1:00pm Saturday 14 Sep, 2019
The fourth consecutive year of the New Zealand School of Tourism – NZST - Speed dating initiative has demonstrated the value of developing tourism... Read More
9:15am Saturday 14 Sep, 2019
Planning for a multitude of conservation-themed events around Rotorua is well underway, with rangers anticipating Conservation Week 2019 will reach new... Read More
1:10pm Thursday 05 Sep, 2019
Central government’s new 'Action for Healthy Waterways' proposals are expected to help expand and advance Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s... Read More
8:59am Thursday 29 Aug, 2019
Te Arawa Lakes Trust has added its backing to the Iwi Leaders Group, supporting the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal report on National Freshwater... Read More
11:07am Monday 26 Aug, 2019
“Blurred lines” in relation to consents encouraged by the Government created feisty debate at the Rotorua Lakes Council’s final... Read More
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