High-flying shoppers give freely
WHAKATANE New World collected more than $12,108 for the Westpac Chopper Appeal over the course of a year, thanks to the generosity of shoppers. Westpac bank manager Darrin Hannah said the funds raised...
View ArticleBoat fishing on lakes to close soon
ANGLERS are being reminded this week offers the last chance to get out and fish three of Rotorua’s most popular lakes before they close to boaties for the rest of the winter. Lakes Tarawera, Rotoiti...
View ArticleEmployment the biggest challenge for youth
JOB opportunities has emerged as the biggest challenge raised by Kawerau youth who met to discuss issues they face within their community. Mental health awareness and youth boredom were among other...
View ArticleTeachers call the shots
EASTERN Bay teachers held a make-or-break meeting over working conditions and pay this week. Schools around the district shut early on Wednesday as NZEI Te Riu Roa members gathered at Allandale School,...
View ArticleHanley plays for mum
HE may face the All Blacks at next year’s Rugby World Cup, but Marnus Hanley just wants to make his mum proud. The 26-year-old former Whakatane High School student was named in the Cook Islands team...
View ArticleSchools celebrate Matariki
EASTERN Bay schools are celebrating Matariki with performances, education, crafts and kai. At Tarawera High School’s Matariki celebration, the old and young alike enjoyed a day of festivities this...
View ArticleReap chief bids farewell
AFTER 10 years of developing learning opportunities for Eastern Bay residents, East Bay Reap chief executive John Chemis is making room for a replacement. Though Mr Chemis is returning to live full...
View Article125 years for Paroa School
THIS year marks 125 years since Te Kura o Te Paroa was opened. Reading through the school’s records, there are still many surnames in the class lists that have been there since the start – names like...
View ArticleTheft leads to kindness
EDGECUMBE woman Storm Hale cried happy tears after being told kind-hearted Presbyterian churchgoers would replace her stolen fence palings. “It was a relief to know people still care, you feel you’re...
View ArticleWaioeka Gorge to re-open
The NZ Transport Agency is expecting to re-open SH2 through the Waioeka Gorge tomorrow. NZTA Regional Transport systems manager Rob Campbell said contractors had made great progress clearing the 7000...
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Schools celebrate Matariki
EASTERN Bay schools and pre-schools have been celebrating Matariki over recent weeks. Tarawera High School in Kawerau held a celebration day recently, which was attended by children from three kohanga...
View ArticleBird show winner on the day
MORE than 450 birds were entered in the Whakatane Bird Club’s 64th annual bird show held in Kawerau last weekend. Exhibitors travelled from as far as Stratford, Hastings and Huntly, as well as areas...
View ArticleOnce in a lifetime
AWAITING entry to London’s historic Westminster Abbey for the interring of world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, former Whakatane man Matt McKevitt found himself in illustrious company. The former...
View ArticleWonderful women of the world
Women I Love (A Travel Yarn) $30 IT began innocently enough with a mate’s observation that I seemed to have far more close women friends than males. Though I hadn’t thought about it until then, the...
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Life’s too short not to wear shorts
HOSPICE Eastern Bay of Plenty’s first Shorts day was a fun and light-hearted opportunity to celebrate the shortest day of the year on Thursday last week. It started at 7am, with the weekly meeting of...
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An adventure of a lifetime
A FUNDRAISING trek across the lofty heights of the Great Wall of China has left two Whakatane women proud, and the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation with an extra $7602 in its coffers. Linda Wilson...
View ArticleOn the lookout for more work
WHAkATANE Menz Shed’s Poto Street workshop is now stacked almost to the ceiling with office furniture after the group was donated an office lot for upcycling. Menz Shed chairman Mark Clarke says the...
View ArticleBlood moon arising later this month
SKY watchers had the treat of a stunning full moon last week. The sight was captured on film by photographer Shellie Henley. The good news is the moon, will be putting on another show later this month...
View ArticleWaioeka slip makes news in Sweden
ACCORDING to Sweden’s largest news website, www.aftonbladet.se, the Waioeka Gorge slip came down in Norway, and it was the largest slip in the world. The video showing the slip was promoted as “stone...
View ArticleLong-term plan adopted
THE Whakatane District Council has adopted its 2018-28 long term plan, along with a range of supporting documents, and resolved its rates charges for the 2018-19 year. At an extraordinary council...
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