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Rotorua's Night Market will return to the inner city after Rotorua Lakes Council voted to end a trial move to Kuirau Park, two months after it began.

Elected members voted eight-to-three to return the market to its previous Tūtānekai St location "as soon as reasonably practical", in the council's final meeting of the year today.

The motion was brought by councillor Robert Lee, who told the meeting the results of the Kuirau Park trial were "manifestly obvious", calling it "not a success".

He said returning to the inner city would help businesses regain tourist foot traffic and after-work customers.

A draft report on the trial

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