Matata residents` fight for their homes has come to an end.All Awatarariki residents bar one have now `reluctantly and under duress` signed settlement agreements with the Whakatane District Council.In the end, years of bitter... Read...
The prosecution of 13 parties over the Whakaari/White Island tragedy has been adjourned to next year. WorkSafe announced today the parties involved had requested the change so that they could `review the evidence provided by WorkSafe... Read...
Whakatane District Council recently signed an agreement with The Drug Detection Agency to provide all drug and alcohol screening for staff in `safety sensitive areas`. Read...
`Baby B` may have finally arrived.All Blacks star Beauden Barrett was missing from training today in Whakatane, suggesting wife Hannah may have gone into labour. Hannah is almost 40 weeks pregnant with their baby girl.While... Read...
By Alex McLeod of RugbyPass.com Ian Foster`s 35-man All Blacks squad will assemble for the first time today in Whakatane as preparations for the upcoming Bledisloe Cup series get underway.Plenty of anticipation has arisen since... Read...
The man at the centre of a large-scale methamphetamine lab bust in Whakatane earlier this year has been sentenced to prison.Family of Ricky Dean Simpson watched nervously from the public gallery of the Whakatane District Court on... Read...
RUGBY The Chiefs are resigned to being without fullback Shaun Stevenson for at least a couple of weeks after he suffered a hamstring injury in the win over the Waratahs in Sydney More...
BUSINESS A popular yoghurt pouch with kiwi kids is being recalled over fears the products may contain black plastic More...