Whakatane

A Tāneatua early childhood centre has now suffered three floods in as many years and its owners say the town’s stormwater system is failing residents.

At last week’s living together committee, three Māori ward councillors spoke against the adoption of the name for the road, off Bunyan Road at Piripai,

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand were gifted the plans and Hauora Māori Priority Reports, which highlighted whānau voices, in a kete.

Whakatāne joins the ranks of Stratford, Kawerau, Gisborne, and Palmerston North as those who want to keep their Māori wards.

Two new signs at the entrance of Whakatāne were quickly removed when people on social media pointed out a macron error.

It might be the traditional Māori name for the location but it's too long and impractical, say residents of a new Whakatāne subdivision