A Kiwi kayaker has told of his hair-raising encounter with a grizzly bear on a Canadian river that has earned him the nickname “bear… 
KAWERAU has a new aspiring model, ready to debut her talent on the international catwalk. Akeylah Wade, 16, has been selected from more than 500… 
The Government is to investigate the possibility of a major Eastern Bay of Plenty rail project – an inland hub connecting exports from Murupara and… 
A BRAND-NEW St John ambulance has found its home in Kawerau. The $178,000 ambulance was blessed during a ceremony at the Kawerau ambulance station… 
ORGANISERS of the Waitangi Day Commemoration in Kawerau last Tuesday say it was extremely successful, attracting people from all over the region. Te… Kawerau residents can start the new year healthy and active thanks to a grant awarded to the Kawerau Fitness Community Trust. New Zealand Community… 
Kawerau’s Tarawera High School will be offering Mandarin as a subject choice for the third year in 2018. Students also have the option of… Kawerau residents can start the new year healthy and active thanks to a grant awarded to the Kawerau Fitness Community Trust. New Zealand Community… 
THE combined canine Agility Ribbon Trial and Jumpers Championship event held at Kawerau’s Prideaux Park over the weekend drew 220 dogs in 1520… ISO has edged C3 in an “extremely close” contest to be named the preferred operator of an inland container terminal planned in… 
The container terminal will be based in Kawerau, bringing opportunities for economic growth to the Bay of Plenty town. Image: Google Maps.The… 
International port logistics company ISO Limited has been selected as the preferred operator for Kawerau’s planned container terminal. This… 
Kawerau SPCA fundraiser When: Saturday, October 28 at 10am Where: Kawerau Presbyterian Church – 50 OnslowStreet,… KAWERAU’S iconic wood festival begins today with one of its most exciting events. The annual Kawerau Woodfest and National Woodskills… 
AS we age, we find ourselves not being able to do the things we used to – whether it be taking rubbish to the kerb, driving to the shop or… 
THOUSANDS of sedges and rushes have been planted near the Tarawera River mouth to help in the regeneration and preservation of marine… KAWERAU District Council re-appointed Russell George as its chief executive officer at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday. The Local Government Act… 
A CLASSIFIED aged care reserve at Kawerau will lose its status and be changed to ensure retirement units can still be built. The 1.29-hectare parcel… 
KAWERAU Putauaki School students learnt about sustainability last week, to maintain their brand-new vegetable garden and worm farm. The… The iconic Kawerau Woodfest event is once again gearing up to showcase the town’s proud connection to the forestry industry. This year’s… 
KAWERAU is in the running for Richie McCaw to visit and host the ultimate game of touch rugby. Ten New Zealand towns are racing to become the winner… 
KAWERAU District Council is moving forward with plans to revitalise the town through residential development. At an extraordinary meeting yesterday,… 
TARAWERA High School has been honoured for its learning environment once again, at an awards ceremony in Singapore. The school’s project… 
Tarawera High School student Mackenzie Karekare was surprised to receive a rare honour – a Sir Peter Blake young leader award. The 13-year-old… 
Since becoming New Zealand’s Next Top Model in 2010 Kawerau’s Danielle Hayes has spent a lot of time in front of a camera. Her modelling… 
KIWI writers behind the words and pictures of children’s books will visit Kawerau in August as part of a nationwide tour. The group of… 
KAWERAU’S story will be shared on the world stage later this month, particularly how a tutor keeps Maori culture alive through basketball. Te… 
Kawerau’s Tarawera High School has been honoured for its educational facilities at a recent awards ceremony in Singapore. The school’s… 
MINI hunters will scale the land this weekend targeting and catching pest animals. The Kawerau Mini Hunt, a junior version of the Kawerau Big 3, is… Accor Hotels has commissioned internationally renowned artist Owen Dippie to design a piece of artwork on its 25m wall on Custom Lane in downtown… 
Tarawera High School Year 13 science students brought their learning out of the classroom recently during a field trip to the Oji Fibre Solutions… 
NEW ROLE: Anneke Hepi is the new Kawerau netball development officer. Photo Louis Klaassen A NEW focus on Kawerau’s raw netball talent… The Waikato Bay of Plenty Netball Zone is pleased to announce that Anneke Hepi has been appointed as a Netball Development Officer based in Kawerau…. Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne says he cannot thank volunteers enough for the help they have given to Edgecumbe’s flood-hit residents…. Tarawera High School music students had a special visit from a top musician recently. The original keyboard player from top New Zealand band… A Chinese company has announced plans for a new wood plant for Kawerau that will lead to about 100 more jobs. Photo/file A particle board plant… Kawerau’s Urban Food Forest project launched in February and will become a source of fresh produce for everyone. The project will see… “If you smell what The Rock is cooking” was Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s signature catchphrase during his time as… 
