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Day: April 7, 2020

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Rat poison left on lawn

April 7, 2020April 8, 2020
Katee Shanks

A Whakatāne woman has been left shaken after discovering rat poison and ham shavings on her front lawn. Hillena Parsons, who lives near Sullivan’s Lake, believes the poison was intended for her much-loved German Shepherd Rocco. “I got up this morning, looked out my window and saw something on the […]

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Work to repurpose PGF funds begins

April 7, 2020April 25, 2020
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The Provincial Development Unit is working through applications and projects to see where Provincial Growth Fund money can be repurposed for initiatives deemed more critical to fighting the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says. “We need to be throwing everything we have at […]

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Theft from Kohanga during lockdown

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Katee Shanks

Te Teko Kohanga Reo kaiako Lorraine “Lolo” Hale has called out the low-lives who stole from the kohanga during the first week of the nation’s Covid 19 lockdown. Hale expressed her anger and disappointment in a Facebook post, describing the theft as a violation of “our babies papatakaro (play space).” […]

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New closing time for Whakatāne COVID-19 assessment centre announced

April 7, 2020April 17, 2020
Katee Shanks

The Whakatāne COVID-19 assessment centre will be opening from 9am-4pm daily starting this Thursday (9 April). The new opening hours mean the Community Based Assessment Centre (CBAC) at the Whakatāne War Memorial Hall will be closing two hours earlier than it had been previously. Bay of Plenty Community Based Health […]

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COVID-19 assessment centres to launch in Ōpōtiki and Kawerau

April 7, 2020December 1, 2020
Katee Shanks

COVID-19 assessment centres are this week being launched in Ōpōtiki and Kawerau. The  “Pop Up | Drive Thru” centres both open on Thursday (9 April) and will each operate three days a week going forward until further notice. Ōpōtiki will run on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10am-2pm, whilst Kawerau […]

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