25 March 2015 TEAMWORK: Putauaki School students Nayton Matenga, Mataatua Fox-Kaipara, Danesha Elliott, Te Akau Bennett, Te Riina Peita, Turanga Tuhoro, Gabriel Ratema-Loach and Jade Fowell get their magic carpet ride rolling at the 2015 Top School competition on Sunday. Photo Paula Massey IT is not a case of Top School this year but Top […]
25 March 2015 FOOTBALL season begins for two Eastern Bay teams on Saturday. Kawerau and Whakatane will compete in the Waikato-Bay of Plenty championship division. Kawerau were undefeated last year, blazing through the Bay first division to lift the title. The revamped competition structure will have a premier division, the championship as well as separate
Kawerau hall sound systems 25 March 2015 A NEW sound system for Kawerau’s Concert Chamber was installed last month and another for the town hall is close behind. Kawerau District Council received an update on progress at the regulatory and services committee meeting on Tuesday. Operations and services manager Tom McDowall said the tender for
Kawerau seeking Christmas director 25 March 2015 KAWERAU District Council is on the hunt for a show director to manage the town’s annual evening show as part of the Christmas in the Park celebrations. Events and community activities team leader Lee Barton said the event at Prideaux Park provided a variety of entertainment and attracted
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Painters on road to success 26 March 2015 Jordan Mason, 22, and Te Peeti Te Pou, 21, hail from Taneatua and Kawerau respectively are rapt with their new life in Christchurch. PHOTO SUPPLIED In a brave move to turn their lives around, two young Eastern Bay of Plenty men were among the first to take up
Ron Hardie centre floor cracks 27 March 2015 CRACKS have opened between the wooden floor boards of Kawerau’s Ron Hardie Recreation Centre after extraction fans dried the floor. Kawerau District Council learned about the centre’s flooring woes at a regulatory and services committee meeting on Tuesday. Operations and services manager Tom McDowall said that after
RECENTLY I read an article that told me Tourism Holdings’ profits were up from an estimated $4 million to $5.6 million. In case readers don’t know, THL is New Zealand’s largest motorhome rental agent. This huge profit comes from the rental of certified self-contained motor homes and injects millions into New Zealand’s economy, along with
Kawerau Youth Council sworn in 31 March 2015 YOUTH COUNCIL: (Back) Warwick Godfery, Chris Marjoribanks, Bless Maxwell, Levi Whata, Malcolm Campbell, Iraia Nuku, Carolyn Ion, Faylene Tunui, JJ Rika, (middle) Hohia Heurea, Majean Rogers, Timoti Rogers, Leo Bicknell, Taylor van Gulick, Saphyrra van Gulick, Rebekah Bloxham, (front) Elly Marie Beattie, at the Kawerau Youth Council’s
Memorial mural switched for alternative 31 March 2015 KAWERAU District Council is developing a memorial to honour one of the town’s young residents after he lost his battle with cancer last year. During a regulatory and services committee meeting on March 17 councillors declined a proposal for a painted mural at the Plunket Street skate
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Final summer night market 31 March 2015 AFTERNOON rain cleared just in time for the start of Kawerau’s final summer night market on Thursday, which concluded with a song and dance. Along with the colourful line-up of food and craft stalls, which lined the paved edges of Jellicoe Court, the crowd was treated to a