Council
08:00pm Thu 16 May, 2024
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell has started the Tuia leadership programme with her newest Tuia representative, Maringi James. Tuia is a national leadership programme... Read More
04:00pm Thu 16 May, 2024
'Improving”, 'potential”, 'stagnant”, and 'beautiful” are how some describe Rotorua in one word. The city's tourism organisation calls... Read More
01:00pm Tue 14 May, 2024
A successful day is how Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Chair has described the first day of Long Term Plan hearings held at Huria Marae.... Read More
03:00pm Thu 09 May, 2024
A multi-day youth music festival that could attract thousands of people to Whangamatā over Christmas and the new year has received opposition from authorities. Ollie... Read More
10:30am Tue 07 May, 2024
A Rotorua bed and breakfast owner says a council plan targeting holiday rental homes 'beggars belief” as some hosts face rates increases of 180 per cent. Rotorua... Read More
12:00pm Sat 27 Apr, 2024
Rotorua is wrestling with a costly dilemma facing many councils: How to keep the pipes flowing after years of what one councillor describes as 'chronic underspending”.... Read More
09:00am Sun 21 Apr, 2024
Rotorua's lakefront has been blanketed by rotting lake weed, with one passerby calling the odour "rancid". Recent stormy weather has washed ashore swathes... Read More
03:00pm Fri 12 Apr, 2024
The widow of a former Rotorua councillor is pleading with the council not to shelve her late husband's long fought-for dream of a new skatepark as it looks to... Read More
11:00am Tue 09 Apr, 2024
Rotorua and Katikati could be home to two new potential regional parks proposed in the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's plan for the next 10 years. Whether... Read More
10:10am Thu 04 Apr, 2024
Rotorua's gardeners and grave diggers, who went on strike for five days, will soon receive a living wage. Seventy-five employees of Rotorua Lakes Council-controlled... Read More
06:00pm Thu 28 Mar, 2024
Rotorua ratepayers are facing a potential average 10.24 per cent rates rise in what one council leader describes as 'by far the most challenging” draft... Read More
11:45am Mon 25 Mar, 2024
Rotorua MP Todd McClay says he has no qualms about calling in police reinforcements to deal with gangs. New special search powers are now available to police,... Read More
20-May 14:00
Stories from 56 years of fostering
20-May 13:50
Help keep our community warm!
17-May 11:00
Weekend weather: High pressure in the north
17-May 10:45
Could you afford to pay for your prescription?
17-May 10:30
Waikato Police deliver on stolen mail
17-May 10:15
Take action this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
17-May 10:00
Cost of living: People 'drowning in debt'
17-May 09:45
Special maimai a winner for hunters in wheelchairs
16-May 20:00
Rotorua Mayor mentorship with Tuia representative
16-May 19:00
Mice found: Millions of kiwifruit to be destroyed
16-May 18:00
BOP olympian joins fresh fruit appeal
16-May 17:00
Winter illnesses: Where you should go first
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