While unlikely to form a sewer-dwelling gang of martial arts fighters, escaped or released pets can harm ecosystems and native species.
New Zealand
June 20, 2025
2:07
The councillor says he did not say the words – but his meaning was correctly inferred.
June 14, 2025
People have been staying outside the Salvation Army building in recent weeks, near sources of free food, showers and laundry facilities.
June 11, 2025
The Rotorua Lakes Council was alerted after a staff member reported an unusual odour in an office.
June 9, 2025
One club member is trying to find the "bloody idiots" responsible.
June 6, 2025
1:34
Ownership of a public reserve in Ngongotahā will be gifted back to the whānau who donated it decades ago.
June 5, 2025
The public will have a say on a controversial plan to move a prisoner reintegration facility to a rural Rotorua valley.
May 26, 2025
Prime Minister declares Rotorua is "on the up" with investment and planned growth to attract visitors back in their hordes.
May 16, 2025
Residents' group has three non-negotiable funding conditions, including a maximum cost.
May 3, 2025
The Rotokākahi Board of Control oversees the iwi-owned private Lake Rotokākahi and has protested a pipeline being built nearby in an area considered wāhi tapu - sacred land.
April 17, 2025
The area is considered wāhi tapu, and opposition to the scheme included concerns about the pipeline path.
April 12, 2025
Works on the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme paused about a month ago following applications to the Environment Court by groups protesting the works at Lake Rotokākahi.
April 2, 2025
Whangārei District Council failed in a last-gasp legal bid to stop fluoridation of that area’s drinking water.
March 26, 2025
Praised by some in the community for tackling an enduring problem, others claimed it unfairly targeted vulnerable people.
March 13, 2025
In court notes, the judge said he had "significant worries in both directions" and pausing the work was a pragmatic response to an "urgent but complex problem".
February 28, 2025
2:41
The scheme would connect about 450 Tarawera households, and about 100 future households, to the town sewerage system.
February 27, 2025
The council says the project connecting Tarawera to the town is vital to reduce pollution of Lake Tarawera, and alternate routes weren't feasible.
February 25, 2025
There were protests as Rotorua Lakes Council contractors resumed work last night to enable the last 1.3km of pipeline in the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme to be laid.
A Rotorua Lakes councillor is trying his luck with Simeon Brown in a bid to halt directives to fluoridate water supplies.
February 6, 2025
The new committee can make recommendations — but not decisions.
January 24, 2025
A rural community advocate is rubbishing council reasons for removing public bins and says offering locals clean-up gear is 'capitalising on community goodwill'.
January 23, 2025
Commissioner highlights ministry "assumptions" about Rotorua's housing pipeline.
January 21, 2025
Independent Commissioner David Hill imposed staggered exit dates — with only three motels allowed to keep operating until December.
January 16, 2025
Rotorua Lakes Council will introduce weekly food and green waste kerbside collection from July 2026, while its general rubbish collection will reduce to one fortnightly pick-up.
January 8, 2025
The heritage find was made during building strengthening works.
January 6, 2025
