A man has been charged in relation to the death of Rotorua man James Wilson Dodds in a hunting incident last month.

A Rotorua man has been sentenced for giving his 6-year-old stepson a black eye by elbowing him in the face while he was having a tantrum over being buckled into his car seat.

A professional Rotorua boxer, who knocked a teenager unconscious and broke his teeth when he wouldn't remove a rugby jersey has been ordered to pay $5000 reparation.

It is too early to say how a man came to be hit by a car during a brawl in Rotorua, police say.

A Rotorua woman who made headlines after her assault on another woman was caught on camera has now been sentenced to community detention.

A man is fighting for his life after being run down by a ute following a street brawl in Rotorua.

Overdue fines at DVD rental stores are stacking up, with one owner reporting at least $50,000 in fines still owing.

A dispute over a dead cat ended with a Rotorua man bashing his elderly neighbour with a torch after 'things got out of hand'.

A one-legged sickness beneficiary has been jailed after being found guilty of repeatedly raping and indecently assaulting a young girl in Rotorua between 1966 and 1976.

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