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Salt Spray Surf School participants had an unusual instructor on Monday.

Six years on from the Whakaari White Island eruption, survivor Kelsey Waghorn has shared her story in a new memoir, Surviving White Island and Everything That Came After, describing not only the day that changed her life but the long road to recovery that followed.

From today, the Ōpōtiki bound convoys will depart from the Opato rest area, rather than the Te Wera Road intersection in Matawai.

NZTA said there is one stage of work left at Matekerepu Roundabout, and preparation work at teardrop roundabouts well underway.

Salt Spray Surf School participants had an unusual instructor on Monday.

Six years on from the Whakaari White Island eruption, survivor Kelsey Waghorn has shared her story in a new memoir, Surviving White Island and Everything That Came After, describing not only the day that changed her life but the long road to recovery that followed.

Yesterday the Whakatāne District Council decided community proposals to repair and re-establish the walkway.

Rōpū from across the Mātaatua rohe will compete at the qualifying competition, Mātaatua Regionals, next weekend to see who will advance to Te Matatini, the ‘Olympics of Kapa Haka’.

Sections of the highway have been closed following severe damage caused by last month's storm.

Yesterday the Whakatāne District Council decided community proposals to repair and re-establish the walkway.

Four years after the track first closed, Council will meet about a path forward this morning.

With 2026 well underway, here's what your politicians are aiming to complete this year.

Complaints of street sign theft in Awatapu has drawn local attention, but the Whakatāne District Council said theft is an issue faced across the area.

As investigations over Tauranga City Council's operations during last month's weather event begin, Whakatāne District Council is taking time to reflect on it's own operation.   

Police say four people have been arrested, charged with aggravated robbery, in relation to an assault on February nine, near the Warehouse on Kakahoroa Drive.

Following his findings into the death of 17-year-old Jacob Butler, Coroner Ian Telford is reiterating that roads are not “appropriate places for unlicensed or impaired driving under any circumstances.”