Home / Rotorua Daily PostMathew NashLocal Democracy Reporter, Rotorua·Rotorua Daily Post·21 Aug, 2026 06:00 PM5 mins to read‌Lake Rotorua . Photo / NZME Lake Rotorua . Photo / NZME Forever chemicals have been detected in Lake Rotorua, prompting calls for urgent testing and renewed questions about the safety of food gathered from the lake.

Investigators found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or forever chemicals, moving through groundwater into the lake from a former firefighting training area on

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