Patient enrolments drive expansion 5 August 2015 AFTER opening its doors just 13 months ago, Kawerau Medical Centre is adding three new rooms to its Islington Street centre to accommodate growing enrolments. Owner and general practitioner Emily Hermanson said the practice reached 3300 patients last month with more people joining each week. “We are bursting […]
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Mayor as taskforce chairman 11 August 2015 KAWERAU Mayor Malcolm Campbell has taken over as the chairman of the national Mayor’s Taskforce for Jobs. Mr Campbell began as a member of the committee 10 years ago and recently took on the role of deputy chair. When previous chairman and Clutha District Council Mayor Bryan Cadogan
Yeah Nah 2015 quest success 12 August 2015 THE Eastern Bay’s annual Yeah, Nah It’s Not Ok Eastern Bay song quest on Saturday was labelled a success by one of the concert’s organisers. Family Works family violence response co-ordinator and one of the event’s organisers Helen Holt said it was really growing and she was
Kawerau pharmacist wins national award 14 August 2015 A PROJECT to support rheumatic fever prevention in Kawerau has helped Michelle Whyte earn the national best young pharmacist award for 2015. Miss Whyte received the accolade at a formal evening on Saturday at the New Zealand Pharmacy Awards in Auckland. The Trident High School old girl
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University eyes Tarawera River venue 14 August 2015 AUCKLAND University’s first white-water championship event could be paddling the Tarawera River later this year. On Tuesday Kawerau District Council chief executive Russell George told the council’s regulatory and services committee about a university expression of interest in holding the event at Kawerau. He said the event’s focus
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Former Kawerau woman wins at book awards 18 August 2015 A FORMER Kawerau woman has taken out top honours at the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults with her book Nga Ki. Sacha Cotter’s book Keys, illustrated by Josh Morgan and translated by Kawata Teepa, won the Maori Language category at
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Norske Skog Tasman takes top honours 1 September 2015 Element’s paper maker wins ‘Large Energy User Initiative Award at this month’s Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards. Since 2013 Norske Skog Tasman has commissioned a 20.5 MW geothermal power plant, developed a production optimisation model and become the electricity market’s first ‘dispatchable demand’ participant. Along with a
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BNZ closed for a good cause 2 September 2015 If your local BNZ branch isn’t open today and is displaying a ‘Closed for Good‘ sign – don’t panic. It’s actually a good sign. BNZ branches around the country will be ‘Closed for Good‘ with over 3000 staff members getting stuck in and helping more than
Funds Carried into Kawerau’s Next Financial Year 4 September 2015 EXPENDITURE of $1.8 million has been carried over to Kawerau District Council’s 2015-16 financial year. Finance and corporate services manager Peter Christophers said a small number of the council’s “must-do” projects from the last financial year were not completed by the year’s end, June 30,
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4 September 2015 THE Kauae Rebelz have unseated previous two-time winners of the Kawerau Big 3 hunting competition to claim the trophy as the 2015 top team. Big 3 committee member Sandy Hohepa said 25 teams and 89 individuals registered for the annual land-based hunting event, which began on Friday and finished on Sunday afternoon.