A breakfast function at Kawerau's Firmin Lodge was held on Friday, May 17 to announce $2.2 million of Provincial Growth Funding for the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Kawerau Mayor Malcolm Campbell thanked the ministers for their ongoing support of the region.
The two Kawerau-based programmes being funded are the Kawerau Pathway to Work Programme that is being delivered by Industrial Symbiosis Kawerau (ISK) and the Driver Operator Training Centre that will be delivered by Toi-EDA.