A war of words has erupted over Operation Trolley, with Mayor Tania Tapsell (inset top), Rotorua MP Todd McClay (middle) and Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi (bottom) among those airing views.

At the peak of the government's controversial emergency housing response in Rotorua, it was using 62 motels and hotels, including 45 non-contracted, and 13 contracted, with resource consents until ...

Tuimaualuga was drinking at a bar in Rotorua but left about 2.30am. He and two other men, all of whom were intoxicated, walked to a thermal pool behind Rydges Hotel. The pool is between 85C and 95C.

To match the variety of things to see and do, there’s a variety of places to stay: swanky hotels for the spa lovers, restaurants with rooms for the foodies, country inns that welcome walkers ...