The children`s ward at Rotorua Hospital will be missing a third of its beds as winter hits because Te Whatu Ora halted an upgrade partway through to review costs. Read...

Rotorua is wrestling with a costly dilemma: how to keep the pipes flowing after years of what one councillor describes as `chronic underspending`. Read...

Last month, protests by Destiny Church forced the cancellation of their Rainbow Storytime events in Hastings and Rotorua. Read...

Rotorua councillor upset at Housing Ministry plans to keep contracting hotels for emergency housing. Read...

Gayle Heath recycles discarded fabric in a studio at her Rotorua home and says her hands are always busy: `I can`t just sit and do nothing.` Read...

Opinion - The incident of a woman misidentified by facial recognition technology at a Rotorua supermarket should have come as no surprise, Mark Rickerby writes. Read...

It`s similar to an incident four years ago that resulted in 300 tonnes of weed being removed at a cost of $35,000. Read...

Beggars `physically accosted` 10 Aussie tourists at a cafe last week, claims a Rotorua councillor arguing it is time to `seriously consider` a begging ban. Read...

A Maori mum misidentified as a trespassed `thief` at a supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she felt `racially discriminated` against. Read...

The wife of a late Rotorua councillor is pleading with the council not to shelve her late husband`s dream of a skatepark. Read...