16 May 16:00

Rocket Lab‘s latest launch fails

16 May 15:00

SH30 Rotorua road works this coming week

16 May 14:00

A weekend of footy

16 May 13:30

COVID-19: No new community cases, one in MIQ

16 May 13:00

Trail run with a foodie twist

16 May 11:00

New pilot encourages digital tech pathways

16 May 10:00

TSB’s nationwide hunt for ideas to help NZ thrive

16 May 08:30

Two lucky Lotto players win $500,000

16 May 07:30

Corbin Hart secures Paralympic spot for NZ

16 May 06:50

Domestic cats - best in show

15 May 16:00

Imrie reigns again in the K1 500m at Lake Karapiro

15 May 13:30

Two seriously injured following crash on SH5

15 May 13:00

ACT calls for scrapping marine fuel road tax

15 May 12:00

Racism education initiative backed in BOP

15 May 09:00

National weather forecast for Saturday
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SH30 Rotorua road works this coming week
Rocket Lab‘s latest launch fails
Trail run with a foodie twist

COVID-19: No new community cases, one in MIQ

A weekend of footy

LOCAL

Huge job ad increase after Covid impact

Two lucky Lotto players win $500,000

Domestic cats - best in show

Ginger, tortoiseshell, grey, white, long or short haired – the mere moggy in all its mix breed glory still...
Corbin Hart secures Paralympic spot for NZ

Just ten months after he first sat in a kayak, Corbin Hart completed the first chapter of his inspirational journey...
Imrie reigns again in the K1 500m at Lake Karapiro

Olympic-bound Kurtis Imrie backed up his success on day one of the NCZT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships...
Racism education initiative backed in BOP

A campaign aiming to give teachers the tools and support to identify, confront and dismantle racism has been backed...

TRAFFIC & CRASHES

Two seriously injured following crash on SH5

Fatal crash in Opotiki
Petrol car import ban idea floated

The Transport Ministry has again floated the banning of importing petrol and diesel cars by 2035 so New Zealand...
Ex-policeman’s warning after fatal tablet crash

A former traffic officer has shared his advice for the safe placement of on-board tablets following a fatal incident...

COUNCIL

Council staff owed $1M in unpaid holiday pay

Western Bay wins Local Government supreme award
Maketu‘s new shared cycleway and walkway opened

It's time to get and try out Maketu's brand new shared cycleway and walkway.   The shared path was officially...
Closed museum power generator cost almost $17k

Rotorua ratepayers are footing an almost $17,000 bill for a diesel-fuelled generator that was used to power the...

BLOGS

The Sawmill Brewery range from Matakana

Beer with me Matt Martin Sawmill Brewery, the best thing to come out of Matakana since...I have no idea. So I googled Matakana....
Renewed commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Tamati Coffey  Labour List MP As a member of a strong Labour Government, I recently received more than 30,000 signatures...
Shining a light on NZ volunteers

Sideline Sid  Sports correspondent & historian  www.sunlive.co.nz Volunteers are the backbone of this great country....
Solar Activity and the next Maunder Minimum

Weather Eye  with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when...
Karen takes over the National Party

  Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. For you boomers out there who don't know what...
Now is the best time to join National

Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. If you ever wanted to know when it was the best time...
The economy and jobs means you!

Todd McClay is the MP for Rotorua and the National Party's spokesperson for Trade and Tourism. It has been a difficult...
National don't have a chance

Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. It's election time and week after week in politics,...