News
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Te Matatini final tomorrow
News23.02.12: The final of the Te Matatini national kapa haka festival takes place tomorrow [Sunday 24 February] at Rotorua International Stadium. (Photo: Official powhiri for Te Matatini 2013)
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Winning designs for new Redwoods toilets feature native bird conservat
News22.02.13: Kereama Taepa's designs depicting the fragility of our native bird species have been selected to adorn The Redwoods' new public toilets. (Photo: Artist Kereama Taepa's design for the new toi
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Rotorua Museum takes a bold leap into the world of contemporary art
News21.02.13: Rotorua Museum is launching visitors on a bold journey into the world of contemporary New Zealand art with yesterday's opening of the 'Autumn Season of Art' [20 February].
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$60,000 in fines for illegal waste disposal
News20.02.13: A Rotorua man has been fined a total of $30,000 for his role in the dumping and burning of demolition waste on a Te Manu Road property.
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Mayor has super time at Bike Festival
NewsThe inaugural Rotorua Bike Festival concluded at the weekend and was a huge success. (Photo: Rotorua 'Supermayor' Kevin Winters on the Whakarewarewa Nursery Hill track at 60kph during Rotorua BIke Fes
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Cactus Jack Backpackers wins WOW weekend in Wellington
News18.02.13: Cactus Jack Backpackers has won a WOW weekend in Wellington for referring a guest to Rotorua Museum this summer. (Photo: Rotorua Museum)
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Rotorua school kids continue to ride to Museum for free
News17.02.13: Rotorua school children will continue to be able to visit Rotorua Museum for free this year on a bus funded by the Ngāti Whakaue Education Endowment Trust Board.
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Government invests in world first technology in Rotorua
News16.02.13: Generating income from waste is now possible for Rotorua District Council with a $4.7m Government grant to build a world leading waste treatment plant which turns sewage into valuable resour
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3 Tiki Souvenirs wins prize in City Safe Guardian Survey
News15.02.13: City Safe Guardian Loryn Howes gives 3 Tiki Souvenirs owner the thumbs-up after the local retailer won the spot prize for completing the 2013 City Safe Guardian Survey.
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Final weekend for Rotorua Bike Festival
NewsTwo times Elite Women's Downhill World Champion, Emmeline Ragot takes on the Taniwha in Rotorua's Whakarewarewa Forest this Sunday (17 February) in another key event in the first ever Rotorua Bike Fes
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‘BorrowBox’ innovation offers easy access to library e-audiobooks
NewsRotorua Library has launched 'BorrowBox', an online application which allows library members to download e-audiobooks straight to their laptops, computers, tablets or smartphones without having to go
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Interpretation information session offered to local migrants
NewsRotorua District Council is encouraging local migrants interested in offering to help with interpretation services to attend an information session this month.
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Beginners’ watercolour workshop at Museum
NewsLocal artist Judith Prictor will teach the delicate art of painting with watercolours in a half-day beginner's workshop at Rotorua Museum on Sunday [17 February].
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Stormwater cesspit grate thefts put community safety at risk
NewsA recent spate of stormwater cesspit grate thefts in Holden's Bay has prompted Rotorua District Council to ask local residents to help keep a look out and report any suspicious activity in the area.
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Rotorua Bike Festival gets under way this weekend
NewsThe first ever Rotorua Bike festival kicks off this weekend with two weeks packed with cycling related events.
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SH30 at Ruato Bay between Rotorua and Whakatane to close overnight for
NewsState Highway 30 (SH30) at Ruato Bay on Lake Rotoiti between Rotorua and Whakatane will be closed overnight for three consecutive nights from Sunday (10 February).
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Mountain biking returns to Skyline - Rotorua Bike Festival
NewsMountain biking is returning to Skyline Skyrides on Mount Ngongotaha with the Skyline Sprint Warrior on the evening of Friday 15 February, as part of the 1st Rotorua Bike Festival (8-17 February).
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Bay of Plenty will be ready for change say region’s leaders
NewsThe Rethinking Local Government Conference' last Friday (1 February) was a good first step in making sure Bay of Plenty communities are well informed and ready for whatever change may come for local c
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Maori flag flying at Rotorua Civic centre for Waitangi Day
NewsRotorua District Council is flying a Maori flag alongside the New Zealand flag at the council Civic Centre on Waitangi Day today. [Photo: (L-R): RDC Director Kaupapa Maori Mauriora Kingi, with Te Ara
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Rotorua’s GDP growth outstrips national economy: Infometrics report
NewsRotorua has recorded GDP growth of 5% in the year to March 2012, far outstripping the national economy's expansion of just 2.3%.