03 Feb 2012 1:33 p.m.
Helicopters with monsoon buckets are on their way to a large scrub fire near Te Kaha.
03 Feb 2012 8:55 a.m.
The Overseas Investment Office has granted an American company permission to access geothermally active land in the Eastern Bay.
03 Feb 2012 8:53 a.m.
The chief executive of a local iwi believes the Government needs to maintain a Treaty clause, when selling off state assets.
03 Feb 2012 8:49 a.m.
It's taken a long time coming, but vital cables have been installed on the bridge over the Otara River in Opotiki.
03 Feb 2012 8:46 a.m.
Whakatane Police intend to approach the District Council about installing warning signs around Kohi Point.
03 Feb 2012 8:31 a.m.
The focus for salvors on board the Rena wreck, remains the unloading of containers from the bow section.
03 Feb 2012 8:29 a.m.
The Crown continues to prepare its defence against an Eastern Bay iwi taking it to court.
03 Feb 2012 8:27 a.m.
Two years after its release here, the record breaking film shot in the Eastern Bay is set to hit mainstream American theatres.
03 Feb 2012 8:26 a.m.
It's hoped the driving skills of Eastern Bay motorists have returned from holiday, at the same time as local school children.
03 Feb 2012 8:21 a.m.
Domestic Violence continues to be prominent on the radar of Eastern Bay police.
03 Feb 2012 8:20 a.m.
It's yet to be decided if the Auckland couple who became submerged in the Waimana River on New Years Day, will be charged.
03 Feb 2012 8:20 a.m.
Whakatane District Council is looking for fresh faces for its Youth Council.
02 Feb 2012 9:42 a.m.
More children will attend a Kawerau school this year, than had been anticipated.
02 Feb 2012 8:50 a.m.
Eastern Bay police are noticing an increase in television thefts.