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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Rainbow Storytime session in Rotorua facing calls for protest and counter-action has seen councillors clash after one questioned its 'appropriateness”... Read More

Homeowners are facing average rates rises of 15% according to data in draft long-term plans across 48 councils, averaging at about $8 more per week* per... Read More

Every three years, councils across the country have to refresh their 10-year financial plans and ask the public for feedback. 2023 is meant to be one of those... Read More

There is 'no robust evidence” Kāinga Ora activities impact house prices in surrounding areas, a leader in the state housing agency says. But a Rotorua... Read More

A cow dung-like smell wafting from earthworks along the Whakatāne stopbank has Riverside Drive residents holding their noses. However, while Bay of Plenty... Read More