Future of federation in doubt
The relevance of the Te Arawa Federation of Maori Authorities is being questioned and authority members have called a meeting to discuss its future.
Te Maori
Iwi trust boss to stay on
A Te Arawa commercial leader will remain chairman of its river trust, despite resigning from another high-profile position after a court found he took valuable land from his grandmother.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Communities value school trustees
Positions for school boards of trustees closed this week. Around the country, schools will be hoping they have sufficient numbers of interested parents coming forward to take on the role of trustee.
Te Arawa hapu mark land
Te Arawa hapu protesting the proposed Rotorua Eastern Arterial have drawn their own line in the sand, marking their territory with three carved pouwhenua along the proposed route.
Taupo
Taupo man arrested for importing drugs
A Taupo man has been arrested for importing a drug similar LSD, which was hidden inside a DVD case.
Abandoned car not linked to Mona Blades
A possible link of an abandoned car in a forest with the historic case of missing woman Mona Blades has not come to anything.
Soccer: Villagers see lead vanish three times
Three times Ngongotaha were in front against AFC Fury and three times Fury equalised as the game finished in a 3-3 draw.
George Taiaroa case: I'm innocent, says suspect
The primary suspect in an investigation into the murder of road worker George Taiaroa claims he is wanted only because he had a vehicle that matched the description of one police were looking for, an associate says.
Whakatane
Man pleads guilty to running over children
A man has pleaded guilty to running over two girls in Ohope.
Terror raid report: Police acted unlawfully
Police acted "unlawfully, unjustifiably and unreasonably" in establishing road blocks, and detaining and searching people during the Urewera raids six years ago, the police watchdog says.
Feral goldfish netted in Sullivan Lake
A joint operation between several agencies and iwi has targeted the dozens of goldfish lurking in Whakatane's Sullivan Lake.
Truck driver dies in East Coast crash
A logging truck driver was killed and another seriously injured when their rigs collided head-on inland from Tolaga Bay on the East Coast this afternoon.
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