This weeks inaugural meeting of the Te Urewera Board - an event signaling the area's national park status has ended - almost did not happen due to wild weather playing havoc with some member's flights. Click here to download the complete Whakatāne Beacon...

  He Pānui The new Te Urewera Board announces their inaugural Board Meeting.   Te Urewera Board has the prestigious undertaking of acting on behalf of and in the name of Te Urewera and to provide for the governance of Te Urewera in accordance with Te Urewera Act 2014.  On this date 22 September 2014, Te Urewera Act wholly replaces the National Parks Act and...

Commitment ot Waikaremoana was recognised at the official opening of the Lake Waikareiti day shelter and facilities upgrade on Saturday. The Friends of Te Urewera hosted the celebration of the revamped day shelter which was attended by Department of Conservation staff and other key...

The long-awaited new Te Urewera visitor-information centre is one step nearer to becoming a reality with initial geo-technical investigations under way. The location of the new facility, which is a collaboration between Ngai Tuhoe and the Department of Conservation, is being kep under wraps at this...

With State Highway 38 being identified as one of new council chief executive Fegus Power's top priorities, district councillors last week discussed the current state of the highway and plans to get it...

That the beauty of Lake Waikaremoana affects people in a profound way becomes apparent very early in conservation with the Department of Conservation's Jane Hughes, who is based on the lake's shore at...