UPDATE: Results from the judicial recount for the Galatea-Murupara Ward of the Whakatāne District Council were released today following a tie of votes at the triennial election.
He cut his teeth on footy fields throughout the Bay of Plenty but Whakatāne's Jamie Searle is now playing on the hallowed turf of Villa Park in the United Kingdom.
One Whakatane player is celebrating winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division, and six players from Te Puke, Taupo, Tauranga and Papamoa are celebrating each winning $8,940 in Lotto Second Divisio
Conservation leaders dedicated to saving our national icon have been recognised at the Kiwi Awards, held at the annual National Kiwi Hui in Hawkes Bay.