The Great Kiwi childhood. What is it? Does it even exist? Whatever their childhood looks life, Unicef NZ believes every… LUKE KIRKEBY South Waikato house prices are only second to one when it comes to New Zealand’s biggest increase. The latest figures from… 
Kawerau’s drive to develop an inland container terminal serving the Eastern Bay of Plenty is gaining traction, with a decision expected early… 
New Zealand based Environmetals Limited (“EVM”) is presently engineering the first commercial application of its technology to extract… 
Kawerau’s information centre is now an i-SITE. Representatives of the national visitor information network approved Kawerau’s application at… The coastal Bay of Plenty has retained its position as a top performing region with nearly 40 per cent growth in the last three years. The results… 
Kawerau GP Tony Whitehead’s southern rata image, which graced the cover of New Zealand Doctor in September, was judged runner-up in… TOP RUN: Ruby Muir won her second queen of the mountain title. Photo Paula Massey D4465-346 WINNER: Shay… Kawerau not only took out the War Canoe darts competition held in Rotorua yesterday, they also won the honour of hosting the tournament’s 50th… Two new people – David Sparks and Sela Kingi – are elected to Kawerau District Council in the 2016 local elections. Along with the six… 
ON A ROLL: Paul Delamere putts during the Kawerau Golf Club 50th jubilee mixed tournament on Saturday. Photo Paula Massey… Asaleo Care, a New Zealand tissue paper manufacturer and producer of Tork products has become the first in its field in Australasia to… 
JINKET: Des Kendrick’s Logging Jenkit. D4294-34 THE National Woodskills Competition at Kawerau has been touted as the only one… 
SUPREME WINNERS: Horizon Energy chief executive Ajay Anand with Mainstream Engineering co-owners Darrin and Dianne Hawkes, and Horizon Energy… Drilling of the production well and two injection wells has been completed at the Te Ahi O Maui geothermal project, near Kawerau. Project… KAWERAU’S Container Terminal Project is two-thirds of the way toward completion and is expected to be finished in November. The… WINNERS: Tarawera High School students Majean Rogers and Nikia Davis are winners of a Chinese speech competition held in… WEIGH-IN: Vaina Drummond, Dion Russell, Big 3 and individual winner, Charlie Drummond, TJ Parker and Mya Nelson at the Kawerau Ex-Royal… URBAN FOOD: The Kawerau Urban Food Forest team of Akeyla Wade, Dylan Edwardson, Niamh O’Brien, Trish Brady and Hannah Edwardson has… 
Mighty River Power’s geothermal power station is one of Kawerau’s top places of industry. One of the brightest… 
Larraine Te Kakara and Anthony Pearce are enjoying their new lives in Te Aroha. Two years ago, Anthony Pearce was an angry… 
Forget Auckland, Queenstown is not even close and you can count out Hamilton and Tauranga. The current real estate hotspot is the small Bay of… 
SUPPORT: Kaahu Hohepa, Mike King, Anahera Apanui-Hohepa, Paarani Apanui and Keri and Ryan Topperwien, together after the… 
WINNERS: Kawerau councillor Faylene Tunui, Martin Jenkins representative Andrew Schollum, Kawerau Mayor Malcolm Campbell and Matamata-Piako… 
EIGHT Eastern Bay students have been recognised for their leadership qualities with a Sir Peter Blake Young Leader Award. The awards, in association… CONFERENCE: Tarawera High School physical and outdoor education teachers Sophie Hoskins, Cameron McMillian and Kelly Ross… KAWERAU District Council has made its reserves drone-friendly. At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, the council opted to make flying… 
PORTRAIT: Te Whata Tau o Putauaki student Whatonga Raki features in the class exhibition, Tatai Whakaheke. Photos supplied PORTRAITS of… EAST Coast MP Anne Tolley says a Government road-funding announcement will tackle some of the Eastern Bay’s most dangerous… KAWERAU District Council has decided to go ahead with a Healthy Homes Project to buy neglected homes and renovate them to improve their… KAWERAU District Council has acted on the community’s call for more public toilets to be installed in the town centre. The council… In Rotorua, the median house value has jumped 15 per cent annually but is still affordable at $318,000, according to data from QV. Photo… 
Two more wells to be drilled later this year. DRILLING has begun on the first of three wells for the $120 million Te Ahi O Maui… <img class=”size-medium wp-image-71303″… The Te Ahi O Maui partnership and an Israeli company, Ormat, signed a deal last week for the construction of a new geothermal… 
