Bay Of Plenty

Raveen Saily was on bail, awaiting a rape trial , when he filmed a 13-year-old Rotorua girl performing a sexual act on him.

Tauranga will host the biggest event in the world of triathlon, with Triathlon NZ awarded the 2028 World Triathlon Championships.

Buyers of a Pāpāmoa Beach house needed a High Court order to remove the previous owner.

The man was brought into Rotorua Hospital by four others on Saturday night after being found critically injured on the roadside.

The Ōhau channel diversion wall divides the water in Lake Rotorua from the cleaner waters of Lake Rotoiti, but large holes in the wall's side have locals sounding alarm bells.

Hato Hone St John said it was notified of an aviation incident in Matatā at about 3.15pm Sunday.

A Rotorua resident wants drones used to fight illegal dirt bike activity plaguing the city.

Rotorua is experiencing a surge in domestic tourism, with new figures showing an increase in visitor numbers, spending and accommodation occupancy.

Mahé Drysdale's remit is aimed at increasing efficiency in local government and reducing ratepayer costs.

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The contingency measures include plans to move patients to Rotorua Hospital if staff shortages forced Taupō's clinic to close. Audio

A large slip is covering both lanes of State Highway 2 near Waiotahe in the Bay of Plenty.

Speedway will continue to race at Baypark in Tauranga giving the sport "certainty and longevity".

Christopher Millen evaded police by hiding in a camouflaged bush camp for five months, stealing weapons, tools and equipment, and a sheep from nearby properties.

"People took the assumption that it was so ridiculous that it was never going to happen," one critic says.

At least two people are seriously injured after a crash in rural Bay of Plenty on Wednesday morning.

The on-demand public transport trial uses electric vans which can be ordered through an app.

Already this month an elderly person has been assaulted and a rider hit a lamppost, police say.

The decision ends the fully outsourced parking model introduced in mid-2018.