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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
A ROTORUA man had a jarring off-road experience at Waiotahe on Monday afternoon.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
IF it was Survivor New Zealand, the weekend drama might be considered good television entertainment – but this was about being a dog in Opotiki.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
EASTERN Bay liquor stores and supermarkets passed the test last week.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
A SMOKE alarm which sounded at the Royal Hotel caused quite a stir in the middle of town last Friday morning, sending guests from the backpackers and Two Fish Cafe next door out into the main street.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Opotiki District Council adopted its 2017-18 Annual Plan at an extraordinary meeting on Friday.
Based on the annual plan budgets, ratepayers will see a rates rise of 3.65 percent, well below the forecast 6.3 percent in the long

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Opotiki District Council is currently considering the future of a section of land on the corner of Ford and Church Streets that includes the rose gardens, children’s playground, pre-school, a historic building and a water fount

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
BEFORE the start of this year’s Tai Mitchell Tournament well known Eastern Bay rugby referee and administrator, Tony Howe, had said if Opotiki finished in the top four, it would have been an excellent achievement.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
LAND owners and Waikawa Lands Trust trustees say the forest that has now matured in the hills north-east of Te Kaha has been in the making for more than 30 years.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
The Waihau Bay Rural Fire Force together with the Opotiki Volunteer Fire Brigade are now part of a bigger organisation called Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
THE sentencing of Boy actor James Rolleston on a charge of dangerous driving causing injury has been further delayed until August.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
The Commerce Commission is advising those selling “mini” or “toothpick” pistol crossbows that these products cannot be sold in New Zealand

Thursday, July 6, 2017
SCOUTING for a boyfriend for her Staffordshire bull terrier as a 17-year-old has led to a Christchurch woman running the country’s largest bad-dog conversion centre.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
AN OPOTIKI farm purchased by a Whakatane-based Maori land trust 12 months ago is back on the market, priced at $2.3 million.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
THE second Bay of Plenty Rugby Union holiday programme in Opotiki on July 14 could be in jeopardy.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
OPOTIKI stand a fair chance of finishing well in this year’s Tai Mitchell Tournament which starts today in Mt Maunganui, with a new format introduced helping to make the teams more evenly-matched to prevent one-sided games.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
IT has been some year for Whakatane netballer Monica Falkner, but there is plenty left to do.

Thursday, July 6, 2017
FIVE Opotiki College students who are at the top of their game are departing for the United States on Saturday next week.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Fears have been expressed for the safety of logging truck drivers as forestry operations begin at Waikawa today.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

OMAIO kuia and traditional weaver Te Hori Kaingakau, also known as “Nan” Williams says she used to tell her mum and gran that working with flax “was for old people”.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017
THE weekend’s rainfall doesn’t appear to have had much of an impact in Opotiki, with only minor slips and some surface flooding reported.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017
CONNECTING with a mental health professional is now a four-digit phone number away.