Chairman Doug Leeder said the general rates decision to gives "certainty" to ratepayers.

Local government agencies are quickly adapting to the new measures announced today.

"In the end, we were left with no choice."

At least five large tourism operators have decided to close their doors at the weekend.

Crews from Edgecumbe, Rotorua and Kawerau attended.

Outsiders are barred from Te Whānau-ā-Apanui territory from midnight March 25 onwards.

Council-operated services in Whakatāne are closing.

"These are unprecedented times and we also need to be able to respond quickly."

It will be joined by other centers being set up in the region.

The library closed after a pair returning from overseas 'ran their hands over everything'.

Your go-to list for all Bay events cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus.

Whakatāne's Haydn Read describes London's Heathrow Airport amid the Covid-19 crisis.

"We have now been affected by this pandemic."

The cancellation comes as a safety precaution.

The biannual festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022.

The New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform celebrated its success in the Eastern Bay.

The temperature in the lava lobes was sitting at its hottest temperature to date.

Kelsey Waghorn says months following eruption the longest she's spent on land in years.

Last month the Government announced a huge investment into the new harbor entrance

Murupara Community Board struggles to fill seats.

It comes on the day the second case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New Zealand.

The former employee admitted receiving secret commissions from a new contract.

Crews from across the region are working to extinguish the blaze.

The blaze was not being treated as suspicious.

"Although I have my moments, I am proud of the huge progress I have made."