Undertaken by the National Research Bureau, the Communitrak survey poses a series of questions about Council services and facilities to a random selection of 300 residents.

Mark Sykes, currently Kaitiaki Collection Manager Māori at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, has been appointed to the position of Manager Collections and Research at the Whakatāne Museum and Research Centre - Te Whare Taonga o Taketake.

The Whakatāne District Council has released a Draft Dangerous, Affected and Insanitary Buildings Policy for community feedback.

Oxfam Trailwalker will return in 2020 for what will be its fifth and final year in Whakatāne, Oxfam has announced, following which the charity's flagship event will be moving to a new location. 

Artist and art activist Jennifer Epperson knows plenty about women and birds, but the New Zealand populations of both are new to her. That will soon be remedied when Epperson settles into a month-long Volcanic Artist Residency in Whakatāne.

M/other brings together artworks by 10 contemporary artists from Aotearoa that reflect on diverse experiences of motherhood. From 10 am - 12 pm on Tuesday, 7 May, the gallery will also be hosting a knitting session.

The unlawful removal of a large information sign installed on Ōhope Spit recently has caused significant concern for Whakatāne District Council and Department of Conservation (DOC) staff. 

Work has commenced this week to widen and redirect the shared-use riverside path on the eastern end of the Warren Cole Walkway, to take users around the safety-sensitive game wharf and boat trailer parking areas.

Dog control fees in the Whakatāne District will remain the same for the 2019/20 year, which starts on 1 July. That follows a decision by the Whakatāne District Council's Policy Committee to retain the existing fees for dog registration, impounding and microchip transponder implants.