Completion of a new Opotiki Baptist Church hall is a step closer, following a grant of just over $52,000 from the Eastern Bay Energy Trust.
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This week Horizon apprentice Paraone Muru has been heading out to Galatea as part of the Horizon Energy Tech Team, working on the rebuild of the new electricity sub-station
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A Whakatane sports club, which has recently celebrated its 50-year anniversary, is welcoming a $60,000 grant, which will help secure the code’s future sustainability.
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The purchase of floodlighting equipment for every fire appliance in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is being hailed as a huge safety improvement for fire-fighters and members of the public at emergency s
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The demands of a punishing rehearsal schedule means a 60-year-old Commerce Street building is almost a second home to the 40-plus members of the EBOP Brass Band.
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Public safety was a feature of two grants announced this month for the first round of applications from the Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s Community Amenities Fund.
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The Manawahe Eco Trust’s aim, to repurpose the area’s school into a well-resourced Ecological Centre, took a significant leap forward this week, after receiving a grant from the Eastern Bay Energy
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Concerns about cold and damp homes; seniors struggling to understand new charges on a power bill; and issues over shared meter boxes, are just some of the energy-related enquiries regularly fielded
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All too often, a story about people being told they are due a cash windfall doesn’t end well, but for over 400 Horizon shareholders, the news couldn’t be better.
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It used to be a mad after-work dash for parents to get their JAB players to Edgecumbe Domain to make the most of the remaining light of the day.
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The Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s newly approved distribution budget will see $2.2 million pumped into the local community over the next 12 months.
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When nominations closed today at 12 noon (Friday 14 August 2015) for the Eastern Bay Energy Trust election, a total of two nominations had been received: one for the Kawerau District Council area
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Eastern Bay people gave a resounding ‘thumbs up’ this month to the Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s purchase of all Horizon Energy shares.
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Gaining funding for large community projects is much like setting up a domino stack, according to Peter McKenzie, project manager for Whakatane Theatre’s new Gateway Drive facility.
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Edwina O’Brien is one of those people who knows how to motivate others, especially when it’s for community good.
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Opotiki’s Four Square owner, Kevin Hennessy, is urging people to vote ‘yes’ in the Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s June consumer poll.
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Wade Brown is one of those dynamic multitaskers who sees ‘the big picture’ while managing the details.
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After a brief hiatus in 2014, the Ōpōtiki Fibre and Fleece Show will be back from 10 to 12 July this year.
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A partnership between the Eastern Bay Energy Trust (EBET), Smart Energy Solutions and EECA has seen almost 500 Eastern Bay homes made warmer, drier and healthier over the past year.
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Residents in five Kawerau neighbourhoods are living in healthier, more comfortable and safer homes thanks to the Kawerau Neighbourhoods of Healthy Homes (NoHH) project.
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