SPIN-OFFS: New enrolments and positive feedback has followed Tarawera High School’s appearance on television this month, delighting the… <img class=”size-medium wp-image-71241″… 
HIP HOP: Swarm crew, Tash Crichton, Hu Jeffery, Joseph McClutchie, Loren Sila and Holly Rose Hunt perform their winning routine on the stage… 
NEW NAME: Kawerau District Council has decided to name its nearly completed new sporting facility on Waterhouse Street Kawerau Adventure… TWO Kawerau firms have worked together to create a high-tech solution that is a New Zealand first. Allied Industrial Engineering turbine… Sarah Ziessen who owns and runs Helium Gallery. Photo/Supplied A programme that helps businesses and social enterprises succeed and… YOUTH COUNCIL: The 2016 Kawerau Youth Council members: (back row) Majean Rogers, Hohia Heurea, Dylan Edwardson, Hamiora Hooper, Iraia Nuku, Declan… WINNERS: Awakeri School took the top cheerleaders title. D3436-245 KAWERAU South School may as well not bother handing over the Top… 
FIRST CLIMB: Year nine student Steve Robin is the first student to climb the new rock climbing wall at Tarawera High School, with the assistance of… 
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Bernadette Soares is giving hope to a community that has been lost for too long, writes Jo-Marie Baker Bernatette Soares is the epitome of… KAWERAU District Council has voted to use $100,000 of a predicted surplus this year to reduce rates next year. The council has estimated… PUBLIC toilets kicked off a Kawerau District Council meeting this week. Speaking at a public forum at the start of the regulatory and services… 
MUSICAL VISION: Ngati Awa musician Richie Allan is through his determination and skill able to enlist the support of international companies and… 
IN spite of being postponed due to rain, Sunday’s Waterwheel Trust Live Day at Kawerau was a favourite event for fans of vintage… 
THE Tarawera Ultramarathon returns to run for the eighth time on Saturday. Entries had to be closed early last month for the event, the… A MASSIVE icecream topped off a successful weekend for BMX star Sarah Walker. The 27-year-old Kawerau rider afforded herself a treat after claiming… 
TARAWERA High School is shaping up as buildings are turned to rubble and classes are filled in preparation for an official opening on… DEMOLITION of the old Kawerau College buildings started on Wednesday with asbestos removal. Edwina O’Brien, the Tarawera High School… 
KATRIN Webb is taking on the challenge of the Tarawera Ultramarathon, a 100-kilometre off-road run from Rotorua to Kawerau, to raise funds for… THE Gallagher Chiefs will be the main attraction at a school holiday programme in Kawerau later this month. The rugby squad will hit town on Monday,… ELITE New Zealand slalom paddlers took on the Tarawera River slalom course in national selection and ranking races on Saturday and Sunday. The… Education is playing a huge role in turning the community of Kawerau around. Since 2011, Kawerau has been one of six experimental sites… AN exemption from restrictions applying to trading in a public place means Kawerau’s night markets can continue. Kawerau District Council… KAWERAU elderly were successful yesterday in their request for a guaranteed annual grant of $3000 to pay for transport to medical appointments in… 
WELCOME PACK: New residents to Kawerau will receive a welcome pack full of useful information for new residents, including what to see and do in the… 
AFTER opening its doors 17 months ago, Kawerau Medical Centre has added three new rooms to its Islington Street centre to accommodate growing… KAWERAU BMX star Sarah Walker claimed the North Island title in Taupo on Saturday. The 27-year-old Olympic silver medallist took out the event,… 
NEW population gains for the Whakatane and Kawerau districts stand in contrast to an expert’s view that the Eastern Bay’s population is… 
STUDIO: Tarawera High School’s Rangimari Teirney records her song Unconditional Love at The Porch recording studio in Hamilton. A SONG written… 
BUSINESS PLAN: Helen Stewart is proud of initiatives that have attracted people to work and live in the town. Kawerau is a town of… 
STATES BOUND: Kawerau’s Rota Elliott will return to the United States next month in search of another title. KAWERAU bodybuilder Rota… 
SAW RACING: Waata Novata competes in the chainsaw racing event in Prideaux Park. KAWERAU’S Woodfest weekend drew thousands of visitors… 
KAWERAU’S Mata beer brought home 10 medals from the Brewer Guild Awards this month. Brewer Tammy Viitakangas said the company’s Wai-iti… 
EAST Coast MP Anne Tolley opened the new Kawerau community probation site this month, built from two former state houses and refurbished by… 
WOODCHIP DIG: Eight men’s teams and two women’s teams will take to the shovels for a chance at this year’s Big Dig woodchip… 
PURPLE PAIR: Joyce Ruland and Cindy Manley walk around a circuit holding their balloon and orange segments as part of the balloon cuddles… 
