Clik here to view.
Mayoral hopeful’s event centre idea
Mike van der Boom,mayoral candidate WHAKATANE District Council is preparing to spend almost $10 million upgrading the Whakatane War Memorial Centre at Rex Morpeth Park, but a mayoral hopeful reckons...
View ArticleFarmers favourably singled out
RICHARD Holmes believes that livestock farmers are being singled out, and indeed they are – favourably. Farmers do not have to deal with their animals’ greenhouse gas emissions – that is subsidised by...
View ArticleOtamarakau reeling after SUV hits family
UPDATE: 2.30pm - A mother and her two-year-old daughter are in a stable condition after they were hit by a SUV yesterday. However, her 11-month-old son remains in a critical condition in Starship...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New mural for CBD
Photo Louis Klaassen D4252-32 AN EXCITING piece of art is being created in the Whakatane CBD this week. A blank block wall on Richardson Street has been transformed in the hands of two of the...
View ArticleCourt news – Intimidated to demand money
AFTER being released from prison, Tukotahi Maharaia Rawiri Williams went around to a former workmate’s house to demand the money he was owed. While he was there, he broke a window and intimidated the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Child victim critical
CRASH SCENE: Otamarakau Valley Road, where an SUV collided with a woman pushing her two children in a stroller on Monday afternoon. Photo Louis Klaassen D4248-21 AN 11-month-old boy remains in critical...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Golfers near crunch time
MAKING PLANS: Ross Corbett assesses the break on the green. D4237-39 CLUB champions will soon be crowned at the Whakatane Golf Club. The second round of matchplay was played on Saturday with just the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
League festival draws players from afar
READY TO PLAY: The Mataatua Saddlebacks under-10 team will play in this weekend’s Kiwi Junior Rugby League Festival. Photo contributed A NEW major sporting event is just days away and organisers hope...
View ArticleMalayian Veterans Day
THE Eastern Bay branch of the New Zealand Malayan Veteran’s Association is commemorating Malayan Veterans Day with a ceremony at the RSA Memorial Gardens on Friday. Following a tipple of rum at the...
View ArticleDealership officially opened
NICHOLSON United Autos’ popularity was reflected at the dealership’s grand opening when more than 200 people arrived to celebrate the launch last Thursday. Opening organiser and Proevents owner Jo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Council not supporting local business
Mike Naude,council’s open spaces and places manager WHAKATANE District Council has come under fire for shopping out of town to set up its new mowing and vegetation control unit. The council opted...
View ArticleCalling sport achievers
NOMINATIONS are open for the Bay of Plenty Sports Awards. They will remain open until October 5 and the process gives the opportunity to nominate volunteers, coaches and athletes from throughout the...
View ArticleRaw video: Aggravated robbery
FOOTAGE has emerged of an aggravated robbery at Kope Food and Spices on Friday, September 9. At 9.22pm Ramanjeet and Gurbir Singh were counting change from the till when two masked men armed with a...
View ArticleColliers International to market Piripai
WHAKATANE District Council will today confirm the selection of real estate agency Colliers International to market its landholding at Piripai. Selected real estate agencies were last month invited to...
View ArticleElectric car charging station
HORIZON Energy is planning to install Whakatane’s first electric-vehicle charging station near Otuawhaaki, the visitor information centre, in Quay Street. Horizon network general manager Derek Caudwell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six60 headlines festival
Photo supplied ONE of New Zealand’s most successful and popular bands has been revealed as a headline act for the 2017 One Love Festival in a recent second line-up announcement. The incomparable Six60...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Team goes one better at nationals
CHAMPIONS: The Trident High School senior girls underwater hockey team were crowned national champions at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Underwater Hockey Championships in Wellington last week....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Late try a good start for Bay
GOING HARD: Opotiki’s Mana Howe is in the Bay of Plenty team competing the Jock Hobbs Memorial National Under 19 tournament in Taupo this week. File photo D3960-137 BAY of Plenty won their opening...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New chief executive well qualified
NEW LEADER: Dr Chris Tooley is Whakatane-based social service provider Te Puna Ora o Mataatua’s new chief executive. Photo Louis Klaassen D4258-8 WHAKATANE seems a long way from the hallways of...
View ArticleFree workshop to support parents with children’s learning
A FREE workshop is being offered to parents and caregivers who have concerns about their child’s spelling, reading or writing. Andrea O’Hagan – learning coach, experienced primary teacher and tertiary...
View Article