More than 200 staff at the Whakatane Mill have this evening been presented with a proposal to close the mill.General Manager Juha Verajankorva said in a statement that, faced with the loss of its biggest customer, the plant was... Read...
An urupa where bodies are ferried by waka and gravediggers are naked in accordance with ancient rites is at the centre of resource consent clash in Whakatāne.Iwi are trying to stop Whakatane District Council granting consent... Read...
The fight to prevent a water bottling plant expansion near Whakatane is far from over with iwi seeking to appeal a recent High Court decision dismissing their opposition to the plant. Read...
Pupils from a school destroyed by a massive blaze just as they were about to start the year will learn resilience and strength of community from the loss.Children at Apanui School will be taught off-site as fire investigators determine... Read...
A massive fire broke out at a school in Whakatane overnight, with the school reporting eight classrooms have been destroyed. Firefighters have been battling the blaze at Apanui School, located on McAlister Street in Whakatane, after... Read...
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man found injured on a Kawerau street this morning.Whakatane Police are investigating after the man died around 7.10am.Detective senior sergeant Paul Wilson said the injured man... Read...