Zonta Whakatāne is super excited to recently donate $1500 to Rangiatea – Whakatāne Teen Parent Unit
A closure of State Highway 2 Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road is required – one direction at a time –
Whakatāne District Council has been briefed on some major decisions it has to make in the next few m
Timberlands, in partnership with the Rotorua Lakes Council, Regional Tourism Organisation RotoruaNZ
As the calendar ticked over this week to mark three years since Jason Butler’s disappearance in the
NGĀTAI Awa Te Toki 2024 – a massive festival celebrating kapa haka – kicks off tomorrow in Whakatāne
WHAKATĀNE District Council has purchased land close to the Matatā township for development of a cent
MASTER Builders have raised a record amount to donate to Brothers Big Sisters at this year’s golf to
BAY of Plenty Regional Council says Whakatāne residents can expect Kakahoroa Drive to be open in bot
AWAKERI School is celebrating another great Ag Day event, held under a bright spring sun last week.
The Whakatāne Kiwi Trust would like to thank the Whakatāne community for the ongoing support and inv
A DRUGGED driver has been sentenced to home detention following a crash that left a woman with serio
COASTGUARD Whakatāne’s annual membership fee is to rise for the first time in many years. Members
KEEP Whakatāne Beautiful Committee had a huge response to its annual colouring-in competition this y
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WORK on Thornton Road is progressing well, with the road now expected to reopen three weeks earlier
TWO Eastern Bay youth have spent an enlightening week in Australia taking part in a leadership progr
ŌPŌTIKI District Council will hear from submitters to its draft Freedom Camping Bylaw at an extraord
ŌPŌTIKI resident Faith Hunter celebrated her 100th birthday last week, surrounded by friends and fam
ŌPŌTIKI'S new rubbish weighbridge will be up and running from Monday. Ōpōtiki District Council soli
MOVING from one small town to another has worked out well for Ōpōtiki’s newest Justice of the Peace,
ENSURING geothermal in the Bay of Plenty continues to be managed sustainably for current and future
BAY of Plenty Regional Council is ending its regional commuter bus service because of poor patronage