A bronze kiwi statue, part of the new Kiwi Wandering Trail in Whakatane, has been damaged -- just a week after being installed.
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An East Coast MP was so overwhelmed with the talent on show when she called for applications to take part in next year's youth parliament, so she expanded the brief.
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Current Whakatane Deputy Mayor Judy Turner has thrown her hat in the ring for the Mayoralty.
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Matata residents are being encouraged to fill their baths with water for general use and for flushing toilet cisterns, as well as storing some bottles of drinking water before the water supply is cut this Saturday between 9am and 12pm.
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Further cuts have today been announced for the 2018/19 Fonterra forecast Farmgate Milk Price.
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The Boards of DairyNZ and Beef and Lamb New Zealand have announced their agreement on how each industry's share of the cost of the Mycoplasma bovis phased eradication programme will be split.
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Horizon Networks wishes to advise customers that we are monitoring the weather event closely.
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The long time mayor of Whakatane Tony Bonne has announced his intention to step down before the next elections.
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Police are reeling at the number of car crashes over the weekend.
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10 per cent of the tickets for next year's Sunshine and a Plate Festival have already been snapped up in a matter of days.
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A marginal decrease in new real estate listings in the Bay of Plenty hasn't dented prices.
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Two and a half years after he died in a suspected fall, the death of Opotiki man Brian Albert Hilton is now being investigated as a murder.
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The Bay of Plenty men's and women's rugby sides have qualified for the TECT National Sevens.
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There's excitement building ahead of the inaugural Christmas Shoppers Night in Ohope tomorrow.
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As the Government commandeers supplies of meningitis vaccines to try and slow an outbreak in Northland, numbers of the fatal disease edge up in the Bay of Plenty.
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One Te Teko Rugby Club player is moving onto big things after being selected to train in the 2019 All Blacks Sevens National Development Camp.
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Sick Eastern Bay children at Whakatane Hospital are set to benefit from a purpose built playground thanks to a donation from the 2018 Countdown Kids Hospital Appeal.
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A car rolled after colliding with a tractor and trailer just before the intersection of Thornton and Greig Roads near Matata.
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Eastern Bay Road Safety Programme supports Community Driver Mentoring Programme
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Eastern Bay Police are urging people to secure their cars and keep their valuables out of sight.
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