Mata Mihinui: Embrace te wiki o te reo Māori
OPINION: It's all part of the nationwide drive to normalise te reo.
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Large Rotorua house fire started in bedroom
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Jo Raphael: Collins' attack on microbiologist is baffling
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Buddy Mikaere: Te reo Māori has come a long way since 1972
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Bay of Plenty at-home injuries cost $100m in 2020
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Rotorua students to take a moment for te reo Māori
Schools and individuals across the Bay will take part in a te reo event on Tuesday.
'Desperate': Demand for food quadruples in lockdown
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Our first level 2 prosecution: Man refuses to wear face mask
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Zizi Sparks: Why my phone is (almost) always on do not disturb
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Glitz and glamour of Miss Rotorua postponed but on the way
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'I love my job': The lives and stories of local lockdown warriors
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'I realised it wasn't a movie': US ex-pats reflect on 9/11
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'Let down': Rotorua council under fire over dump discharge
Iwi leader and an environmental advocate speak out after court case details revealed.
MP to Minister: Rotorua feels 'beaten up' by MIQ, homelessness issues
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SH27 closed, one badly injured as car, truck crash
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Raukura boys selected for Chiefs camp
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Close shave! Twins losing locks for arthritis awareness
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Forty years of fun: Casa Blanca Theatre anniversary coming
Forty years of shows at Casa Blanca Theatre is being celebrated on November 20.
Paul Hickey: Level 2 changes, Christmas planning and parade
Paul Hickey discusses level 2 changes, early Christmas shopping and parade planning.
Plans for new multi-use Wingspan centre given a boost
Plans for a new Wingspan National Centre for Birds of Prey have been given a boost.
Jo Raphael: Welcome level 2, life in lockdown was getting too comfortable
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Getting funky with wigs for Child Cancer Foundation
Wear a wig, a funky hairdo or shave hair for child cancer.
Church leader guilty of sexually abusing and harassing woman
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High attendance, 'low' mask-wearing among students
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