For the past 50 years, the Kawerau Boxing Club has been providing opportunities for the community to learn skills and compete in boxing. Now, thanks to a generous grant from NZCT, the club is providing health and fitness programmes in two local primary schools. Boxing is a popular sport in Kawerau. The Kawerau Boxing Club […]
Summer’s nearly here, and everyone’ll be heading to the beach, river or pool to pull off the perfect dive bomb. But what if you just can’t get it right? This is the dilemma for the boy in Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan’s picture book, The Bomb. This award-winning pair have created a funny and inspirational […]
A 52-year-old hunter has been rescued after falling 15 metres onto a rocky ledge in the Tarawera Forest, about 15km from Kawerau, yesterday. Ambulance, Police and Whakatane LandSAR responded about 4pm, however steep terrain hampered rescue efforts, Constable John Fredericksen said. The man was airlifted to Tauranga Hospital by the Whangarei Rescue Helicopter about 11.40pm. He remains in […]
New Zealand’s median weekly rent has not moved in the last six months according to the latest Trade Me Property Rental Index. Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries said the typical New Zealand rental property started the year with a median weekly rent of $450 and is yet to budge. “I’m sure these numbers […]
Text alerts, the Red Cross hazard app and Facebook were some of the alerting tools put to the test by Civil Defence this morning as part of a Bay of Plenty wide check. Vehicle mounted sirens were also tested in specific areas and fixed sirens in the eastern Bay. Director of Emergency Management Bay of […]
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 photo was taken in 2007, […]
Bay of Plenty Civil Defence is testing their alerting systems at 10am next Monday. They are urging the public to take this opportunity to make an emergency plan and put it into practice. These twice yearly tests enable them to check that the systems which are used to alert people about natural and manmade emergencies are working […]
Flood control teams are working to repair the College Road stop bank breach in Edgecumbe today and manage high water levels as floodwaters continue to move down the catchment. Trustpower has lowered Matahina Dam outflows to the absolute minimum so that the breach repair work can be done. In the meantime the Edgecumbe township […]