Announcements

SUPPORT: Kaahu Hohepa, Mike King, Anahera Apanui-Hohepa, Paarani Apanui and Keri and Ryan Topperwien, together after the family received a grant to help with winter expenses. Photos supplied THE inaugural Kawerau on the Rise event – a week’s worth of free community activities – was a huge success, according to organisers. It was run from […]

Kawerau reclaims its place in the property sun 15 August 2016 One of the brightest property hotspots in the country right now isn’t near Auckland, or on Tauranga’s sunny coast. It’s deep in the central North Island, the forestry town of Kawerau in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Valuation service QV estimates that Kawerau’s property

Container terminal research two-thirds done 31 August 2016 The project is assessing the proposed container terminal’s economic and logistical feasibility. If a terminal is developed, it will open up opportunities for Kawerau businesses and the wider Eastern Bay, with increased connectivity allowing them better access to customers. The proposed terminal was first suggested in 2012,

Drilling of the production well and two injection wells has been completed at the Te Ahi O Maui geothermal project, near Kawerau. Project manager, Ben Gibson, said today that the drill rig and associated equipment have now completely demobilised from site, where they had been working since May. The drilling process targetted known sources of

WITH 460 people in attendance, the 2016 Horizon Business Excellence Awards celebrated the innovation, success and leadership of Whakatane’s business community at the Whakatane War Memorial Centre on Saturday. Twenty-four businesses were nominated for the awards held every second year. The Horizon Supreme Business Award winner was Kawerau’s Mainstream Engineering, which also won the Excellence

Quality entries in woodskills 30 September 2016 JINKET: Des Kendrick’s Logging Jenkit. D4294-34 THE National Woodskills Competition at Kawerau has been touted as the only one of its kind in the world. In its 26th year, the 2016 exhibition last weekend included everything from giant sculptural carvings to tiny, intricately detailed art pieces. National Woodskills

Asaleo Care, a New Zealand tissue paper manufacturer and producer of Tork products has become the first in its field in Australasia to achieve certification for unprecedented transparency of a product’s life cycle. Tork Professional Hygiene toilet paper and hand towel are the first hygiene products with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in Australasia. They are

Accolades for Kawerau GP and daughter in NZ photography awards 1 November 2016 Kawerau GP Tony Whitehead’s southern rata image, which graced the cover of New Zealand Doctor in September, was judged runner-up in the landscape category of the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year awards. His daughter Edin’s image of Eastern Rockhopper penguins was highly commended in