LEMONADE FOR SALE: Actors Beaudien Tapara and Sonny-Beau Ngaheu man their Hall Street lemonade stand. TRAFFIC crawled along Kawerau’s… KAWERAU’S Neighbourhoods of Healthy Homes programme is offering two classes this month to teach residents basic home repairs and pie… 
LOOK out world – Sarah Walker is gaining momentum. A year after a horrific crash and a head injury which sidelined the 27-year-old BMX star… 
A PROGRAMME that helps businesses succeed will run again for the third time in Kawerau.Kawerau X Incubate is a 12-week programme providing business… 
TE Ahi O Maui geothermal project at Kawerau has been given the green light and drilling work to obtain geothermal energy for the power station will… 
MOUNTAIN View Rest Home collected a perfect result during its latest audit, ranking it among the country’s best facilities. The Kawerau rest… 
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… 
EXPENDITURE of $1.8 million has been carried over to Kawerau District Council’s 2015-16 financial year. Finance and corporate services manager… 
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… 
Element’s paper maker wins ‘Large Energy User Initiative Award at this month’s Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards. Since 2013… 
SMOKING within 10 metres of school entrances could be banned in Kawerau by the end of September. Kawerau District Council adopted a new draft… 
Echoing Out Kawerau’s News &… 
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… AUCKLAND University’s first white-water championship event could be paddling the Tarawera River later this year. On Tuesday Kawerau District… 
A PROJECT to support rheumatic fever prevention in Kawerau has helped Michelle Whyte earn the national best young pharmacist award for 2015. Miss… 
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… 
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… 
AFTER opening its doors just 13 months ago, Kawerau Medical Centre is adding three new rooms to its Islington Street centre to accommodate growing… 
Finnish recipe is people’s choice in ale A TRADITIONAL Finnish beer recipe, brewed with branches and juniper berries, has helped Kawerau… 
BAYLEYS real estate Eastern Bay residential and lifestyle agent Sneha Gray has won a Real Estate Institute of New Zealand excellence award. She won… 
Echoing Out Kawerau’s News &… 
KAWERAU’S Devon Kahika-Campbell is aiming at a solid national placing as he builds up to an international event. The 17-year old level seven… 
SEVEN hundred people visited Kawerau Youth Council’s Capture It exhibition during the three-day event last week to celebrate the past 12… KAWERAU’S Neighbourhood of Healthy Homes project is a finalist for the 2015 Local Government New Zealand community impact award. The scheme… 
KAWERAU youth council’s work over the last 12 months will be performed, displayed, projected, and interacted with during a three day exhibition… 
LONG SERVING: Helen Stewart, president of the Eastern Bay Justices of the Peace Association, presents Murray Hansen with a certificate for 50 years… 
KAWERAU’S bakers and cake appreciators are invited to a pink ribbon morning tea next week to fundraise for Breast Cancer New Zealand. The… 
Eastern Bay people gave a resounding ‘thumbs up’ this month to the Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s purchase of all Horizon Energy… 
SUCCESS EVENING: Opal-Jae Herbert, Rangimari Teirney and Anahera Hiraka perform during the kapa haka section of the Celebrating Success dress… 
NEW VIEW: A new mural near State Highway 30 in Te Teko takes shape. Photos Louis Klaassen A NEW mural illustrating the history of Te Teko… 
Amanda Monk will compete at the New Zealand at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in September. Photo Troy Baker AMANDA Monk swapped… 
KIND HEART: Bob Marjoribanks was named in the 2015 Ministry of Health Volunteers Awards. Photo supplied IF Hospice Eastern Bay of Plenty… 
MICHAEL Coleman on High Tail It charges ahead of Sam Spratt on Running Scared during the sixth race at Te Teko Racecourse on Wednesday. The warm sun… KAWERAU Youth Council have secured $24,000 of government funding to back four youth-focused events designed by their members. The 12… KAWERAU District Council has been awarded a $30,595 grant to fund a new sound system and hearing loops in the Kawerau Town Hall and Concert… 
STRONG DEFENCE: (Front) Hailey Storey, Awhina Tahana, Ulani Hoskin, Alayna Ryder, Tylah Peters, (back) Rawiri Kingi, Taylor Davis-Hughes,… BAY of Plenty is one of four regions where farm sales have increased in the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s latest reporting… EXCITING changes are on the way for the Whakatane district libraries with the upcoming launch of a new, computer-based library information… Eastland Group achieved another strong commercial performance in the financial year ending 31 March 2015, delivering overall net profit after tax of… 
EVER THINE: Tame Iti painting the artwork that would be made into the poster for the feature documentary Ever the Land. Photo supplied SARAH… 
