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Farmers hoping for rain

A lack of rain across Tairāwhiti is starting to bite for pastoral farmers in some parts of the district and they are hoping for decent falls in the next month. Drier-than-wanted conditions continue to have an impact on the flush of feed required...

Murray Robertson

Multicultural Hub opens in Gladstone Road

The Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council (TMC) are delighted to announce the opening of a hub on the main street. The Multicultural Hub will provide a welcoming space for migrant and ethnic communities to connect, share experiences and access support...

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A time to remember

A personal remembrance . . . that is how Campbell MacFarlane describes the service flags and the flags of New Zealand and Australia displayed outside his home as Anzac Day approaches. His neighbours have told him they enjoy the display. Mr...

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Aratu Forests loses FSC certification

A second Gisborne forestry company within the space of two months has lost its sustainability accreditation. Aratu Forests’ (formerly Hikurangi Farm Forests) Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certificate was suspended on March 28 by Swiss auditing...

Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter

Not guilty pleas following rainbow crossing incidents

Six people charged with offences connected to the rainbow crossing in Gladstone Road in the city centre pleaded not guilty in Gisborne District Court yesterday. The alleged offences relate to incidents on separate dates last month. Leighton Packer...

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New-look Gisborne Herald starts next week

The Gisborne Herald undergoes a design and content refresh from Wednesday, May 1. As you will have read in March, The Gisborne Herald is now owned by NZME (New Zealand Media and Entertainment). NZME publishes five regional daily newspapers, 15...

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Councillors speak out on referendum reversal

Mayor Rehette Stoltz wants people to remember a democratic process was followed for the establishment of Māori wards in the district. The Mayor made the comment during a council meeting last week where councillors discussed a report on an iwi...

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Eight-mission week for chopper

Despite having an out-of-region day for scheduled maintenance, the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter successfully completed eight missions in the week from Monday, April 15 — six in the first couple of days of the week. April 15, 4.51am...

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Govt job cuts have people ‘walking on eggshells’

Death by a thousand cuts” is how Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel describes Government job cuts. Ms Tangaere-Manuel made the comment while here in Tairāwhiti with Māori caucus colleagues — Willie Jackson, Willow-Jean Prime, Aren...

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

Rescue chopper Anzac flyover brings back Air Force memories

It means different things to different people when the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter does its annual Anzac Day flyover, lights illuminating the river as it sweeps past the Cenotaph in the smoky light of dawn. For Gisborne RSA Anzac...

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Changes in the wind for navigation safety bylaw

A lot of changes have occurred over the past 10 years when it comes to navigation and boating and swimming safety in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay, which is why the council is proposing a new bylaw on it. The community can have its say on 11 key...

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Gisborne lifeguards on Aussies’ podium

Waikanae surf lifeguards Oska Smith and Seven Mapu, along with Olivia Corrin from Midway, won medals at the Australian surf lifesaving nationals on the Sunshine Coast. Smith won silver in the U19 men beach sprint and, with Mapu from Kaiaponi Farms...

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Waikohu pull out a big one

The country derby between Te Karaka’s finest and their hosts at Patutahi was a Saturday square dance, barn-raising and hoedown rolled into one. GT Shearing Waikohu’s 22-18 victory over Larsawn Ngatapa in Civil Project Solutions Premier Rugby saw...

Ben O’Brien-Leaf

Poverty Bay/East Coast rugby scoreboards

Poverty Bay Week 3 PREMIERS Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae 17 (Tatana Smith, Iowane Filimone, Rana Hubbard tries; Paoraian Manuel-Harman con) East Coast Farm Vets YMP 14 (James Higgins, Nehe Papuni tries; Mitchell Purvis 2 con). HT Tapuae 5 YMP 0. GT...

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Goal rush overwhelms Thistle

For 34 minutes it seemed as if Gisborne Thistle might frustrate Palmerston North United at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday. But in the 35th minute, centreback David Lava swung a leg in an attempted tackle on PNU striker Benjamin Mori, missed the...

Gisborne lifeguards on Aussies’ podium

Waikanae surf lifeguards Oska Smith and Seven Mapu, along with Olivia Corrin from Midway, won medals at the Australian surf lifesaving nationals on the Sunshine Coast. Smith won silver in the U19 men beach sprint and, with Mapu from Kaiaponi Farms...

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Bridge results

Monday, April 15 — East Coast Osteopaths Pairs 3 North/South East/West Caroline Kirkpatrick, Ann McCombe 55.00 Helen Kerisome, Patricia Corson 57.92 Hans van der Kuijl, Tracy Clayton 53.75 John Hudson, Anne Roberts 55.42 Joy Marden, Eileen Lee...

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Coast rugby ready to rumble

The buzz that surrounded Whakarua Park at Ruatōria last weekend is once more in the air. Tokararangi pipped Tihirau Victory Club 7-5 on fulltime in a thrilling men’s final at the inaugural Morgan Waitoa Memorial Day Tournament on Saturday, Waim...

Ben O’Brien-Leaf

Kiwis outgun Aussies in Showjumping Challenge at Equestrian Champs

New Zealand triumphed in the Trans-Tasman Teams’ Showjumping Challenge at the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships in Gisborne on Sunday. Led by best-performed Kiwi Johanna Wylaars (Christchurch) on Central Zone, the team finished the...

