Chris Steel is editor of the Katikati Advertiser
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'Absolute kick in the guts': Residents let down by critical roading delay
"It's a huge blow to the Western Bay of Plenty."
Denny Hulme in Champions exhibition
Motor racing legend's car to feature in new Champions exhibition.
Teddies on a flying fox go global
Four teddies and a random duck on a zipline bring joy to Kauri Point locals in lockdown.
Instead of 1600 vaccines at Katikati Medical Centre there were only 650
Flu vaccines orders not arriving frustrate Katikati Medical Centre patients and GPs.
IT, gardening, cooking on Mayor's agenda
Mayor Garry Webber gets things done at home while keeping Council's wheels turning.
Katikati offers shopping support service
A Covid-19 forum to help those vulnerable in the Katikati community has 45 organisations.
Hike in domestic violence expected
How Katikati is doing in the first week of Covid-19 lockdown?
Avocado festival at capacity as Topp Twins call the shots
2020 Avocado Food and Wine Festival a great hit with headline act the Topp Twins.
Action over pest numbers
Volunteers are needed to help trap rats, stoats and weasels.
'Moral duty' to improve environment
"It turns it into a moral duty to overcome these problems — if we can't the world won't."
Youngster acts to protect trees
Sunny Daly, 7, felt strongly that putting screws in trees for fencing was wrong.
Concerns over safety of suspension bridge after June floods
The suspension bridge over the Uretara stream is safe, despite it going under water
Katikati businessmen's plea to speeding truckies
Katikati businessmen concerned at the speed some heavy trucks are travelling at in town.
Too many crashes on deadly Bay road
Increasing traffic volume on SH2 has been linked to rising road crashes.
Rare Handel manuscript discovered
A rare 233-year-old Handel manuscript has been discovered in the Bay of Plenty.