NICE BIKE: Pat Theobald, from Opotiki, admires a BMW motorcycle. Photos Geoff Mercer D2169-03 TICKETS were limited to 120 for last… 
GIRLS banged on their school hall’s windows when rugby superstar Sonny Bill Williams visited Tarawera High School on Wednesday. The Chiefs and… 
OVER SHE GOES: Dolly Bird, a cross breed rabbit leaps a jump while below, Fancy Pants thinks hard about it first. Photos Louis… 
A FORMER Kawerau woman is a finalist in the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Sacha Cotter’s children’s book… 
KAWERAU residents formed a long line at the door of the town’s Concert Chamber for a Kawerau and District Ageing in Place (KDAIP) public… 
THEY’RE OFF: Competitors begin the Kawerau Six-Hour Adventure Race from Firmin Field on Saturday. Photo Louis Klaassen THE Kawerau… 
Residents in five Kawerau neighbourhoods are living in healthier, more comfortable and safer homes thanks to the Kawerau Neighbourhoods of Healthy… 
THE Waterwheel Historic Trust will be running a “Live Day” on Saturday at their collections site on Manukorihi Drive, alongside the traffic… 
EASTERN Bay teams will compete in the Baywide Rippa Rugby World Cup today. More than 1500 players across two grades have competed in local… KAWERAU District Council has been given $225,000 to help fund the town’s new changing rooms at the Maurie Kjar Memorial Swimming Pool… 
RAINBOW WINGS: A turquoisine parrot or pulchella, owned by Marty Sisson. Photo Troy Baker WHAKATANE Bird Club will host its 61st annual bird show… EASTERN Bay firefighters will be watching their steps tomorrow – all 1103 of them. Eighteen Eastern Bay firefighters are among 750 New Zealand… MAINTENANCE was a hot topic for residents during Kawerau District Council’s long-term plan submissions at an extraordinary meeting on… 
Malcolm Campbell, Kawerau mayor PUMPING Matata’s wastewater to Kawerau is an option again now a consent to build a wastewater… 
FAIRYTALE CONTINUES: Peter and Alice van Boheemen celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Photo Troy Baker EVEN after 60 years, Alice van… 
A SPILL-OVER effect from the Auckland housing market boom is being felt in the Eastern Bay, with the Kawerau market receiving the strongest… 
KAWERAU’S annual Christmas in the Park celebration has been confirmed for December 12 this year. The date was one of a number that featured in… 
HAPPY FEET: (Back) Nicole Mio-Mihaere, Ulani Hoskin, Nikita Koia, Somer Richardson, Keesha King, Whareua Mitai, Natasha Palmer, (front) Miharo… 
A GROUP building an organisation to help elderly and disabled Kawerau residents remain in their own homes has begun presenting its vision to the… 
A company exploring for gold and silver south of Kawerau is enthusiastic following initial surveys – but can’t say when… 
CONSTRUCTION of the first stage of Tarawera High School’s new buildings is on track to meet a June completion date. Earth works to prepare the… 
A NEW swimming pool, a $150 increase to the uniform annual general charge and a town centre upgrade were the priorities in Kawerau District… 
MOST teenagers battle to stack a dishwasher, but the fast hands of one Galatea 14-year-old have earned him a spot representing New Zealand on a world… 
KAWERAU District Council has decided to pay for basic repairs to clubrooms at Tarawera Park, formerly owned by the Onepu Rugby Union… 
ENTERING THE TENT: Visitors are welcomed into the marquee at Te Manuka Tutahi Marae. Photo Troy Baker It is the first time the wananga has held… ELECTED members of Kawerau District Council received a pay rise from the Remuneration Authority for the next financial year – the hike for all… 
Efforts to remove 150,000 old tyres dumped at a Frankton depot in Hamilton have struck complications, as another council tries to block the tyres… 
SWEET DEAL: Jahn Iseri, Sophia Lim, Max Stowers and Judy Law at Thornton Road bottling plant Ora Honey. Photo Troy Baker… 
REGIONAL TOUR: Labour MP Chris Hipkins was in the Eastern Bay on Wednesday talking with teachers. EASTERN Bay teachers had the ear of… 
The Kawerau King of the Mountain race will celebrate 60 years of what is considered Aotearoa’s Toughest Mountain Race on October… 
MEMORIES: The arrival of Air Chathams’s vintage Douglas DC3 at Whakatane Airport this weekend will ignite the memories of older Eastern… 
New Zealand has contributed 25 percent of the world’s new geothermal development in the last five years, and Energy Minister Simon Bridges… 
Kawerau boxers hit Tauranga TWO Kawerau boxers took part in a TGA Box Professional Corporate Boxing event on Saturday. Coach Warwick Godfery said… 
Sir Stephen Tindall, Warehouse founder THE Warehouse founder Sir Stephen Tindall will speak at the launch of a new foundation aiming to… 
KAWERAU’S library experienced a quieter March this year with only 6854 visitors, a drop from 8359 visitors in the same month last year. During… 
AN open women’s team from Auckland University Canoe Club compete at the national rafting selection races in Kawerau on Saturday. The event… 
