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The school strikes are giving voice to many parents internationally who feel they have no choice, for fear of prosecution, losing their jobs, or other reasons, but to send their children to school.
Some Rotorua district councillors are "absolutely outraged" over the council redirecting constituents' emails about Three Waters reform away from their councillor inboxes, saying it is "gross interference".
Could computers ever build a convincing imitation of the real world? Dr Peter Bentley looks into the likelihood of a real-life Matrix.
An expansion of the role of Rotorua Economic Development has been floated to support the delivery of "transformational place-making projects", including two apartment buildings in the city's CBD. From left: Rotorua Economic Development interim chief executive Andrew Wilson and chairman John McRae Photo: Rotorua Daily Post / Andrew Warner It follows a Rotorua Lakes Council Strategy, Policy and Finance committee meeting on Thursday morning, which saw the committee make the recommendation to the council, with one abstention. The move is expected to have "a level of additional funding", accordin...
Monday, 28 June 2021, 4:16 pm Rotorua Lakes Council’s 2021-2031 Long-term Plan sets some “mammoth” undertakings to address unprecedented challenges and move the district forward, Mayor Steve Chadwick says. The Long-term Plan (LTP), which sets out what the council will deliver across the next 10 years and how that will be funded, will see investment into the district totalling $749 million. More than half of that ($424 million) will be into core infrastructure. During a Full Council meeting today to make final decisions on the LTP and set the rates for year 1 of the plan (the 2021/22 fi...