Katikati News

Hume Fun Run returns for 2025

With 'such an incredible” turnout at the 2024 Hume Fun Run/Walk, the decision has been made to hold the event again this year. Hume Pack-N-Cool organised... Read More

A town comes together

He's Māori and he's 9. He will certainly be there. 'It's really good because it's bringing heaps of people together.” She's 7 and she's Pākehā. She... Read More

Community mahi helping to restore school gully

More than 40 Katikati primary students will be keeping an eye on a ruru nesting box in their school's Te Awaawa gully come spring after it was installed this... Read More

Have your say on Ōmokoroa’s marine facilities

Western Bay of Plenty residents have until June 22 to have their say on the next stage of the Ōmokoroa Domain Concept Plan. The plan is all about improving... Read More

Katikati-born Fisher receives Lifetime award

Former Katikati resident Rebecca Fisher - an outstanding horticultural leader known for turning strategy and ideas into reality on the ground for growers - has... Read More

Katikati’s Matariki dawn service cuts into soul

Take Katikati's Long Park Rd as far as it can deliver you. To that beautiful place, the reserve, Te Whareorahi, just on dawn, at 5.30am on Friday, June 20. Then... Read More

Katikati unites in pink for breast cancer cause

People donned in all shades of pink came and went for charity at the Katikati Community Centre on Friday, May 30, from 8am to 10am. Inside, community centre... Read More

Katikati club invites public to lively events

Although the official bowling season has finished, Katikati Bowling Club member Kevin Whitworth wants the community to know that the facility is still a bustling... Read More

Predator Free Waihī Beach receives $10,000 boost

Predator Free Waihī Beach has received a significant boost in its fight to restore the natural ecosystem of Bowentown, thanks to a generous $10,000 donation... Read More

Library build turns waste into community resource

Waihī Beach Library and Service Centre is preparing to turn the page on an exciting new chapter, as the team gets ready to move into a much larger, modern,... Read More

Nurturing fruit trees, people and connections

A Tauranga-based construction leadership team got their hands dirty last week to help Grow On Katikati tend to a fruit tree orchard which will one day see children... Read More

Katikati housing project seeks $67k

With construction underway on a Katikati housing project that will provide 14 seniors with en-suite studio accommodation, cooked meals and companionship, the... Read More