The speed limit on some New Zealand roads looks set to go up. Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss yesterday released a new "speed

We asked people at Rotorua Airport: What do you like about Rotorua Airport and what changes would you like to see? 101116bf11.JPG It's

I cannot let John Dyer's letter (November 9) go unchallenged. I was involved with the work programmes of the 1970s and 80s. I was

OPINION: John Paul College students (from left) EJ Dubouzet, 15, Kate Bird, 15, Brianna Lewis, 15, Cody Hunter, 15, and Harrison Hill

Street View: Do you Know what Armistice Day is? What does it mean to you? I have heard of the word but I don't know. WILLIAM SKIPWITH

091116bf5.JPG Yes I do. I don't have one yet, but I will get one. $44 million is quite a bit. I think I'd spent it wisely. Good luck

Street View: Are you following the US election? How do you think it will impact us in Rotorua? I do when I'm watching the news

We asked some of those being made official New Zealand citizens at today's ceremony: What made you want to live in Rotorua? I love

I am amazed that Andrew Little is offering to spend $60 million a year to provide work for unemployed young people when the same scheme

So the All Blacks' record winning streak is over. We're not all that used to the All Blacks losing, especially to teams from the

As the MP for Waiariki, a co-leader of the Maori Party and a Minister, I am privileged that I have opportunities in Parliament to

Good things take time, and while Rotorua's new rubbish system has encountered some "glitches and issues" last week I believe one week

Last week the unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent, the lowest level since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. By comparison to

COMMENT: Reducing a woman you've never met to her physicality is not a compliment; it's weird and inappropriate.

Street View: Do you think seclusion rooms in schools should be banned? 031116bf1.JPG No. Because there has to be some way to chastise

Does Rotorua need another public fireworks display? I say yes. I don't particularly like fireworks, I admit anything more exciting

Perhaps your correspondent Jim Gray (Letters November 3) might consider offering his own ideas to overcome this shameful problem in

It was with interest that I read Rod Petterson's thoughts on a drug-free tenancy clause being included in the agreement of rental

Never take candy from strangers is a catch cry most of us parents preach to our kids. Then we throw all that wisdom out the window

Street View: Do you think firework sales should be banned to the public? No, I think it's become a bit of a tradition. HUNIA ROGERS

With the P contamination of homes on the increase don't you think it's time the landlord was given the chance to protect his/her asset

I am left wondering why the $31,000 report commissioned by council and conducted by the National Research Bureau was only released

This is my first official column as the Labour Waiariki candidate for 2017. If you don't know, it's the Maori electorate that covers

Street view: What would you do if you won the $30 million Powerball jackpot tonight? 281016roshanDP.JPG I'd buy a house - that's

COMMENT: We need to save the Kiwi dream before it's too late.

Street View: Does the Dreamworld tragedy put you off theme-park rides? 271016bf1.jpg Not really, but probably over there it would

THE results of the annual council-commissioned Community Satisfaction Survey are out and while the results weren't hugely surprising

A_27061j6.JPG Given that this is the last week that this will happen as we know it, I would like to pay homage to the "rubbish boys"

Street view: What was your dream job growing up and why? 261016bf10.JPG Probably a high country farmer because of my passion for

Thank you for recent articles highlighting groups supporting Rotorua's growing homeless population. Yet what, in terms of practical