Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From... Read More

The Coalition Government has committed $2.9 million to ensure intermediate and secondary schools continue providing period products to those who need them, Minister... Read More

Seventy-five workers at Rotorua's council-controlled organisation InfraCore who would normally be tending to the city's garden beds and graves were instead waving... Read More

Mental health and addiction specialists will begin working at emergency departments at four large hospitals this year, the government says. The scheme will... 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

More than 400 jobs could go as the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Health look to cut their budgets. The Ministry for Primary Industries... Read More

UPDATE 7.52AM: A 29-year-old man is facing charged following a brawl which left two people dead and other badly injured. A homicide investigation was launched... Read More

Youth Voices Action is bringing YouthFest to town this May, and this is everything you need to know. Youth Fest is an innovative youth festival aimed to showcase... Read More

The coalition will ban single-use vapes as part of a crackdown on youth vaping, aiming to have all the changes in place by the end of the year. Other measures... Read More

Rotorua Library's Rainbow Storytime event has been cancelled due to security concerns amid 'hostile dialogue” and 'rapid spread of misinformation”,... Read More

Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission is launching a campaign with Ōtautahi Christchurch-based group, InCommon, to encourage people to look past stereotypes... Read More

People who have suffered acute mental breakdowns fear the health system will not be ready to fill the gap when police withdraw from crisis callouts. Health... Read More