Debt help service returns as cost-of-living pressures bite
A free debt support service has returned to Whakatāne after an absence of a few years, with organise
Hi-Vis, high ambition - students get a taste of trades
For many of the 13 young women who spent a day climbing elevated platforms, operating cranes and cut
Whakatāne High students drive for blood
Whakatāne High School prefect Trista Baker is behind a blood drive that encouraged more than 50 dono
Hoons show no respect for cemetery
A vandal recently cut through a padlock to remove a bollard from Tāneatua Cemetery, so they could pe
Te Hau returns to the Kiwi Wandering Trail
Bronze kiwi Te Hau is back on the Whakatāne Kiwi Wandering Trail after community donations helped fu
RSA plaques stolen again
Three bronze memorial plaques remain missing after being prised off memorial stones in Whakatāne’s M
Whakatāne Hospital general manager to retire
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is recruiting for a new general manager at Whakatāne Hospital follow
Whakatāne businesses make an impression at Fieldays
Eastern Bay businesses shone at this year’s Fieldays, with strong public engagement emerging as a co
New pool charges unpopular with some
The raising of aquatic centre entry fees was unpopular with over half of submitters to Whakatāne Dis
National award for radio telephone users
The Whakatāne Radio Telephone Users Association has received a national excellence award for a proje
Staff face uncertainty under proposed health restructure
Staff at Whakatāne Hospital are among almost 100 health workers across the central North Island who
Whakatāne Intermediate heads to EPro8 semi-finals
Four Whakatāne Intermediate students are heading to the EPro8 semifinals after winning their regiona
Home detention sentence for meth dealer
The commercial appeal of methamphetamine was too strong for 19-year-old Anaura Rehu, who appeared in
Coffee with a Cop returns
Coffee with a Cop is returning to Whakatāne next week, giving residents the chance to meet local pol
Get sorted before you fly
Good news for Ōpōtiki travellers – getting your holiday money no longer means a trip out of town or
Crematorium closed for update
The cost of cremation will be a little higher for Eastern Bay families over the next month as Whakat
Community plants future for newly named Waikareao Wetland
A dedicated group of volunteers rolled up their sleeves on Friday, June 5, to help restore a special
Second planting day for Dunes Trail
Following the success of the first Dunes Trail planting day last weekend, with about 500 trees and f
Luxton ranked Labour's top-20 list
East Cape Labour candidate Jo Luxton, pictured above, says she is honoured and humbled to have been
New funding opportunities target key needs
Mental health, the environment and youth support are key community needs being targeted in the Easte
WWI medal returns to Kelly family
A World War I service medal belonging to an Ōpōtiki soldier has been reunited with his descendants a
Hayes launches new venture
After more than a decade helping shape events, tourism initiatives and community engagement across Ō