BOBBLE HEADS: One bubble soccer player tips backwards in an inflated collision during Wednesday’s bubble soccer. Photos Troy… BAY of Plenty women’s football kicks off the 2015 season this Sunday – but the break between seasons has been longer than summer for one… 
PADDLING AHEAD: Trident High School paddler Kaitlin Blackwood takes in a big breath during a run in the Secondary Schools White Water Kayaking… THIS weekend floodlights will light up Tarawera River as rafting teams from around the country compete in selection races for the opportunity to… 
CRAFT EARS: Desire-Praise Galvin, Hunter Hunia, Te Ohorere McMillian, Whikitoria Te Riini, and Azariah Kinghazel-Pukeroa perform, some wearing rabbit… 
KAWERAU BMX racer Sarah Walker made a token contribution to the BMX national championships over Easter weekend then watched from the sidelines. A… 
PARENTS, children, and their Teddy bears explored Kawerau Putauaki School on Monday afternoon as part of a transition to school initiative. Early… 
TARAWERA High School has received top-level endorsement of its NCEA achievement last year. Education minister Hekia Parata has written to… A NEW warning alarm was installed in Kawerau’s Ron Hardie Recreation Centre last month to tell users when geothermal gas reaches unacceptable… 
A NEW design for Kawerau’s skate park shade sails has been finalised and a tender process is expected to open soon. Kawerau District Council… 
HAWAII FUNDRASING: Mickey Savage and Levi Whata are busy fundraising for a class trip to Hawaii in September. Photo Megan Hunt D1899-06 TWO… 
COMPANY CHAIRMAN: Peter Hutchison, pictured at the Barkette pilot plant’s furnace dryer, is one of five investors in Sustainable Solid Fuels… 
CLOSE BATTLE: Kawerau’s Michael Sims and Whakatane’s Connor Davies compete for possession in the opening round of the Waikato Bay… 
AFTERNOON rain cleared just in time for the start of Kawerau’s final summer night market on Thursday, which concluded with a song and… KAWERAU District Council is developing a memorial to honour one of the town’s young residents after he lost his battle with cancer last… 
YOUTH COUNCIL: (Back) Warwick Godfery, Chris Marjoribanks, Bless Maxwell, Levi Whata, Malcolm Campbell, Iraia Nuku, Carolyn Ion, Faylene Tunui, JJ… 
By Letter to the Editor & filed under Letters, News – HAVE YOUR SAY! RECENTLY I read an article that told me Tourism… CRACKS have opened between the wooden floor boards of Kawerau’s Ron Hardie Recreation Centre after extraction fans dried the floor. Kawerau… 
Jordan Mason, 22, and Te Peeti Te Pou, 21, hail from Taneatua and Kawerau respectively are rapt with their new life in Christchurch. PHOTO… 
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… A NEW sound system for Kawerau’s Concert Chamber was installed last month and another for the town hall is close behind. Kawerau District… FOOTBALL season begins for two Eastern Bay teams on Saturday. Kawerau and Whakatane will compete in the Waikato-Bay of Plenty championship… 
TEAMWORK: Putauaki School students Nayton Matenga, Mataatua Fox-Kaipara, Danesha Elliott, Te Akau Bennett, Te Riina Peita, Turanga Tuhoro, Gabriel… FULTON Hogan has won a tender to reseal a number of roads and parking areas around Kawerau. On March 17, Kawerau District Council was presented… KAWERAU’S flowerbeds are being prepared for new winter planting along with a continued focus on lifting branches around the town’s… ANOTHER Kawerau alleyway has moved a step closer to closure after residents living either side of the passage between Onslow and Fitzgerald streets… ALL preschools and primary schools in the Kawerau district received copies of the booklet Keeping our Children Safe around Dogs last month. Kawerau… 
FREE RANGE: Sunny Bay Eggs, formerly Van den Broek Poultry, is ending caged hen egg production in favour of free range. General manager Azzan… 
SPECIAL DAY: Brian and John Tulloch sit either side of their mother, May Tulloch, during a birthday celebration. Photo supplied A… 
DEMOLITION: Kawerau District Council maintenance supervisor Peter Robertson sorts material from the Firmin Field changing rooms for re-use via… 
BUBBLE SUITS: Bubble soccer combines traditional football with big bubble suits. Photo supplied A REVIEW of Kawerau’s youth… 
TRAINING RUN: Whakatane runners Dianne Bulled, Glynn Hay, Sean Martin and Pete Marshall at the summit of Mount Putauaki after a training run. Photo… REPORTS on the new workshop and archive area planned for Kawerau’s museum are expected to be released this month, before renovations to the… THE 12 members of Kawerau’s youth council will be sworn in at a ceremony in the town’s Concert Chambers at 4.30pm today. Kawerau… EDGECUMBE College hosts its annual fundraising race from Thornton to Edgecumbe on March 21. The event, previously known as Town to Sea or Sea to… 
BROCHURES: Air Chathams commercial manager Noel Gillespie with the new Whakatane Air Services brochures, detailing flight times and fares. Photo… 
Tom McDowall, Kawerau council operations and services manager A DECISION to repair or remove a… 
