Rates to reduce in Kawerau 4 March 2016 The council has estimated its surplus for the financial year ending June 30, 2016, will be $550,000, after $100,000 is allocated for reduction of rates and $25,000 goes toward funding the current year’s Neighbourhoods of Healthy Homes programme shortfall. A report, written by operations and services manager […]
In Rotorua, the median house value has jumped 15 per cent annually but is still affordable at $318,000, according to data from QV. Photo / Ben Fraser Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo are three new areas to bask in the glow of Auckland’s property boom as investors drive up values. First-home buyers and investors priced out
15 November 2016 The coastal Bay of Plenty has retained its position as a top performing region with nearly 40 per cent growth in the last three years. The results are part of the latest tourism spending statistics from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The region, which encompasses both the Bay of
Kawerau on the world stage 24 July 2017 KAWERAU’S story will be shared on the world stage later this month, particularly how a tutor keeps Maori culture alive through basketball. Te Whare Wananga o Aotearoa tutor Jordaan Tuitama will speak at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WPICE) in Toronto, Canada. The five-day conference,
Literary heroes visit Kawerau 31 July 2017 KIWI writers behind the words and pictures of children’s books will visit Kawerau in August as part of a nationwide tour. The group of authors, including Opotiki’s Nikki Slade Robinson, are travelling the country as part of the 2017 Storylines National Festival Story Tour. Kawerau children will be
New Zealand’s Next Top Model winner turns the tables 2 August 2017 Since becoming New Zealand’s Next Top Model in 2010 Kawerau’s Danielle Hayes has spent a lot of time in front of a camera. Her modelling career has seen Hayes grace the pages of Elle South Africa, the New York Times Style Magazine, Harper’s
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Kawerau land exchange for development 7 August 2017 KAWERAU District Council is moving forward with plans to revitalise the town through residential development. At an extraordinary meeting yesterday, councillors agreed to notify the community of their intention to exchange the 2408 square metre Te Ariki Place Reserve for a 1391 square metre plot of council-owned
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Reserve reclassification still caters to retirement 18 September 2017 A CLASSIFIED aged care reserve at Kawerau will lose its status and be changed to ensure retirement units can still be built. The 1.29-hectare parcel of land on River Road adjoining the Mountain View Rest Home, Hospital and Retirement Village was obtained by Kawerau District Council
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19 September 2017 THOUSANDS of sedges and rushes have been planted near the Tarawera River mouth to help in the regeneration and preservation of marine populations. The operation, which has been four years in the making, involves Ngati Rangitihi, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Awa with the Oji Fibre Solutions and Norske Skog mills in Kawerau,
Assisting Kawerau’s Elderly 25 September 2017 AS we age, we find ourselves not being able to do the things we used to – whether it be taking rubbish to the kerb, driving to the shop or appointments or carrying in the groceries. A Kawerau organisation, the first of its kind in New Zealand, has addressed