Articles by Dylan Moran and Felix Marwick
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National
NZ tourism jewel left in 'staggering' state following closure
Saturday, 7 January 2023, 2:01PMA faded framed picture hangs on a wall inside Rotorua’s Blue Baths. It shows a statuesque woman in a light pink dress and...
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National
'Anxious and threatened'- residents petition for end to Kāinga Ora housing
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 4:00PM“We do not want to be known for our ghettos.” That’s the message from petitioners who presented 400 signatures to Rotorua...
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National
New accord aims for ‘near zero’ motel housing
Friday, 9 December 2022, 10:12AMThe Government has signed a housing accord with Rotorua Lakes Council, Te Arawa and Ngāti Whakaue that seeks to “progressively...
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National
Call for urgent 'stocktake' on emergency housing gang numbers
Friday, 9 December 2022, 8:11AMA local MP is urging the Government to do an urgent “stocktake” of how many gang members are in Rotorua emergency housing...
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Politics
Rotorua mayor supports local election voting age remaining 18
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 4:25PMRotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell says she does not support changing the voting age for local elections from 18 to 16 years old. It...
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National
Why mayor and deputy mayor didn’t attend Saving Glenholme meeting
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 3:46PMRotorua’s deputy mayor has explained why she and the mayor did not attend a public meeting on Monday which traversed issues...
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National
'Unfortunate chapter': Reserves proposal scrapped- unanimously
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 1:16PMA decision to revoke the reserve status of seven Rotorua reserve sites for development has been scrapped by a unanimous vote. The...
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National
Rotorua reserves proposal u-turn to be considered
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 1:18PMA controversial plan to revoke some of Rotorua's reserve sites for housing may be reversed on Thursday. The reversal is a...
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National
Emergency housing likely for more than five years - council
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 5:11PMEmergency accommodation will be required in Rotorua for at least five years, if not more, a senior council official says. The...
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Audio
'Respected' councillor quits in public meeting, claims mayor 'shunned' him
Friday, 29 April 2022, 7:24AMRotorua councillors have been left shocked after one of their own suddenly quit in a fiery exchange with mayor Steve Chadwick. Peter...
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Sport
What the world's best boxer learned from fighting Joseph Parker
Saturday, 11 September 2021, 1:05PMAnthony Joshua is a student of the game. It comes with the territory of being the unified heavyweight boxing champion of...
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Sport
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Lisa Carrington and Caitlin Regal win gold in K2 500m final
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 4:20PMTwo races, two golds for the GOAT in a boat. Lisa Carrington completed the most astounding 90 minutes of an already neon-lit...
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Sport
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kayaking - Extraordinary Lisa Carrington claims third straight gold in the K1 200m
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 3:06PMLisa Carrington has thrust herself firmly into the conversation over who is New Zealand's greatest Olympian with a typically...
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Sport
Golden hour! NZ rowers win two golds and silver
Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:50PMThe men's eight put an exclamation mark on an extraordinary hour in Tokyo, winning gold from lane two in a brutal display...
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Sport
'I just want to cry': How NZ's brutal Games call paid off
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 1:43PMIt's taken a while, but New Zealand have doubled their medal tally as the women's double sculls pair of Brooke Donoghue and...
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Sport
Emotional Hayden Wilde dedicates medal to dad 'who never saw me race'
Monday, 26 July 2021, 11:33AMHayden Wilde, the Whakatane athlete who now calls Tauranga home, has won New Zealand's first medal of Tokyo 2020, winning...
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Audio
The fitting way the Blackcaps secured the WTC title
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 8:46AMRoss Taylor ended the ultimate test with his best stroke of the match – a dismissive flick over square leg for four – but...
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Sport
Brilliant battle: India and Black Caps trade blows in test final
Sunday, 20 June 2021, 9:43AMThe class of Virat Kohli and more inclement weather denied New Zealand the opportunity to make the sort of inroads into the...
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Sport
Cricket: Black Caps thrash England in second test to seal historic series win
Monday, 14 June 2021, 7:14AMThe simple description is this: New Zealand took just one ball to finish England's innings at 122, and then spent 65 more...
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Sport
Conway hits stunning 200 but England fight back
Friday, 4 June 2021, 8:03AMA sublime Devon Conway double century, a startling middle-order collapse and an England fightback with the bat has left the...
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Sport
Black Caps dominate Australia to seal Twenty20 series victory
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 3:17PMThe smile that creased Martin Guptill's face was worth the price of admission, the monthly subscription fee or the rude interruption...
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Sport
Guptill stars as Black Caps hold off 'surreal' Australian fightback
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 6:13PMNew Zealand scored a lot of runs in their second T20I against Australia today. It very nearly wasn't enough. With Australia...
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Sport
On top of the world! Black Caps move to World No 1 with crushing win
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 5:54PMNew Zealand stood on the shoulders of a giant to complete an emphatic clean sweep of their test summer and make official...
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Sport
Kiwi trio help NZ to huge score on day three of second test against Pakistan
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 11:18AMKane Williamson is still finding new and interesting ways to score runs, even if the rest of us are running out of superlatives...