Car boot success in Kawerau 3 March 2015 FIRST SALE: Between 100 and 200 people visited the car boot sale at the Bowen Street Park on Saturday, February 21. Photo Louis Klaassen D1734-18 ENTHUSIASTIC stallholders at Kawerau’s first car boot sale on Saturday, February 21, plan to turn the one-off sale into a regular event. […]
FOCUSED: Sarah Walker is aiming at competing at next year’s Olympic Games as she continues her recovery from a major crash last year. Photo Fairfax FIVE months after a career-threatening injury, Kawerau Olympian Sarah Walker is encouraged by huge improvements. The 26-year-old BMX rider suffered a concussion, broke six bones, including broke both her arms,
Retain housing for baby boomers 3 March 2015 LABOUR’S housing spokesman added his voice to the conversation about council-owned pensioner housing in Whakatane during a visit to the Eastern Bay yesterday. Phil Twyford met with the region’s Labour party members, Opotiki Mayor John Forbes, social agencies and tenants of council-owned properties. He was unable to
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Kawerau Night market treats hundreds 3 March 2015 SHARYN Hei Hei tends her stall at the Kawerau Night Market on Thursday evening last week – the second-to-last market before daylight savings ends. Organiser Ru Heather said the market, on February 26, hosted 30 stalls, included a number of stallholders who had not been to the
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Kawerau in good pre-season form 4 March 2015 KAWERAU made a bright start to the football season by winning the Cambridge Sevens tournament on Sunday. Kawerau, pictured, won the Bay of Plenty first division last year and somehow maintained momentum through to off season with Sunday’s win. The tournament attracted 19 teams from the Waikato
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Incubate grows silviculture success story 4 March 2015 At the end of 2014 Karil Te Riini and partner Ben Hunt enrolled their business, Hunt Contractors, in Kawerau Enterprise Agency’s Incubate X programme with seven others. The course was designed to support small companies to develop their business capabilities through mentoring and training sessions. She said
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Person of the Month: Paul Charteris 5 March 2015 Paul Charteris has helped cultivate a running culture in the region. Photo / Graeme Murray As founder of the world-renowned Tarawera Ultra Marathon, Paul Charteris says one of his biggest highlights has been helping create a friendly and informative running culture in Rotorua. “Overall the most
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Healthy Homes checks continue 6 March 2015 ENERGY and maintenance checks on properties included in Kawerau’s Neighbourhoods of Healthy Homes project restarted in January after a successful barbecue to end 2014. Economic development officer Su Cammell told the Kawerau District Council regulatory and services committee on February 10 about the progress. She said 37 energy
6 March 2015 I have known Ken for more than 50 years, when I was just a tamer ball player at the Kawerau Soccer Club. Of course, you always talk about days gone by, who has passed on and the likes. I tell people in Rotorua that I lived in Kawerau from 1962 to 1966.
10 March 2015 GOLDEN TRIO: Three generation of dogs – Holly, Tara and Lexi – wait patiently for their owner after the dog obedience competition. D1764-15 THE EASTERN Bay Dog Obedience Club hosted its annual obedience show at Kawerau’s Prideaux Park last weekend. Club member Tina Mitchell said 70 dogs competed each day across five