Katikati News

Calls to save youth employment programme

A Katikati volunteering community leader is seeking urgent local support to keep the town's youth employment programme going after it couldn't secure a contract... Read More

Katikati youth job programme to close

A youth employment programme run by Katikati Community Centre will close at the end of this month after not securing a new contract from the Ministry of Social... Read More

Callout for businesses to support patrol’s work

The eyes and ears for the police - that patrol Katikati regularly - are asking the community and local businesses to assist them with funding to keep their service... Read More

Waihī pupils turn waste into fish sculptures

More than 75 pupils from Waihī Beach School have created fish sculptures from discarded waste as part of a hands-on environmental art project highlighting plastic... Read More

Street art by youth to enhance skate park

The curves and bowl of Katikati's skatepark will be transformed with street art at the hands and imaginations of local youth this month. Katikati Open Air... Read More

St John youth programme returns to Katikati

After more than a decade hiatus, Katikati will again have a St John youth programme running locally in school terms for children aged from 5 to 18. The Hato... Read More

Waihī Beach lifeguards celebrate success

The red and yellow flags are down for the season, but there is no 'off” switch for Waihī Beach Lifeguard Services members. After another busy summer,... Read More

Fun run and walk back for third year

Hume Pack-N-Cool's third annual free Fun Run & Walk in Katikati is coming up in July - with a new 10km course option. Hume Pack-N-Cool external operations... Read More

College clash to return to BoP in bigger format

The success of the first Bay of Plenty Clash of the Colleges on a Katikati kiwifruit orchard last Friday, May 8 has prompted the organisers to plan an event... Read More

New all-weather pathway being built

Western Bay of Plenty District Council is building a new shared pathway at MacMillan Reserve in Katikati to make it easier to use all year round. Work began... Read More

Directory calls on mobile users for numbers

The club behind Katikati's most handy resource - the Community Directory - is calling on residents to add their mobile phone numbers to the listings, to keep... Read More

Food & fibre: Colleges clash to entice students

More than 120 college students from the Bay of Plenty and Waikato will converge on a Katikati orchard today, to compete in timed horticulture and agriculture... Read More