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• Appeal for informationRotorua police are asking anyone with information about an incident at Mourea on Sunday to contact police quoting file number 220925/5119. Korrey Whyman, 28, (pictured), from Kawerau died on Wednesday, three days after she was found shot in a grey ute outside the Happy Angler Store & Takeaway. Her family have now released this photo of her. Police are particularly interested to hear from anyone who may have dashcam footage or who was driving on the route of interest, on State Highway 33 between Rotorua Airport and Mourea.

• Book early for travel savings

  Flight Centre’s general manager of product Victoria Courtney said her firm had not seen any fall-off in demand, especially now that people were travelling for leisure rather just to visit friends and relatives.

• Florida reels as Ian moves on

  Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through inundated streets yesterday to save thousands of Floridians trapped amid flooded homes and shattered buildings left by Hurricane Ian, which crossed into the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward South Carolina.

• Man sent to jail for kissing stranger wins $450k compo

  A man who spent four-and-a-half years too long in jail after kissing a woman in the street has been awarded $450,000 in compensation.

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• Fourth Ka Awatea contract faces review

  Afourth government agency is reviewing a contract awarded to Ka Awatea Services, a consultancy owned by Gannin Ormsby, the husband of government minister Nanaia Mahuta.

• Fun planned for the school holidays

  School is out once again for the October school holidays, and Rotorua has plenty on offer to help keep children entertained and learning.

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• RENA A DECADE AFTER DISASTER

  It’s a bleak, grey morning as Buddy Mikaere stands with his back turned, bracing against the wind. He is looking out to where Rena’s abandoned and barnacled wreck still lies — despite his relentless efforts to see it removed....

• YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS DIGESTBusinesses encouraged to be adaptive in new era

  With continued global disruption and rapidly changing consumer behaviour, one local accountant is encouraging Rotorua businesses to shift the focus from responding to unprecedented times to preparing for an unpredictable year ahead....

• Marae see threats in clean water bill

  Forget the pōwhiri: Officials will be able to enter marae without a warrant if a new water safety bill is passed, even though no marae water supply has ever caused an outbreak of illness....

• Council under fire over dump discharge Iwi leader and an environmental advocate speak out after court case details revealed

  An iwi leader and an environmental advocate have hit out at Rotorua Lakes Council after it pleaded guilty to discharging a dangerous substance from the city’s dump....

• Immigration — too much, too fast?

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• Macpherson says he will not apologise

  Rotorua councillor Reynold Macpherson may be removed from two council committees if he does not apologise for three code of conduct breaches....

• Guilty of money laundering

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• Residents accept the inevitable

  Matata residents’ fight for their homes has come to an end....

• Roe v Wade delivers hornet’s nest

  The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v Wade decision on abortion rights for women in the US has handed Christopher Luxon his first real test in managing the broad church that is his caucus....

• Sky shares jump as profit guidance hiked, rugby deal clawed back

  Sky TV says a cost-cutting exercise — which included clawing back money on its deal with NZ Rugby — has allowed it to boost its FY2022 full-year profit guidance....