Remediation options for the safe swimming facility at Wairaka Centennial Park will be reviewed in consultation with key community groups and representatives, following recommendations adopted by Council at its 18 September 2019 meeting. Since the opening of the facility in December 2017, the community has raised concerns on a number […]
Local pipi poachers fined
Court convictions and fines for taking thousands of pipi A group of men who took more than 5,000 pipi from Ohiwa Harbour in Whakatāne have been convicted and fined for their offending. Riki Gavin Burnett, 47, pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing 620 pipi and was convicted and fined […]