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	Thu, 15 Aug 2024: Community housing provider sought to take on pensioner flats RadioNZ - 15 Aug (RadioNZ) Rotorua`s council is looking to improve its pensioner housing services - by removing itself as landlord. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Thu, 15 Aug 2024: Council seeks housing exit over ‘very difficult’ financial model Stuff.co.nz - 15 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) Rotorua’s council wants to remove itself as landlord for pensioner housing. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Wed, 14 Aug 2024: Live: Bay of Plenty v North Harbour – NPC rugby Stuff.co.nz - 14 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) Follow live coverage as two All Blacks rookies go head-to-head in Tauranga. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	Mon, 12 Aug 2024: Rotorua Lakes Council installs fence to deter illegal rubbish dumping RadioNZ - 12 Aug (RadioNZ) Kiri Danielle has cleaned up rubbish dumped on the mountain over the past 12 years. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Fri, 9 Aug 2024: Rotorua council injunction bid for sewerage works fails - for now RadioNZ - 9 Aug (RadioNZ) A council legal bid for an injunction to get protesters to stay at least a metre from controversial sewerage works near Rotorua`s sacred Lake Rotokakahi has failed - for now. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Fri, 9 Aug 2024: Rotorua council injunction bid fails – for now Stuff.co.nz - 9 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) Protesters won’t have to stay a metre back from a controversial project, but the decision came with a `word of warning` to them. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Thu, 8 Aug 2024: Petition for ‘resurrecting and old practice’ with natural burial site Stuff.co.nz - 8 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) Nearly 400 people in Rotorua want the option, the council has heard. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Wed, 7 Aug 2024: A protected NZ waterbird killed in Rotorua dog attack Stuff.co.nz - 7 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) An autopsy done by Wildbase Hospital confirmed the bird, a healthy adult male dabchick had been killed by a dog. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Thu, 1 Aug 2024: Forestry worker was clearing drain with digger when it sunk, killing him Stuff.co.nz - 1 Aug (Stuff.co.nz) The excavator became submerged at Timberlands’ processing plant near Rotorua and the man was later found dead. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Wed, 31 Jul 2024: Digger driver dies after machine submerged at Rotorua forest processing plant RadioNZ - 31 Jul (RadioNZ) The forestry company says the man was clearing a drain when the excavator became submerged. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General