The annual santa parade snaked its way through the Rotorua central city on Saturday. The Daily Post Photographer Ben Fraser was there.

A 57-year-old man has been killed after the logging truck he was driving failed to take a corner and crashed into a bank.

New images have been released that show Rotorua conjoined twins being separated by surgeons at Waikato Hospital in a groundbreaking operation.

Opening night of the Rotorua Primary Schools Kapa Haka Festival

Celebrations and commiserations at the various election night parties around the Rotoua electorate. Daily Post photographer Ben Fraser was there to catch the action.

Rotorua Daily Post Photographer Andrew Warner’s photographs of the daily life of the nuns at the Tyburn Monastery, Ngakuru, reveal the essence of lives of devotion spent in a spiritual sanctuary.

NZ First leader Winston Peters was accompanied by New Zealand First's Rotorua candidate, Fletcher Tabuteau, as he spoke to about 200 people in the City Focus yesterday. Meanwhile, outside Work and Income, Mana's Waiariki candidate, Annette Sykes, along with Sue Bradford and Grant Rogers, the abour Party's Steve Chadwick and the Green Party's Ian McLean from Tauranga, spoke to a crowd of about 40 vocal supporters and passers-by.

Photos from the Rotorua Daily Post and readers pictures of the storm in Rotorua.

Op shop pieces were transformed into catwalk creations as part of the When Opposites Collide fashion show fundraiser for the Rotorua Community Hospice on Friday night.The Daily Post photographer Andrew Warner was there.

The first event in this year’s national Contact Tri Series was held at Tikitapu (Blue Lake) with hundreds of competitors turning out for the various races which included a children’s event.The Daily Post photographer Ben Fraser was there to capture the action.

Summers on its way with Rotorua primary school pupils taking to Smallbone Park last week for the first game of their cricket season. The Daily Post photographer BEN FRASER was there

It may not have been Halloween yet but zombies were out in force in Rotorua at the weekend. The Zombie Walk, which raises money for the Brain Injury Association, took place in the central city on Saturday with nearly 200 people in attendance. As part of the event, residents dressed as the living dead and walked through the central city. Photos by The Daily Post chief photographer Stephen Parker.

Orca visit Ohiwa Harbour

The annual Pink Walk for breast cancer at the lakefront

Rotorua kids enjoy the last of their school holidays at the lakefront and the Rotorua Museum and Rotorua Arts Village school holiday programme

The Daily Post's Andrew Warner captured these amazing images from an amazing night.

2012 Firefighters Calendar

The All Blacks official fan club BackingBlack came through Rotorua recently setting up games and displays as well as a former All Black at the Village Green

Members of the Irish rugby team visited Selwyn School recently

Ireland versus Russia. Rugby World Cup match at Rotorua's International Stadium.

Koriniti Marae was filled with stetsons yesterday as New Zealand's "king of rodeo'' was farewelled for the last time. Mourners came from around the country and as far away as Canada to join family and friends paying respects to Dion Church, who died of a heart attack on September 9. He was 43.

Relive some of the fun and excitement of Rotorua's hosting of the Samoa v Namibia Rugby World Cup match at the International Stadium. The Daily Post Chief Photographer Stephen Parker was at the game.

Rugby World Cup Game Fiji versus Namibia

At No1 Queen Street cafe, directly opposite the Britomart transport hub and Rugby World Cup's party central - The Cloud, Rotorua locals mingled with Aucklanders at the launch of Destination Rotorua Marketing's new outlet in the heart of Auckland city.

Rotorua's Kahukura Rugby Club hosted the New Zealand Parliamentary Rugby World Cup second round of matches, played yesterday. New Zealand took on South Africa, France played Argentina and the British Lions team played the Rotorua Barbarians. The New Zealand team featured Rotorua MP Todd McClay and Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell.

An 8-year-old girl in a critical condition is among the 35 children given medical treatment following a serious road smash between a school bus and a logging truck at Ruatoki near Whakatane.

Rotorua firefighters have spent hours dealing with a fire in an industrial area of the city