A woman has died after she was struck by a bus while walking near shops on the eastern shore of Lake Rotorua.

People had called the emergency services at 7.40pm on Saturday following the accident at the intersection of TeNgae Rd and Coulter Rd at Owhata, on the eastern shore the lake.The Police Serious Crash Unit is now conducting an investigation into the accident. Senior Sergeant Karl Konlechner of the Bay of Plenty District Command Centre said that no additional information is available on the incidence.

According to a new report, Rotorua sawmill will today lost about 120 jobs for their workers. After Tachikawa Forest Products were unable to put into log last week, they were forced to deal with the high officials.

After taking out an investigation in a case of 16-year-old Rotorua boy's death case, Rotorua Coroner Wallace Bain has warned people that even a single puff from a cigarette lighter is enough to kill.

Therefore, he has asked authorities concerned to take an action on the same. Bain said he has investigated the case and found that the boy lost his life after inhaling hydrocarbon (butane).

It has been reported that a boy of three years old has been transferred to Middlemore Hospital for surgery from Starship Children's Hospital. The boy, Elliott, was brought to Rotorua Hospital for the first time in September. He had symptoms of meningococcal C.

Due to falling of tree on him, a forestry worker suffered spinal and neck injuries. He was later evacuated by his co-workers, who cut the tree into sections, and took him out.

He was working at the Kaingaroa Forest, which is in the south of Rotorua, and the forest place is quite steep. After he got evacuated, a Taupo Rescue Helicopter was called in to fly him to Waikato Hospital as otherwise; he would not have got timely treatment due to steep terrain.

After receiving first aid, he was found conscious, but in pain.

According to reports, giving a piece of advice to the Te Arawa people, a new study, carried out by the Te Arawa Lakes Trust officials, affirmed that some wild foods grown in Rotorua waterways transmitted several polluted chemical like mercury and arsenic which resulted in the expansion of deadly health complications.