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Loss but never lost

Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohiterangi failed at every school they attended. Now they are a candidate for a PhD. In their 29 years, they have packed in a lot. They talked to kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O’Connor. Instilled with the learnings from...

Matai O’Connor, Kaupapa Māori Reporter

No 8 Squadron on patrol

As Anzac Day nears, Wynsley Wrigley looks into the story of No 8 General Reconnaissance (GR) Squadron operating at Darton Field (now Gisborne Airport) during World War 2. He also recounts the sad tale of RAF armourer Cliff (Molly) Morgan who was...

Wynsley Wrigley

Stunning perennials

Add charm to your garden with delphiniums, boasting tall, elegant spikes of vibrant blooms in lavender, blue, pink and white hues. Delphiniums (Delphinium grandiflora) are best known for their tall striking columns of massed double and semi double...

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Business

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Participants encouraged to bring entrepreneurial spirit to Startup Weekend Tairāwhiti event

Under the banner of Rise Up, Start Up!, this year’s event will inspire people to overcome challenges, seize opportunities and bring their ideas to life.

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Third kiwifruit shipment of season leaves Gisborne by sea

The refrigerated cargo ship Cool Royal joined the logger Atlantic Spirit alongside the Eastland Port wharf on Monday to load the third kiwifruit shipment of the season to leave Gisborne by sea. The logger sailed for Tauranga yesterday to load...

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Ready for take-off at Te Araroa

New aerodrome at Te Araroa will ‘unlock the tourism and general economy of the . . . area”.

Murray Robertson

‘Inspire Inclusion’ encouraged on International Women’s Day

A small group of Gisborne Business and Professional Women (BPW) members marked International Women’s Day by laying flowers on the Margaret Sievwright monument. March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD) — a day to mark a collective action and...

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Arts & Entertainment

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Taking the audience on a journey

A new performance piece by celebrated musician, producer and innovator Tiki Taane(Ngati Maniapoto) and multidisciplinary artist Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Ati Awa), Mai te Uira, combines digital visual art with music in a progressive and...

Named among Adam finalists

Gisborne artist Tyler Wray is a finalist in the prestigious Adam Portraiture Award after being selected from a record-breaking number of entries. The 19-year-old has always loved to draw and paint but said the portrait was the first large scale...

Happy (back) together

The cast of colourful characters in The Vicar of Dibley plays are back together again, in the latest offering from Musical Theatre Gisborne, with first-time director Jill White putting her own mark on the production. The Holy Trinity is the third...

Focus on the Land

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Focus on the Land

‘Exceptional work’ for farm forestry

Gisborne’s Kees Weytmans was the joint winner of the Joll Hosking Award for exceptional work for the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association at the association’s annual conference in Hawke’s Bay last week. Mr Weytmans won it jointly with Te...

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‘Faithful to Fieldays’ — it’s in their blood

Every year, more than 100,000 people head to Mystery Creek for New Zealand’s iconic four-day agri-event Fieldays. Visitors look forward to the return of fan-favourite attractions like the various Fieldays competitions, and a chance to see the...

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Slight rise in prices

There was a slight rise in the prices paid for the 2307 store lambs presented yesterday in the weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards. The best price paid was $99 for a pen of 38 well-presented store male lambs from Haha Station at Rangituki...

Cattle fair prices down from March

Just over 800 cattle were sent for sale at Tuesday’s Matawhero Cattle Fair and they were all keenly sought by local farmers. Only a few buyers were operating from outside the district through Bidr. Prices paid were down slightly on the March...

Opinion

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Police might have upper hand on pay

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has returned from a successful first overseas trade expedition to face some domestic challenges. Luxon’s tour last week took him to three Southeast Asian countries — Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines —...

Domestic air travellers subsidise rest of Air NZ

Air New Zealand is a monopoly with more than 80 percent of the domestic market. A survey this week found that the domestic airfare market was seen by consumers as the least competitive market in New Zealand. Air New Zealand hiked the average...

Thanks GDC for beginning transport transformation

Shut up Simin. I’m sick of you exhorting us all to use fossil fuels and drive everywhere. Last week I took my life in my hands, wheeling my bike across Roebuck Road. It shouldn’t be that dangerous! If only Gisborne had an industrial/heavy...

Hypocrisy, virtue signalling are costly for taxpayers . . .

I was shocked to read that our Government signed off a $41m clean energy transition deal with the Asian Development Bank last week (RNZ story). The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism uses public and private finance to accelerate...

Embracing gift, well done

Re: Loss but never lost, April 20 article. An open letter to Tanith. Our first meeting when you were eight, standing alongside your humble and outstanding grandparents — wonderful! Watching you up close for a short season, then occasional meetings...

An undemocratic inequity

Re A. Casey’s letter, April 18. You ask why commercial fishers can take 52mm concession crays when amateur fishers cannot — even if people legally own the fishery and not commercial. You say the juvenile catch is down 80 percent, meaning the...

Lack of 24hr GP service

Oh the joys of overcooked technology! Now, if a family member is seriously ill, instead of just one phone number, you can spend your time chasing around eight—yes, eight—potential sources of help. Thursday’s story about the lack of any...

A cartoon coincidence . . .

Friday, April 19, The Gisborne Herald’s cartoon — an unfortunate and bizarre coincidence . . . but even the late, great Murray Ball knew the character of these unpredictable “rogue” creatures!! JE Hansen

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