3:51pm Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors will remove an unstable tree alongside State Highway 33, about 12km south of Paengaroa, tomorrow. Bay of... Read More
2:39pm Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Living in lockdown is a challenge for everyone, even our local politicians. In the first of a series of more lighthearted interviews, Rotorua Now reporter... Read More
2:32pm Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson have updated the public on the government's response to the COVID-19 situation... Read More
1:50pm Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Businesses can start applying to their banks for loans under the Business Finance Guarantee Scheme set up to support the New Zealand economy during the... Read More
12:55pm Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
UPDATE: There are 89 new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. This is made up of 76 new confirmed cases and 13 probable cases. Director-General of Health... Read More
11:45am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising people to delete widely distributed 'phishing scam' emails which direct recipients to a counterfeit... Read More
10:06am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
The publisher of some of the country's best known magazines has folded. Bauer Media, which has The Listener, Woman's Day, New Zealand Woman's... Read More
9:27am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
The next several days ahead will be warmer than average in a number of regions, but it won’t last, warns WeatherWatch.co.nz Autumn is all about... Read More
8:45am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
One person is in Rotorua Hospital following a firearms incident in the Bay of Plenty. A police spokesperson says they received a report of a firearms... Read More
7:40am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
People should have confidence in the preparations being made on their behalf by their healthcare professionals, says the person leading the Bay of Plenty... Read More
7:26am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Police are investigating a robbery in Rotorua where a cellphone has allegedly been taken. A police spokesperson says they received a report of a person... Read More
6:59am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Police investigating the suspicious death of a person whose remains were found buried in a shallow grave on Rangipo Intake Road, near Tongariro, have... Read More
6:52am Thursday 02 Apr, 2020
Jasmine Manwell is staying in a tent on her mum’s lawn in Tauranga. She tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24. “My mum has made it very... Read More
4:15pm Wednesday 01 Apr, 2020
Workers looking after people who are disabled are sewing their own face masks to keep themselves safe from Covid-19, and others are considering not going... Read More
2:55pm Wednesday 01 Apr, 2020
UPDATED: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is too early to tell if the measures put in place to reduce transmission of Covid-19 are working. There... Read More