Motorists face petrol price rise
Rotorua motorists are set for another petrol price hike, with excise tax due to rise by 9c a litre by July 2015.
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- 8:34 AM May 21st
Rotorua motorists are set for another petrol price hike, with excise tax due to rise by 9c a litre by July 2015.
A pie "riddled" with hair has left two Rotorua pie-lovers swearing off them for life.
A police campaign to reduce the number of people killed in truck accidents was only a few hours old yesterday when a "shocking" head-on collision killed one log-truck driver and left another seriously injured.
Te Arawa hapu protesting the proposed Rotorua Eastern Arterial have drawn their own line in the sand, marking their territory with three carved pouwhenua along the proposed route.
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Smokefreerockquest heats at Rotorua's Convention Centre. more
Rotorua Rippa Rugby Mini World Cup at Westbrook Rugby Fields. more
A logging truck driver was killed and another seriously injured when... more
Watching TV while surfing the internet or lying in bed are popular activities for square-eyed Rotorua residents, new figures reveal.
Hundreds turned out for the opening of the Koutu...
Youngsters took to the rugby fields on Saturday...
Rotorua Daily Post chief photographer Stephen...
The vegas games were held at Western Heights High...
Two Rotorua men were on board traditional Maori canoes which returned to New Zealand after a 10-month historic voyage across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday .
Rotorua's Ngati Whakaue Paepae Wananga, aimed at preparing the next generation of elders to take over responsibility of the tribe's marae, resumed on the weekend.
A Rotorua woman will face one of her greatest fears with the help of international toastmaster and local funnyman Kingi Biddle this week.
A Victoria University researcher with an interest in the migration of Maori to Australia is looking for the reasons some return home.
I felt quite embarrassed when I heard about someone who is able-bodied refusing to give up her front row seat on a flight for a wheelchair-bound woman.
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20.05.17: Rotorua’s world-renowned mountain bike trails have won... more
19.05.13: Rotorua Visitor Centre & i-SITE has achieved a near... more
18.05.13: Forty eight residents of China’s Rotorua-Nanjing township... more
17.05.13: As the school holidays came to an end and suitcases were... more
16.05.13: Rotorua had another bumper month for visitor numbers in... more
Students who have an exaggerated belief they have "a right to success" are more likely to struggle come exam time, a University of Otago study shows. The study, which examined the entitlement beliefs of almost 300 students sitting a marketing and consumption paper, found that those with "excessive entitlement" were less likely to put in the effort required to do well in their studies. The authors quoted a number of academics who believed "excessive entitlement" was on the rise among tertiary students, but no other studies had looked at how it affected performance. The results showed that students…
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