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I couldn t imagine living anywhere else , Ōhope Beach locals proud of NZ s Best Beach 2021 award 30 Jan, 2021 11:01 PM 3 minutes to read NZ Herald By: Te Rina Triponel Ōhope local businesses who spoke with the NZ Herald were among some of the proudest residents after an announcement today revealed Ōhope Beach as New Zealand s Best Beach for 2021. Common themes that local businesses shared were its love for Ōhope s community, space, and safeness. It s not commercialised, it s still got the beach feel, it s safe and lasts for miles, Ōhope Beach Bed and Breakfast s Maggie Jansen said. Every morning I take my dogs for a walk and I tell myself, Why would you want to live anywhere else? ....
Monday, 18 January 2021, 11:34 am Irene Chapple and Annie Goldson’s new film The Eruption: Stories of Survival has been picked up by UK-based TVF International for global distribution. The documentary, on the deadly eruption of Whakaari / White Island on December 9, 2019, offers very personal insights into the tragedy, which killed 22 people and injured 25. The events of the day and its aftermath are told through the eyes of the White Island Tours’ guides, rescuers, first responders, local iwi Ngati Awa and others who were directly involved. TVF International is the leading independent distributor of quality documentaries, and Catriona McNeish, Head of APAC at ....
New Year Honours: Yvonne Boyes on supporting health journeys 30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Yvonne Boyes has been awarded a Queen s Service Medal for her services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment. Photo / Supplied Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender [email protected]@thedailypost For Yvonne Boyes, the recognition of her many years and contributions towards health in her community has left her flabbergasted . Boyes many years of service have been acknowledged in the New Year Honours today as she was awarded the Queen s Service Medal for her services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment. She said she was flabbergasted when she found out she was being awarded the QSM. ....
Court dashes hope on Otakiri water bottling 21 Dec 2020 09:33 AM Photo: Otakiri Springs Water. Bay of Plenty iwi Ngati Awa is disappointed at a High Court judgment knocking back its challenge to the massive expansion of a water bottling plant at Otakiri by its new Chinese owners. Justice Ian Gault confirmed Environment Court findings that water bottling was rural processing activity, that Treaty of Waitangi and kaitiaki consideration had been taken into account, and the possibility millions of plastic bottles could end up as litter was outside the scope of the consent. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa chief executive Leonie Simpson says the iwi put a massive effort into fighting the plan to produce up to 80,000 bottles of water an hour. ....
Charlotte Jones/LDR Barring any future legal action, Creswell NZ is now free to expand the Otakiri Springs bottling plant after a favourable High Court decision Iwi say the High Court’s dismissal of appeals against the expansion of a water bottling plant isn’t just a loss for them, but a loss for all of New Zealand. In a judgement released on Friday, the High Court dismissed Te Runanga o Ngati Awa’s appeal to stop the expansion of Otakiri Springs, outside of Whakatāne, which would see the plant take 1.1 million cubic litres of water each year largely for export to China. ....