February 2018

Kawerau pharmacist wins national award 14 August 2015 A PROJECT to support rheumatic fever prevention in Kawerau has helped Michelle Whyte earn the national best young pharmacist award for 2015. Miss Whyte received the accolade at a formal evening on Saturday at the New Zealand Pharmacy Awards in Auckland. The Trident High School old girl […]

University eyes Tarawera River venue 14 August 2015 AUCKLAND University’s first white-water championship event could be paddling the Tarawera River later this year. On Tuesday Kawerau District Council chief executive Russell George told the council’s regulatory and services committee about a university expression of interest in holding the event at Kawerau. He said the event’s focus

Former Kawerau woman wins at book awards 18 August 2015 A FORMER Kawerau woman has taken out top honours at the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults with her book Nga Ki. Sacha Cotter’s book Keys, illustrated by Josh Morgan and translated by Kawata Teepa, won the Maori Language category at

Norske Skog Tasman takes top honours 1 September 2015 Element’s paper maker wins ‘Large Energy User Initiative Award at this month’s Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards. Since 2013 Norske Skog Tasman has commissioned a 20.5 MW geothermal power plant, developed a production optimisation model and become the electricity market’s first ‘dispatchable demand’ participant. Along with a

BNZ closed for a good cause 2 September 2015 If your local BNZ branch isn’t open today and is displaying a ‘Closed for Good‘ sign – don’t panic. It’s actually a good sign. BNZ branches around the country will be ‘Closed for Good‘ with over 3000 staff members getting stuck in and helping more than

Funds Carried into Kawerau’s Next Financial Year 4 September 2015 EXPENDITURE of $1.8 million has been carried over to Kawerau District Council’s 2015-16 financial year. Finance and corporate services manager Peter Christophers said a small number of the council’s “must-do” projects from the last financial year were not completed by the year’s end, June 30,

4 September 2015 THE Kauae Rebelz have unseated previous two-time winners of the Kawerau Big 3 hunting competition to claim the trophy as the 2015 top team. Big 3 committee member Sandy Hohepa said 25 teams and 89 individuals registered for the annual land-based hunting event, which began on Friday and finished on Sunday afternoon.

8 September 2015 MOUNTAIN View Rest Home collected a perfect result during its latest audit, ranking it among the country’s best facilities. The Kawerau rest home received a 100 percent score from the recent audit and on August 28 the centre received a certificate of appreciation from Bay of Plenty District Health Board for demonstrating

Green light for power station 11 September 2015 TE Ahi O Maui geothermal project at Kawerau has been given the green light and drilling work to obtain geothermal energy for the power station will begin in April next year. The project has been approved by its partners, the Eastland Group, through the Gisborne-based community trust

Programme to help businesses succeed 16 September 2015 A PROGRAMME that helps businesses succeed will run again for the third time in Kawerau.Kawerau X Incubate is a 12-week programme providing business coaching in both group and one-on-one sessions for established organisations, or fledgling businesses-social enterprises wanting to launch a new product or service. The programme