Opinion: Paul Hickey - Gremlins, NZ film Cousins and Beach Dig
25 Feb, 2021 08:23 PM
3 minutes to read
Rotorua Daily Post
I mentioned a couple of streaming shows that I have finished watching last week, and I ve found a couple of goodies to start watching now.
But while I was searching for something to watch, I came across one of the coolest movies from the 80s - Gremlins!
How cute was Gizmo the mowgli, right? We all wanted one of the adorable mysterious pets from China.
When I stumbled across the movie on Netflix, my wife Katie reckoned I got a little too excited with the find, but imagine my surprise to find the Gremlins are still wreaking havoc in 2021?
What to do in Rotorua: 10 of the area s hidden gems
25 Dec, 2020 11:00 PM
6 minutes to read
The Te Ara Ahi cycle track takes in five of Rotorua s geothermal parks, and forests. Photo / Destination Rotorua
The Te Ara Ahi cycle track takes in five of Rotorua s geothermal parks, and forests. Photo / Destination Rotorua
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
It is no secret Rotorua has an abundance of activities for both visitors and locals to get stuck into and enjoy. Here are some Rotorua gems you may not have been to yet or heard about through the grapevine. Summer is the perfect time to check them out.
Rotorua iwi school land dispute: Kaumātua says Ministry of Education breached Treaty of Waitangi
23 Dec, 2020 05:00 AM
5 minutes to read
A dispute is brewing over the location of a new school with a local kaumātua saying the Ministry of Education should never have bought the land where it s intended to be built. Dr Ken Kennedy claims the Ministry of Education has breached the Treaty of Waitangi by buying land near Rotorua for the purpose of building a new school for Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai.
Kennedy, who is speaking out as co-chairman of Ngāti Rangiteaorere Koromatua Council, said the land, which was owned by a private farmer, was taken from Ngāti Rangiteaorere by the Crown decades ago and should have been offered to his iwi for sale first.