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Whakatane

Administration
Full nameWhakatane
Country 
RegionBay of Plenty
Territorial authorityWhakatane District
Settled by Māoric. 1200
Government
MayorTony Bonne
Deputy MayorJudy Turner
Geography
Total Area1714.6 sq mi (4442.07 km2)
Demography
Total Population  ( )
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Urban (pop.) 
Other information
Time zoneNZST (UTC+12)
- Summer (DST)NZDT (UTC+13)
Postcode(s)3120
Area code07

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Whakatane (pronounced -miɸakaˈtaːne in Māori; -enfɒkəˈtɑːnilang or /hwɒkəˈtɑːni/) is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region, in the North Island of New Zealand, and is the seat of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Whakatane is 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatane River.

The town has a population of , with another people living within the greater Whakatane District. Of the around 40% have Māori ancestry. The District has a land area of 4,442.07 km2 (1,715.09 sq mi). The Whakatane District was declared in 1976.

Whakatane is part of the parliamentary electorate of East Coast, represented by Anne Tolley of the New Zealand National Party. It was chosen as the seat of the Bay of Plenty Region as a compromise between the region's two larger cities, Tauranga and Rotorua.

Whakatane was among the towns affected by the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake.

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Further probe into imported kiwifruit pollen - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz---...- said yesterday a further six orchards had been confirmed with bacterial canker, two in Hawkes Bay, three in Te Puke and one in -Whakatane-/Edgecumbe. ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:00:27 GMT+00:00
Death Crash Driver's Sentencing Delayed - Voxy Tweet this news
Voxy---Whakatane-, Nov 18 NZPA - -Whakatane- District Court judge Russell Ingram has put off sentencing a Kawerau man whose excessive speed on the road resulted in ... - Date : Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:21:23 GMT+00:00
Horizon reports lower interim profit - National Business Review Tweet this news
National Business Review--The -Whakatane--based company is forecasting an annual profit of around $5.5m, which is down from $5.9m last year. Last year's result included $312875 of post ... - Date : Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:57:42 GMT+00:00
Resene wins top sustainable business award - TVNZ Tweet this news
TVNZ--Hamilton-based Pinnacle Underlay and Christchurch-based Serra Natural Foods won the small and medium business awards, while -Whakatane--based Energy Options ... - Date : Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:47:09 GMT+00:00
Sustainable memorial for Hawea Vercoe - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views Tweet this news
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views--Mr Vercoe died on November 22 last year after being attacked by 21-year-old Opotiki man Isaiah Tai in -Whakatane-. Tai pleaded guilty to a charge of ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:24:41 GMT+00:00
Kiwifruit disease confirmed in 51 orchards - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz---...- Tauranga, -Whakatane-, Edgecumbe, Waikato, Golden Bay and Motueka. Of the 51 confirmed cases, 16 are on orchards growing the green kiwifruit variety. ... - Date : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:28:43 GMT+00:00
Bush crash death - SunLive Tweet this news
SunLive--Emergency services were called to the remote area 30km south of -Whakatane- at 3.30am after another passenger ran to the nearest phone, say -Whakatane- police. ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:29:56 GMT+00:00
Mate's desperate run for help - New Zealand Herald Tweet this news
New Zealand Herald--Apiata's run took him at least an hour and involved crossing the -Whakatane- River five times to reach the nearest telephone - at the home of his parents ... - Date : Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:35:50 GMT+00:00
Pokies take $3.3 million from small towns - Scoop.co.nz (press release) Tweet this news
Scoop.co.nz (press release)--"The figures tell a depressing story because I know the majority of people in Opotiki, Kawerau and -Whakatane- simply can't afford to gamble and that if they ... - Date : Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:04:26 GMT+00:00
Cops combat mounting violence with tasers, batons - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz--The request followed the awarding of $30000 in damages to Rawiri Falwasser earlier this year for a seven-hour ordeal he suffered in the -Whakatane- police ... - Date : Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:40:19 GMT+00:00

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