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The Ōpape Marae and Urupā Trustees placed a Rāhui over Ōpape Beach yesterday afternoon to protect people and the whenua. 

The road has been closed since the beginning of February, following a large slip caused by recent storms.

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.

The road has been closed since the beginning of February, following a large slip caused by recent storms.

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’.

The Ōpape Marae and Urupā Trustees placed a Rāhui over Ōpape Beach yesterday afternoon to protect people and the whenua. 

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.

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.”