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Govt invests in Vibram Ultramarathon 14 March 2014 A $300,000 Government investment will help build the international profile of the Vibram Tarawera Ultramarathon, Associate Tourism Minister Todd McClay announced today. The race this Saturday is the southern-most global location of the new 10-event Ultra-Trail World Tour series and will showcase 100 kilometres of beautiful lake,

20 March 2014 The Bay of Plenty continues to offer ‘plenty for everyone’ recording a 19 per rise in the total guest nights for January 2014 – injecting more than $430 million into the local economy. The latest Statistics New Zealand figures show the Bay and Whakatane-Kawerau region recorded the increase, of 40,000 nights, for

Tarawera High School students visit SCION 27 March 2014 The Biology Research and Technology course from Tarawera High School visited SCION in Rotorua in March 2014, funded by KEA, Kawerau Rotary and Tarawera High School.   Read full story here.

Results from the 2014 community satisfaction survey show Kawerau residents’ satisfaction with Council’s services and facilities is above the national or peer group averages in 11 of the 15 performance measures. Council commissioned the survey through the National Research Bureau’s Communitrak service. The survey was conducted by telephone interview of 200 Kawerau residents in January

Community Ed spreading to Kawerau 3 June 2014 COMMUNITY-LED education is spreading its tentacles further afield. “It has been spreading like wildfire and we just can’t contain it to Whakatane any longer” said Pou Whakaaro manager Claire Pye of the hugely successful community education programme launched last year. “Thankfully we are more than happy for