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
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Steak and cheese okay, but hair pie?
A pie "riddled" with hair has left two Rotorua pie-lovers swearing off them for life.
- 8:29 AM May 21st
Truck driver 'died instantly'
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.
- 8:17 AM May 21st
Te Arawa hapu mark land
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.
- 7:53 AM May 21st
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Opening of the Koutu youth space
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Te Maori
Local duo finish 10 month waka voyage
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 .
Wananga focuses on next generation
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.
Mentoring helps with te reo goals
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Study into Maori who come back
A Victoria University researcher with an interest in the migration of Maori to Australia is looking for the reasons some return home.
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Editorial: Disabled deserve better respect
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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Business
Finance: Clarify your position
Lots of people volunteer their time to be on boards, whether it's serving a community organisation or running a company.
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Sport
Kayaking: Carrington dominates final
Lisa Carrington produced a dominant performance at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup regatta in Czech Republic.
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Council Update
Blessing ceremony welcomes new rural fire appliances
21.05.13: Following extensive fundraising efforts and generous... more
Rotorua mountain bike trails named among best on earth
20.05.17: Rotorua’s world-renowned mountain bike trails have won... more
Rotorua i-SITE among country’s top performing visitor information centres
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Chinese visitors from Rotorua-Nanjing Town welcomed to NZ’s Rotorua
18.05.13: Forty eight residents of China’s Rotorua-Nanjing township... more
Rotorua ranked among top school holiday spots
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Chinese visitors to Rotorua treble
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Students struggle with 'right to success'
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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