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Blue fin tuna haul the stuff of dreams
GONE FISHING: Ohope teenager Ryan Gordon was one of many anglers to catch a blue fin tuna off Waihau Bay over the past two weeks. Photos supplied IT was the stuff of anglers’ dreams when 28 boats...
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Pardon to expunge stigma of injustice
Rua Kenana MAORI Party co-leader and minister for Maori development Te Ururoa Flavell says any statutory pardon for the wrongful raid and arrest of Rua Kenana more than 100 years ago at Maungapohatu in...
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Sunstrike a factor in morning crash
ROUNDABOUT GRIEF: Sunstrike is thought to be a factor in the Thursday morning collision between a cyclist and a motorist at the St John and Elliott Street roundabout. Photo Sven Carlsson OB2087-02...
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Future secure for second chance programme
UPSKILLING: Whakaatu Whanaunga Trust offers programmes that give Opotiki youth a chance to learn new skills, ranging from culinary to cosmetic. Beauty and Cosmetology level 3 student Katarina Kurei...
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Opotiki residents urged to keep pets inside
RESPECT: Neighbour Maewa Edwardson was the one to pick up the dog’s mutilated remains from the public berm on Friday, giving someone’s pet the respect and care it deserved.Photo Ross McCullough...
View ArticleCold weather brings more work for St John
ST John Ambulance territory manager Richard Waterson says the cold and wet weather this winter has increased the ambulance service’s workload. “We do planning and forecasting and we’re normally quite...
View ArticleSnapper, sugar focus of hui
TWO scientists will be at a community hui in Opotiki on Monday night to talk about a new Science of Sugar study being run at Opotiki College as well as a snapper aquaculture programme in Nelson. Guest...
View ArticleDirector rips off manager $10,000
THE Employment Relations Authority, ERA, has determined that the director of Opotiki-based Aulack Enterprises Limited, Hardeep Singh, short-changed his operations manager for seven months between May 2...
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Construction company sets up
Photo Ross McCullough OB3016-1 HEB Construction, the preferred tenderer for the Opotiki Harbour Development Project, established a barge in the water off the Opotiki wharf on Wednesday morning. The...
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Spawning nurseries under threat
NO COVER: Kelly Hughes says that various levels covered with grass are required to make a reliable whitebait spawning ground. Photos Sven Carlsson OB3020-01 THE inadvertent destruction of spawning...
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Omarumutu to host dawn parade
OPOTIKI war researcher and author Sonia Edwards will be the guest speaker at the Cenotaph during this year’s Anzac commemorations next week. RETURNING Opotiki RSA president Barry McPhee will act as MC...
View ArticleCouncillor welcomes Kiwibank lead
OPOTIKI district councillor Barry Howe says he wholeheartedly agrees with Kiwibank’s stance to not deal with dodgy lenders. Mr Howe, in April 2015, asked that the council look into the possibility of...
View ArticleOpotiki principals want improvements
OPOTIKI school principals support teachers’ quest for improved pay and conditions. Eastern Bay teachers are hopeful they will be in for massive pay jolt of up to 16 percent over the next two years and...
View ArticleBetter systems integration at council
ALLOWING their enterprise system provider Datacom to also supply their website services is working out well for the Opotiki District Council. Finance and corporate services group manager Bevan Gray...
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Eastern Bay charges ahead
DRIVING your electric car around in the Eastern Bay has become easier after Horizon Networks in partnership with the Eastern Bay Energy Trust and district councils decided to install EV fast charging...
View ArticleDigger on the job after flood damage
FLOOD repairs are being undertaken below the Waioeka Bridge. Bay of Plenty Regional Council rivers and drainage assets manager Roger Waugh said the digger is removing gravel and silt build-up. “The...
View ArticleYouth focus on community
HOPING for change and looking to the future Jared Tuoro leads the Future Leaders programme in Opotiki. The initiative targets youth aged 17–25, with the main goal of “unleashing their potential”, said...
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Wins keep coming for Opotiki squad
OPOTIKI extended their winning streak to five games after shutting out Te Teko at Princess Street Reserve on Saturday. Both sides were undefeated heading into the round five clash, but Opotiki made no...
View ArticleRed Tide calling mayday
TE KAHA couple Ora Barlow-Tukaki and Ray Tukaki are, after two-and-a-half years of planning, about to host international climate change experts in their home paddock. “It just grew and instead of a...
View ArticleForestry operator fined for reckless harvesting
A FOREST owner and harvesting company responsible for a 197 hectare pine forest in steep mountainous terrain south-east of Opotiki have received a hefty fine for their environmental offending. The...
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