6 May 2024

Around the motu: Kelly Makiha in Rotorua

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 6 May 2024
image of Te Waarakihi Hooper Felise, 9, needs a bone marrow transplant but there's not enough Maori or Pacific Islander donors.

Te Waarakihi Hooper Felise, 9, needs a bone marrow transplant but there's not enough Maori or Pacific Islander donors. Photo: Supplied by Kelly Makiha, Rotorua Daily Post

The search for a bone marrow donor for a gravely ill Rotorua boy and how the Maori and Pasifika population may be able to help.

Popular restaurant Urbano Bistro has reopened after a car ploughed through the front doors, severely injuring one of the diners.

New units at a Kainga Ora site are not being welcomed by some Rotorua residents who claim they look like shipping containers.

And Kelly touches on the speech Rotorua Boys High head boy made at the ANZAC Day civic service.

Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post