Photo: Eventfinda Participants in this year’s Kawerau King of the Mountain race have the chance to purchase limited-edition singlets and t-shirts, thanks to former Eastern Bay photographer Jason Wright. Jason has given race organisers permission to use his stunning image of comet McNaught hanging over Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe). This well-known […]
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Geotechnical drilling underway in Edgecumbe
Work is currently underway on College Road in Edgecumbe to get a detailed picture of what lies beneath the surface to help plan for the building of a new permanent stopbank. A geotechnical drill is on site in College Road near the site of the breach in April in order […]
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Storm and flood damage force 3.9% average rates increase
Additional costs relating to flooding and storm damage caused by cyclones Debbie and Cook last month will add close to 1% to rates costs across the Whakatāne District for the 2017/18 year, taking the average increase to 3.9%. Previous draft budgets had indicated an average rates increase of 2.96% for […]
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Paper provides perspective
A recent paper presented to Bay of Plenty Regional Council provided some perspective on the size of the side-by-side storm events that struck the Bay of Plenty in April this year. The report notes that, going in to April, the Bay of Plenty region had experienced a very wet month […]
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Portacabins to ease accommodation need
The Whakatāne District Council and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are jointly funding the development of a Relocatable House Park at the Whakatāne Domain Holiday Park. This $1.55 million initiative will help meet the pressing short-to-medium term accommodation needs of people displaced from their homes in last month’s […]
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No contamination found in Edgecumbe
Dr Phil Shoemack Recent silt testing shows that there are no issues with chemical contamination in Edgecumbe township. Where there are still areas of ponding, these may contain stagnant water, but this should be a diminishing issue as water recedes and/or evaporates. Any floodwater, whether from the April event, or […]
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Storm Event Donna – residents advised
Edgecumbe residents and farmers are advised that measures have been taken to make their district as safe as possible from the rainfall forecast for today and tonight. The BOPRC says the amount of rain forecast will not threaten the stopbank and that their river flap gates are repaired and operational. […]
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Help for people who can’t afford to fix homes
The Whakatāne District Recovery Team is working with community funding agencies, the construction industry, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, volunteer organisations and other project partners to bring together a work programme to help people who don’t have the means to repair their flood-damaged houses to get back into […]