New Zealand’s longest-serving councillor, Rotorua’s Trevor Maxwell, will seek re-election in October’s election – but has confirmed it will be his final term. Read...

Rotorua`s Trevor Maxwell will go beyond 50 years as a councillor if re-elected. Read...

Whakarewarewa faces Tauranga Sports in the Baywide Premier Men’s final on Saturday. Read...

Police say a number of cars and motorcycles were doing burnouts during a Rotorua funeral procession. Read...

Rotorua Police have made multiple arrests and seized vehicles following dangerous driving incidents during a funeral procession. Read...

`The Village of Hope` has been set up in Rotorua in an effort to give people who are homeless somewhere safe to sleep. Read...

Three people were charged with failing to stop and dangerous driving. Read...

Te Tukohu Ngawha - a science fair based in Rotorua - is hoping to attract more young women into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read...

Residential building consent approvals in Rotorua increased by 40% in the year to March 2025, as part of the city’s plan to get people out of emergency housing. Read...

Written by acclaimed New Zealand composer Dame Gillian Whitehead, it tells the true story of Roger Ingram Te Kepa Dansey. Read...