16 Jul 2025

Around the motu: Kelly Mahika on Rotorua

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 16 July 2025

New owners of the Lakeland Queen hope to have it back on the water by the end of the year. Photo: Kelly Makiha

Kelly discusses how Rotorua's homeless are being taken at night to sleep in small pods at a remote area, street racer problems near Mamaku and the planned return of the paddleboat, the Lakeland Queen, to Lake Rotorua.

Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post