A recent clean-up found the popular tourist spot was littered with a trailer-load of rubbish, including mattresses, blankets, bottles, cans, food packaging, tyres and a dog skull.
This committee has been 12 years in the making and is made up of Mayor Rehette Stoltz, five councillors and six members of the three iwi.
Takahiwai Marae’s main whare, Rangiora, was a fitting location for the latest hearing of the Wai 2500 Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry.
“There is a suspected diesel spill in Tauranga Harbour, north of Sulphur Point and around Waikorire Pilot Bay,” a Bay of Plenty Regional Council spokesperson said.
A Riverton/Aparima park is likely to have its name changed ahead of the Southland town's iconic pāua shell moving in.
The New Zealand tourism market, valued at $37 billion, stands as the country's second-largest export earner.
It was reported earlier this year that illegal rubbish dumping has been on the rise.
After five decades in service, financial pressure, loss of qualified staff and dropping enrolment numbers has led to the closure of the Whangārei Childcare Centre.
The organiser of a local circuit, and Flaxmere fighter Cannon Williams, are breaking the first rule of fight club to explain the sport they love to the masses.
Not only is Māui Barbers a place for haircuts but Wharepapa has also created it as a safe space for men to openly talk and to be a place of support for men's health and well-being