John Galbraith, Toi-EDA general manager IF recent Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) figures are anything to go by, the total… 
SWORN IN: High Court judge Anne Hinton during her swearing in ceremony in January. Photo supplied ANNE Hinton, who credits her Kawerau… 
THE rapid sale of burial plots in Kawerau has prompted the district council to prepare new plots at the town’s cemetery ahead of… 
GOLDEN TRIO: Three generation of dogs – Holly, Tara and Lexi – wait patiently for their owner after the dog obedience competition…. I CAME across one of my mentors, Ken McGregor, of Kawerau, whom I had not seen for a while at, of all places, the Polynesian Pools in… ENERGY and maintenance checks on properties included in Kawerau’s Neighbourhoods of Healthy Homes project restarted in January after a… 
Paul Charteris has helped cultivate a running culture in the region. Photo / Graeme Murray As founder of the world-renowned Tarawera Ultra… A KAWERAU silviculture company, launched to create employment opportunities, is preparing to nurture new growth of a business variety this… 
KAWERAU made a bright start to the football season by winning the Cambridge Sevens tournament on Sunday. Kawerau, pictured, won the Bay of Plenty… 
SHARYN Hei Hei tends her stall at the Kawerau Night Market on Thursday evening last week – the second-to-last market before daylight savings… 
LABOUR’S housing spokesman added his voice to the conversation about council-owned pensioner housing in Whakatane during a visit to the Eastern… 
FOCUSED: Sarah Walker is aiming at competing at next year’s Olympic Games as she continues her recovery from a major crash last year. Photo… 
FIRST SALE: Between 100 and 200 people visited the car boot sale at the Bowen Street Park on Saturday, February 21. Photo Louis Klaassen… 
SPORTING STAR: Warriors player Shaun Johnson with Matata Blue Light participants Matiaha Raynes-Turnbull, Rewiata Semmens and Mason Raynes. Photo… 
TAKING THE LEAD: Tarawera High School sport and Take the Lead coordinator Amy Hayes is looking forward to nurturing Kawerau’s young female… 
My first experience with a Belgian witbier was the classic and most well known of them all – Hoegaarden – and it happened to be in the land of its… 
TWO timber drying kilns heated by geothermal steam are now operating at the Sequal Lumber sawmill in Kawerau, boosting value and demand for the… 
LEADERS: Allied Industrial Engineering new chief executive Kelvin Wright and business owner Paul Raethel. Photo suppliedKAWERAU company Allied… 
UPGRADES to Kawerau’s security camera network are on hold while the Kawerau District Council awaits the result of two funding… 
SUMMER flower beds around Kawerau have received positive comments from bother visitors and residents. Kawerau District Council heard about progress… 
ALMOST every weekend over March Kawerau’s white water facility on the Tarawera River will host rafting and canoe events. Regulatory and… 
Kelvin Wright took over as chief executive of Allied Industrial Engineering in August 2014 and the first thing he did was start calling and visiting… 
THE date for Kawerau’s 2015 Woodfest has shifted this year to entice school holiday visitors to the region and take advantage of improved… 
APPLICATIONS for members of Kawerau’s 2015 youth Council are open in preparation for a busy year. Kawerau District Council events and… 
THIS crop, being cut near Te Teko, is lucerne. The crop is estimated to produce about 600 large bales for Kawerau’s Tui Glen Station. Tui… 
KAWERAU’S Bowen Street Reserve will be filled with open boots this weekend to fundraise for the Neighbourhoods Healthy Homes project. The… 
KAWERAU is hosting its own “Storage Wars” tomorrow. Kawerau Secure Storage is auctioning off the contents of five sheds at its complex… 
THE seventh Tarawera Ultramarathon ended with smashed records on Saturday. Men’s 100-kilometre winner, American Dylan Bowman, finished the… 
KAWERAU celebrated Waitangi Day with a community event on Friday afternoon that included information about Waitangi Day’s history,… 
For true inspiration, you didn’t have to go much further than the finish line at this year’s Tarawera Ultramarathon on Saturday. Sure, there… 
KATE Da Silva has cracked it. This week the 32-year-old Kawerau mixed martial arts fighter made her first signing with a major international… 
TARAWERA High School’s new the administration block is rapidly taking shape as staff and students prepare to move in at the end of term… 
This geothermal beauty basks in the glory of its famous maunga, says Elisabeth Easther. Where is it? At the base of Mt Putauaki (Edgecumbe),… 
A NEW purpose-built dementia wing at Kawerau’s Mountain View Rest Home is under construction and should be completed by June. Kawerau Social… 
WANTED … photographic images depicting some of the Eastern Bay’s most iconic rural spots. The photo competition for an upcoming book… 
