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Live: 7927 new community cases, 27 deaths, 12 in ICU

A health official says we're on the same path as other countries experience more waves.

Stella Awards: Putting in the hard graft for customers

Entries are now open for the Stella Awards with both business and individual categories.

Floyd clawing his way back to purrfect health

Floyd is a live-in manager and vermin exterminator.

'Prolonged and violent assault': Police appeal after teen attacked

A boy in his mid-teens is the victim of a prolonged and violent assault, police say.

Chips and drinks: Rotorua petrol station ram-raided

The manager said he was notified of the incident around 10pm last night.

Warnings after boat sinks in BOP, tramp salvaged from Lake Rotorua

The boat sunk on Saturday and needed to be salvaged by the regional council.

Premium Debate: How climate change could drive up insurance costs

Subscribers have their say.

Bryce Heard: Time for courageous community leadership

OPINION: We need a clear, public, and unequivocal city development plan.

'They're beatable': How the Chiefs could end Crusaders' era of dominance

The Chiefs won the last meeting between the two sides in Christchurch.

Environmental group's student membership grows

Greening Taupō Arbor day event sees 4500 trees planted beside football fields.

South Auckland deputy principal to head up Taupō high school

New principal to bring knowledge of Pasifika and Māori student achievement to Taupō.

Five on trial after attempt to take back loaned caravan results in attack

Five people are on trial related to an attack at a Kaimai Ranges property last year.

'Shouting, screeching tyres and a thud': Gangs clash in street, man hit by car - witness

The incident happened in Tāneatua, a small Bay of Plenty town.

Mātauranga Māori meets New York Times

A te ao Māori initiative for Rotorua lakes has caught the attention of the New York Times.

Ten submit on council's 5.7 per cent rates hike proposal

The council's report says many submitters were 'inaccurate' and lacked 'understanding'.

'Small chance' NZ will experience more aggressive Covid variant; 24 deaths and 7050 cases today

Medical fraternity concerned about potential long-term organ damage from Covid: expert

Focus Live: New Zealand past the peak and on 'steady plateau' of lingering cases

Professor Ian Town says there is still much to be learned about Omicron and its variants. Video / Mark Mitchell

Where there's smoke: How illegal wood burners are being detected in Rotorua

The initiative will support ongoing efforts to improve air quality in Rotorua.