Tairāwhiti - East Coast

20 year old Johnson Hauraki (Ngāti Porou, Tuhoe) has wanted to be a teacher since primary school.

Landowners are being paid to return their land to native forests and wetlands, in a pilot project launched in Tairāwhiti on the East Coast.

Due to financial strain and a staffing crisis, the clinic could no longer afford to keep the after-hours service going, and had defaulted to telehealth.

Matanuku Mahuika has announced the end of his tenure as chairman of Eastland Group at the annual meeting of Trust Tairāwhiti.

Judge Nathan Milner has been sworn in as the new Tairāwhiti residential judge.

Tōnui Collab, a Tairawhiti-based innovator in bilingual STEMM education, achieved a triple whammy at this year’s Matihiko awards.

Dame Cindy Kiro toured Cyclone Gabrielle damage just a week prior to the new flooding.

The study is estimated at $140,000 per event; council urges alternatives to be considered to reduce expenses.

Now Piripi, or as his mum Pele Kupenga-Keefe calls him, Phillip, is back for another series of hilarious escapades.

It was reported earlier this year that illegal rubbish dumping has been on the rise.