An Australian-owned company will continue its search for gold south of Kawerau in the next few months. Silver City NZ was awarded an exploration… OJI Oceania, the Japanese company that has bought Carter Holt Harvey Pulp and Paper, including the Tasman pulp mill at Kawerau, wants to expand its… A programme to help new business and social enterprise succeed and grow in Kawerau has been so well received by participants that the programme will… 
AFTER 30 years of housing Kawerau’s swimming club the two-storey clubrooms are leaving the pool complex to make way for a $700,000… 
AFTER 30 years of housing Kawerau’s swimming club the two-storey clubrooms are leaving the pool complex to make way for a $700,000… 
Chipper to cope with felling INCREASED tree felling and thinning around Kawerau will be supported by a new chipping machine next… 
PLENTY of activities are on offer around Kawerau to fill in the last weeks of the summer holidays. Manna Support… Kawerau opts for new shade sails KAWERAU District Council is taking legal action against the company that provided poor-performing… Kawerau CCTV upgrade A TENDER to upgrade the size and… Hillside hive location approved for Kawerau THE hill beside Kawerau’s transfer station is about to become a hive of insect… 
KAWERAU’S Galaxy Radio station has appealed to Kawerau District Council for an opportunity to broadcast around Jellicoe Court. Galaxy… 
CROWN research institute Scion has won a four-year grant to investigate the benefits of industrial symbiosis related to wood processing and the… 
Storyteller home with new book PUBLISHED: New author Sacha Cotter will be back in her home town of Kawerau this Christmas and… 
KAWERAU’S Prideaux Park hosted the town’s annual Christmas in the Park on Saturday. Events and community activities team leader Lee… A NEW Department of Corrections centre in Kawerau will offer offenders an opportunity to complete programmes without having to travel to… 
THE Eastern Bay’s three mayors were in Wellington yesterday to discuss Air New Zealand’s withdrawal from Whakatane with prime… 
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… 
AFTER months of renovations two buildings shifted to the corner of Kawerau’s Manukorihi Drive are renovated and ready to become the new head… 
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… 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… 
FIRMIN field hosted Kawerau’s Rangatahi tu Rangatira Crossfit event on Saturday, which offered an opportunity for all ages and abilities. Te… 
STUDENTS involved in a Kawerau work experience programme were celebrated on Thursday and presented with an opportunity to spend three weeks on an… KAWERAU Enterprise Agency’s Incubate programme, designed to support new businesses, will be back next year after a successful 2014. Kawerau X… Management, Oji Holdings Corporation (Oji) and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), are pleased to announce that the transaction to… 
New Zealand’s roaring property market is a tale of two cities – Auckland and Christchurch – while the rest of the country mostly lags well… 
It’s the fatal flaw of our so called “rock star” economy; we still don’t add enough value to what we export. The recent slump in… 
Kawerau’s Reegan Reid and Jonathan Smith officially have the potential to be future leaders to look out for. These Tarawera High School senior… 
Kawerau Enterprise Agency has launched a new business initiative designed to help businesses and social enterprises succeed and grow. Kawerau… 
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) is pleased to announce that Kawerau District Council’s Kawerau Adopt a Nation – 2013 World Rafting… THE offices of Kawerau’s new radio station Galaxy FM were filled with visitors for the official opening of the town’s new broadcaster… The new Kawerau Medical Centre opens its doors on Friday 30th May, with a new approach for healthcare in Kawerau by aiming to replicate what Dr Lance… Giant newsprint producer Norske Skog Australasia will shell out millions of dollars over five years to transition from a legacy enterprise resource… Campbell Live congratulates the forestry town of Kawerau, in the Bay of Plenty – a community with one of the highest rates in the country for Maori… A Maori-owned geothermal business in Bay of Plenty is contracting one of the world’s top universities in the Netherlands to help it… AN outdoor gym to help elderly residents exercise was one submission considered by Kawerau District Council recently. Measures to accommodate… A new gold explorer has been welcomed into New Zealand, with Epithermal Gold being granted a five year permit. The exploration permit covers 33… The provincial real estate market is on the upturn after experiencing a sluggish few years, says the new owner of Harcourts Whakatane Glenn… 
Excitement is building and planning is well underway for celebrations to mark Kawerau’s 60th birthday at the end of this month. Birthday… The owners of a Bay of Plenty tissue paper factory are unveiling a $60 million expansion at the site today, securing more than 200 jobs. The…