Latest from Whakatane

'Look at Rotorua': Fears loss of carparks means loss of business in Whakatāne

Submissions for Te Ara Hou close on Friday.

Future of Kawerau mill 'up in the air', job losses feared

About 160 people work at the mill, a major employer in the small town.

Whakaari / White Island: Professor questions safety processes

Scientists should assess risk, says geologist but rescuer defends tourist operators.

160 jobs on the line: Big employer in small town may shut down

The Kawerau mill employed about 160 staff.

Kristin Macfarlane: Unemployed Kiwis need to plug the critical kiwifruit labour shortage

OPINION: People who think orchard work is beneath them need to get over themselves.

Three of five positive Covid cases in Rotorua managed isolation

The newly diagnosed people will be transferred to Auckland's quarantine facility.

Why the East Coast is secretly NZ's most interesting election race

OPINION: History may be about to repeat itself.

Breast density: Woman finds lump just months after mammogram

A Bay woman may have found her tumour sooner if it wasn't for dense tissue.

Whakaari / White Island tragedy: DoC rules would have saved lives

Alert level 2 is too dangerous to allow tourists to visit volcanoes, under DoC rules.

Terror in the dark: Kiwi caught in wildfire

Jody Brettkelly says people are moving out, saying they can't take any more.

Local Focus: Workers versus employers - the big difference between East Coast candidates

Three Māori women, three different answers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Remarkable' forgiveness for driver who injured eight victims

Judge John Macdonald said he had "not quite experienced something quite like this before".

New Zealand or Aotearoa? The Bay reacts to Māori Party policy

"Why is it even an issue, is the real question it raises for me."

It's not over: DHB pharmacy workers walking off the job for pay equity

The full strike will see no service from any Apex union pharmacy worker.

Māori Language Week: Riapo Panapa - filling a void with te reo

Te Wiki o te reo Māori/Māori Language Week gets underway today.

Better future for inanga (whitebait) on the Whakatāne River

New whitebait ponds and spawning habitat were built in the river berm.

Fatal Whakaari/White Island eruption still on my mind – Ardern

Ardern says first scenes she saw of first responders at work still lingered in her mind.

Judith Collins wants Royal Commission into Whaakari/White Island disaster

Jacinda Ardern wants to wait for the findings of the Worksafe and Coroner investigations.