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Adventures popular on farmland
Photo Paula Massey D4397-57 LOOKING for creatures in the magical forest was part of the fun at the Waimana Wonder adventure race on Saturday. Pictured is Marie Hopkins, Jamie Hopkins and Shannon Toone...
View ArticleBoy hospitalised after dog attack
AN 11-year-old boy was taken to Whakatane Hospital on Saturday after he was attacked by two dogs that belonged to his mother’s partner. Senior Sergeant Mark van der Kley said police attended the...
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Traffic trial ends so barriers will go
NUMBERED DAYS: The teardrop configuration at the Landing Road Bridge roundabout will be dismantled on Friday, but will return in mid-February to coincide with the Pekatahi Bridge’s refurbishment. Photo...
View ArticleGive them a chair
OUR modern world is struggling. All sorts of issues are wallowing at odds with the rules and boundaries that used to serve us well. I am allowed to say this. I am older and I see things. The dying of...
View ArticleTitles up for grabs in Waitara
THE Aotearoa Maori Surfing Titles will include a clash of the iwi component in Taranaki this weekend. The country’s best Maori surfers are set to line up Waitara and the swell forecast is looking...
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Rental crisis looms
THE Eastern Bay’s property rental market could soon reach crisis level, with the number of available properties at a two-year low. As of Monday, the number of properties available to rent through...
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Feature home – Ohope’s White House is up for sale
FORMAL: This attractive Ohope home catches eyes as you drive along Pohutukawa Avenue. Photos Matt Lowe Open2View Much-admired family home is waiting for you to put your own stamp on it. FORGET the...
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Cooking with the Julians
BAY BERRIES: Julian’s Berry Farm owners Monica and Paul Julian show off a copy of Made With Love, the world cookbook that features their recipes. D4402-5 TWO years ago Julian’s Berry Farm & Cafe...
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On the banks of the Wainui
NEW Zealand-born Italian brother and sister team, Neville Vaughan and Thelma Patterson, are at one of their whitebaiting spots along Wainui road. It’s just after low tide, to catch the current the...
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A little life – not a little loss
LEGACY An Eastern Bay photographer documented the author’s baby daughter’s time on earth. OCTOBER is a month for recognising Baby Loss Awareness. An Eastern Bay woman shares her personal story on...
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hunting no excuse for animal cruelty
IN THE WILD: Even pig hunters have a responsibility to kill an animal as quickly and humanely as possible once it has been caught. File photo KAWERAU SPCA volunteer Carey Conn urges people to speak up...
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horsey children’s author visit
CHILDREN'S author Stacey Gregg , with one of her horses. The author will be visiting Whakatane next week. Photo supplied STACY Gregg, one of New Zealand’s favourite children’s authors, will be in the...
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Frank and Molly – a life in harmony
THE Molly Morpeth Canaday Award is widely recognised as one of New Zealand’s leading art awards, attracting entries from around the country and helping to define contemporary art in Aotearoa. The...
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Barefoot in Fiji
SPA EXPERIENCE: Kayla Forsyth, 14, gets her hair braided at the Blue Hut at Fiji’s Naviti Resort. ONLY one thing could quell my enthusiasm on the first morning of our tropical island getaway in Fiji....
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Pet sitters on the road
TURTLE WALK: Thierry Massa takes Bert the turtle for a walk in Toyko. WHEN Thierry and Miyuki Massa are travelling they don’t walk, they run. The French-Japanese couple are in Opotiki for a month...
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bright lights in October
A lOT has happened since my last article. The mysterious light in the west has climbed higher into the evening sky and is plainly visible now as planet Venus, just a tad smaller than Earth. At the...
View ArticleGood enough to tour
MAKE sure you go and see the latest Theatre Whakatane show Evita. It is very polished with outstanding vocal and acting performances by everyone. The professional director, Scott Andrew, has done an...
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Soul to Soulsa
MOVING TIME: Whakatane restaurant Soulsa is shifting to the former Soul Organics location on Richardson Street. Photo Louis Klaassen SOULSA restaurant owners Jono and Stacey Marr are moving to a new...
View ArticleSchool radio ads ‘wrong’
THROUGH your column I would like ask how state-owned schools, tax payer funded, can justify taking said funds and spending them on radio advertising to tell us how good they are. To me, it just seems...
View ArticleCongratulations council
AS a three-day-a-week visitor to Whakatane from out west, I have nothing but praise for the trialled Landing Road bridge traffic system. While it could well save up to10 minutes as opposed to the old...
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