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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
FARMERS increasingly see benefits from concentrating their breeding programmes on improved performance rather than numbers as a means to improve efficiencies and avoid culling.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
EXPERIENCING the Motu Challenge for the first time as a competitor in the team event this year, has lit a fire in Mark Haywood, a doctor with the Opotiki Community Health Centre.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
VISITING kiwifruit workers are having trouble accessing medical services in Opotiki.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
TWENTY-EIGHT old American cars and their 60-person entourage are coming to Opotiki this Saturday.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
CURTAIN Bank has reached an incredible milestone – it has made curtains for its 900th house.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
A SOLO art exhibition by retiree Margaret Fairs is being held at the Opotiki Art Society Hall this Labour Weekend.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
THE Ukulele Bliss Group from Torere gave their debut performance at the Take Notice concert last week in support of mental health awareness.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
LAST week’s Take Notice concert in Opotiki, organised by Te Pou Oranga o Whakatohea for Mental Health Awareness Week, proved a hit.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
WITH the long weekend just around the corner, boaties are being urged to prep their boat, check their gear and know the rules before hitting the water this season.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
THREE of Opotiki’s young rugby talent Taumanu Walker, Tane Howe and Damien Tai, did their town proud last week at the under-13 Northern Roller Mills Tournament.

Thursday, October 19, 2017
WITH the Opotiki Fishing Club Open Tournament on this Labour Weekend, October 20-22, plenty of rewards are promised if there are hook-ups across the species.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
EXCESS manganese in water
near Opotiki may force Opotiki
District Council to drill a new
bore

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
AN Opotiki girl had her first haircut ever on Monday afternoon.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Better information for Eastern Bay patients about what to expect before, during and after total hip or knee replacements is helping them get back on their feet faster.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
A SMALL group gathered in front of the Opotiki Cenotaph last Thursday to pay their respects to the 12 Opotiki soldiers who had lost their lives at Passchendaele in Belgium 100 years earlier.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
AN explosion that rocked Opotiki on Sunday evening has so far only been partially explained.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Remember the slide show of the returned traveller?
Remember the projected image on a sheet in the living room?

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
THE renowned artist who is opening an exhibition in Whakatane this weekend is the son of Opotiki couple John and Kay McLeod.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
FERAL bee swarms are common this time of year and may hold the answer to the decline of domesticated bees, says bee hobbyist Malcolm Helyar.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
AN elite squad leading the fight to rid New Zealand of predators has received reinforcements, with four puppies to join the Conservation Dogs Programme, thanks to major partner Kiwibank.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
DANIEL Jones is not one to shy away from a challenge.