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Stephen Parker photographs Rotorua
Award-winning photographer Stephen Parker enjoys capturing sensational images of Rotorua.
Can we trust Rotorua Lakes Council's sewerage plans?
Rotorua residents are right to be sceptical about the council's plans to hand management of the sewerage system to a Hong Kong-based Chinese company.
Winter chills descend on thermal lakeland
Stephen Parker photographs the chilly frosts and fogs of early winter in Rotorua.
Getting stuck into council shovel ready plans
Patricia Hosking challenges the Rotorua Lakes Council over whether its post-lockdown shovel ready recovery plans really are fit for purpose in the current climate.
Stephen Parker's post-lockdown photographs
Airport shock as Jacinda Ardern boosts local tourism
The Lakefront by Stephen Parker
Rotorua racing set for November relaunch
Court action to save Rotorua airport
Uniquely Rotorua response to COVID-19 missing
Beware bubble-bursting burglars - Police warn
'Hibernation' time for The Agrodome and Rainbow Springs
Tessa's legacy for Rotorua Breast Cancer Trust
Pandemic decluttering boost for housing
Rotorua’s much hoped-for COVID-19 recovery may prove more difficult to implement than predicted.
Agrodome, Rainbow Springs catch COVID-19 shutdown virus
Māori population jumps in new Census figures
Capers "go" for online food delivery
Van donation birthday gift for Love Soup Rotorua
Mayoral yeah nah to Macpherson recovery plan paper
Police happy with Easter Weekend response
Police mum on plans to bar COVID-19 Easter Weekend visitors
Council COVID-19 response lacks grunt
COVID-19 gifs now available in Te Reo
NZ medical exports to China jump
Charity seeks freezers for bulk-chicken donation
A rough guide to working from home
Capers views delivery option to beat COVID-19 blues
QE Health extends COVID-19 measures
QE Health responds to COVID-19 crisis
Government $17M COVID-19 funding package for Rotorua projects
Sun shines on COVID-19 sealed off Rotorua races
Govt readies for pandemic as first Cononavirus case confirmed
A traveller from Iran is being tested for the Coronavirus as the government gears up to deliver a full-scale pandemic plan.
Wildfire warning as fires banned
"It only takes a spark to start a devastating wildfire," says Principal Rural Fire Office Steve Webb in announcing a prohibited fire season for Central Lakes, Bay Of Plenty Coast and Pumicelands.
Virus forces forestry conference from Shanghai to Melbourne
The “worsening” Novel Caronavirus has forced Rotorua-based leading forest industry strategist Dennis Nielsen to shift his company’s annual China Conference from Shanghai to Melbourne, Australia.
Free speech riots recalled in show coming to Rotorua
The tradition of free speech going back to the public riots in London’s Hyde Park in 1855 will feature as part of a two-day mini festival held by the Rotorua Little Theatre Society.
Ruia Morrison: Road from Wimbledon to ASB Classic and Serena Williams
When Ruia Morrison presented a kākahu cloak to the Serena Williams – the world renowned sportswoman and winner of the women’s singles at Auckland’s ASB Classic – it marked a step in the recognition of the achievements of one of this country’s major sporting feats.
PR, the Lakes Council and the cost of democracy
Rotorua Lakes Council has defended its record against an in-depth report by Radio New Zealand that found it was among the councils with the biggest increases in aspects of public relations spending in New Zealand.
https://www.themud.co.nz/pr-lakes-council-democracy
Councillors hobbit-like in pursuit of CBD gold
Rotorua District councillors sat down this week and seriously discussed ways in which to make the central business district more exciting and attractive to business.
Funds secured for performing arts centre rebuild
A group of seven funding partners have come up with the money needed to fully fund the work on the Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre project.
Legal action likely over race track sale
The government has been told plans to close Rotorua’s race track could face legal action.
Long-standing poplars go
A long-standing row of poplar trees adjacent to Pukehangi land freed for residential development has been cut down.
Lobbying and the Rotorua council
Muddy Waters
The now-discredited Rotorua Green Corridor through the city is just the latest manifestation of a system allowing anybody promoting costly ideas to front up to unrecorded initial meetings with council officials.
