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There is one public state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students: Whakatane Intermediate, [49] with a roll of 585. [50] Whakatāne also has two state-integrated Christian primary schools for Year 1 to 8 students: St Joseph's Catholic School, [51] with a roll of 261, [52] and Whakatane Seventh-day Adventist School, [53] with a roll of 47. [54]
Whakatane Road Board was established at the same time. The county was split into Whakatane and Opotiki counties in 1900, and the Road Board was made part of Whakatane County. In 1913, the Whakatane Harbour Board was established, and in 1914, Whakatane Town became a separate entity from Whakatane County. The town became Whakatane Borough in 1917.
Whakatāne District Council or Whakatane District Council (Māori: Kia Whakatāne au i ahau) is the territorial authority for the Whakatāne District of New Zealand. [ 1 ] The council is led by the mayor of Whakatāne , who is currently Victor Luca .
In 2018, she shared photographs from a trip to New Zealand to visit John, who was working as a photographer in the town of Whakatane. GoFundMe started by Rachel Morin’s family tops $46,000 ...
The original company name was Radio Whakatane but changed to Radio Bay Of Plenty in 1978 when the station's AM frequency also changed to 1242 kHz. In the mid-late 1970s 1XX 1240 was also known on air from time to time as Coastline Radio, Coastline One 24, Coastline 1-2-4, One 24 Double X or Coastline Double X. 1XX began broadcasting on 90.5 MHz ...
The following are the mayors of Whakatāne since 1917. Prior to this, the town of Whakatāne was part of Whakatane County. In 1914 the Whakatane Town Board was formed, and it ceded from Whakatane County the following year. The town board was headed by a chairman. Whakatane Borough Council was formed in 1917, headed by a mayor.
Whakatane Bridge The Whakatāne River or Ōhinemataroa [ 1 ] is a major river of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand . It flows north from near the small town of Ruatāhuna through Te Urewera , reaching the sea through the town of Whakatāne .
The canoe started to drift back out to sea. Wairaka, the daughter of captain-navigator Toroa, seized the paddle, and brought the waka back to shore. She forbade the tapu forbidding women to handle canoes, shouting "Kia Whakatane au i ahau", translating as "I will act the part of a man"; this phrase is the origin of Whakatāne's name. [4] [5]