13 Dec 2024

Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 13 December 2024
Tom McDowall's vermicast farm, Ecocast

Photo: LDR / Troy Baker

Diane discusses the gathering of Whakaari whānau for the fifth anniversary, logging workers are unable to eat due to nauseating odours, a new collaboration seeks to change the tide on water quality, and Santa will be parading through town this weekend.

Diane McCarthy is an Eastern Bay of Plenty Local Democracy Reporter - with the Whakatāne Beacon.

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