Kawerau business mentoring 3 December 2014 KAWERAU Enterprise Agency’s Incubate programme, designed to support new businesses, will be back next year after a successful 2014. Kawerau X Incubate is a 10-week programme that began in September with eight participating businesses or charity groups. KEA executive director Helen Stewart said each group received business coaching, mentoring […]
Kawerau work experience programme celebrated 3 December 2014 STUDENTS involved in a Kawerau work experience programme were celebrated on Thursday and presented with an opportunity to spend three weeks on an Outward Bound course. The programme was facilitated by Industrial Symbiosis Kawerau and recognised eight students on Thursday afternoon at Kawerau District Council. Each student
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Kawerau’s crossfit day out 9 December 2014 FIRMIN field hosted Kawerau’s Rangatahi tu Rangatira Crossfit event on Saturday, which offered an opportunity for all ages and abilities. Te Whiri Kawai partner and competitor Bob Austin said the event was the brainchild of Te Whiri Kawai youth workers collective. It aimed to promote and encourage health
Kabaddi trophy up for grabs 10 December 2014 KAWERAU’S Davina Thompson is in India competing in the Kabaddi World Cup. The tournament runs until December 20 and Thompson will be part of the 14-women New Zealand team, who will face England, Mexico and Pakistan in pool play. The traditional Indian sport has teams trying to
Tui Glen trek era ends after 29 years 10 December 2014 TUI Glen will close its gates on 29 years of horse trekking this month, but members of the public have the opportunity to relive their riding experiences. After winding up the tourism side of the business on December 6 the farm’s 18 trekking horses
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Keys – a childhood dream realised 12 December 2014 New author Sacha Cotter has had a dream come true. Her first book Keys, along with the te reo Māori version Ngā Kī, was launched at the Wellington City Library last Thursday, to an enthusiastic audience of children from local Kōhanga Reo and Kindergarten. For Sacha,
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Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne, and the mayors of Kawerau and Opotiki, John Forbes and Malcolm Campbell, travelled to the capital to lobby for the airline’s decision to be reversed. They went armed with a letter of support from the Bay of Plenty District Health Board, which is supporting the mayors’ joint campaign. In the letter,
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New Corrections centre for Kawerau 16 December 2014 A NEW Department of Corrections centre in Kawerau will offer offenders an opportunity to complete programmes without having to travel to Whakatane. Preparation for the new centre, beside the Kawerau Enterprise Agency on Onslow Street, began in December. Bay of Plenty Corrections Department district manager Pauline Moran
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Kawerau Christmas in the Park 16 December 2014 KAWERAU’S Prideaux Park hosted the town’s annual Christmas in the Park on Saturday. Events and community activities team leader Lee Barton said 20 floats toured the town’s central business district with thousands of spectators lining the streets. The 1XX Community Concert ran from 1pm to 6pm followed
PUBLISHED: New author Sacha Cotter will be back in her home town of Kawerau this Christmas and will read her book Keys to children at the Kawerau Library. Photo supplied IT was an “amazing” teacher at Kawerau South School that instilled a love of storytelling in Sacha Cotter. Now, more than 25 years later, the