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
3:23pm Saturday 01 Jun, 2019
Work on the Acacia Road boat ramp is nearing completion. Laying the remainder of the boat ramp slabs will run into this coming week, and all work should... Read More
5:53pm Thursday 23 May, 2019
The weed cordon that excluded boats from the Motuwhetero arm of Lake Ōkataina last week has been removed. Two weed cordons were originally erected... Read More
8:11am Thursday 23 May, 2019
Today is the last day for the Taiohi-Taiao Youth Jam – a three day event in Rotorua aimed at tackling issues of climate change this year. Run... Read More
5:45pm Friday 17 May, 2019
Rotorua Canopy Tours in conjunction with the Tourism Industry Association and the Department of Conservation, have successfully dispatched 123 rats,... Read More