Rotorua Lakes Council plans $12k spend on revamp of Whakarewarewa toilets after complaints
Local Democracy Reporting found the building looked generally worn, with numerous areas of cracked paint, holes in windows…
Rotorua crash death investigated as homicide by police
Anyone who was in or around Ford Rd between 8pm and 8.45pm yesterday should contact police, Warner said.…
Council votes to return Rotorua Night Market to city centre, ending trial relocation
He said returning to the inner city would help businesses regain tourist foot traffic and after-work customers. A…
Rotorua affordable rentals: First tenants move into Home in Place development
It aimed at addressing housing affordability for “moderate-income” essential workers in healthcare, education and emergency services. The 28…
Rotorua transitional housing residents asked to leave Fenton St complex after geothermal bore breaks
A woman who had lived at the property for more than two years, whose name the Rotorua Daily…
Concerns over Rotorua Night Market trial as stallholders report drop in sales
“Putting the market into Kuirau Park does not achieve that purpose.” Some retailers said the CBD had “become…
Lotto players in Rotorua, Katikati win $16k second division prizes
Meanwhile, players from Auckland and Blenheim each won $500,000 with Lotto first division. The winning tickets were sold…
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell hits back at Labour’s homeless strategy criticism
A 2022 report estimated the city – New Zealand’s birthplace of international tourism – lost $17 million in…
QE Health Rotorua placed into liquidation after $1.3m annual loss
QE Health announced the liquidation on its Facebook page on Thursday. “We can assure you that things will…
Rotorua man Daniel Rikiti sentenced for death of pedestrian Richard Martin
She had smashed the windscreen with a golf club earlier that evening. Rikiti was driving about 5km/h over…
Rotorua SH30A tomo slows traffic after NZTA postpones upgrade to 2026
Traffic built up in Rotorua’s eastern suburbs on Monday morning after NZTA closed all four lanes of SH30A…
Emergency housing motels end in Rotorua – but has it just shifted the problem elsewhere?
In 2023, National campaigned on ending emergency housing in Rotorua motels within two years. “Rotorua whānau, businesses and…