Person dead after second fatal crash today between vehicle and motorbike in North Island

Gardeners' close calls with Rotorua traffic prompt flower bed shake-up

The most common incidents involved road cones being run over by large vehicles, such as buses or trucks, with Fenton St the most common location for near misses.

Relief and excitement for new Pekatahi Bridge on SH2

Work was expected to begin mid-2027 and cost between $64 and $69 million.

Rotorua's 780-tonne lake weed disaster lays bare funding gap

A storm on November 12 caused masses of weed from the CBD-sized bed on the bottom of Lake Rotorua to detach, surface and collect on the foreshore.

Aircraft came within 41 seconds of head-on collision - TAIC report

Two aircraft with a combined 42 people on board came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision over Northland.