Replace hate with kindess in Rotorua elections
The haters among us know who they are. However, we may not know who they are, unless their words are reported in publicly available media, writes Muddy Waters.
Rotorua gun club pulls national comp
The Rotorua Pistol Club has pulled a national shooting shooting competition in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks.
Gun club to decide on competition
A decision is expected soon on whether a national "multigun" championship will go ahead in Rotorua this coming weekend following the Christchurch massacre.
Mayor rallies community on 'our darkest day'
Mayor Steve Chadwick is offering community support in the wake of the massacre at two Christchurch mosques.
Council needs to catch a wave on Aquatic Centre
The Rotorua Lakes Council needs to catch the wave of the future rather than tinkering with the package of “play features” being offered by the company managing the Aquatic Centre on its behalf.
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Possible Rotorua link to Papamoa racetrack plan
The fate of the horse racing industry in the Bay of Plenty may be about to take another twist with a proposed all-weather track being proposed in Papapoa on what is believed to be land linked to a Rotorua Māori trust.
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Council to use children's art house building
Rotorua Lakes Council says it plans to continue using the building previously used for the Children’s Art House for other purposes.
Outrage over Children's Art House closure
Families who have children at the Rotorua Children’s Art House received an unwelcome Christmas present when told the Rotorua Lakes Council is closing the facility in the Government Gardens.
Councils 'working together' on Ngongotaha repairs
Days after a review of the Ngongotaha flooding debacle picked holes in their communications, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and the Rotorua Lakes Council have highlighted they are “working together”.
Okoroire owner in hot water with IRD
It’s business as usual at the historic Okoroire Hot Springs Hotel in spite of its owner facing the threat of liquidation.
Communications key in Ngongotaha flood debacle
An independent review into the April 2018 floods that swept through Ngongotaha has delivered a damning indictment of communications before and after the event by the Rotorua Lakes Council and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
Lakefront memorial likely for drowned scouts
Rotorua scouts say they are talking with the Rotorua Lakes Council about providing an appropriate memorial to four sea scouts and an instructor who drowned on Lake Rotorua in 1964.
Mental health inquiry report disappoints Maori
Maori appear to be disheartened by the outcome of a major government inquiry into the country’s mental health services.
Mudtopia sinks into the bog of history
The Office of the Auditor-General has decided against drilling down further into the Mudtopia debacle but has given the Rotorua District Council a reminder regarding a additional funding approvals.
The council and the 'i' word
When New Zealand's wordsmiths are searching for the word of 2018, will “iwitocracy” be up in the list?
It is likely this “offensive” word may have received a boost given the actions of the Rotorua Lakes Council. Muddy Waters writes...
Principal welcomes child poverty initiative
Sunset Primary School principal Niels Rasmussen says a new scheme aimed at relieving child poverty in Rotorua has great potential. The Rotorua Lakes Council has announced it is leading a new child equity programme aimed at providing children with access to extra-curricular activities and experiences to boost health and well-being.
The Rotorua Lakes Council is set to meet today (27 September) without a report being tabled by the key Strategy, Policy and Finance Committee’s September meeting – that’s because this important committee didn’t meet.
Lakefront Spa plans still go as QE Health moves
Rotorua’s Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust is going ahead with plans for a spa as part of its Lakefront development despite QE Health decision to build a separate new spa on land at the Scion Innovation Park.
Youth village proposal team seeks feedback
Proposals are being put together for a new Rotorua “youth village” on a large area of land off Fenton Street near the city centre.
The proposal includes the area including the current Rotorua Youth Centre and potentially other properties near the start of Te Ngae Road.
Racing plan could unleash 'land rush'
The proposed racing industry shake-up could unlock a virtual land-rush in the regions with plans to close race courses a key element of the multi-million-dollar proposal.
Canadians helping to unleash Maori business potential
Canadian government officials and members of the World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF - Canada) met with the Te Ohu Whai Ao Charitable Trust in Rotorua last weekend to progress planning for the 9th World Indigenous Business Forum in October.
Council rates 'ground-truthing' slammed
Lessons from innovative whitebait company failure
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