Around the motu: Kelly Makiha in Rotorua

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 23 August 2024

An independent panel has given the go-ahead for a controversial housing development for 202 homes at Ngongotahā in Rotorua. And two children believed to be as young as 6 and 10 have  smashed through a glass door of a Rotorua vehicle dealership, two dirt bikes taken. 

Image on Children leaving on dirt bikes after breaking into a Rotorua motorcycle dealership. Photo / Supplied
Clockwise from above left: the children left on stolen dirt bikes after breaking into a Rotorua motorcycle dealership; Patterson O'Connor Motorcycles on White St; Children break into Autohaus Rotorua and steal dirt bikes.

Children leave on dirt bikes after breaking into a Rotorua motorcycle dealership Photo: Supplied by Kelly Makiha

Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post.