2:18pm Friday 23 Aug, 2019
A falling tree in a 1000 year old forest has revealed the existence of a rare shrub. The shrub, Pittosporum kirkii, is one of four endemic to New Zealand... Read More
7:51am Tuesday 20 Aug, 2019
The Sanatorium Reserve is being reinvigorated as part of the long term plan, but the discovery of native long-tailed bats using the reserve meant that... Read More
9:00am Sunday 18 Aug, 2019
The voices of farmers in Rotorua, led by Federated Farmers, have been instrumental in the Environment Court’s rejection of Land Use Capability... Read More
5:23pm Monday 05 Aug, 2019
The Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes Programme is hosting Waikato University professor Troy Baisden and NIWA scientist Mary de Winton to discuss their research... Read More
9:44am Friday 19 Jul, 2019
The attempt to reduce waste gained impetus in Rotorua with added Government funding. Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage announced a... Read More
4:00pm Saturday 13 Jul, 2019
Rotorua Lakes Council will be receiving $293,056 from Government in the third round of funding from the Tourism Infrastructure Fund - TIF, announced... Read More
3:00pm Saturday 13 Jul, 2019
Rates relief may be investigated as a potential incentive to encourage investment in the inner city as part of the next phase of revitalising Rotorua’s... Read More
3:15pm Monday 08 Jul, 2019
Money allocated from the Provincial Growth Fund should also be set aside for maintenance, PGF Minister Shane Jones says. That is, he says, his expectation. He’s... Read More
12:28pm Friday 28 Jun, 2019
More ground has collapsed around the mud pool which burst to life in Rotorua on Tuesday morning. GNS scientist Brad Scott and Rotorua Lakes Council... Read More
10:28am Thursday 27 Jun, 2019
The large mud pool which appeared in Rotorua on Tuesday morning is now getting bigger. Rotorua Lakes Council is reporting that more ground has... Read More
7:16am Thursday 27 Jun, 2019
Police are urging motorists to take care on State Highway 5 south of Rotorua. There is back ice on parts of the road, particularly in the Mihi area,... Read More
9:06am Tuesday 25 Jun, 2019
The kiwi population is going to get a significant boost from a new state of the art kiwi incubation facility being constructed within the grounds of... Read More
9:38am Friday 07 Jun, 2019
Less than a week after her decision to stand down, Karen Hunt came has received unexpected praise from one Rotorua councillor. Charles Sturt, once a... Read More
9:16am Thursday 06 Jun, 2019
The annual drawdown of Lake Rotoiti will begin over the next few days in which the lake will drop 100mm below its normal operating range. The lake is... Read More
6:49am Wednesday 05 Jun, 2019
A team led by senior scientist Doctor Moritz Lehmann at Xerra Earth Observation Institute and the University of Waikato has published an analysis... Read More