he and a colleague "tooled up" after he learned a car he'd followed had been stolen and firearms

Fans will start finding out tomorrow if they've secured the opportunity to buy test match tickets for the British & Irish Lions tour

A Rotorua primary school is in lockdown with armed police combing the grounds.

Workers in the Rotorua CBD say they don't feel safe when arriving at or leaving work - with one saying there needs to be more lighting

PARTIES: Dr Reynold Macpherson (left), watched by Rotorua Lakes Council chief executive Geoff Williams in the public gallery. PHOTO/STEPHEN

Mountain_Biking_ACC_Claims.eps TO THE RESCUE: Rotorua Mountain Bike Club committee members Barbara Jenks, Mathew Hunt and Erin Eggleston

The mother of murdered toddler Nia Glassie was caught living with five young children - despite strict parole conditions that banned her from doing so.

Labour leader Andrew Little says musician Lizzie Marvelly would be "welcome" to run for Labour at the next election.

UPDATE: State Highway 35 has reopened between Maraenui and Omaio, following an earlier slip on the western side of the Motu Bridge. Contractors